"Anti-Israel divestment push gains traction at US colleges"
Associated Press
Feb. 28, 2015
At: http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/article11435600.html
And at: http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/politics/article/Anti-Israel-divestment-push-gains-traction-at-US-6107437.php#/0
And at: http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/294506441.html
And at: http://www.edgeboston.com/news/news/172771/anti-israel_divestment_push_gains_traction_at_us_colleges_
"...Nowhere is the impact more evident than the University of California system. Student governments at five of the 10 UC campuses have voted for divestment. Two more, Santa Cruz and Davis, did the same, but the votes were thrown out over procedural issues. Since December, divestment also won the backing of the labor union representing thousands of teaching assistants and other workers for the entire UC system, UAW2865, and the University of California Students Association, which represents student government bodies statewide..."
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Divestment against Apartheid Israel--
At the University of Michigan, 2015, and
At Northwestern University:
"SAFE launches campaign to encourage divestment"
Michigan Daily (University of Michigan at Ann Arbor)
Feb. 25, 2015
Students Allied for Freedom and Equality — the University chapter of the activist group Students for Justice in Palestine — read a new divestment resolution Tuesday during the Divestment and Sanctions Symposium. Organizers intend to bring [it] before the Central Student Government...
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"Northwestern poses transparency challenges as students move forward with divestment"
Daily Northwestern
Feb. 25, 2015
"After the passage of Northwestern Divest’s resolution at Associated Student Government Senate last week, NU joins a growing number of universities in the United States whose students have pushed for divestment from companies allegedly involved in human rights violations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
"Student governments at six of the nine undergraduate colleges within the University of California system have passed resolutions calling for divestment...."
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Monday, February 9, 2015
Historic vote for divestment against Israel:
"UC Student Association votes to divest from companies allegedly violating Palestinian rights"
DAILY CAL
Feb. 9, 2015
At: http://www.dailycal.org/2015/02/09/university-california-student-association-votes-divest-companies-allegedly-complicit-violations-palestinian-rights/
"The University of California Student Association passed a resolution at its Sunday meeting calling for the UC Board of Regents to divest from corporations allegedly violating Palestinian human rights.
"The resolution called for divestment from a number of companies — including General Electric, Boeing and Hewlett-Packard — that have been accused of enabling or profiting from ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine...."
"...Already, several student governments have passed similar divestment bills. Last month, UC Davis’ student senate passed a resolution urging the UC regents to divest from corporations supporting the Israeli occupation of Palestine. In 2013, the ASUC Senate voted to pass a similar bill, deciding to divest funds from companies associated with Israel’s military.
"UCLA’s undergraduate student government voted to take similar action in November, and in December, members of United Auto Workers Local 2865, a labor union representing student employees in the UC system, voted to pass a measure calling for both the university and union to divest from companies with ties to the Israeli military...."
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Also:
"In historic vote, UC Student Association endorses call for divestment in support of Palestinian rights"
MONDOWEISS
February 9, 2015
At: http://mondoweiss.net/2015/02/association-divestment-Palestinian
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DAILY CAL
Feb. 9, 2015
At: http://www.dailycal.org/2015/02/09/university-california-student-association-votes-divest-companies-allegedly-complicit-violations-palestinian-rights/
"The University of California Student Association passed a resolution at its Sunday meeting calling for the UC Board of Regents to divest from corporations allegedly violating Palestinian human rights.
"The resolution called for divestment from a number of companies — including General Electric, Boeing and Hewlett-Packard — that have been accused of enabling or profiting from ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine...."
"...Already, several student governments have passed similar divestment bills. Last month, UC Davis’ student senate passed a resolution urging the UC regents to divest from corporations supporting the Israeli occupation of Palestine. In 2013, the ASUC Senate voted to pass a similar bill, deciding to divest funds from companies associated with Israel’s military.
"UCLA’s undergraduate student government voted to take similar action in November, and in December, members of United Auto Workers Local 2865, a labor union representing student employees in the UC system, voted to pass a measure calling for both the university and union to divest from companies with ties to the Israeli military...."
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Also:
"In historic vote, UC Student Association endorses call for divestment in support of Palestinian rights"
MONDOWEISS
February 9, 2015
At: http://mondoweiss.net/2015/02/association-divestment-Palestinian
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