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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Aug 20

We therefore encourage ISA to continue on this path, ensuring that it becomes an even stronger home for critical and committed scholarship, where solidarity is not abstract but lived through the Association’s institutional choices.

Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Aug 20

We believe that ISA’s decision was not only historic but also necessary to affirm its credibility as a truly global intellectual community. By upholding the call for accountability, ISA has shown that it takes seriously its responsibility to stand against colonial violence, apartheid, and genocide.

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Aug 20

All these signatures serve as a testament to the depth of support among sociologists worldwide for principled action against academic complicity in structures of oppression.

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Aug 20

Our statement in support of ISA's suspension of the Israeli Sociological Society has reached more than 500 signatures. If you are a sociologists and have not signed the statement already, here it is: drive.proton.me/urls/PJD48WW...

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Aug 12

Instead of objecting to the ISS’s suspension, we expect DGS to be concerned about Germany’s full support of Israeli brutality and say something against this shameless German complicity in the greatest genocide of the 21st century.

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Aug 12

As we express in the statement, what has @dgsoziologie.bsky.social done when pro-Palestinian action on universities campuses was met with unusual police brutality; scholars, including Jewish scholars, have been disinvited; artists and writers had their funding terminated?

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Aug 12

Here's our latest statement on the German Sociological Association's (@dgsoziologie.bsky.social) objection to the suspension of Israeli Sociological Society’s (ISS) membership in the International Sociological Association (ISA) drive.proton.me/urls/WCCB71P...

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Jul 30

[5/5] Against their mischaracterizations, which only serve for the continuation of the genocide and settler colonialism, please support our petition (above) and other efforts such as this one:

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Jul 30

[4/5] ... by taking a stance against the most powerful and effective efforts to stop the genocide in Palestine. In our view, they are simply fooling themselves (but not others) by claiming that they are promoting "open dialogue" or "constructive engagement" when they criticize ISS's suspension.

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Jul 30

[3/5] Finally, we are saddened to see that following the German Sociological Association, Austrian Sociological Association, the Sociological Association of Ukraine, and some of the board members of the ISA-RC28 have, too, chosen to join the "hall of shame" ...

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Jul 30

[2/5] Also, if you have not already, please add your name to our petition in support of ISA's suspension of the Israeli Sociological Society. Your support is crucial to pressure National Sociological Associations in ISA for the continuation of the suspension. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Statement from Sociologists in Support of the ISA's Suspension of the Israeli Sociological Society

Statement from Sociologists in Support of the ISA's Suspension of the Israeli Sociological Society As sociologists deeply committed to the principles of justice, anti-colonialism, and the defense of l...

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Jul 30

[1/5] Please take a look at our most recent statement on the successful BDS mobilization at the 5th International Sociological Association (ISA) Forum of Sociology in Rabat earlier this month:

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Jul 17

[5/5] That's why we’d love to invite you to one of the universities in Gaza to engage in scientific cooperation on equal footing. Just be careful not to trip over the rubble—that whole 'equal footing' thing can get tricky.

Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Jul 17

[4/5] You know what, scratch that. Maybe you're right when you mention in your brilliant statement (7.7.25) "the principle of scientific cooperation on equal footing"

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Jul 17

[3/5] @isa-sociology.org did the right thing with suspending Israeli Sociological Society because ISS is 60+ thousand deaths too late to "share the deep concern and anguish over" etc etc. You can't simply condemn your way out of a genocide

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Jul 17

[2/5] The bottom line is: Call a war crime by its name when you see it. Genocide is not a difficult word to utter if you are honest about stopping it

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Jul 17

[1/5] Hey there @dgsoziologie.bsky.social‬, have you seen this? Happy to provide a German translation, if you'd like www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

www.nytimes.com

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Jul 13

Also see a TikTok version here: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT68K7mAy/

Prof. Ruha Benjamin speaking at the ISA’s 5th Forum on Sociology in Rabat, Morocco, on July 11, 2025. Full speech on YouTube. #freepalestine🇵🇸❤️ #gaza #sociology #palestine🇵🇸 https://youtu.be/6iTLlXxl...

TikTok video by Barry Eidlin

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thank you @ruha9.bsky.social for an amazing speech at the closing ceremony of #ISAforum2025. youtube.com/shorts/Sgsz5...

Ruha Benjamin (@ruha9) stresses importance of ISA’s suspension of Isr@eli Sociological Society

YouTube video by Barry Eidlin

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Jul 10

URGENT!! Please sign our statement in support of ISA's suspension of the Israeli Sociological Society!! Your support will help our Research Committee representatives in ISA to push for the continuation of the suspension. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Statement from Sociologists in Support of the ISA's Suspension of the Israeli Sociological Society

Statement from Sociologists in Support of the ISA's Suspension of the Israeli Sociological Society As sociologists deeply committed to the principles of justice, anti-colonialism, and the defense of l...

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thank you everyone for joining us at the General Assembly yesterday. It was by far the most crowded session in the Forum (more than 150 people showed up)! Energized more than ever, we will continue our work together to organize, grow bigger, and push #ISA to be on the right side of history! ✊🍉

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Jul 9

BADGES! BADGES! BADGES! You need your badge to be able join us at the General Assembly. See you at 7pm today!

Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Jul 8

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Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Jul 8

GS4P General Assembly - Wednesday (9 July 2025), 7-9 PM. Lahcen Moutik Amphitheater, first floor of the National Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (INSEA) located in Madinat Al Irfane (University Campus).. ***DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR FORUM BADGE! ***

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stefano portelli @stafe.bsky.social · Jul 7

Conference of the International Sociological Association (ISA) in Rabat! Hoping it is a major venue to show social scientists are against genocide.
Otherwise, why do we want social science at all.
#isaforum25

Global Sociologists for Palestine (GS4P) @gs4p.bsky.social · Jul 7

Hello #isaforum25. So we finally meet!

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