BW S11E9: ‘Protest for Palestine,’ ASI decides against raising Pride flag & more
Tag: Palestine
Students hold ‘Protest for Palestine’ amid international conflict
Protestors make noise to support the movement for Palestinian freedom days after deadly attacks.
Pro-Palestine demonstration calls attention to people’s struggle
As part of Palestine Awareness Week, a demonstration calling to the Israel-Palestine conflict was erected on the Free Speech Lawn.
The Apartheid wall returns to LBSU’s campus
The wall is intended to educate students on Palestinian history and issues.
Students gather on campus in support of Palestine
Unfurling a 20-foot banner that read “Hands off Jerusalem,” students of Cal State Long Beach swiftly responded to President Donald Trump’s recent announcement to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In peaceful protest, approximately 20 students gathered at Speaker’s Platform Tuesday to voice their support for the people of[Read More…]
Beach Hillel talks heritage with CSULB
Strings of photographs lined the trees outside the University Student Union Wednesday as members of Beach Hillel, the center for Jewish students, showcased their annual voyage to Israel and the occupied West Bank of Palestine. Cal State Long Beach students passing by were invited to look at pictures taken on[Read More…]
Zionists threaten any hope of ending Israeli-Palestinian conflict
On May 10 this year, the Associated Student Inc. senate passed a resolution to divest ASI funds from companies profiting off the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Many of my friends who worked on the Divest Coalition and the senators who voted for the resolution were blacklisted online by Canary Mission,[Read More…]
CSULB campus remains divided over divestment
In an emotional vote that drew gleeful cheers and heavy weeping, the Associated Students, Inc. Senate passed for its second reading a divestment resolution from companies they say are complicit in Palestinian oppression. The resolution passed in a roll-call vote with 12 senators voting in favor, seven voting against it[Read More…]
Student protesters demand that CSULB divest
Students gathered by the Prospector Pete statue on a hot Tuesday afternoon to debate and discuss the idea of Cal State Long Beach divesting from companies that profit from various forms of oppression in a “CSULB Divest” teach-in. The event was organized by a coalition consisting of the Muslim Student[Read More…]