We are a collective of UCL staff from a wide range of departments and disciplines at different career stages who individually commit to the terms of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

OUR VALUES

We come together in solidarity with the struggle for a free Palestine. Through this work, we are learning together that liberation demands a new world. These values are our attempt to make concrete our critical commitments towards a politics of solidarity through connected struggles.

1. We are committed to freedom and justice for the Palestinian people, guided by the principles of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. We believe in Palestinians’ right to self-determination, right of return, and right to resist colonial occupation and genocide. We see ourselves as part of a broader movement for Palestinian liberation, in opposition to the Zionist colonial project and its backing by Western imperialism.

2. Our solidarity with Palestine pushes us to renew and deepen our commitment to challenging the corrosive and structural nature of racism. Together we strive to remake our relations to each other, understanding that all racism must be dismantled. We oppose anti-Palestinian racism, Islamophobia, antisemitism, and ethno-nationalism with equal determination, both in the context of global solidarity with Palestine and as part of a broader anti-racist movement for genuine liberation.

3. We are a movement of many political traditions, committed to intersectional internationalist feminism, anti-imperialism, and queer and trans liberation. Together we seek justice, recognising our fundamental and urgent duty as university workers to hold our institution to account.

4. We commit to building movements where we keep each other safe, and address and learn from harmful behaviour together. We do not accept homophobia, sexism, or racism, or any behaviours that undermine solidarity. We commit to addressing these behaviours if they occur in ways that foster accountability, care, and education, striving to uplift each other and the broader movement in our organising. We refuse the practices of violence and punishment offered by the state and institutions of power.

5. We value and centre mobilising, organising, and educating as means to build our collective strength and understanding.

BDS @ UCL organising group, February 2026

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