Video: Please Listen To This Professor At Columbia
Dr. Bruce Robbins, a Jewish professor at Columbia University, speaks to the problem with using false anti-semitism charges to distract from the most important issues.
Abby Zimet: The 2024 Class of Gaza | The Students Have Done Their Part
Thousands of students at over 100 U.S colleges in all but four states have embarked on protests and encampments denouncing an Israeli genocide in Gaza that’s now killed at least 35,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.
John Edward Simms: The Friendship Sweater and Radical Neutrality
A Response to the Editor’s “A Note to Our Readers Concerning Vox Populi’s Coverage of the War on Gaza”
George Yancy and Judith Butler: Universities Have Failed Their Democratic Mission by Repressing Gaza Protests
Universities are using draconian measures against student protesters who refuse to deem Palestinian suffering “unreal.”
Norman Solomon: War Culture Hates the Ethical Passion of the Young
In the Thrall of a Dominant Death Culture
Mark Rudd: Columbia students are sick at heart — just as we were in ‘68
What is the ethical response to witnessing a great moral crime?
Brett Wilkins: Congressman Mike Collins Cheers Video of Ole Miss Mob Attack on Black Student
This is not about Israel, Palestine, or Gaza. This is old-fashioned American racism and misogyny…
Video: Bernie Sanders Rips Colleagues for Attacking Student Protesters Instead of Netanyahu
‘It is not antisemitic or pro-Hamas to point out that in almost seven months Netanyahu’s extremist government has killed 34,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 77,000 – seventy percent of whom are women and children.’
Michael Simms: A note to our readers concerning Vox Populi’s coverage of the war on Gaza
I’ve received a number of complaints that Vox Populi’s coverage of the current conflict in Gaza is one-sided, and I have to admit it is true.
Brett Wilkins: Israel Kills Daughter, Infant Grandson of Slain Palestinian Poet Refaat Alareer
The daughter, infant grandson, and son-in-law of Refaat Alareer—the renowned Palestinian poet assassinated last year in an Israeli airstrike—were killed Friday in another Israel Defense Forces bombing, this one reportedly targeting a building hosting an international relief charity in Gaza City.
Jake Johnson: Leaked State Department Memo Says Israeli Assurances ‘Neither Credible Nor Reliable’
“Suspending military aid is the bare minimum the U.S. must do to avoid further complicity in these abuses.”
Chris Hedges: Revolt in the Universities
University Students Across The Country, Facing Mass Arrests, Suspensions, Evictions And Expulsions Are Our Last, Best Hope To Halt The Genocide In Gaza.
Julia Conley: Violent Arrest of Emory Professor Spotlights Brutality of Police Crackdown on Campus Protests
“To sustain this level of blind support for Israel, the U.S. must erode its own democracy,” said one foreign policy expert. “And that is what we see happening on U.S. campuses now.”
Jake Johnson: UN Rights Chief Demands International Probe of Mass Graves Near Gaza Hospitals
More than 300 bodies were reportedly discovered in the mass grave near the Nasser facility in Khan Younis, Gaza, and eyewitnesses said Israeli soldiers executed civilians during their two-week-long raid of al-Shifa last month.
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