New York politicians are threatening to cut funding to Brooklyn College
if the school hosts a forum Thursday night about the Palestinian-led
campaign to boycott and divest from Israel. The Brooklyn College
Political Science Department is among the event’s co-sponsors. In
response, a group of New York City Council members has raised the
possibility of Brooklyn College losing taxpayer support. The council
members’ threat is just one of several efforts by local lawmakers, from
Congress on down, to pressure Brooklyn College to remove its sponsorship
or even cancel the event. As the school vows to proceed with the event,
we’re joined by one of its featured speakers, author and activist Omar
Barghouti, a founding member of the BDS movement and author of "Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights." On BDS,
Barghouti says, "It follows in the steps of the civil rights movement
in this country, in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. … It’s
just when we talk about Palestinian rights, that some people are trying
to criminalize and make it completely unacceptable speech to address
Palestinian rights under international law." We’re also joined by Glenn
Greenwald, columnist for The Guardian and author of "With Liberty and
Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect
the Powerful."Video
Source: Democracy Now!
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