Graduating Yale students stage walkout in solidarity with the Palestinian cause.
As President Peter Salovey began the traditional ceremony, around 150 students stood up, turned their backs, & exited through Phelps Gate, drawing cheers from peers.
Graduating Yale students stage walkout in solidarity with the Palestinian cause.
As President Peter Salovey began the traditional ceremony, around 150 students stood up, turned their backs, & exited through Phelps Gate, drawing cheers from peers.
#Yale’s terrifying encampment where they checks notes are skipping and singing and were subject to violent arrests shortly after this video was taken: #StudentProtests
from #NewYorkTimes [gift article link below]
Bias alert - NYT usually favors [#Israel]
Live Updates: Tensions Rise Over Pro-Palestinian Protests at U.S. Colleges
#Students have practical wisdom beyond ivory towers:
“The demonstration was timed to concur with University President Peter Salovey’s send-off party at the Schwarzman Center. Attendees at the party included at least eight members of the #Yale Corporation — the University’s highest governing body — as well as current and former University administrators” #protest#FreePalestine#humanrights
...Sean Johnson, an astronomy professor
“In my mind, protest is necessarily disruptive, the degree to which is a question of strategy for the activists.”
Outcry after Michigan university announces plan to restrict protest rights | #Michigan | The Guardian
"Robert Kraft, a major donor to Columbia University and the owner of the Patriots NFL football team who funded the Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life at Columbia, on Monday announced he would pull his support “until corrective action is taken” on campus."