Bourbon 'n BrownTown

Ep. 113 - Palestinian Liberation: Divestment, Encampments, & Institutions ft. Amoona

Episode Summary

BrownTown shares space with Amoona, Chicago-based Palestinian student organizer, to further the conversation on Palestinian liberation, focusing on the student encampment movement in spring 2024 and how institutions have responded since. After 140+ college campuses put on demonstrations for Gaza solidarity, the war machine drudges on with the help of school administrators and other institutions suspending, evicting, and even firing students, professors, and employees over their support for Palestine and stance against genocide. As the student intifada slows during this time, what does the interconnected and transnational struggle for collective liberation look like going into 2025? Here's their take. Originally recorded December 9, 2024.

Episode Notes

GUESTS
Amoona is a Palestinian student organizer currently living and working in Chicago who is also very connected with abolitionist work across the state of Illinois. She extends shoutouts to Jisoor, Palestinian Youth Movement, NSJP, and PNAP!

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Episode correction: The abduction and murder of the 43 students in Southern Mexico was in 2014, not 2012/2013 as stated.
Related episodes:
The Hoodoisie
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS)
Students, faculty say the UChicago is backing out on its promise to host Gaza scholars (WBEZ)
Northwestern, 5-day encampment (coverage from TRiiBE, Daily Northwestern, WGN on agreement)
Pro-Palestinian protestors demonstrate against Barnard, Columbia University trustees (Barnard Bulletin, Columbia Spectator)
Swarthmore student faces expulsion for using bullhorn (The intercept)
Professors condemn Columbia crackdown on pro-Palestine students (Guardian)
The Rundown: New protest rules at Chicago universities (WBEZ)
UC Berkeley: +200 students arrested 3 hospitalized
Columbia University calls on NYPD to disperse crowd arresting +100 (Higher Ed Drive)
UChicago withholding degrees (Chicago Maroon)

CREDITS: Intro song from Rap Street Palestine (Ard Kan3an & ana Palestine) cypher; outro song HINDS HALL2 by Macklemore ft. Anees, MC Abdul, Amer Zahr. Audio engineered by Kiera Battles. Episode photo by unknown of DePaul University Egan statue during Pro-Palestinian, anti-genocide action.