In the News – May 13, 2024 Students Persist in the Face of Police Attacks on Peaceful Encampments Student encampments calling on universities to disclose their financial dealings with Israel and divest and to call for a ceasefire in the Israeli genocidal assault on Gaza and attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank have come under vicious police attack in Alberta and are being threatened with police action on other campuses across the country.Students at the University of Calgary set up an encampment on May 9. That evening riot police armed with shields, tear gas and flash bang explosives first kettled and then attacked students and their supporters as students were taking down their tents and preparing to leave to comply with police orders. Several people were injured as they were rushed by police. [More] |
No. 32May 9, 2024
Student Encampments
Militant Resistance on U.S. University Campuses
Solidarity with Palestine at Educational Institutions in Canada and Quebec
• Valiant Fight of Students to Maintain McGill Encampment for Gaza
• Statement from Jewish Organizations at Student
Encampment at McGill
• University of Ottawa Palestine Encampment Demands Divestment from Military Monopolies
• University of Toronto Students Organize Encampment for Palestine
• Encampment at McMaster Joins in Defending Gaza
• Ontario Faculty Oppose Ministerial Dictate of Bill 166 Targeting Support for Palestine
• Ontario Teachers Demand Their Pension Plan Stop Funding
Israeli War Crimes
• “No Profits from Palestinian Death” Campaign
• University of Calgary Encampment Demands
Divestment from Israel
• Statement of Solidarity with University of British Columbia
Encampment for Gaza
• Faculty Unions Adopt Divestment and Boycott Motions
• Call to Action Concerning the Humanitarian Crisis in Palestine
Photo Review — April 25 to May 9
• Student Youth in Canada, U.S. and Around the World
Step Up Their Actions for Gaza
No. 31May 8, 2024
Israel’s U.S.-Backed Criminal Invasion of Rafah Begins
• Amid Bombardments Israel Orders a Quarter of a Million Palestinians in Rafah to Evacuate
• Israeli Massacres Continue in the Gaza Strip
• Al-Qassam Brigades Put Up Fierce Resistance
Unfolding Events
• Israeli Prime Minister Rejects Mediators’ Ceasefire Proposal
• Palestinian Resistance Accepts Mediators’ Ceasefire Proposal
• Israel Shuts Down Al Jazeera in Tel Aviv
• Israeli Torture to Extract False Confessions
Photo Review