This morning, students at #Columbia University picketed outside the homes of three trustees.
At two of the three locations, random harassers suckerpunched student picketers. At one, a car drove into a student. NYPD arrested the victim.
The attacker is Reuven Kahane, a cousin of Meir Kahane, the late fascist founder of the JDL and the murderous #Kahanist movement in occupied Palestine
Student picketer who was struck by Kahane this morning was detained and is in the hospital, handcuffed to a bed, awaiting x-rays. Early reports of a wrist injury.
While this report by @guardian could be improved by refraining from describing deputized, state-sanctioned violence as "anarchy" and playing into the statist "anarchy = violent chaos" trope, this is otherwise good reporting which you won't find anywhere in the NYT these days.
More false accusations of "anti-Semitism" about Columbia
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Judges boycott Columbia grads, calling the campus demonstrations "anti-Semitic".
13 Trump-hired U.S. federal judges said they would not hire law students or undergraduates from Columbia University over so-called "anti-Semitism" at the university, calling the Manhattan campus an “incubator of bigotry”.
NYC mayor smeared a grandmother as an "outside agitator" to justify the NYPD assault on Columbia
Nahla Al-Arian "became the exemplar of the dangerous “outside agitator” who was training the students at Columbia.
"It was Nahla’s presence, according to Mayor Eric Adams, that was the “tipping point” in his decision to authorize the military-style raids on the campus."
John Oliver is brilliant. He exposes how ridiculous the NYC mayor and NYPD are. Their "evidence" of how dangerous Columbia student protestors is a joke. It's sad that tax dollars are spent on people like them. #students#protest#columbia https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLXN3H2j/
from #NewYorkTimes [gift article below]
The One-State Solution
By Edward Said
Jan. 10, 1999
This is an article by the late #EdwardSaid. He was a #Palestinian - American philosopher, academic, literary critic, and political activist. and a professor of literature at #Columbia University.
It spells out his position that only a binational state based on equality will work in #Palestine - #Israel.
More false accusations of "anti-Semitism" about Columbia
Report
Judges boycott Columbia grads, calling the campus demonstrations "anti-Semitic".
13 Trump-hired U.S. federal judges said they would not hire law students or undergraduates from Columbia University over so-called "anti-Semitism" at the university, calling the Manhattan campus an “incubator of bigotry”.
'The judges, all appointees of former U.S. President Donald Trump, called the Manhattan campus an “incubator of bigotry” in a Monday letter, opens new tab to Columbia President Minouche Shafik and Law Dean Gillian Lester.'
NYC mayor smeared a grandmother as an "outside agitator" to justify the NYPD assault on Columbia
Nahla Al-Arian "became the exemplar of the dangerous “outside agitator” who was training the students at Columbia.
"It was Nahla’s presence, according to Mayor Eric Adams, that was the “tipping point” in his decision to authorize the military-style raids on the campus."