Student Movement
Unite the Encampments Against Repression and for a Free Palestine
Student encampments in solidarity with Gaza are cropping up across the country and are facing intense repression by police acting on behalf of university officials. Defending the occupations requires uniting outrage with these attacks on the right to protest with broad support for Palestine across the student movement and the labor movement.
Left Voice
April 25, 2024Call for Submissions: Students, Staff, and Faculty Against the Genocide and Against the Repression of Pro-Palestine Movement
Are you a member of the student movement against the genocide in Gaza or a staff member/faculty supporter? We want to publish your thoughts and experiences.
Left Voice
April 25, 2024All Eyes on Columbia: We Must Build a National Campaign to Defend the Right to Protest for Palestine
After suspending and evicting students and ordering the repression of a student occupation, Columbia University has become the ground zero for attacks against the pro-Palestine movement. What happens at Columbia in the coming days has implications for our basic democratic rights, such as the right to protest.
Maryam Alaniz
April 19, 2024“We Shouldn’t Let this Stop Us”: Suspended Columbia Student Activist Speaks Out
Aidan Parisi, a student at Columbia University’s School of Social Work, was recently suspended and has been threatened with eviction from their graduate student housing for pro-Palestinian activism on campus. Aidan talked to Left Voice about the state of repression, the movement at Columbia, and the path forward for uniting the student movement with the labor movement and other movements against oppression.
Left Voice
April 11, 2024When Columbia Students Are Under Attack, We Must Stand Up, Fight Back!
On January 19, two Columbia University students who are former Israeli Defense Forces soldiers attacked students with a chemical-based weapon called “skunk,” at a campus protest against the genocide of Palestinians. Students must unite with workers to defend our movement; from Palestine to Low, the attacks have got to go!
K.S. Mehta
February 2, 2024“Whatever they label us, we know what we’re fighting for”: Interview with a Palestinian organizer in New Jersey
In this interview a Palestinian student and community organizer discusses the repression and solidarity they’ve experienced building the movement for Palestine in North Jersey.
Samuel Karlin
January 22, 2024New Jersey High Schoolers Walked Out for Palestine and Received Death Threats
In West Orange, New Jersey, high schoolers organized a walkout for Palestine. The backlash they faced shows the repression of the movement for Palestine throughout the state.
Samuel Karlin
January 2, 2024Rutgers University Suspends Students for Justice in Palestine
The move to ban SJP at New Jersey's largest university comes amid a wave of escalating attacks on the student movement for Palestine.
Olivia Wood
December 13, 2023An Attack on One is an Attack on All: Academic Workers and Students Pledge to Fight Attacks Against Pro-Palestinian Organizers
The following pledge, signed by dozens of pro-Palestine organizations and counting, states that we will unite to fight against the repression under the principle that if you touch one of us, we all rise up. It launches a network of students, faculty, and staff fighting repression on their college campuses. We invite you to sign the statement and pledge to stand up against repression on campus and for a free Palestine.
CUNY4Palestine
November 21, 2023Palestine Is a Worker Struggle: UAW Graduate Student Workers in California Show Solidarity with Palestine
UAW graduate students at the University of Southern California joined the walkout for Palestine during their picket line. U.S. labor must fight for Palestinian liberation!
Maryam Alaniz
November 16, 2023