"The Harvard graduating students denied their degrees over Palestine protest"
"The decision by Harvard to delay degrees for 13 students for one year has caused outrage at the university & a mass walkout from its graduation ceremony.
"Harvard Corporation barred these students from receiving their degrees... on account of their involvement in the three-week pro-Palestine encampment at the university last month."
“Grieving Tiananmen as US Cops Crush Campus Protests”
A physicist who emigrated from China and was born during the same year of the Tiananmen Square massacre writes about his perspective on this event within the context of recent history and compares it with the US response to the protests taking place on its campuses.
"Describing us as ‘violent’ puts us in greater danger as we continue to sleep out in tents. By claiming they do not know who we are, the university’s senior leadership have renounced their duty of care."
UChicago students walked out of a graduation ceremony in protest...
after the university withheld diplomas from four graduating students who participated in a pro-Palestinian encampment.
“My diploma doesn’t matter when there are people in Palestine f in Gaza that will never walk a stage again, who will never receive a diploma. What about them? Who’s going to fight for them?” said one of the students affected.
"1,000 Harvard Students Walk Out of Commencement to Support 13 Seniors Barred from Graduation over Gaza"
"Asmer Safi, one of the protesters barred from graduating, says.. he has no regrets about standing up for Palestinian rights: This is an ethical stance that we’re taking."
Also interviewed is history professor Alison Frank Johnson, one of over 100 faculty members who voted to confer degrees on the 13 seniors."
"1,000 Harvard Students Walk Out of Commencement to Support 13 Seniors Barred from Graduation over Gaza"
"Asmer Safi, one of the protesters barred from graduating, says.. he has no regrets about standing up for Palestinian rights: This is an ethical stance that we’re taking."
Also interviewed is history professor Alison Frank Johnson, one of over 100 faculty members who voted to confer degrees on the 13 seniors."
"Police arrest man for alleged assault on pro-Palestine encampment"
"Nearly a month after counterprotesters attacked a pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA, police have made their first arrest, detaining an 18-year-old who is not a student.
“During that violence, one individual was seen on video assaulting encampment occupants with a wooden pole, causing serious injuries to at least one victim."
The U of T encampment just held a press conference and eloquently told them to piss off, and legally they are in the right because in Ontario Doug Ford made free speech on campus a government issue so YES folks! The Charter applies: #StudentProtests#Toronto
The Nation’s Conscience, Part II - Read by Eunice Wong
"The courageous stance of students across the country in defiance of genocide is accompanied by a near total blackout of their voices. Their words are the ones we most need to hear.
"The genocide has awakened a sleeping giant. Let us pray the giant prevails."
Walkout for Gaza at Harvard University's commencement ceremony
Students protested the Gaza genocide and the “unduly harsh punishment” of 13 students barred from receiving their diplomas due to their support for Palestinian rights.
More than 1,500 students had petitioned, & nearly 500 staff & faculty had spoken out against sanctioning the student protesters.
Walkout for Gaza at Harvard University's commencement ceremony
Students protested the Gaza genocide and the “unduly harsh punishment” of 13 students barred from receiving their diplomas due to their support for Palestinian rights.
More than 1,500 students had petitioned, & nearly 500 staff & faculty had spoken out against sanctioning the student protesters.
The Nation’s Conscience, Part II - Read by Eunice Wong
"The courageous stance of students across the country in defiance of genocide is accompanied by a near total blackout of their voices. Their words are the ones we most need to hear.
"The genocide has awakened a sleeping giant. Let us pray the giant prevails."
Police raided UMich Gaza Camp before UMich president is due to appear before Congress - alongside the presidents of UCLA & Yale.
The president claimed the peaceful action had become a threat to public safety, & "police raided the encampment, arresting & hospitalizing students after pepper-spraying & pushing them to the ground".
"The university has refused to discuss divestment with protesters."