Renowned feminist sociologist Prof. Shalhoub-Kevorkian was arrested & charged by the Israeli gov't, based on her published scholarship on trauma, violence, & femicide. 100+ US legal scholars have signed this letter demanding that CHARGES BE DROPPED.
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Finally caught my breath for a sec and wrote a short thing about the encampments and the current state of pro-Palestinian/anti-genocide movement. countingcrowds.org/2024/05/10/thr…

'We didn't want public funds connected to a project about a polarizing geopolitical issue that is still playing out,' said the Vail town manager of a cancelled residency for a Lakota artist, apparently with no sense of either history or irony.

‼️‼️The very hour that suspensions for Harvard students are released, ADL President Jonathan Greenblatt walks out of a meeting in Harvard's Massachusetts Hall, *the location of Interim President Garber’s office.*

random story: killary was a surprise speaker at my law school graduation. when she showed up, every. single. student. leapt to their feet in rapturous applause.

the only ones who remained seated were me and a guy who's now big in trump world 🙃

baked a cake and cooked a magazine all at once

BREAKING: 1500+ alumni of the University of Chicago sign public letter of solidarity with student organizers and pledge to withhold donations after The University of Chicago Police raided the encampment on Tuesday. Read the full letter: bit.ly/UchiAlumPublic…

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Members of the UChicago community who are Muslim, Arab, or wearing any symbols of Palestine solidarity are being stopped by UCPD and Deans on Call & asked for ID. At least a dozen reports so far including of faculty seen at the encampment being followed and harassed. Despicable.

I wrote for the LPE Blog about the Biden Admin’s recent settler sanctions and the US’s history of using sanctions and financial war to punish Palestinians for resisting its shifting visions of ‘economic peace’. lpeproject.org/blog/financial…

Important thread on the political salience of scholarships/fellowships for Palestinians in the current moment.

Would also add that whether they can even access available resources is ultimately hostage to travel restrictions by Israel, US, other states.

Scholarships, Palestine studies, student centers: all things I love and value on a personal level, but they cannot come before divestment. That means tough decisions. It might mean ending the semester without a clear win. Gaza’s struggle has been long, our campaigns will be too.

As someone who has tried to help get scholarships for loved ones in Gaza, and generally wants Palestinians from Gaza to have access to opportunities at US universities, I have some thoughts and questions for organizers to consider as they shape their political demands. A thread:

“He was born in war and he died in war'

Hani Mahmoud Qishta was born by caesarean when a bomb critically wounded his mother.

He was just six months old when a bomb hit his grandparents' home, killing him and several relatives
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