Student Activists

Trump’s Education Agenda for Teachers: Sanitize US History or Leave the Field

January 28, 2025 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Native Americans, Racism, Student Activists, The War at Home, US Government Action

by Jesse Hagopian, published on Truthout, January 24, 2025 Teachers fear Trump may use federal funding as a bludgeon to push “uncritical race theory” on K-12 schools and colleges. “Getting critical race theory out of our schools is not just a matter of values, it’s also a matter of national survival,” Donald Trump railed at a rally in the lead-up[…]

University of Rochester Students Face 7 Years in Jail for Displaying ‘Wanted’ Posters on Campus

December 19, 2024 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Protest, Student Activists, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy

by Michael Arria, published on Mondoweiss, November 14, 2024 Four students at the University of Rochester are facing up to seven years in jail for putting up posters around campus accusing a small number of faculty members of enabling the genocide in Gaza. Last month four students at the University of Rochester were charged with second-degree criminal mischief for their connection[…]

Cornell Student Nick Wilson on Pro-Palestine Activism

September 30, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance, Imperialism, Interview, Israel, Palestine, Student Activists, The War at Home, U.S. Aggression

I Was Just Suspended by Cornell University. Here’s My Story. by Nick Wilson, published in the Cornell Sun, April 27, 2024 My name is Nick Wilson, I am a second-year undergraduate in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations and yesterday I was temporarily suspended from the University for participating in a nonviolent encampment on the Arts Quad. I was suspended[…]

Campus Revolts Inspire Anti-Imperialist Solidarity

May 2, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Civil Resistance, Genocide, Indigenous peoples, Israel, Israel-Palestine, LandGrabs, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Protest, Student Activists, The War at Home, US Hypocrisy, Violence Against Protesters, War Crimes, Weapons Sales

by Monica Moorehead, published on Workers World, April 30, 2023 Faced with the ongoing U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in occupied Gaza that has claimed the lives of 34,454 civilians, with 77,575 people injured as of April 28, according to Gaza’s Palestinian Ministry of Health, and caused the displacement of over 1 million people, the solidarity with Palestine is evolving into a[…]

Student Mobilizations Against Israel Genocide Spread

April 26, 2024 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-War, Civil Resistance, Free Speech, Genocide, Israel, Palestine, Protest, Student Activists

by Barry Shepard, published on Socialist Action, April 24, 2024 Ever since Israel’s war on Palestinians and increasing destruction of infrastructure and mass killings of the population in Gaza, protests have developed on campuses. The response of supporters of Israel’s war have charged that campus pro-Palestinian demonstrations are anti-Semitic. As the killings and destruction have intensified, so to have many[…]