Posts tagged: palestine-uncensored

Notes of Censorship and Solidarity with Palestine: Testimonial 10

Since launching our Palestine Uncensored series, we've received an influx of submissions documenting instances of censorship and retribution for supporting Palestine, as well as inspiring demonstrations of solidarity. Here, we share a collection of these stories from across the world.
"Said would be throwing stones": Columbia graduate students speak out against campus censorship

Last month, Columbia University suspended two pro-Palestine student groups: Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). In the 9th testimonial of our Palestine Uncensored series, Columbia grad students speak out against campus censorship and discrimination.
Cancellation of Gaza Forum, University of Arkansas – Palestine Uncensored: Testimonial 8

Historian of the Middle East Joel Gordon shares his story of academic censorship after being forced to indefinitely postpone an event with Ted Swedenburg on Palestine/Israel and Israel's war in Gaza.
Palestine Uncensored: Testimonial 7, Letter from artists and curator to the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (CAC)

The director and staff of the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (CAC) have neglected to publish a Palestine solidarity statement written by the artists and curator of A Permanent Nostalgia for Departure: A Rehearsal on Legacy with Zaha Hadid, which is currently on view at the CAC. We publish their letter in full in Testimonial 7 of our Palestine Uncensored series.
Palestine Uncensored: Testimonial 6, Let the children speak

A young Arab school teacher from London describes her students' expressions of solidarity with Palestine and the British school system's attempts to silence them in the 6th installment of Palestine Uncensored.
Palestine Uncensored: Testimonial 5, The corporate clamp-down on academic freedom

Eventbrite de-platformed an event with Omar Barghouti and Neve Gordon after a previously planned talk's title was changed to "Carnage in Palestine: Oppression, Complicity and Ethical Responsibility” following Hamas's October 7 attacks. Neve Gordon explains the danger of such suppression in Testimonial 5 of our Palestine Uncensored series.
Palestine Uncensored: Diaries of Censorship

Across the world, people standing in solidarity with Palestine in the face of Israel's genocidal siege are being silenced and punished for their principled stance. We are launching a call for stories of censorship and retribution for demanding justice for Palestinians. This is Palestine Uncensored.
Palestine Uncensored: Testimonial 4

'This city and this country cannot criminalise and mute our voices and still expect our cultural work to continue its active resonance. Mine will most definitely not.' Dr. Khyam Allami declares an indefinite strike against German state-funded cultural institutions until Germany stops their violent suppression of pro-Palestine solidarity.
Palestine Uncensored: Testimonial 3

Since October 7, pro-Palestine students at universities across the world have faced unprecedented levels of censorship from their institutions, often fueled by their billionaire donors. As part of Verso's Palestine Uncensored series, Francesco Anselmetti details Harvard's policy of censorship and repression.
Palestine Uncensored: Testimonial 2

At LSE, an arcane rule barring event chairs from "expressing their own views on the subject matter of the event," prevented Dr Ayça Çubukçu from delivering the following remarks denouncing Israel's horrific siege in Gaza and highlighting the enormous solidarity demonstrations that have taken place over the past month.
Palestine Uncensored: Testimonial 1

This is the first testimonial in our blog series, Palestine Uncensored: Diaries of Censorship. Hannah Elsisi documents the impossibility of keeping up with the levels of censorship in the West and Israel's mounting atrocities in Gaza in an email.