Organizing in solidarity with the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) since 2008
toronto wide tenant union had its inaugural meeting and no one is talking about which is a shame because its base (ysw) are the most confrontational, well organized and radical tenants in the city. they've won real victories while being among the most disenfranchised in TO
"Still, Minab" is the single most heart-wrenching and yet life-affirming work I have ever done in my life. In this fieldwork ethnography of the Minab massacre, I conducted in-depth interviews with 35 people, including 8 families, volunteer workers in town, and local eyewitnesses.
The existing accounts of Minab in both English and Farsi language media, while valuable, remain incomplete.
This mini‑series was born from a responsibility to affirm the victims’ own voices: their lives, testimonies, and interpretations as undeniable sources of knowledge about this atrocity. It is also a commitment to them.
This commitment also makes this work freely available and accessible to all. You are welcome (and encouraged) to share and use it widely.
Here is the first episode of the ethnography of Minab—the massacre and its aftermath.
Parastesh Zaeri, 11, survived the US-Zionist attack on her school. But she does not know that her brother, Ali Asghar, 9, who came upstairs after the first explosion to look for her, did not survive.
This is Parastesh's account of what happened that day. The life of Ali Asghar. What was taken from us. And our promise and dedication to carry him forward.
"Still, Minab" honors the people of the south, holding its pain and dignity together, as a testament to the best of humanity.
/special thanks to @Jedaal & @bikrumsinghgill
Watch the first episode here:
youtube.com/watch?v=RYd8ePRl…#StillMinab#MinabSchool
Today Israeli occupation forces stormed the Birzeit University campus for the second time in less than a month, raiding the campus with a convoy of 20 military vehicles. Soldiers fired live ammunition & tear gas at students attending lectures, injuring 41. #Scholasticide
This is the 26th Israeli military raid on the campus since 2002, & the 7th since October 2023.This attack coincided with the start of the new semester as students prepared al protest for Palestinian prisoners, including the 150 Birzeit students currently held in Israeli detention
The Jewish Faculty Network is has launched “The CIJA Report: A Pattern of Anti-Palestinian Racism and Genocide Denial at the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs”, check out this new resource. Link is below
@FacultyJewish
Harvard Education Publishing Group cancelled this article, now published with Curriculum Inquiry.
The article offers one of the most comprehensive accounts of #scholasticide centering the #GazaGenocide & discusses the formidable resistance & resilience of Gaza’s academics🧵
Other universities have made steps to divest from companies complicit in horrendous human rights abuses, while many continue to make excuses for turning a blind eye. It is past time for @UAlberta to end its complicity. @AASUA@fac4pal@UAlbertaAlumniinstitutionalcomplicity.ca/
Come check out this year’s Toronto Palestine Film Festival! In particular, get your tickets here to see Saturday’s screening of The Encampments, which we are co-sponsoring, and stick around for the panel discussion after the film. We hope to see you there! tpff.ca/program-2025/encampm…
You will never see this reported or described as “terrorism” in the Western media since they’re hypocrites and racists. @grok, why is this?
@piersmorgan, can you say this is terrorism?
Israel has flattened 4 schools in Al-Shati Refugee Camp since the morning.
What’s now happening is Israel dropping tons of explosives on displacement camps and residential areas.
The Toronto Metropolitan University Faculty Union (TFA) has voted overwhelmingly to support a joint motion to recognize and address anti-Palestinian racism in solidarity with the people of Palestine, as well as the students, faculty and staff at the university.
The historic motion, jointly introduced by TMU Faculty for Palestine (F4P) and TMU Jewish Faculty Network (JFN), was passed by a vote of 106-22. It acknowledges the urgent and escalating issue of anti-Palestinian racism
of weapons used to commit or facilitate war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Sudan, and all other contexts of crimes against humanity, illegal occupation, and other serious violations of international law.
The UPP is a $11.7 billion, multi-employer,
transparent and member-responsive governance, and a commitment to ethically responsible environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. UTFA joins other labour groups in the UPP who have passed motions calling for pension divestment, including Trent University faculty,
Divestment victory! Yesterday, with a record turnout for the vote, UofT faculty and librarians passed an historic divestment motion. The membership of the University of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) called on the University Pension Plan (UPP) to divest from the manufacture