An Open Letter to Members of University Communities around the World
Friday, September 11, 2009
The IJAN Campus Network has published an "Open Letter
to Members of University Communities around the World." Those signing the petition are pledging their
support for campus Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaigns and defense of
students and academics who come under threat for criticizing the Israeli state
in their academic work. We encourage all Jewish students participating in the
struggle against Israeli occupation and oppression to sign the petition, joining
in the growing movement of Jewish anti-Zionist activists dedicated to defending
the struggle for a free Palestine.
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Welcome!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Who are we?
because we stand within and in solidarity with youth movements for social justice throughout the world;
because we refuse to be pawns in a colonial project that seeks to use "our future" to justify it's atrocities;
because we will no longer remain invisible as Zionist student organizations speak for Jews on our schools and campuses and attack our fellow student groups struggle for justice in Palestine and critical of Israel.
because we seek to be a part of the movement for a free Palestine and want to build our capacity to work strategically, consciously and powerfully as we do so; and
because for some of us, using our Jewish identity to play a strategic part in an anti-imperialist, anti-racist movement is the only way we feel connected to jewishness; and for others of us, our Jewish identity, which is so important to us, is deeply intertwined in our commitment to anti-imperialist, anti-racist struggle; and for all us forging a positive and powerful relationship between our jewishness, political vision and the struggle for justice in Palestine, feels critical and important.
We hope to build a network of Jewish, anti-Zionist, anti-racist, anti-imperialist student activists to create opportunities for support, collaboration and development of the organizing work we are and wish to be engaged in for justice in Palestine and beyond.
Current work:
Ideas for projects of the network:
- Increasing anti-Zionist Jewish participation in Boycott, Divestment and Sanction campaigns and Palestine Solidarity organizing more broadly
- Collaborating and lending an anti-Zionist Jewish voice and labor to the organizing of PSM groups on campuses
- Creating a youth/student track of the Network North American Convening
- Coordinating anti-Zionist Study into Action groups for academic credit
- Organizing spoken word/music/arts events that feature anti-Zionist Jewish and Palestinian voices
- Developing an anti-Zionist Jewish campus organizing toolkit
- Creating internship opportunities for college student with the Network
- Organizing a campus speaking tour of anti-Zionist voices
- Collaborate with the academic network on strategic defense and promotion of anti-Zionist thinkers and writers
- Holding an anti-Zionist Jewish arts and organizing camp for high school students
- Coordinating Unlearning Zionism workshops for college students and high-school age youth
More information about next steps coming soon!
