BREAKING: super proud and excited to share that our formidable students were not only amongst the first to start a #Palestine#Gaza occupation back in February - the occupation has now been resolved in the following agreement! There will be Palestine scholarships, a review of investments, and more!
I walked past the library just yesterday and took this picture … so great it’s had real effect and that it’s on world news!
Just saw that the picture before was a photo of a Mark Fisher quote poster up in our Anthropology common room since his untimely death - felt it was apt to share that too
Starting a tally of universities where current student protests have led to divestment (or moves towards divestment - see discussion below) and other changes. Please do let me know of others and I will add. List here; articles etc below (Goldsmiths above).
York, UK
Goldsmiths, UK
UCR Riverside, US
Evergreen, US
Brown (? See below)
Rutgers (? See @poppamunz below)
Minnesota
Toronto Metropolitan University
Trinity College Dublin
UCR Riverside.
Al this is so important, even beyond Gaza. More transparency and oversight of university Investments will mean less fossil fuel Investment etc., too. I hope.
I am adding Brown but currently not 100% sure whether this amounts to a commitment to divestment - although it is the same “reviewing of investments” as elsewhere. Which perhaps some would interpret as none of these being real, definite divestments - but it’s an important beginning and students will get a say here at Brown, too, so let’s count this as a victory, too.