This article notes that the leadership of the ‘Cornell Coalition for Mutual Liberation’ is basically the same as Students for Justice in Palestine.
From the Cornell Review:
The Pro-Palestinian “Occupation” Protest Makes Outlandish DemandsOn December 1, a group calling itself “The Cornell Coalition for Mutual Liberation” (CML) held a demonstration in front of Day Hall and later “occupied” Willard Straight Hall and Klarman Hall.CML’s demands include selling any stock that Cornell may own in three companies, ending Cornell’s role in the joint Technion-Cornell Jacobs Institute on Roosevelt Island, adopting a new “anti-doxing policy,” and redefining “anti-semitism.”Who is the Coalition for Mutual Liberation?According to pro-Israel critics, the CML’s leadership seems to be almost identical to the Students for Justice in Palestine’s (SJP) leadership. The CML spokesperson claims that “Some people in SJP are in CML. Right now, SJP’s role is kind of just promoting the events. I think the behind-the-scenes and the back-end organization was done by CML.”Unlike SJP, CML is not a registered student organization, so officer and membership information is not publicly accessible.The national SJP organization has been accused of allegedly supporting Hamas. This, together with violating rules on other campuses, has led to a number of universities banning their local SJP chapters. Cornell demonstration leaders have not adequately explained the shift from SJP to CML.What is the Urgency?SJP has been pushing the Boycott, Sanctions and Divest (BDS) movement for more than a decade. The BDS movement dates back to 2005, and the Cornell community has repeatedly rejected their demands.In response to the October 7 Hamas attack, pro-Israel advocates have been putting emphasis on the safe return of the hostages (including Americans) taken by Hamas. In response, the BDS movement restarted their campaign to oppose the use of military force as leverage for the return of the hostages. This includes demonstrations, as well as tearing down hostage and other pro-Israel posters.
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