By Ellen Cantarow and Jennifer Loewenstein | – ( Commondreams.org ) – All of us—and we are legion across the worldmust keep our eyes on the genocide in Gaza, as well as on the vicious pogro...
https://www.juancole.com/2024/05/weaponizing-antisemitism.html
By Norman Solomon ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Persisting in his support for an unpopular war, the Democrat in the White House has helped spark a rebellion close to home. Young people — least inclin...
https://www.juancole.com/2024/05/culture-ethical-passion.html
Juan Cole: Israel, Gaza and Campus Protests, Part I on Sea Change Radio with Alex Wise. Transcript below. Or listen here: Pro-Palestinian student protests are erupting on college campuses all ove...
https://www.juancole.com/2024/05/israel-campus-protests.html
Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association Dr. Andrew Martin Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis admartin@wustl.edu . . . We write on behalf of the Middle East Stu...
https://www.juancole.com/2024/05/washington-protesting-suspension.html
Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Pitching Pro-Palestine protest encampments on their campuses, students risk their futures and physical safety by putting their bodies on the lin...
https://www.juancole.com/2024/05/generations-protesting-vilification.html
By Danielle K. Brown, Michigan State University | – Protest movements can look very different depending on where you stand, both literally and figuratively. For protesters, demonstrations are u...
https://www.juancole.com/2024/05/coverage-spectacle-substance.html
By Helen Benedict ( Tomdispatch.com ) – Helicopters have been throbbing overhead for days now. Nights, too. Police are swarming the streets of Broadway, many in riot gear. Police vans, some as ...
https://www.juancole.com/2024/05/weaponizing-antisemitism-atrocities.html
New York (Special to Informed Comment) – Earlier this week Columbia University started suspending the students who refused to leave the encampment they built to protest Columbia’s support of ...
https://www.juancole.com/2024/05/arrested-columbia-university.html
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A key feature of American bigotry toward people from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and toward Muslims more generally, has been the demonization by jour...
https://www.juancole.com/2024/05/intifada-uprising-protest.html