Chris LayMay 19, 2024
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"The school had actually closed the library early at noon. So people broke in. One door got smashed, and the demonstrators flooded in, bringing their supplies, and methodically moving up the floors to secure the building. The campus police brought a final show of force, two cop cars. They were chased off within 15 seconds."

Photo and posts via @alissaazar

https://itsgoingdown.org/eight-days-for-gaza-psu-report/

Eight Days for Gaza: A Report on the Occupation and Defense of the Portland State University Library

A day-by-day reflection and account of a recent campus occupation in solidarity with Palestine at Portland State University (PSU), in Portland, Oregon. Social media posts and photo from Alissa Azar on Mastodon. Day 1 – April 25 2024 The call went out around 3pm, Thursday the 25th, on a couple local Instagram pages. A couple...

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Show threadAlissa AzarMay 19, 2024
@igd_news ooh hell yeah. Only thing I would add is that the door wasn't actually smashed. I'm not sure how the hell they pulled it off because they were well covered with umbrellas, but within about 30 seconds of a large group of people huddled by the library door, it briskly and quietly got yanked open and people flooded in. It was later on a window right by the door got broken but it was never used as an exit or entrance. So like infinitely more impressive 🥵