The cancellation of a talk by Pankaj Mishra on Gaza at London's Barbican Centre has sparked controversy, with artists and arts workers expressing concerns over censorship and a 'huge rift' in the cultural sphere over the Israel-Palestine war. Brown University President refused demands of students staging hunger strike for Palestine. Similarly, Rutgers University reinstated Students for Justice in Palestine but placed them on probation. CUNY's Lehman College canceled a conference panel due to the inclusion of the word 'intifada' in the title, leading to accusations of demonizing Palestinian resistance.
Our panel for a conference on equity and antiracism at CUNY’s Lehman College was canceled because it included the word “intifada” in the title. Instead of promoting antiracism, CUNY participates in the demonization of Palestinian resistance. https://t.co/hKyT6nZ9Af
London's Barbican was set to host writer Pankaj Mishra until an advert in the London Review of Books revealed that the title of the talk would be “The Shoah after Gaza”. Barbican executives then decided to cancel the event https://t.co/Js1cFJTPli
Students for Justice in Palestine has been reinstated at Rutgers University but is on probation until next December. Rutgers could have supported Palestinian students suffering during this time. Instead, our university has chosen to suppress our voices. https://t.co/fSQjMYvZN1
London's Barbican was set to host Pankaj Mishra until an advert in the London Review of Books revealed that the title of the talk would be “The Shoah after Gaza”. Barbican executives then decided to cancel the event https://t.co/UV89qZLCr8
Artists and arts workers have spoken of a “huge rift” in the cultural sphere over the Israel-Palestine war, after London’s Barbican Centre cancelled a talk set to be given by the Indian author Pankaj Mishra on the Holocaust and its reverberations https://t.co/kSSPsTSY48
Several students at Brown University in the US are on a hunger strike to try to stop the institution from investing in companies that aid Israel’s war in Gaza and occupation of Palestinian territory ⤵️ https://t.co/lFw7skJrQo
Artists and arts workers say senior cultural figures are censoring expressions of solidarity with Palestinians, after Pankaj Mishra talk cancelled by London's Barbican Centre https://t.co/rcehMhmtHo
Barbican's cancellation of LRB talk exposes "huge rift" over Israel-Gaza https://t.co/40gAxL2qjC https://t.co/IWuDVJDgZU
Brown University President Refuses Demands of Students Staging Hunger Strike for Palestine https://t.co/rG6r0xFrYd via @mikelachance33
UT Austin is violating the First Amendment rights of four current and former students who participated in a protest at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work in December, their lawyer said. https://t.co/DLQwnbm9LW
How wretched and cowardly of @BarbicanCentre to cancel a talk by Pankaj Mishra on Gaza. Every artist out there should be breathing fire at this gross censorship https://t.co/XG4cHcv3yN