#IStandWithNadera

Queen Mary University of London

A vicious campaign by Israeli academia, police, and media to silence Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian shows Palestinians that they have no safe place in Zionist institutions, writes Shahrazad Odeh.

972mag.com/nadera-shalhou…

Hey! Secretary Antony Blinken! You're rather disastrously failing a UC citizen here. And there are quite a lot of people asking you to do better: actionnetwork.org/petitions/imme…

Thursday Update: Prof. Shalhoub-Kevorkian was questioned for 4th time for 4 hours, without lawyers or US embassy staff, per family. Much was about scholarship, concepts like necropolitics and capitalism; and if she thinks Israel uses torture on Palestinians. She reiterated that…

“Unchilding” refers to the authorized eviction of children from childhood for political goals and is maintained by a violent, racist, sexist, and classist machinery that exists everywhere and always.” - Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian

palestine-studies.org/en/node/1650366

'What does it mean when we act on the realization that our institutions need us more than we need them?'

Those little tents (AND the water jug!) will long inspire truly transformative solidarity.

Really beautifully written statement from a student journalist who actually entered our Liberated Zone rather than observing from afar. His conclusion? “I suppose it means hope. I hope it means hope.”

Everyone is talking about the student protests. But *stunning* how little we've heard from student organizers themselves. We asked some to explain their aims and concerns. If you read one thing about the protests today, read this: lpeproject.org/blog/from-the-…

This is my favorite part of these brilliant reflections on the LPE Blog, written by students at the encampments.

“The students are not only making demands, they also bear gifts.” Gifts that help us envision a different, less bloodied future.

My colleague & friend, the great labor historian Prof. Annelise Orleck. Annelise is out & ok, but was told that a condition of her release is being banned from campus, despite currently teaching two courses.

That’s my fucking mom—-she’s okay now and bailing out the students who got arrested. I’m so proud

An alternative: defend higher education as a good in its own right

Assuming causation (over correlation) of income to degree responsibilizes universities for a set of decisions related to political economy

An economy that funnels money away from the non-rich through falling real wages and regressive taxation disadvantages graduates as much as other workers

Might someone make the argument that it is the economy, not a person's degree, that determines their potential to earn money?

UK universities warn of more course closures and job cuts without state help ft.com/content/2fc917… via @ft

ENCAMPMENT ON SHEFFIELD CAMPUS! 🇵🇸 PSC
Palestinian Youth Movement London Student Action for Palestine
The students of Sheffield are camping outside the Student Union building to protest against the University.

Think of the children! No, not those children. No, not them, either. No,