Pro-Palestine student protesters are being smeared as puppets of shadowy “outside agitators.” The presence of community members and experienced activists in the protests is nothing to be ashamed of: we need outside agitators to build a better world.
Wouldn't boycotts work better than protests? Boycott the unis that terrorized the protesters. Boycott business/stores with direct links to Israel. Protests don't work, never have. On the other hand, money has a very loud voice. If America spoke with the wallet, change would happen very quickly. Organization is a lot easier now than it was back in the '60s. Organize, disseminate info and wait. And vote, always vote.
Pro-Palestinian protesters link arms as Chicago police officers prepare to begin arrests at the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois on May 4, 2024 [Alex Wroblewski/EPA-EFE]
People take part in a protest calling for the release of hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
"WSJ finds students consulted with and received training from groups that have supported Hamas and attacks on Israel; NYT finds pro-Israel protesters started clash at UCLA"
It's shocking that the US TV news programs are portraying peaceful protests on US campuses as the equivalent of the violent mob that staged a coup on Jan 6. These media outlets have nothing to do with freedom / truth. They will gladly be part of a Nazi propaganda campaign any day. #students#protest#gaza https://youtu.be/t4f9ulAAdJA?si=_IHu-MV3Fm11J9hr
NYT chonicles violence against peaceful student protesters at UCLA. Violent counter-protest mob attacked the students, as UCLA security personnel and police officers looked on.#students#protest#gaza
“the college has agreed to officially call for a #ceasefire, and that a statement from officials will be released soon.
The post also goes on to say that the administration has made a promise to codify divestment from arms and arms manufacturing in all public and private investments.
Middlebury College also released a statement on Friday, writing that progress is being made on all fronts with the protestors” #protest#FreePalestine
“Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the #UnitedNations, will no longer speak at the University of #Vermont’s commencement ….
The cancellation appears to be a victory for a nearly week-old encampment of pro-[#Palestine] protesters on UVM’s … campus. Protesters had demanded that [she] be removed as the … commencement speaker, saying that [she] was complicit in vetoing 3 [#UN#ceasefire resolutions]” #protest
If this is not crime against humanity, what is? What’s happening to our governments?
Shouldn’t the whole world be joining the students? #gaza#students#protest
Vancouver Island University, my employer, is now threatening to remove the encampment and have people arrested. I'm absolutely sick.
I had corresponded with our President on May 1. I sent this to our Chancellor, Chair and President today.
Dear Chancellor Sayers, Chair Anderson, and President Saucier,
I am extremely concerned by the escalatory words and actions of VIU today given the encampment’s peaceful and respectful nature and disposition to date. The President has stated to me in her response quoted below on May 1 "that VIU’s approach to the encampment is based on respect and peace for protest and freedom of expression.”
The locking of all campus buildings today and the very clear threat by VIU Security (see attached noticed link) to have peace officers remove tents and equipment under the Trespass Act under threat of arrest is completely contradictory to the President’s statement and is exactly the approach that I flagged to the President as being extremely dangerous and likely to result in harm to the protesters and deep embarrassment to the University itself. There are peaceful ways to do this.
As an institution that is supposed to be fully immersed in the spirit and action of Truth and Reconciliation, I find these statements and actions to be horrendously contradictory, misguided, colonial, and dangerous.
As an individual employee, VIUFA faculty member, and member of this community on Snuneymuxw, Coast Salish and Nuuchanulth lands I am embarrassed, and I beg the University to reconsider and reverse its actions.
If you find anti-genocide protests leaving you feeling ‘uncomfortable’, imagine watching your baby bleed out after receiving a dose of US-made shrapnel from a US-made bomb dropped by a US-made airplane in a US-funded, religious-extremist-run ethnic cleansing program.
More than 2,000 people have been arrested in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the U.S. And how university leaders have reacted to the demonstrations has come under fire.
NBC News reports: "There were at least 100 arrests apiece at eight campuses, including Emerson College and Northeastern University in Boston, Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Texas at Austin."
I’m speechless. In the US, police officers, who are members of a violent white supremacists’ group, do not face disciplinary actions but university students who demand peace and justice do. #students#protest#uspol
History professor Steve Tamari is out of the hospital after #police seriously injured him at the Washington University student #protest. According to his wife, he will need surgery on his hand, and he is in pain from nine broken ribs. #Missouri#freepalestine