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Category Archives: Israel/Palestine
Mob Action Charges Against Activists for Pro-Palestinian Encampment at UIUC
As students are returning to university campuses, we are seeing signs of continued support for Palestinians who are enduring an onslaught by Israeli military forces. Here at the University of Illinois, the first week of classes students chalked “DIVEST” on … Continue reading
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Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Police, Policing, Section, States'Attorney, University of Illinois
Tagged campus activism, pro-Palestinian activism, repression, student activism
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The Gaza Protests and Grassroot Challenges to US Foreign Policy
Letters to the editor, teach-ins, motions for divestment, campus protests, city resolutions . . . These expressions of citizen concern are not unique to the ongoing war on Gaza and are entirely appropriate to a democracy. Local communities have the … Continue reading
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Posted in Foreign Policy, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Peace movement, Vietnam War
Tagged campus protest, Champaign City Council, Gaza, local activism, peace movement, Urbana City Council, US foreign policy
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Popular University for Gaza at UIUC
From Friday, April 26 through Friday, May 10, we established a branch of the Popular University for Gaza at UIUC, joining the national student movement for Palestine. This encampment was just one small piece in the long movement for Palestinian … Continue reading
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Posted in Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Section, Students, University of Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Voices
Tagged campus activism, divestment, Israel/Palestine, student protest, University of Illinois
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May/June Issue Front Cover
The Suffering in Gaza is Our Community’s Concern! 998 total views
998 total views
Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Justice, Middle East, Palestinians, War
Tagged Gaza, Israel/Palestine, local politics, Middle East, Urbana City Council, war
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City Business is Whatever the Community Cares About
Americans have been in the streets since October 8 demanding an end to the US-backed Israeli attack on Gaza. They’re at sporting events and camping out in front of top politicians’ homes. They were at tree-lighting and caroling events over the … Continue reading
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Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Justice, Middle East, Palestinians, Politics, Section, Voices, War
Tagged Gaza, Israel/Palestine, local government, Middle East, Palestinian rights, Urbana City Council, war
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March/April Issue Back Cover
Hundreds gathered in Westside Park on Saturday, March 2 as part of a Global Day of Action for Palestine. They heard speeches and then marched through downtown Champaign. 284 total views
284 total views
Posted in Imperialism, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Peace movement, Violence, War
Tagged anti-war, Gaza, Jewish activism, Palestine, peace movement
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The Age of Disconnect: US Policy and the War Beyond Gaza
The hypocrisy gap between US diplomatic pronouncements and US actions is no surprise to world audiences, but the disconnect on display since October 7 has put the nail in the coffin of the American Century. American officials have been invoking … Continue reading
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Posted in Foreign Policy, Imperialism, International, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Section, War
Tagged China, Gaza, imperialism, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, US foreign policy, war
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November/December Issue Front Cover
GAZA CEASE-FIRE NOW! 613 total views
613 total views
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged Cease-Fire Now, Gaza War, Israel/Palestine
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Israel’s Violence Will Never Bring “Safety” to Anyone, Including Jews
This article was published in Truthout on October 18, 2023. It has been updated to reflect numbers as of November 2, and lightly edited for style. The horror and heartbreak in Gaza reaches new proportions each minute: Israel’s siege has … Continue reading
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Posted in International, Israel/Palestine, Middle East
Tagged colonial violence, Israel/Palestine, Jewish anti-Zionism, Palestinian rights
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Academic Freedom Cases at the U of I, Part 2
In the October/November issue of the Public i, I discussed two cases in which the University faced pressure to dismiss professors because of their speech or extramural writing. These cases go back to the 1960s but have recently been resurrected … Continue reading
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Posted in Academic freedom, Censorship, Free Speech, Israel/Palestine, Public Universities, Section, University of Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tagged academic freedom, censorship, free speech, University of Illinois history
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Palestinians Aren’t Safe Anywhere, Not Even in their Classrooms
In the past month, Palestinians have witnessed yet another escalation of Zionist violence inflicted onto our homeland without reservation. Israeli warplanes murdered over 250 Palestinians and displaced nearly 100,000 people from their homes during a two-week-long bombardment of the Gaza … Continue reading
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Posted in International, International, Israel/Palestine, Palestinians, Section, Students, Voices, Women
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Separating Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism
The morning after the 2016 presidential election, I woke up wondering if I was still white. I am Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jewish, and had always felt confident in the safety my light skin afforded me. That day, for the first … Continue reading
Posted in anti-Semitism, Israel/Palestine, Students, Women
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Students for Justice in Palestine Triumphs in Illinois Student Government Vote
On October 23, student organizers and members of Illinois Student Government (ISG) were elated to hear that a resolution demanding an apology from University of Illinois Chancellor Robert Jones had been passed by a vote of 29-4. The resolution criticized … Continue reading
Posted in Antisemitism, Israel/Palestine
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Anti-Semitism: Still the “Socialism of Fools”?
Scandals over alleged anti-Semitism have recently ensnared leftist British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn; the populist Yellow Vest movement, which leans both Left and Right (and neither, rejecting both); and Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), critic of Israel and supporter of … Continue reading
Posted in anti-Semitism, Boycott, Israel, Israel/Palestine, Middle East
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On the Topic of Islamophobia and Nationalism
From the time we are little until we are fully grown, most of us are taught the basic saying “treat others the way you want to be treated.” It represents the action of being courteous and kind, to not disrespect … Continue reading
Posted in African Americans, bigotry, China, civil rights, Islamophobia, Israel/Palestine, Xenophobia
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Open Rebuttal to Sen. Duckworth
In a February 7 letter responding to my concerns about Senate Bill 1 (S.1), the Strengthening America’s Security in the Middle East Act of 2019, Senator Tammy Duckworth offered a defense of her support for this bill. I believe that … Continue reading
Posted in Boycott, Free Speech, Israel/Palestine
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The Chancellor’s Massmail on Free Speech Who Is It Talking About?
Returning from a meeting of the American Association of Universities (AAU), Chancellor Jones shared a joint statement that was crafted at the meeting in regard to free speech on campus. The statement starts out by saying that people whose views … Continue reading
Posted in bigotry, Free Speech, Israel/Palestine, labor, University of Illinois
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Israel Anti-Boycott Act a Threat to Free Speech
This article is about a bill introduced in both the U.S. Senate (S.720) and the House of Representatives (H.R.1697). These identical bills are both very complex and very dangerous to our civil liberties. They would outlaw “requests to impose restrictive … Continue reading
Posted in Boycott, Foreign Policy, Israel
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Trump and the Resurgence of Antisemitism
I composed the following reflections-in-progress in the first week after the election in order to address the sudden prominence of antisemitism in mainstream American politics. Unfortunately, nothing that has happened since then leads me to think that these tentative thoughts … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 election, Antisemitism, Israel/Palestine, Politics, Politics, Trump
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May Day Rally on Quad
“This is what solidarity looks like.” May Day rally on the U of I Quad.
Posted in African Americans, Human Rights, International, Israel/Palestine, Labor/Economics
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