The divestment debate: modeling their efforts on the anti-apartheid movement, students and faculty across the country are petitioning their administrations to divest from companies with Israeli business ties. From: Black Issues in Higher Education | Date: April 24, 2003| Author: Lum, Lydia | COPYRIGHT 2003 Cox, Matthews & Associates. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Activism was a common sight during the 1980s when countless students and faculty called on universities to divest from companies with business holdings in South Africa. At the University of California-Berkeley, arguably the epicenter of free speech in higher education, activism against apartheid "was much more frequent and sustained" than what has so far occurred regarding the Palestinian cause, says Dr. John G. Hurst, professor of education at Berkeley. Anti-apartheid rallies, Hur...