student activism
Rachel Would be Proud
We received the following press release from student activists in Washington. They announced that Evergreen State College students overwhelmingly voted to divest from Israel. Rachel Corrie was a senior at the college when the Israeli army took her life with a Caterpillar bulldozer, as she stood in front of a Palestinian home they wanted to demolish.
While I am sure Rachel would be honored to have one of the flotilla ships named after her, this action by Evergreen State students is in her legacy and would make her proud, I imagine.
Harvard Students Rebuke Kramer and the U’s Support
Harvard students put together a coalition of sixteen campus groups calling on the university to terminate Martin Kramer’s fellowship for his highly problematic suggestion that humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees be cut to in effect lessen their numbers.
Their statement in the student newspaper is an opening shot at a clear institutional double standard. more
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