University Workers for Palestine
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University workers across Aotearoa in active support of a Free Palestine.
Urge UniSaver to divest.
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Urge UniSaver to divest.
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University Workers for Palestine (UWP) formed in 2024. At first, we needed to meet up for events and protests supporting Palestine. We needed to connect and consider how to push our institutions to Boycott and Divest from Israel.
University Workers for Palestine (UWP) formed in 2024. At first, we needed to meet up for events and protests supporting Palestine. We needed to connect and consider how to push our institutions to Boycott and Divest from Israel.
Our campaign featured in @thespinoff.bsky.social!
“Dozens of [Palestinian] university workers have been directly targeted, because they [Israel] know the power of knowledge and education. This is about solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues,” Thomas says.
Read more below ⬇️
“Dozens of [Palestinian] university workers have been directly targeted, because they [Israel] know the power of knowledge and education. This is about solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues,” Thomas says.
Read more below ⬇️
University pension scheme under fire for Israeli investments
Hundreds of university workers have ramped up a campaign to demand their retirement savings provider divest from companies 'profiting from genocide'.
thespinoff.co.nz
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Our campaign featured in @thespinoff.bsky.social!
“Dozens of [Palestinian] university workers have been directly targeted, because they [Israel] know the power of knowledge and education. This is about solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues,” Thomas says.
Read more below ⬇️
“Dozens of [Palestinian] university workers have been directly targeted, because they [Israel] know the power of knowledge and education. This is about solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues,” Thomas says.
Read more below ⬇️
Our open letter demanding that UniSaver divest from 9en0c!de is now sent off to the UniSaver board. Thanks heaps to the 700+ people who signed. We’ll keep you updated on next steps! ❤️🔥🇵🇸✊
November 3, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Our open letter demanding that UniSaver divest from 9en0c!de is now sent off to the UniSaver board. Thanks heaps to the 700+ people who signed. We’ll keep you updated on next steps! ❤️🔥🇵🇸✊
We have over 575 signatures on our open letter and 2 days to go before we send it off to UniSaver!
Add your name now to show support and demand that university workers retirement funds stop funding the genocide of Palestinians. Link in bio.
Add your name now to show support and demand that university workers retirement funds stop funding the genocide of Palestinians. Link in bio.
October 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
We have over 575 signatures on our open letter and 2 days to go before we send it off to UniSaver!
Add your name now to show support and demand that university workers retirement funds stop funding the genocide of Palestinians. Link in bio.
Add your name now to show support and demand that university workers retirement funds stop funding the genocide of Palestinians. Link in bio.
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In the first 48 hours of our new open letter we had 250 signatures. 20% of them were university workers who would joint UniSaver IF if had a BDS policy. BDS is both the ethical choice and good business sense ✅🍉
October 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
In the first 48 hours of our new open letter we had 250 signatures. 20% of them were university workers who would joint UniSaver IF if had a BDS policy. BDS is both the ethical choice and good business sense ✅🍉
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Attention university workers and other supporters - click through for info on how to add support to calls for Unisaver, the preferred super scheme at universities, to divest from companies complicit in the Palestinian genocide
UNISAVER MUST DIVEST FROM GEN0C!DE
If UniSaver does not respond to our demand, we will launch a campaign to get unis across the motu to sever ties with UniSaver.
Show your support by signing the open letter here: tinyurl.com/26tj4kpj
If UniSaver does not respond to our demand, we will launch a campaign to get unis across the motu to sever ties with UniSaver.
Show your support by signing the open letter here: tinyurl.com/26tj4kpj
October 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Attention university workers and other supporters - click through for info on how to add support to calls for Unisaver, the preferred super scheme at universities, to divest from companies complicit in the Palestinian genocide
UNISAVER MUST DIVEST FROM GEN0C!DE
If UniSaver does not respond to our demand, we will launch a campaign to get unis across the motu to sever ties with UniSaver.
Show your support by signing the open letter here: tinyurl.com/26tj4kpj
If UniSaver does not respond to our demand, we will launch a campaign to get unis across the motu to sever ties with UniSaver.
Show your support by signing the open letter here: tinyurl.com/26tj4kpj
October 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
UNISAVER MUST DIVEST FROM GEN0C!DE
If UniSaver does not respond to our demand, we will launch a campaign to get unis across the motu to sever ties with UniSaver.
Show your support by signing the open letter here: tinyurl.com/26tj4kpj
If UniSaver does not respond to our demand, we will launch a campaign to get unis across the motu to sever ties with UniSaver.
Show your support by signing the open letter here: tinyurl.com/26tj4kpj
SJP Pōneke has been working on a BDS motion for several months, and it will be tabled at the VUW Academic Board TOMORROW afternoon (September 23). Join us at 12:30pm in the Hub (Kelburn Campus) for a group walkover into the meeting. ❤️💚🖤🤍
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SJP Pōneke has been working on a BDS motion for several months, and it will be tabled at the VUW Academic Board TOMORROW afternoon (September 23). Join us at 12:30pm in the Hub (Kelburn Campus) for a group walkover into the meeting. ❤️💚🖤🤍
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Huge win for the TEU which is now a P@lest!ne Solidarity Union. 🇵🇸
May 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Huge win for the TEU which is now a P@lest!ne Solidarity Union. 🇵🇸
Today is the anniversary of the Nakba (15 May 1948) which violently displaced >750k Palestinians. We are showing up as a uni community to show solidarity with Palestine. Join us at our Nakba Day teach in today from 11am-1pm (the Hub VUW) to hear from amazing speakers and learn more about BDS.
May 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Today is the anniversary of the Nakba (15 May 1948) which violently displaced >750k Palestinians. We are showing up as a uni community to show solidarity with Palestine. Join us at our Nakba Day teach in today from 11am-1pm (the Hub VUW) to hear from amazing speakers and learn more about BDS.
