Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war on college campuses nationwide. The school promised they would face expulsion.
The occupation at Columbia — where protesters shrugged off an ultimatum to abandon a tent encampment Monday or be suspended — unfolded as other universities stepped up efforts to clear out encampments. Police swept through some campuses, spurring confrontations with protesters and plenty of arrests. In rarer instances, university officials and protest leaders have struck agreements to restrict the disruption to campus life.
30 Columbia students were suspended in all of the 1968 anti-Vietnam protests at Columbia, which included an occupation of the same building. No one was expelled.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Columbia_University_protests
They didn’t have Israel’s lobbyists working against them.
Yeah, but that was a different time. Y’know, before we got all police-statey.
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If you believe that police corruption and emboldenment has remained the same for the last sixty years, you have some reading to do.
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You responded to my comment regarding increased police state with an historical act of police violence. Sure, there was always corruption. I’m suggesting it’s now the standard, not the exception.
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That was the implication of your link and message in that context.
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The biggest motivation for colleges to end the protests is safety liability. From what I’ve seen, it’s been largely the police that are making the protests unsafe.
Yeah, but that was a different time. Y’know, before we got all police-statey even against whites.
FTFY
That’s fair. I’m sorry for not considering the racist implications of my comment.
Lmao
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Being expelled from Columbia starting to look like a badge of honor.
Holy s*** is this app actually not full of close minded Blue MAGAs? I literally got banned for saying The US should stop funding Israel’s genocide.
This is an app?
Yes, some of us are posting from our phones via apps like Jerboa.
Calling Lemmy an app is kind of like like calling all websites “web browsers.”
Ok, I said Jerboa is an app.
Ok but using an app to access something doesn’t make the content an app.
Instead of divesting from Israel stocks they’re kicking out their own students.
Those are the choices here. That’s all the protesters want.
