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GW President Calls for End to Protest; Students Vow to Continue 
Student protest leaders at George Washington University (GW) held an afternoon news conference today in the aftermath of an email letter sent out yesterday to the GW community from President Ellen M. Granberg regarding the ongoing campus encampment for Gaza protest....
Posted: Mon, May 6, 2024 5:55pm PDT
AHA Statement on 2024 Campus Protests 
Approved by AHA Council, May 2024...
Posted: Mon, May 6, 2024 3:56pm PDT
“Palestinian Embassy” Participates in Passport DC 
This year a Pop-up Palestinian Culture Street Fest/protest was held at the Embassy of Palestine on a crowded public sidewalk directly across the street from the Israeli Embassy. Today’s event included passport stamping, along with Palestinian arts, crafts and fashions for sale, free Palestinian food samples, as well as children’s activities and numerous protest signs and banners. Included, too, were handouts with information about Israel’s genocide taking place in Gaza...
Posted: Sat, May 4, 2024 2:52pm PDT
Second Lawsuit Filed to Protect Hawaiian Petrels From Dangerous Lighting at Maui’s Grand Wailea 
HONOLULU, May 2, 2024 — A coalition of conservation groups today filed a second lawsuit to protect Hawaiian petrels (ʻuaʻu) from dangerous lights used by the Grand Wailea Resort on Maui. Hawaiian petrels are protected as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act....
Posted: Fri, May 3, 2024 8:53am PDT
Gaza Student Protest at GWU Continues to Grow 
Students at GWU continue on with their protest and encampment as the university preppares to have them removed....
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 5:47pm PDT
Anatomy of a Moral Panic The repressive machine currently arrayed against campus protests follows a familiar pattern...
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 4:28pm PDT
CAIR Condemns House Adoption of Misleading Antisemitism Awareness Act 
May 1, 2024 - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, tonight condemned members of the U.S. House of Representatives who voted hours ago to approve a one-sided, and dishonest proposal about campus antisemitism that ignored anti-Palestinian racism and conflates criticism of the Israeli government with antisemitism....
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 11:06am PDT
ACLU Condemns House Passage of Dangerous Bill That Would Chill Free Speech 
This Bill Would Falsely Equate Criticism of Israel with Antisemitic Discrimination...
Posted: Thu, May 2, 2024 10:55am PDT
Environmental Journalism, a Most Dangerous Profession 
“One environmental journalist is killed every two days” is how Jon Sawyer Executive Director, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, opened the first panel discussion ever on the dangers that environmental journalists face in doing their job. After war reporting, environmental journalism is the second most dangerous area for journalists to work in....
Posted: Wed, May 1, 2024 5:49pm PDT
UCLA Palestine Solidarity Encampment Press Release 
April 30, 2024 - The life-threatening assault we face tonight is nothing less than a horrifying, despicable act of terror. For over seven hours, zionist aggressors hurled gas canisters, sprayed pepper spray, and threw fireworks and bricks into our encampment. They broke our barriers repeatedly, clearly in an attempt to kill our community....
Posted: Wed, May 1, 2024 6:09am PDT
Freedom Flotilla (audio/mpeg 2.8MB) Freedom Flotilla delayed by Israel 2m30s...
Posted: Tue, Apr 30, 2024 9:05pm PDT
Escalation and Orientation Let's strive to deepen the political horizons of this moment as much as the tactics....
Posted: Tue, Apr 30, 2024 4:29pm PDT
African Religious Organizations Call for Tripling Size of Vulnerable Countries Fund Kenya President Ruto Hosts Heads of State and World Leaders for Aid Negotiations...
Posted: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 10:56am PDT
The Do-It-Yourself Occupation Guide 2024 Edition 
Buildings are easier to defend than outdoor camps AND they can be more disruptive. For anyone ready to escalate for Gaza, check out this re-issue of a text that has been used in previous movements....
Posted: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 1:57am PDT
Updated List of Protests at Colleges, Universities 
Updated list of colleges and universities where students are protesting the decimation of Gaza and Palestinians...
Posted: Sun, Apr 28, 2024 10:20am PDT
NLG Condemns Attacks on Gaza Solidarity Encampments 
April 25th, 2024 - The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) unequivocally condemns the ongoing repression of pro-Palestinian activism taking place on university campuses across the country. The NLG is firm in its support for a free Palestine, and is against Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and occupation of the West Bank. The violent and unprovoked attacks by police on student encampments at Columbia, Yale, NYU, University of Southern California, Emory, University of Texas, and other universities ex...
Posted: Thu, Apr 25, 2024 11:36pm PDT
Columbia Students File Civil Rights Complaint After NYPD Arrests, National Guard Threat 
April 25, New York, NY – Today, Palestine Legal filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), demanding an investigation into Columbia University’s discriminatory treatment of Palestinian students and their allies, including by inviting NYPD officers in riot gear — for the first time in decades — to arrest over a hundred students peacefully protesting Israel’s genocide last week....
Posted: Thu, Apr 25, 2024 3:55pm PDT
Police Attack Palestine Rally At Labor Notes, SF Library Workers & French Railway Workers 
WorkWeek on KPOO covers the Police Attack on Labor Palestine Rally At Labor Notes, SF Library Workers & French Railway Workers, East Palestine Class Action Settlement & Aussie MUA On Palestine Struggle...
Posted: Wed, Apr 24, 2024 7:00pm PDT
Pro-Palestinian Campus Encampments Spread Nationwide Amid Mass Arrests at Columbia, NYU & Yale 
April 23, 2024 - Palestinian solidarity protests and encampments are appearing on college campuses from Massachusetts to California to protest Israel’s attacks on Gaza and to call for divestment from Israeli apartheid....
Posted: Wed, Apr 24, 2024 10:50am PDT
Strike for Palestine this May Day and Nakba Day 
Call to Action from the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions - Gaza Strip...
Posted: Wed, Apr 24, 2024 10:30am PDT