US Suspends Students for Justice in Palestine

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Northeastern University Suspends Students for Justice in Palestine:
http://www.northeasternsjp.org/current-situation.html

'March 11, 2014-- With profound disappointment and righteous indignation Northeastern University Students for Justice in Palestine announces it has been suspended as an organization. SJP is disappointed because Northeastern’s claims of creating a diverse learning environment that encourages the free exchange of ideas and promotes Academic Freedom are impossible to reconcile with the university’s decision to suppress our speech and suspend our political group. As if banning our activities from campus and denying us all use of campus resources wasn’t outrageous enough, the university is pursuing expulsion-level sanctions for two students—all for participation in a mock eviction action. SJP is furious to report the only individuals to face our school’s opaque disciplinary process are two young women of color; none of the white or male participants have faced any charges. This unprecedented ban and appalling prosecutions are the latest attempt by the university to suppress pro-Palestine speech, and continues the university’s disturbing history of enacting injustice...'

Also Real News 45-minute video: http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31 &Itemid=74&jumival=11703