"The real occupation of universities is by the political class, in defiance of autonomy and scientific freedom [..] There's a political harnessing and a disconnection from the facts."
#GazaProtests: The 60 days a Paris university was at the heart of the national political debate
"The students, as they will tell you, are there for Gaza, where 90 per cent of schools, and all universities, have been destroyed. The university, meanwhile, is forced to confront the moral vacuity of its policies, which have in the end protected no one except extremists willing to join forces with neo-Nazis to safeguard Israel from criticism."
"As aid barely trickles into Gaza, a group of activists are trying to take matters into their own hands. The #FreedomFlotilla movement planned to set sail to Gaza, bringing more than 5000 tons of aid and taking on great personal risk. The Take looks into their years-long struggle to break #Israel’s siege on #Gaza."
"It is increasingly going to take the batons of police to enforce this consensus of US support for #Israel, which itself has a limited ceiling [..] Many of these students have crossed the fear barrier" - #YousefMunayyer
"#AntiwarProtests sweep across university campuses in the United States. The police response – the violence – has been shocking and so has some of the reporting from the US #MainstreamMedia."
With: Paula Chakravartty,
Noura Erakat, Adel Iskandar,
Elijah Kahlenberg
"The campus crackdown, at both #Columbia and schools across the nation, is indefensible. But when you are defending the indefensible, you need a spokesman like Adams, as prolific an inventor of fables as Scheherazade."
"More than 1,000 people have been arrested in crackdowns on #UniversityProtests across the United States. Facing #PoliceBrutality, arrests, and attacks from counter-protesters, what will #StudentProtesters do next?"
after 100s of pro-Israel demonstrators attacked the UCLA Gaza Solidarity camp on Tues.
"Police did not immediately break up the clashes at the camp, which continued despite the law enforcement presence."
Prof Ananya Roy criticised the lack of police protection:
“It gives people impunity to come to our campus as a rampaging mob. The word is out they can do this repeatedly & get away with it. I am ashamed of my university.”
after 100s of pro-Israel demonstrators attacked the UCLA Gaza Solidarity camp on Tues.
"Police did not immediately break up the clashes at the camp, which continued despite the law enforcement presence."
Prof Ananya Roy criticised the lack of police protection:
“It gives people impunity to come to our campus as a rampaging mob. The word is out they can do this repeatedly & get away with it. I am ashamed of my university.”
"Across the US, pro-Palestine students have faced repression, suspension, and arrest. We asked more than a dozen students to share how their schools have restricted the right to protest."
The Gaza Solidarity encampments have spread to the Auraria Campus in Denver. We brought water and food to the protesters. Rain clouds were forming when we left, but folks had a resolved spirit about them.
Protests erupt in schools across the country in solidarity with Columbia students' Gaza campaign
"Columbia University made a huge mistake calling the cops on student protesters. It has transformed the activism of hundreds of students into a student movement of thousands."
Dozens of students continued to camp out at Columbia on Friday.
National Students for Justice in Palestine called on all its chapters to join in solidarity actions.
Protests erupt in schools across the country in solidarity with Columbia students' Gaza campaign
"Columbia University made a huge mistake calling the cops on student protesters. It has transformed the activism of hundreds of students into a student movement of thousands."
Dozens of students continued to camp out at Columbia on Friday.
National Students for Justice in Palestine called on all its chapters to join in solidarity actions.