Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Columbia U. leads the way in protests

"From Ireland to Palestine, occupation is a crime."
House Speaker Mike Johnson addresses Columbia University students, who booed him, Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in NYC (Kevin R. Wexler / NorthJersey.com)
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The state needs war to make $$$
USA TODAY Israel's US-funded genocide, which was unleashed on Gaza and the West Bank, spreads unrest on college campuses, Columbia, Berkeley, NYU, Yale, UT Austin, Cal Poly Humboldt.

NEW YORK − Columbia University announced Wednesday (4/24/24) that students had agreed to scale down their protest encampment as peaceful student demonstrators across the nation pressed their demands for an end to Israel's grotesque violence and the civilian casualties it has inflicted on Gaza that have destroyed the American public's historically mindless support for anything Israel wants.

Netanyahu is antisemitic, killing so many Semites
Meanwhile, police gently turned over willing protesters Wednesday to campus security at the USC (University of Southern California) campus, which closed to the public Wednesday amid clashes between authorities and pro-Palestinian student demonstrators at the college and nationwide.

In solidarity with American and Israeli Jews who oppose genocide and Zionism (Shoresh)

Arrests were actively being made on the USC campus Wednesday night, an LAPD spokesperson told USA TODAY. The spokesperson said he could not provide an estimate on how many people were detained.

Columbia student protesters earlier in the day issued a statement saying the school had made a "a written commitment and concession not to call [out] the NYPD or the National Guard," calling the progress "an important victory for students.” More + VIDEOS

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