The past week was a busy one for BDS activists. The university of Michigan, Dearborn successfully boycotted and divested from companies that support apartheid Israel (tell that to this professor at georgetown who enjoys spreading his legs at Starbucks and who thinks BDS is useless). UC, Berkeley was next on track, but the president of the UC student senate vetoed the bill demanding BDS. We at PSCABI wrote back:
"The question you must answer is: Can one negotiate with racism? Can apartheid be negotiable? In your letter justifying the veto, it was apparent that you believe there are two equal sides in this “conflict!” How can the fourth strongest army in the world—that has at its disposal F16s, F15s, F35s, Apache helicopters, Mirkava tanks, and white phosphorous—how can such an army compare to what one political scientist at UC Berkeley called the “fire crackers” of the resistance in Gaza? Can one equate the predator to its prey?
You decision to veto the Senate Bill 118a is a slap in the face of democracy and an indication of a conscious choice to stand on the wrong side of history"