August 19, 2024:
BAMN files federal court motion demanding right of BAMN and diverse group of Palestinian, Jewish, and pro-Palestinian activists to intervene in University of California free speech lawsuit
*Watch the Press Conference on YouTube
*Watch the KGO-7 story
*Read the Daily Cal article
*Read the Press Release
*Read the Motion and Brief for Intervention (including declarations and exhibits)
On August 19, 2024, BAMN filed a Federal Court motion on behalf of itself, Berkeley Law Jewish Students for Justice in Palestine, Berkeley Muslim Student Association, Movement for Justice By Any Means Necessary, and 33 individual Palestinian, Jewish, and other pro-Palestinian students and activists, demanding their right to intervene as co-defendants in the lawsuit of Brandeis Center v the University of California, Berkeley.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN AND SHARE THE PETITION TO THE UC REGENTS AND THE COURT
OUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD:
- Defend free speech and academic freedom for supporters of the Palestinian struggle!
- Support the pro‐Palestine student‐defendant intervention to defeat the pro‐Trump Brandeis lawsuit against UC Berkeley and the UC System
The pro-Trump Brandeis Center has filed a lawsuit against UC Berkeley and the University of California System to deny free speech for students, faculty, and organizations who oppose the Israeli government’s ethnic-cleansing and genocide in Gaza and who support the Palestinian struggle. The Brandeis Center seeks to force the UC Regents and campus administrations to discipline, remove funding, and remove official recognition of students and student organizations who voice support for the Palestinian people, and to create a legal justification for further censorship and repression of speech on college and university campuses.
Pro-Palestine student-defendant intervenors have a right to defend themselves, independent of the University of California administration, against the Brandeis Center’s lawsuit in the UC System. The UC administration has made clear that they cannot and will not adequately defend the free speech rights of pro-Palestine students. This legal intervention, sponsored by BAMN (The Coalition to Defend Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary), is made up of pro-Palestine supporters and activists of the movement around the country.
Therefore, we the undersigned:
Call on the UC Regents and presiding Judge James Donato to support the pro-Palestine student-defendant intervention to defeat the pro-Trump Brandeis Center’s lawsuit against UC Berkeley and the UC system.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
* Become an Intervenor – use our contact form
*Invite us to speak at your school or organization – use our contact form
*Circulate the petition to US District Court Judge James Donato
*Reach out to us via our contact form to have an organizer get in touch with you
*DONATE to the legal intervention! Money goes toward legal costs, expert witnesses, etc. Make a contribution to our non-profit affiliate United for Equality and Affirmative Action Legal Defense Fund (UEAALDF)!
Read BAMN’s full statement “Victory to the Palestinian Struggle! By Any Means Necessary, End the Israeli Genocidal Invasion and Occupation of Gaza!” issued October 15, 2023
Read BAMN’s full statement “Hands Off Our Encampments! Drop All Charges and Student Conduct Violations Against Protesters!” issued May 15, 2024
