Category: Stories
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SJP Kicks Lockheed Martin Off CU Boulder Campus
At a recent CU Boulder career fair titled “From Earth to Space: Bio, Science and Exploration Career & Internship Fair” on Oct. 16, members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) stood in front of the table for weapons manufacturing company, Lockheed Martin, and chanted various things, stopping students from talking to the war profiteers…
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Opinion: It’s a Good Day to be Indigenous
As Indians, many of us tend to think of time differently than the traditional Western and linear way of thinking of time, seeing a more cyclical worldview of time, with different cycles and repeating ceremonial structures. We also see the over 2000 Indian nations spread throughout Abya Yala, from Inuit land in the north, to Yagán…
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CU Shuts Down October 7 Student Plans
On Oct. 7, multiple student groups were kicked out of buildings for their relation to Palestine, including Boulder Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and the CU Marxist Student Collective (MSC), which were both promptly shut down by CU Boulder admin and police officers following a wave of repression in which SJP has not been…
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Opinion: CU Boulder Does Not Deserve 150 Years
This was in part inspired by a recent friend of mine’s article titled “Reflections of an Arab Student at CU,” but also news from the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder. On Oct. 3, CU Boulder announced its plan for its 150th anniversary in 2026, and this announcement has reminded me of the blood and tears…
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The Maestas Case (1912-1914)
By Joaquin Salinas In 1914, four decades before Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and approximately three decades before Mendez v. Westminster School District of Orange County, a court ruling in the town of Alamosa, Colorado favored a lawsuit filed by Francisco Maestas and other Hispano families against the superintendent of Alamosa School District,…
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Opinion: Reflections of an Arab Student at CU
On Friday, Sept. 5, when I should have been driving through US-36 back to Aurora, Colorado to see my parents, I decided to watch a movie that GUT-C and SJP were hosting to fundraise for 19-year-old Feras and 20-year-old Razan. The movie was “The Time That Remains,” which reviews say captures “the absurdity” of living…
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CU Center for Asian Studies Gets Funding Cut
On Sept. 10, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced it would cease funding for multiple Minority-Serving Institutions’ (MSI) grant programs throughout the U.S., including several programs throughout University of Colorado (CU) Systems such as Denver, Anschutz and Boulder, which are considered a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI),…
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Indigenous Activist Arrested for Yelling at City Council Members
On Thursday, Sept. 4, a local indigenous Maya woman, Laura Gonzalez, was arrested by Boulder PD in the middle of the night in her home on suspicion of felony retaliation against a judge or elected official, as well as a charge of misdemeanor harassment. According to the City of Boulder, Gonzalez was arrested because of…
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CU Admin Shut Down “Palestine Solidarity Kitchen”
Boulder Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) has once again had an event shut down by Boulder police officers and administration following the scheduling of the Sept. 15 Palestine Solidarity Kitchen. This event was centered around teaching students and community members about traditional Palestinian foods while they also made the foods. In an Instagram post…
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Boulder Police Shut Down Palestine Film Screening
At a recent Sept. 5 film screening of the Palestinian film “The Time That Remains,” scheduled to be held by student groups Boulder Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Give Us The F—ing Camera (GUT-C), students who arrived to set up the screening from both groups were met by a police presence blocking their entry…
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