What are the roots of the anti-Israel BDS movement? An English professor, Cary Nelson, dives into that question in his book, “Dreams Deferred: A Concise Guide to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict & the Movement to Boycott Israel.”
Topic: SJP
Angela Davis Speaks at DC University, Speaks of Israel and America as “Settler Colonial Nation[s]”
Angela Davis, a former Communist Party USA leader and Black Panther, as well as a former member of FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted, recently spoke at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Her speech, entitled…
Student Groups Praised Former Communist Activist’s Life of ‘Social Justice’
Angela Davis, a former Communist Party member, is no fan of free markets, capitalism and Israel, yet she was an honored speaker at George Washington University. A recent event held at the Washington, D.C.-based George…
Anti-Colonial Thanksgiving to be Celebrated at Smith College by Students for Justice in Palestine
From Campus Reform: The school’s Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter organized the “Anti-Colonial Thanksgiving: Water, Land, and Solidarity” event, which sought to highlight commonalities between the Palestinian cause and the Standing Rock Sioux…
Not all the news that’s fit to print: College newspapers’ Palestinian bias
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published at the Times of Israel. When Elmer Davis, director of FDR’s Office of War Information, observed that “…you cannot do much with people who are convinced that they are…
CUNY Declines to Disband Pro-Palestinian Group Despite Anti-Semitic Acts
The student group ‘Students for Justice for Palestine’ has been exposed as anti-Semitic, but are not going to be banned from City University of New York campuses due to free speech protections: “Death to Jews,”…
Student Mob Tries to Gain Entrance to a Pro-Israel Movie Screening
Sounds like a harrowing experience for a female student who happened to be trapped among the throng of protesting students who demanded entry to the private movie screening.
Students for Justice in Palestine Seeks Social for All—Except Jews, Of Course
Editor’s note: This piece originally appeared on Times of Israel’s website. Perhaps when literary critic C.S. Lewis despaired of “omnipotent moral busybodies . . . who torment us for our own good,” he was speaking…
The Wesleyan Controversy and a Double Standard for Campus Free Speech
In what is yet more evidence that universities have become, at least where campus free speech is concerned, “islands of repression in a sea of freedom,” as Chester E. Finn Jr., a former Assistant Secretary…