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Academics and staff at Duke University have formed a new group to organize for Palestinian liberation in and beyond the university.
Learn more and join us here: dukeforpalestine.org
Duke Academics & Staff for Justice in Palestine
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Duke Academics & Staff for Justice in Palestine
@dukeasjp
a group of academics and staff who work for Palestinian liberation through organizing efforts within and outside Duke University
- Today, May 12, 2024, graduating students walked out of Duke University commencement to protest Zionist speaker, Jerry Seinfeld, and to call attention to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. These students then held their own alternative commencement on the quad. 🧵 1/4
- Flyer passed out at Duke commencement today - walkout!!
- Free Palestine rally at Duke University! Decolonize Palestine! Decolonize Durham!
- We condemn the intensified repression of students, stand in solidarity with campus escalations, and call to end universities' institutional complicities with Israeli genocide & occupation! 🧵 1/9 Full statement: dukeforpalestine.org/2024/04/22/end…
- Gaza solidarity encampment at UNC-Chapel Hill. 1/2
- Replying to @dukeasjpJust as the Duke class of 1985 protested their commencement to pressure university divestment from apartheid South Africa, the class of 2024 led this action to demand the university divest from companies that profit from Israel's occupation of Palestine and genocide in Gaza. 2/4
- Replying to @dukeasjpNot a single university is left in Gaza. No graduation as usual. We are proud of our students for taking a stand and demanding better from our institution. 4/4 END 🧵
- Day 3 of The Triangle Gaza Solidarity Encampment at UNC-Chapel Hill, uniting UNC, Duke, and NC State students, staff, faculty, and wider community against genocide and for Palestinian liberation. 🧵 1/4 #FreePalestine #GazaSolidarity #EndGazaGenocide
- Replying to @dukeasjpDemands from the Duke students’ flyer: “We call on Duke to DISCLOSE its financial investments in Israel, DIVEST from companies profiting from the occupation of Palestine, BOYCOTT academic partnerships with Israeli universities, and SPEAK in favor of an immediate ceasefire.” 3/4
- A new encampment has been started at the Bell Tower at UNC Chapel Hill on the day of graduation. Folks on the ground are asking everyone who can to come support!
- Duke Academics & Staff for Justice in Palestine condemns the intensified repression of students at Columbia & Barnard, stands in solidarity with campus escalations, and calls to end institutional complicities with Israeli genocide & occupation. Statement: dukeforpalestine.org/2024/04/22/end…
- Duke Academics and Staff for Justice in Palestine’s statement against campus militarization and repression: 🧵 1/9 Full statement: dukeforpalestine.org/2024/05/07/aga…
- The Triangle Gaza Solidarity Encampment is uniting UNC, Duke, and NC State students, staff, faculty, and wider community against genocide and for Palestinian liberation.