September 11, 2024

Please consider attending this rally and hearing as requested by UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine. This is part of a disturbing national trend of university administrators, politicians and influential donors spending the summer dreaming up new (and likely unconstitutional) ways to suppress criticism of Israel on US campuses and elsewhere.

Besides continuing to punish students, faculty and staff for their protests last semester, administrations are prepping for new protests by crafting new rules ranging from the draconian to the petty to the ridiculous … see for example, this article about what is going on at UW-Madison.

So please attend the hearing on Wednesday and spread the word. And whether or not you can attend, if you are UW faculty, staff, alumni, or a donor and have not already done so, please sign this petition to the UW Administration. 

From SJP Madison: We invite you to join us in support of our comrade facing student disciplinary charges this Wednesday at 8:30 AM on Gordon Commons! We’ll be packing the hearing room and rallying outside beforehand as a show of solidarity against the absurd charges that UW has enacted on our students. We’d love to see you there!

You may also want to check out this national online briefing on the growing repression of dissent on Palestine at 10 am CT on Tuesday, Sept. 17. “From anti-boycott legislation to the recent arrests of student protestors, leading experts will examine how these actions impact American democracy and our right to collectively organize on a range of issues – from Palestinian rights to the environment, racial justice, reproductive rights and beyond – at such a critical juncture.” More information and registration here.