Columbia kicks the hornets nest with student protests over Israel-Gaza war
Columbia University administrators appear to have only inflamed student protesters against the Israel-Hamas war both on their campus and at other schools after leadership chose to have more than 100 students arrested over pro-Palestine demonstrations on Friday. Under pressure from politicians on both sides of the aisle, university President Minouche Shafik faces calls to resign…
UC Berkeley students begin Sproul Plaza sit-in to protest Gaza war, Cal’s investments
Students are calling for the creation of a Palestinian Studies program, an academic and financial boycott of Israel and a cease-fire in Gaza.
Gaza solidarity encampments are spreading far beyond Columbia's campus
Large-scale protests have erupted, with students demanding universities divest from companies linked to Israel's war.
Kent State: In the end, the deployment of the National Guard failed in every way. It didn’t keep the students on these campuses safe, and it didn’t curtail criticism of the Nixon administration’s foreign policy.
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Bloodlust
This afternoon, Senator Tom Cotton — whom you might remember from his previous principled stances like “drivers should simply assault left-wing protesters,” “the military should simply attack left-wing protesters” and “right-wing protesters may have assaulted cops but they’re the *real* victims here”
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