FSJP Against Eviction of Students

October 23, 2024 Dear President Alivisatos, We write urgently to demand that the university reverse course with regard to the Arab student who was placed on an involuntary leave of absence and removed from student housing on October 21. This is part of a deeply worrisome crackdown on free expression and protest at the University… Continue reading FSJP Against Eviction of Students

Press Release: Chicago Faculty Denounce Police Violence Against University Students

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**  October 18, 2024 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FACULTY DENOUNCE POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON OCTOBER 11  FSJP denounces police violence against university students, faculty, staff, and community members. We are particularly appalled by the violent use of force by the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD) against… Continue reading Press Release: Chicago Faculty Denounce Police Violence Against University Students

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Response to University statement regarding 12AM deadline

In a statement to the Maroon, the University has claimed that “it had not sent a communication regarding a midnight deadline for the [Gaza solidarity] encampment to end.” This statement comes in response to the UChicago FJP press release earlier this evening. It is accurate that the University administration sent no such communication insofar as… Continue reading Response to University statement regarding 12AM deadline

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PRESS RELEASE: UChicago Faculty Press Conference 5/6, 9:30am

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FACULTY STAND WITH UCHICAGO POPULAR UNIVERSITY FOR GAZA, OPPOSE POLICE ACTION ON CAMPUSES NATIONALLY   Faculty say they are prepared to be arrested alongside student protesters opposed to University complicity with Gaza genocide.   Chicago, May 5, 2024 — Seven days into the encampment at the University of Chicago,… Continue reading PRESS RELEASE: UChicago Faculty Press Conference 5/6, 9:30am

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On Expression and Disruption

Considering the Palestine solidarity encampment’s alignment with UChicago’s Kalven Report By Gabriel Winant Originally published in the Chicago Maroon. The Palestine solidarity encampment on the quad represents a significant trial for the University of Chicago’s frequently emphasized commitments to academic freedom and free expression. This challenge arises from internal tensions within the policies of the… Continue reading On Expression and Disruption

UChicago is Complicit!

This infographic was produced by the research committee of UChicago’s FJP chapter.

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Letter regarding Hebrew University and Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian

On April 1, 2024, Faculty for Justice in Palestine submitted the letter below to UChicago President Paul Alivisatos and Provost Katherine Baicker regarding the decision by Hebrew University to suspend Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian. PREFATORY NOTE: Dear President Alivisatos and Provost Baicker, Please see below a letter signed by a hundred colleagues at the University, expressing… Continue reading Letter regarding Hebrew University and Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian

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Palestine Events Calendar

FJP has created an events calendar for Palestine-related events on campus and across Chicago. You can access that calendar here.

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The Campus Antisemitism Crisis Is a Distraction

“As anti-Zionist Jews at UChicago, we reject the harmful conflation between antisemitism and pro-Palestine activism,” declares UChicago Jews for a Free Palestine. UChicago Jews for a Free Palestine Originally published in The Maroon (1/26/2024) This article is contributed to The Maroon by UChicago Jews for a Free Palestine. To read and sign onto our position statement, use this… Continue reading The Campus Antisemitism Crisis Is a Distraction