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On Divestment and the 1991 Ban

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Editorial Board 0 Comment apartheid divestment, ban the ban, board of managers, divestment, editorial, environmental justice, fossil fuels

On Feb. 6, Georgetown University’s Board of Directors voted to divest from fossil fuel companies in several phases over the

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Ban the Ban

November 14, 2019February 16, 2020 Emma Dulski, from Students for Justice in Palestine, Ruby Schlaker, from Students for Transformative Justice, Abolition, and Reform, Jacob Weitzner, from Sunrise and Anonymous from Jewish Voices for Peace 6 Comments divestment, newsletter

Note: due to concern about online harassment, we have made certain individuals anonymous at their request. Introduction Do you believe

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Coalition Forms to Overturn Divestment Policy

November 14, 2019November 13, 2019 Bastiaan Phair 0 Comment ban the ban, divestment, jvp, sjp, stjar, sunrise

A new coalition of student organizations called “Ban the Ban” has formed to renew the effort to reverse the college’s

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Calling for a Better Commitment to Climate Action

September 26, 2019September 26, 2019 Editorial Board 1 Comment carbon charge, climate change, divestment, global climate strike, sustainability

Last Friday, over a hundred Swarthmore students skipped class to participate in the Global Climate Strike, a protest that drew

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Swarthmore Should Commit More Fully to Climate Action

February 21, 2019February 21, 2019 Editorial Board 0 Comment climate, climate change, divestment, editorial, phoenix

On January 29, Middlebury College announced its “Energy2028” plan that commits the school to convert to 100 percent renewable energy

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Surprise visit disrupts SGO vote on BDS resolution

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 Daijing Xu 2 Comments bds, divestment, israel, palestine, sgo, sjp

Two weeks ago, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) approached the Student Government Organization (SGO), proposing a SGO resolution in

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Six Swatties Arrested in Capitol Climate Change Protest

November 16, 2018November 16, 2018 Katie Pruitt 2 Comments alexandria ocasio-cortez, climate change, congress, divestment, elections, environment, fossil fuels, politics, sunrise, sustainability

Over 150 members of Sunrise — including 14 Swatties — descended on the Capitol on Tues, Nov. 13 to demand

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SJP Announces New BDS Campaign

October 25, 2018December 5, 2018 Abby Young 4 Comments divestment, israel, palestine, sjp, ssi

On October 9, Students for Justice in Palestine hosted a rally and teach-in at Parrish Hall to announce their new

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Class of ’67 50th Reunion Panel: Swarthmore and Climate Change

May 4, 2018May 4, 2018 Class of '67 Climate Change Panel 0 Comment climate change, divestment, mountain justice, pserf, sunrise, sustainability

Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As

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Professors fast to pressure Board to repeal 1991 ban

April 26, 2018February 5, 2019 Bayliss Wagner 0 Comment board of managers, divestment, fast, mark wallace, sunrise

On April 20, two days after a referendum demanding that the Board of Managers repeal the 1991 Investment Committee ban

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