Listen to Thawra, The Dig’s rolling series on the history of 20th century Arab radicalism with Abdel Razzaq Takriti عبدالرزاق التكريتي thedigradio.com/Thawra/

A historic moment! The first time that the supreme governing body of a US university is willing to debate seriously and vote on a proposal to divest? All credit to our students who braved police arrests, risked lives and careers for this!

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One of the most significant statements made by the traditional council of Kahnawake who have confirmed that students have the right to be on this land in accordance with the Two Row Wampum Peace Treaty

Amidst U.S. campus crackdowns on peaceful protests, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression Irene Khan warns: “The Gaza crisis is truly becoming a global crisis of the freedom of expression [destined], to have huge repercussions for a long time to come.” [Full article:

1. The The Guardian points out today that 'Israel has also destroyed every university in Gaza, in addition to killing at least 5,479 students, 261 teachers and 95 university professors, according to the UN, which has condemned Israel’s actions as “scholasticide”.'
2. And yet there

Join us for this Nakba Day panel discussing the colonial continuum connecting 1948 to the Gaza Genocide

🚨Palestinian academics in the UK issue emergency call in defence of universities in Gaza and for urgent public commitments from UK universities and international organisations to support their rebuilding.🇵🇸

Scholars Against the War on Palestine have released a petition calling for the immediate protection of the persecuted Palestinian academic Dr. Nadera Shalhoub Kevorkian. Please read and circulate as appropriate.
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This series with the brilliant Abdel Razzaq Takriti عبدالرزاق التكريتي is excellent. Especially for those of us who don’t speak Arabic & were raised / educated in the US of A. I’ve learned an incredible amount.

Thank you Daniel Denvir!

Urgent petition in support of the incredible Prof Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian. Please sign and urge others to sign!

Please sign & circulate this petition for immediate Protection for Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, the Palestinian scholar who was detained & interrogated recently by Israel. This is an official letter & petition that was crafted with her legal team. scholarsagainstwar.org/actions/immedi…

Israel today assassinated the eldest daughter of our Professor Refaat Al-Areer (Refaat in Gaza 🇵🇸), Al-Shaimaa, along with her husband and newborn baby. I am out of words, tears, and ways to comprehend this endless loss, this pain, this criminal annihilation of our people.

The Movement of Arab Nationalists was profoundly consequential organization in history Arab radicalism—and for the Palestinian liberation movement in particular. Abdel Razzaq Takriti عبدالرزاق التكريتي tells the story of this important group in the latest ep of our Thawra series... thedigradio.com/podcast/thawra…

In Gaza, I studied at two universities and worked at a third. Professors who taught me have been killed, colleagues have been murdered, and the campuses where I studied and worked lay mostly in ruins. The entire academic system has been obliterated by Israel's bombs. Yet, here,

Spent the first night of Passover at the student seder in the Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia.

The Jewish flank of the Palestine solidarity movement is growing and it is so beautiful to behold.

Judge for yourself how unsafe these Jewish students look.

This world is sick. $26.4 billion package passed by the House to help Israel create more mass graves underneath the rubble of hospitals after massacring Palestinian doctors, nurses, and patients.
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I am a professor and as of today, I quit my position as Artist-in-Residence #ColumbiaUniversity which I have served for the past two years. I am an Associate Professor at Hunter College and in support of the courageous student protestors at Columbia, I cannot in good conscience..

Joined Columbia/Barnard #JewsForCeasefire for Havdalah last night.

This hits home the absurdity of current discourse. Some of the suspended Jewish students had to join us through the fence, they aren't allowed in.

Are these Jewish students safe yet Columbia University?
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