Tag: SJP

  • A Confederacy of Puppets: The Return of Michele Rasmussen

    by Ohanzee, May 15, 2025, 9:25 /// On May 12th, students at stanford university began a hunger strike “to protest the Israeli government’s ongoing siege of Gaza and demand that stanford university uphold its ethics and values” (@stanfordsjp). The hunger strike began alongside a list of demands delivered to the administration of Stanford. These four…

  • Every single time Palestine was in question, UChicago either chose guilty silence or openly displayed Zionist tendencies

    by B.S.Ph., May 10, 2025, 19:45 /// “Free Speech is always fine, just don’t mention Palestine”.  This chant is particularly relevant in the context of the University of Chicago because, for a long time, UChicago championed itself as a beacon of free speech and academic freedom. However, as the US-Israel genocide on Gaza intensified, the…

  • Students: Pick Up Your Pens and Hammers and Strike Imperialism!

    by B.S.Ph. and الحوت, May 7, 2025, 15:00 /// We are at a crucial nodal period in history. The imperialist system that has dominated the world for centuries has reached its most dangerous, but also fragile, state. On the one hand, there is not a single place on Earth that has not been invaded or…

  • RECAP: Actions at Uchicago this Year So Far

    by editors, November 10, 2024, 2:25 /// Timeline: Sept 25: Palestine Legal and UCUP filed a federal civil rights complaint against uchicago with the Office of Civil Rights + uchicago announces new protest policies The complaint demands an investigation of uchicago’s discrimination against Palestinian, Muslim and Arab students, as well as students associated with Palestine.…

  • Why the Fight for Divestment on U.S. Campuses is Transformative

    by Hassan, March 8, 2024, 3:18 /// Every day, we student organizers at UChicago, like millions of young people around the world, are confronted with the horrific genocide of Palestinians. This Zionist genocide is backed by “our” government and most of “our” prominent institutions, which makes us directly complicit. I put the word “our” in…

  • SJP and UCUP say: No Business as Usual During Genocide

    by SJP Organizer, February 19, 2024, 21:49 /// On February 16, while the University of Chicago conducted a disciplinary hearing against Students for Justice in Palestine at UChicago (SJP) for our “disruptive” protest tactics, we sent a message to the University Administration loud and clear: There will be no business as usual during genocide.  We…