"It is increasingly going to take the batons of police to enforce this consensus of US support for #Israel, which itself has a limited ceiling [..] Many of these students have crossed the fear barrier" - #YousefMunayyer
"#AntiwarProtests sweep across university campuses in the United States. The police response – the violence – has been shocking and so has some of the reporting from the US #MainstreamMedia."
With: Paula Chakravartty,
Noura Erakat, Adel Iskandar,
Elijah Kahlenberg
"Across the US, pro-Palestine students have faced repression, suspension, and arrest. We asked more than a dozen students to share how their schools have restricted the right to protest."
"#JewishCurrents editor-in-chief Arielle Angel spoke to three Jewish student organizers arrested at the original encampments—Izzy Lapidus, Sarah Borus, and Lea Salim—about their experiences over the past week and what #PalestineSolidarity organizing has looked like on their campuses since October 7th."
From the #AntiWar rallies of the #Vietnam era to the #CivilRights sit-ins, and now to the contemporary marches for #Palestinian rights, it’s clear that #students have been — and continue to be — powerful #catalysts for major shifts in society.
#StudentActivism is often chaotic, but always driven by passion, and essential. Looking back at the #history of #StudentMovements, it’s evident that when students raise their voices, they lay the foundation for future #change.
"Tensions have been mounting at #ColumbiaUniversity for months, even before the school called police to clear a #GazaSolidarityEncampment. Pro-Palestine students say the administration hasn’t prioritized their safety. In the first of a two-part series, The Take goes behind the protests at #Columbia."
"#UniversityEncampments have spread across the US since New York police first came onto #ColumbiaUniversity’s campus last week. In the second of a two-part series, The Take takes a look inside the #Columbia encampment and the impact it’s having on campus."
A pro-Palestinian sit-in in Columbia University, New York is defying orders to desperse and has called for mass mobilisation of students and faculty. A lot of police has been deployed.
This is the relationship between Muslims and Jews in Vanderbilt's Palestinian solidarity movement: standing side-by-side, arm-in-arm engaging in joint organizing against occupation apartheid, and genocide.
Law Students Move Bombay High Court Challenging Maharashtra Govt's Declaration Of Public Holiday For Ram Temple Inauguration On Jan 22
Four law students have filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court challenging the Maharashtra government's notification declaring January 22, 2024 a public holiday for the consecration of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. A special bench of Justices GS Kulkarni and Neela Gokhale has been constituted to hear the matter tomorrow.