Welcome to the website of the Harvard College Palestine Solidarity Committee. We are a group of diverse students working in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for liberation, self-determination and equality. We work in solidarity with, not on behalf of, Palestinians and Israelis who continue to struggle against what Archbiship Desmond Tutu has called apartheid.
Below you will find the PSC's latest news and updates.
National SJP Statement on Impact of Grand Jury Subpoenas on Students’ First Amendment Rights
Today, the Harvard PSC joins 54 other student groups around the country in speaking out against the aggressive use of grand jury subpoenas to stifle the lawful and peaceful work of students, journalists, and peace activists in the Chicago and Minneapolis areas. For background information, see Democracy Now, the Electronic Intifada, and MondoWeiss.Students for Justice in Palestine
National Solidarity Statement on Impact of Grand Jury Subpoenas on
Students’ First Amendment Rights
December 29, 2010
“For if they take you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night.”
– James Baldwin, in an open letter to Angela Davis, November 19, 1970
As students at over fifty American universities, we unequivocally condemn the abuse of grand jury subpoenas to chill the exercise of First Amendment rights by university students and anti-war activists speaking and organizing against Israel’s continued oppression of the Palestinian people. Since September 24, 2010, the F.B.I. has served at least 24 grand jury subpoenas on students and activists in a secret investigation that many have called a witch-hunt. We call upon Attorney General Eric Holder and United States Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald to respect the civil rights and free speech of all those who support the Palestinian struggle for freedom by immediately withdrawing grand jury subpoenas which threaten the First Amendment rights of students and activists around the country.
The government’s assault on organizations and individuals who support the Palestinian struggle for freedom has become increasingly authoritarian. The abuse of laws criminalizing “material support for terrorism” is unprecedented and, had they been implemented at the time of South African apartheid, would have effectively criminalized broad American support for the anti-apartheid movement. At the apparent behest of US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, the government today has cast a net so wide that it has entangled journalists, college students, and peace activists. We know that a campaign so indiscriminate will seriously impinge on the First Amendment and other civil rights of people living in the United States. This will, in particular, affect active and outspoken students on university campuses, especially those of Palestinian descent.
BDS Victory: Veolia Sells Shares in Jerusalem Light Rail
French firm Veolia drops its role in the Jerusalem Light Rail apartheid project:Veolia has signed a principled agreement to sell its shares in the Jerusalem Light Rail to the Israeli transportation cooperative Egged, reports TheMarker today (15 October). This sale marks a substantial victory for the Palestinian-led international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel.
Read the full story here.
Students denounce demonization of student activism by Anti-Defamation League
The PSC, along with over 60 other Palestine solidarity student groups nationwide, signed a statement in October in response to the ADL's defamation of student activism in support of Palestinian equality.See the full press release here and read the statement here.
UNITED STATES (October 17, 2010) – Representing campus organizations at over 60 campuses around the country, university students promoting Palestinian freedom have responded to a vilifying report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) listing “Students for Justice in Palestine” (SJP) and a variety of other American organizations as the “Top 10 Anti-Israel Groups in America.” The report was released the same day the ADL honored Rupert Murdoch, the media mogul who owns Fox News Network.
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