by James C. Sherlock
The University of Virginia has made quite a national name for itself over the responses of its campus anti-Jewish extremists to the slaughter of babies in Israel.
It is not a reputation it wants.
On October 8th, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at UVa, an organization officially recognized by the Student Council and eligible for funding by the student activities fee, issued a statement “unequivocally support(ing) Palestinian liberation “by any means necessary.”
“Any means necessary.”
It was cosigned by:
- Afghan Student Association
- Arab Student Organization
- Asian Pacific American Leadership Training Institute (APALTI)
- Asians Revolutionizing Together at UVA
- Asian Student Union
- Bengali Student Association
- Black Student Alliance
- Black Muslims at UVA
- Central Americans For Empowerment (CAFÉ)
- Environmental Justice Collective at UVA
- Ethiopian Eritrean Student Association
- FeelGood at UVA
- Hindu Student Council
- Indian Student Association
- La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity Inc.
- Lebanese Club
- Minority Rights Coalition
- Muslim Institute for Leadership and Empowerment (MILE)
- Muslim Student Association
- Muslims United
- National Pan-Hellenic Council
- National Society of Black Engineers
- Nepali Student Association
- Organization of African Students
- Pakistani Student Association
- Persian Cultural Society (PCS)
- Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc.
- Political Latinxs United for Movement & Action in Society (PLUMAS)
- She’s the First at UVA
- Sigma Omicron Rho (ΣOP)
- Sikh Students Association
- Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
- The 13 Society
- Turkish Student Organization
- undocUVA
- UVA Beyond Policing
- UVA Survivors
- Young Democratic Socialists of America