HR 35

Reporter Alex Kane talks about the failed attempt by Zionist groups and even “progressive” officials in New York City to censor a talk on BDS at Brooklyn College.

Nora Barrows-Friedman squares off against a pro-Israel lawyer behind efforts to silence Palestine solidarity activists and conflate criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism on US campuses.

HR 35 was passed in August and equates Palestine solidarity activism on California campuses with anti-Semitism. The aim is to suppress free speech and criticism of Israel, say rights groups.

A letter sent Monday to the Department of Education from the ACLU states that Israel-aligned groups’ complaints of discrimination because of Palestine activism “raises constitutional red flags that are significant and alarming.”

Liz Jackson talks about how civil rights groups are challenging the University of California as a climate of fear silences Palestine solidarity activism and Palestinian and Muslim students.

Palestinian footballer and former hunger striker Mahmoud Sarsak with Shahd Abusalama on the ongoing prisoner hunger strikes in Israeli jails; and an interview with Eric Romann of LA Dump Veolia.

A resolution passed on Saturday by the largest California student association condemns a recent resolution by the state assembly seeking to chill student activism and criticism of Israel’s policies on campuses.

An exclusive interview with Githa Hariharan of the Indian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, on the various initiatives across India which connect to the global BDS movement.

A group of academics have voiced their opposition to the California Assembly’s recent passage of a resolution on “anti-Semitism.” They say it calls upon universities to deny free speech to students and faculty.

The California State Assembly passed a resolution that calls for state colleges to “increase efforts to swiftly and unequivocally condemn acts of anti-Semitism on their campuses.” The real intent is to further suppress Palestine solidarity activism.