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Geographers for Justice in Palestine

@geogboycott.bsky.social

Geographers supporting academic boycott of Israel / in solidarity with the liberation of Palestine. We are a campaign in support of BDS in AAG. https://linktr.ee/geog4pal

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Xander Lenc@xlenc.bsky.social · last mo.

"Today, when I look at the empty teaching podium in the hall, I realize that Israel did not just kill a geography teacher, but assassinated a “compass” that was guiding us toward our homeland. He taught us how to see in geography a face of truth."

Geographers for Justice in Palestine@geogboycott.bsky.social · last mo.

"Writing against erasure: A geography of resistance in Gaza" by Lubna Ahmad Abu Sitta, writing as a geography graduate and Master’s student at Al-Aqsa University. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Sociologists for Palestine@soc4pal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Congratulations to @geogboycott.bsky.social for this win!!! Unfortunately, like the ASA, the AAG has chosen to block democractic procedures for a vote on an academic boycott. @asanews.bsky.social and AAG, let us vote!

Geographers for Justice in Palestine@geogboycott.bsky.social · 5mo ago

For immediate release: American Association of Geographers Divests From Firms Facilitating Israel's Genocide and Apartheid, but Falls Short on Academic Boycott, Membership Democracy #geography #aag2026 #geosky

Press release -- American Association of Geographers Divests From Firms Facilitating Israel's Genocide and Apartheid, but Falls Short on Academic Boycott, Membership Democracy San Francisco, CA – March 17, 2026 the full release can be read at https://www.geog4pal.org/news/
Geographers for Justice in Palestine@geogboycott.bsky.social · 5mo ago

our first panel starts in about an hour! join us to learn more about the BDS movement #aag2026 #geosky

Geographers for Justice in Palestine@geogboycott.bsky.social · 5mo ago

GJP has organized five panels concerning BDS, scholasticide, Israeli regional politics, Black geographies and Palestinian liberation, and the use of geosciences in war. We also invite you to a Zine release launch on Tuesday evening; RSVP at linktr.ee/geog4pal

Geographers for Justice in Palestine I BDS and the AAG Date 3/17/2025 Time 10:10 AM - 11:30 AM Geographers for Justice in Palestine II Resisting Scholasticide in Palestine Date 3/18/2025 Time 10:10 AM - 11:30 AM Geographers for Justice in Palestine III Israeli Regional Counterinsurgency & Normalization Date 3/18/2025 Time 12:50 PM - 2:10 PM Geographers for Justice in Palestine IV Black Geographies and Palestinian Liberation Date 3/19/2025 Time 10:10 AM - 11:30 AM Geographers for Justice in Palestine V No Geographic Technology for Apartheid Date 3/19/2025 Time 12:50 PM - 2:10 PM
Geographers for Justice in Palestine@geogboycott.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Birzeit University affirms that education will remain an act of anti-colonial resistance, and that the University will continue to be a space for knowledge and freedom, despite all attempts at repression and aggression. www.birzeit.edu/en/news/stat...

Statement from Birzeit University on the Israeli military invasion of its campus and shooting of students

As part of its ongoing assault on Palestinian life and institutions, the Israeli occupying army carried out a military invasion of Birzeit University during official working hours, at a time when the ...

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Geographers for Justice in Palestine@geogboycott.bsky.social · 10mo ago

What is the history of member-driven change in the AAG? Our archival research has shown that member-driven political activity has been common in AAG's history, including struggles around the Equal Rights Amendment; the US funding of contras in Nicaragua; and nuclear proliferation and war.

What is the history of member-driven change in the AAG? (hint: there have indeed been previous member votes in AAG, and some were even on "troubling world events"!). The graphic shows the AAG newsletter heading and describes following posts as "a look into the AAG archives"
Geographers for Justice in Palestine@geogboycott.bsky.social · 11mo ago

"Western institutions marshalled all...academic and digital repression against grassroots witnessing, unsuccessfully so far...the latest functions of a “geographic violence” that requires the myth of absolute distance between the West and the Other to obscure the proximity of colonial warfare."

Antipode@antipodeonline.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Intervention — "On Grassroots Witnessing: Gaza as the Terrain of Epistemic Intifada" by Patrick Anthony (Uppsala University) and Ghada Dimashk (American University of Beirut) antipodeonline.org/2025/09/24/o...

Antipode@antipodeonline.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Intervention — "On Grassroots Witnessing: Gaza as the Terrain of Epistemic Intifada" by Patrick Anthony (Uppsala University) and Ghada Dimashk (American University of Beirut) antipodeonline.org/2025/09/24/o...

Intervention—“On Grassroots Witnessing: Gaza as the Terrain of Epistemic Intifada” - Antipode Online

Patrick Anthony (Uppsala University) and Ghada Dimashk (American University of Beirut) Baba, when will we study astronomy in school? … I want to learn about the moon and stars. (Banias, age 9, quoted ...

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Mollie Holmberg@octoqueenphd.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Geographers/AAG members: I just sent my emails to my regional councilor, the Exec Committee, & Nat Councilors demanding that the organization uphold democratic processes & allow a vote on BDS. We *urgently* need members to email councilors ahead of this Friday Sept 12. geog4pal.netlify.app/news/

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Geographers for Justice in Palestine@geogboycott.bsky.social · 12mo ago

in advance of the upcoming "special meeting," we've updated our website with three extensive "FAQ" pages concerning the academic boycott of Israel, the grounds for BDS in AAG, and addressing potential concerns. we've learned a lot on, for instance, the history of member-driven change in AAG.

A website tab describing "What is the history of member-driven change within the AAG? What can we learn from these processes?" Our archival research has shown that member-driven political activity was quite common in the AAG’s history. In the 1970s and 1980s, it was fairly common for AAG members to circulate resolutions, and members cast votes on these resolutions by mail-in ballot. These included resolutions on support for the Equal Rights Amendment (1978) and against nuclear war (1986). Interestingly for our campaign, the AAG briefly ratified the position that it would affirmatively boycott any state which had not passed the ERA, a move that council understood as participation in “economic sanctions” (AAG newsletter 1978 issue 10). Even earlier, in 1969 the AAG convention was moved from Chicago to Ann Arbor in protest of the actions that took place during the 1968 Democratic Party convention.