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Otago staff/students/grads - former and current - please sign on. If you’re in Ōtepoti, please come along on May 15 12pm at the Museum lawn to adopt this Declaration together.
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Otago alumni may want to sign this Declaration on the Situation in Palestine: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
THE OTAGO DECLARATION ON THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE
THE OTAGO DECLARATION ON THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE
We, the staff, students and graduates, being members of the University of Otago, make the following declaration.
We fully and completely recogniz...
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May 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Otago staff/students/grads - former and current - please sign on. If you’re in Ōtepoti, please come along on May 15 12pm at the Museum lawn to adopt this Declaration together.
@uwp-aotearoa.bsky.social
@uwp-aotearoa.bsky.social
Join us next Thurs. 15 May 2025 from 11am to 1 pm at the Hub to show solidarity for P@1est!ne and learn about BDS. As I$r@el escalates its 9en0c!d@l actions, we must show up to resist our institutional and political complicity.
May 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Join us next Thurs. 15 May 2025 from 11am to 1 pm at the Hub to show solidarity for P@1est!ne and learn about BDS. As I$r@el escalates its 9en0c!d@l actions, we must show up to resist our institutional and political complicity.
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3/ As someone who researches and teaches on climate justice, I am thoroughly appalled to see UniSaver is able to develop a low carbon fund, but not develop similar mechanisms to avoid funding genocide.
March 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
3/ As someone who researches and teaches on climate justice, I am thoroughly appalled to see UniSaver is able to develop a low carbon fund, but not develop similar mechanisms to avoid funding genocide.
It's that time again apparently ⏰
1/ Emailing UniSaver representatives again about BDS, and you should too (especially if you're an Aotearoa uni worker, especially if you're a UniSaver member)
This week Israel unilaterally broke the ceasefire and have killed more than 700 people since doing so, including 200 children.
This week Israel unilaterally broke the ceasefire and have killed more than 700 people since doing so, including 200 children.
March 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
It's that time again apparently ⏰
Great example of what all our associations and societies should be saying.
Aotearoa New Zealand Assn of Social Workers statement re Palestine 🇵🇸🍉 guide to actions Social Workers should take. I really appreciate clear statements from our professional body to empower us to fight for social justice everywhere. #ToitūTeTiriti #FreePalestine
March 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Great example of what all our associations and societies should be saying.
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“Aotearoa New Zealand cannot remain a bystander to the slaughter of innocent people in Gaza. We can and must act now to sanction Israel for its crimes, just like we did with Russia for its illegal action in Ukraine,” says Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. www.greens.org.nz/nz_must_act_...
NZ must act on Israel’s slaughter of children
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
www.greens.org.nz
March 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
“Aotearoa New Zealand cannot remain a bystander to the slaughter of innocent people in Gaza. We can and must act now to sanction Israel for its crimes, just like we did with Russia for its illegal action in Ukraine,” says Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick. www.greens.org.nz/nz_must_act_...
Letter from Mahmoud Khalil in ICE detention:
Read the full letter as a PDF here: ccrjustice.org/sites/defaul...
ccrjustice.org
March 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Letter from Mahmoud Khalil in ICE detention:
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(Green Party Press Release is here)
Just six Government MPs needed to pass Unlawful Occupation of Palestine Sanctions Bill
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
www.greens.org.nz
March 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
(Green Party Press Release is here)
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The Greens just announced Labour has agreed to support the bill to skip the Biscuit Tin, and that all the need now is the support of 6 National MPs. So if your local MP is A: a National MP and B: not a Minister, consider writing to them and asking they support it too.
Have just written to my local MP asking him to support Chlöe Swarbrick's proposed Unlawful Occupation of Palestine Sanctions Bill, and I really encourage you to do the same.
House
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March 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The Greens just announced Labour has agreed to support the bill to skip the Biscuit Tin, and that all the need now is the support of 6 National MPs. So if your local MP is A: a National MP and B: not a Minister, consider writing to them and asking they support it too.
Cool cool.
SCOOP—Emails obtained by @zeteo.com show Mahmoud Khalil reached out for help from the Columbia administration *one day before* ICE detained him.
He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving.
He even wrote that he feared ICE "might come to my home."
He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving.
He even wrote that he feared ICE "might come to my home."
SCOOP: Emails Show Mahmoud Khalil Asked Columbia for Protection a Day Before He Was Detained
"I haven’t been able to sleep, fearing that ICE or a dangerous individual might come to my home. I urge you to intervene and provide the necessary protections to prevent further harm."
zeteo.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Cool cool.
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Speak out. Organize. Across all the silos. They are testing to see what they can get away with.
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too.
His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Speak out. Organize. Across all the silos. They are testing to see what they can get away with.
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right. literally yday, AP reported Columbia is investigating students for "activities ranging from sharing social media posts in support of Palestinian people to joining 'unauthorized' protests"
and the feds still announced funding cuts today so where did that bring you?
apnews.com/article/colu...
and the feds still announced funding cuts today so where did that bring you?
apnews.com/article/colu...
March 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
right. literally yday, AP reported Columbia is investigating students for "activities ranging from sharing social media posts in support of Palestinian people to joining 'unauthorized' protests"
and the feds still announced funding cuts today so where did that bring you?
apnews.com/article/colu...
and the feds still announced funding cuts today so where did that bring you?
apnews.com/article/colu...
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Ice arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests, lawyer says
Ice arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests, lawyer says
Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest comes as Trump vows to deport foreign students involved in protests against Israel’s war
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s student encampment movement was arrested on Saturday night by federal…
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March 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Ice arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests, lawyer says