{"id":402,"date":"2024-07-29T16:38:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmcreativa.com\/?p=402"},"modified":"2024-08-12T10:40:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T10:40:52","slug":"psc-claims-nyu-intentionally-misread-statement-referencing-armed-struggle-as-an-anti-colonial-tactic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmcreativa.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/29\/psc-claims-nyu-intentionally-misread-statement-referencing-armed-struggle-as-an-anti-colonial-tactic\/","title":{"rendered":"PSC claims NYU \u2018intentionally misread\u2019 statement referencing armed struggle as an anti-colonial tactic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NYU condemned a message from the People\u2019s Solidarity Coalition which the university claims to have included \u201ca deplorable \u2018embrace\u2019 of \u2018armed struggle\u2019\u201d in a <\/span>public statement<\/span><\/a> Thursday, a message the group said was \u201cintentionally misread.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In the statement, NYU spokesperson John Beckman said the university \u201cis shocked\u201d that members of the campus community would endorse armed struggle as a \u201cvalid \u2018tactic\u2019 in achieving its aims on campus,\u201d calling on the group to retract its message. A PSC representative, who requested to remain anonymous due to safety concerns, said that Beckman misinterpreted its message in an \u201cattempt to scare and smear\u201d the group.<\/span><\/p>\n

The representative for the group \u2014 originally named the Palestine Solidarity Coalition \u2014 said the message referenced in Beckman\u2019s statement, a link to which has since been deactivated, included a \u201cStatement of Intention\u201d with a section labeled \u201cWe Embrace a Diversity of Tactics.\u201d They said the complete message lists armed struggle, along with other tactics like community building, \u201cto exemplify how there is not one singular method of resisting occupation\u201d and said the group neither restricts itself to one tactic nor condemns \u201cthe many tactics other students or activists\u201d may use in its organizing.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe original language identifies armed struggle as one of many tactics used in global resistance to colonialism and imperialism,\u201d the representative wrote in a statement to WSN. \u201cTo be clear: armed struggle has never been a tactic used on our campus and to imply we are calling for such based on our statement is ridiculous. If Beckman condemns our statement, we condemn his.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The representative said the PSC does not use \u201carmed struggle\u201d as a tactic, but called it \u201can essential aspect of political education\u201d when studying liberation movements. The representative also said the term defined \u201cthe long tradition of oppressed people taking up arms against their oppressors as a way to secure their freedoms,\u201d noting the Black Panther Party in the United States and Palestinian resistance under Israeli occupation as examples of violent resistance against police brutality and oppression.<\/span><\/p>\n

In his statement, Beckman said that upon \u201cthreats or use of violence,\u201d the university will react \u201cswiftly, decisively and severely,\u201d including the involvement of law enforcement and disciplinary action. The PSC called Beckman\u2019s statement \u201cextremely hypocritical\u201d and criticized the university\u2019s crackdown on pro-Palestinian demonstrations. <\/span><\/p>\n

This past semester, NYU authorized the New York City Police Department to sweep two pro-Palestinian encampments which led to the arrests of dozens of students, faculty and alumni. Several demonstrators have also faced sanctions and disciplinary proceedings, <\/span>including writing assignments<\/span><\/a> groups on campus like Faculty & Staff for Justice in Palestine said were \u201cmorally odious and completely out of place.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The PSC, along with other groups at NYU, have continued to demand that the university remove police from campus, pardon those facing disciplinary action, divest from companies with ties to Israel and shut down its study away site in Tel Aviv. Some faculty and staff are <\/span>threatening to withhold<\/span><\/a> administrative work for the fall semester if NYU\u2019s administration doesn\u2019t fulfill the groups\u2019 demands by Aug. 15. A university spokesperson did not respond to multiple requests for comment regarding the potential service strike.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact Dharma Niles at dniles@nyunews.com.<\/em><\/p>\n

This story PSC claims NYU \u2018intentionally misread\u2019 statement referencing armed struggle as an anti-colonial tactic<\/a> appeared first on Washington Square News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NYU condemned a message from the People\u2019s Solidarity Coalition which the university claims to have included \u201ca deplorable \u2018embrace\u2019 of \u2018armed struggle\u2019\u201d in a public statement Thursday, a message the group said was \u201cintentionally misread.\u201d\u00a0 In the statement, NYU spokesperson John Beckman said the university \u201cis shocked\u201d that members of the campus community would endorseā€¦<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmcreativa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmcreativa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmcreativa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmcreativa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmcreativa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=402"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mmcreativa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":405,"href":"https:\/\/mmcreativa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402\/revisions\/405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmcreativa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmcreativa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmcreativa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmcreativa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}