Pretty extraordinary moment in US labor history, I think.

Thanks to the early career academics in UAW and BDS organizers within the union, UAW has declared that investments in Israel are a workplace issue related to the labor rights of workers.

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📍Barnard College

Parents for Palestine show their solidarity at the Barnard College graduation!

Court rejects McGill’s request for an injunction and police action against the Gaza Solidarity Encampment.

McGill: just divest already!
cbc.ca/news/canada/mo…

If you're part of a student group that would like to participate in some political education based on Let This Radicalize You this summer, hit me up. Virtual or in-person is possible, depending on where you are located. (Doesn't have to be a formal group.)

At UCLA now: despite intense police crackdown, mass arrests + violence from far-right counter-protesters, students continue to gather for Gaza solitary actions. Today, a gathering for Nakba Day and teach-ins at the “People’s University for the Liberation of Palestine”

This is such an important report that supports what we’ve been saying — police stood by while fascists brutalized students. The UC office of the President, the UCLA Chancellor, and LAPD allowed this to happen.

The Nakba never ended.

major shareholders are dropping Elbit Systems, Israel's largest military contractor, following sustained direct actions and disruptions!!!

📍The New School, 72 5th Ave

The New School community has de-occupied its welcome center, now known as LAMA CENTER in honor of Lama Jamous, the 9-year-old journalist from Gaza. They demand full divestment and reject any concessions besides an immediate vote.

NOW: Less than 30 minutes ago, CUNY students and staff “deoccupied” the CUNY Grad Center, renaming the library the “Al Aqsa University Library,” according to an organizer

Protesters are currently rallying outside the Grad Center

🇵🇸CHICAGO: show up on Friday to shut down UChicago’s alumni weekend! UChicago thinks it can continue fundraising as usual after it violently cleared the Palestine solidarity encampment, but we won’t let that happen‼️‼️

'I've seen combat in war zones...this is nothing like this...I've done more amputations & seen more traumatic amputations of children than I've seen during my entire career in the last 2 weeks.' Dr. Adam Hamawy, fmr trauma surgeon who served in Iraq, on the conditions in Gaza

They’re bombing Rafah in the south and telling people to flee north. They’re bombing Jabilia in the north and telling people to flee south.

This baby was pulled out alive in critical condition last night from beneath the rubble of a house that had been levelled to the ground by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.

State Dept. Report: Israel Likely Violated International and U.S. Law Using U.S. Weapons democracynow.org/2024/5/13/head…

Students around the US disrupt graduation ceremonies to show support for Palestine.

UQAM: The students have no reason to protest, we’re not involved with Israel at all.

Israel:

The bombing of a four-story house containing dozens of displaced people coming from the city of Rafah. A large number are still under the rubble and it is difficult to reach them due to the lack of capabilities of the civil defense crews.

Salama Nabil reports from Al Nuseirat

Israeli forces attacked aid convoys and buildings in Gaza at least eight times since October despite being given coordinates to ensure their protection, says Human Rights Watch (HRW) in a new report aje.io/qfy1en

Israel Strikes UNRWA School, Intensifies Air and Ground Attacks Across Gaza democracynow.org/2024/5/14/head…