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Police Let Violent Mobs Attack UCLA Students. This Is What Lawlessness Looks Like | Portside
Police Let Violent Mobs Attack UCLA Students. This Is What Lawlessness Looks Like | Portside
Things had been tense at the University of California, Los Angeles, with some ugly jibes and the occasional shove exchanged between students who support Israel’s war on Gaza and those who have set up encampments to call for a permanent ceasefire and the university’s divestment from companies that arm and otherwise profit from Israel’s occupation and military incursions in the Palestinian territories.
·portside.org·
Police Let Violent Mobs Attack UCLA Students. This Is What Lawlessness Looks Like | Portside
’Little Gazas’
’Little Gazas’
Tom Cotton suggests fascist suppression of political speech.
·prospect.org·
’Little Gazas’
The New Anti-Antisemitism
The New Anti-Antisemitism
The response to college protests against the war on Gaza exemplifies the darkness of the Trumpocene.
·prospect.org·
The New Anti-Antisemitism
Banned by Germany
Banned by Germany
Three weeks ago, I was banned from entering Germany. When I asked the German authorities who decided this, when, and under what rationale, I
·znetwork.org·
Banned by Germany
Biden condemns 'ferocious surge of antisemitism' in US
Biden condemns 'ferocious surge of antisemitism' in US
Biden's strong remarks at a Holocaust remembrance event came as he struggles with how to handle pro-Palestine demonstrations across US college campuses.
·semafor.com·
Biden condemns 'ferocious surge of antisemitism' in US
Save Us All From The Atlantic’s Protest Coverage
Save Us All From The Atlantic’s Protest Coverage
The magazine has unleashed its top writers on the Palestine student movement. The results have been as dire as you might imagine.
·thenation.com·
Save Us All From The Atlantic’s Protest Coverage
Columbia Student Terrorists? NYPD Must Think We’re Pretty Dumb
Columbia Student Terrorists? NYPD Must Think We’re Pretty Dumb
An NYPD spokesperson waved a scholarly book about terrorism around on TV in an attempt to associate Columbia University protesters with terrorists. Well, we actually read it. The claim is as absurd as you might guess.
·jacobin.com·
Columbia Student Terrorists? NYPD Must Think We’re Pretty Dumb
Berlin’s Humboldt University sends police to violently disband peaceful Gaza sit-in
Berlin’s Humboldt University sends police to violently disband peaceful Gaza sit-in
On Friday, around 150 students gathered for a sit-in in front of the entrance to Berlin’s Humboldt University to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza. Police violently disbanded the peaceful gathering, at the behest of the university administration.
·wsws.org·
Berlin’s Humboldt University sends police to violently disband peaceful Gaza sit-in
Response to Gaza campus protests demonstrates lack of preparation
Response to Gaza campus protests demonstrates lack of preparation
With commencements approaching at campuses riven by pro-Palestinian protests, security expert Juliette Kayyem says we're seeing a "lack of preparedness" on the part of universities for something "already known on the calendar."
·commonwealthbeacon.org·
Response to Gaza campus protests demonstrates lack of preparation
Congress’s Antisemitism Bill Is an Insult to Jewish History
Congress’s Antisemitism Bill Is an Insult to Jewish History
On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed a bill to enshrine in law a definition of antisemitism that includes anti-Zionist messages. It’s an egregious attack on free speech — and one that gravely insults the memory of millions of anti-Zionist Jews.
·jacobin.com·
Congress’s Antisemitism Bill Is an Insult to Jewish History
German police violently break up Gaza solidarity sit-in
German police violently break up Gaza solidarity sit-in
German police violently broke up a sit-in by pro-Palestinian protesters at Humboldt University in the capital Berlin decrying the country's backing of the Israeli war on Gaza and calling for...
·middleeastmonitor.com·
German police violently break up Gaza solidarity sit-in
The Fiction of the “Outside Agitator”
The Fiction of the “Outside Agitator”
More than 2,000 people have been arrested on US college campuses for peacefully protesting Israel’s war on the people of Palestine. For the “crime” of
·znetwork.org·
The Fiction of the “Outside Agitator”
What’s Really Happening on College Campuses, According to Student Journalists | Portside
What’s Really Happening on College Campuses, According to Student Journalists | Portside
Over 50 schools. Nearly 2,000 arrests. One canceled graduation ceremony — so far. We’re in the midst of the most widespread campus unrest since the 1960s, sparked by the war between Israel and Hamas. Over the last two weeks, campus protests have escalated, with pro-Palestinian tent encampments set up in public spaces, triggering counterprotests and, on more than 30 campuses, clashes with police.
·portside.org·
What’s Really Happening on College Campuses, According to Student Journalists | Portside
On Campus and Off: Documenting the Protests at Columbia University
On Campus and Off: Documenting the Protests at Columbia University
On April 17, students at Columbia University set up an encampment in protest of Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza, while also calling for Columbia to divest from its financial ties to Israel. Since …
·lithub.com·
On Campus and Off: Documenting the Protests at Columbia University
Police shoot Palestine activists in the head with rubber bullets
Police shoot Palestine activists in the head with rubber bullets
Riot police stormed the UCLA Palestine Camp and opened fire with rubber bullets. Activists say 5 students were hit in the head while videos from the scene show how one...
·middleeastmonitor.com·
Police shoot Palestine activists in the head with rubber bullets