The Working Committee of Graduates for Palestine (WCGP) is an autonomous group of graduate students and workers organizing for the Boycott, Sanction, Divest (BDS) Movement at the University of Oregon. We fight for a free Palestine!
We are dedicated to advancing the cause of Palestinian liberation at the University of Oregon. We understand the Palestinian struggle to be one that is primarily against settler colonialism, apartheid, and imperialism – all of which are constitutive of the Zionist project of Israel. As people situated in the United States, we recognize that our government and corporations are deeply involved in supporting Israel’s continued occupation of Palestine, with the U.S. Department of State alone giving the Zionist regime over $3 billion annually – the vast majority of which goes toward funding the Israeli military. As academic workers, we also recognize that our positionality entails specific forms of solidarity that mostly pertain to decoupling U.S. higher education from the Zionist project.
Our Committee is dedicated to two major goals:
To make the University of Oregon a BDS campus. That we divest from all companies that are complicit in reproducing the Israeli occupation, with an emphasis on weapons manufacturers (e.g., Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney [formerly known as Raytheon]).
To create an infrastructure for Palestinian liberation and adjacent struggles on campus, which includes promoting events, workshops, panels, and literature, etc. That we are involved in promoting political education that pertains to the Palestinian struggle and our connection(s) to it for both the campus community and Eugene-Springfield.
Subscribe to WCGP’s Substack to receive info about local Palestine organizing in Eugene, resources/zines from the BDS Movement at UO, and general pro-Palestine political education and action toolkits. To learn about upcoming WCGP events, you can also check out our Instagram: gradsforpalestine.uo
