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The University of California, Berkeley, will offer a course in spring 2025 that describes Hamas as a “revolutionary resistance force fighting settler colonialism.” According to a screenshot posted by Eyal Yakoby, the course, titled “English Composition in Connection with the Reading of World Literature, Leninism and Anarchism: A Theoretical Approach to Literature and Film,” is set to be offered in spring 2025. In addition to describing Hamas as a “revolutionary resistance force,” the course description also accuses America of funding “genocide.” ”With the US-backed and -funded genocide being carried out against Indigenous Palestinians by the Israeli Occupying Force, many have...

A powerful congressional committee accused the University of California, Berkeley, of fostering “an environment of pervasive antisemitism” — which included an anti-Jewish “riot.” The Republican-led Committee on Education and the Workforce said Tuesday it was formally investigating the San Francisco Bay Area college as part of an escalating probe into antisemitism. And the committee chair, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), revealed she had “grave concerns” about Berkeley because of the “inadequacy” of its “response to antisemitism on its campus” even before the October 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas on Israel ignited anti-Jewish demonstrations. The committee outlined a list of antisemitic incidents...

The accommodation houses University of California, Berkeley students and has rules that specifically ban 'white people' from common spaces in the house The Person of Color Theme House says many of it's members moved to the house to avoid 'white violence' It also calls for members to avoid bringing 'parents/family members that express bigotry' Several people, including POC, have complained of a ferocious culture in the house that seeks to exclude and belittle The accommodation, which is located close to Berkeley's campus, is a five-story, 30-room home that can house up to 56 students