New School Students for Justice in Palestine calls for an immediate ‘Strike For Divestment’

Demonstrators in a rally for divestment in front of the University Center. Photo by Jordan Fong

Students who were arrested on Friday morning at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment have asked The New School community to strike in solidarity with Palestine and until their demands…

Faculty and students cast a vote of no confidence in TNS leadership after mass arrests at Gaza Solidarity Encampment

A flag that reads "Freedom for Palestine" hanging from a window at the 2 W 13th St Parsons School of Design building. Photo by Aarya Kini

In response to the arrest of students at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment by the New York Police Department (NYPD) this morning, an emergency faculty meeting was called by…

45 students from the Gaza Solidarity Encampment were arrested this morning

Interim President Donna Shalala speaking to New York Police Department Officers. Photo byt Gabe Q, @dawabisabikid on Instagram

This story was updated on Sunday, May 5 at 12:50 p.m. The New York Police Department (NYPD) raided The New School’s Gaza Solidarity encampment and made 45 arrests…

Students form a “human blockade” in front of the UC after Board of Trustees failed to hold a divestment vote

Demonstrators and counter-protestors in front of the University Center at 63 Fifth Avenue. Photo by Aarya Kini

Thursday afternoon, after The New School’s Board of Trustees failed to hold a vote to divest from companies supporting and arming Israel, over 200 demonstrators gathered in front…

Campus security lacked a proper plan to manage visitors to the Norman Finkelstein talk

Abou Farman (left) and Norman Finkelstein (right) at Tishman Auditorium in the University Center. Photo by Gigi Schweitzer

Non-New School visitors were allowed into the University Center, without being signed in by TNS community members, for an event Wednesday night with Norman Finkelstein, a political scientist,…