25 April: Mike Johnson, speaker of the house, is booed at Columbia U while explaining that the ‘pro-Hamas’ people are evil and that this is a battle between good and evil. He also talked about ‘rape of women and cooked babies’ stories that have been debunked many times before even by Israel itself.
Speaker Johnson, cont.
“Battle between good and evil”
Democracy Now coverage
26 April: Democracy Now: Students at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York launched an occupation of a campus building Thursday, joining a wave of college protests across the United States over the ongoing U.S.-backed Israeli war on Gaza. Hundreds marched through the Manhattan campus chanting slogans while some set up tents inside the building housing the prestigious Museum at FIT.
Protesters say the school unjustly retaliated against three students for distributing flyers on campus urging the school to divest from Israeli apartheid.
Organizers are demanding FIT divest from Israeli firms, offer transparency about the school’s finances, condemn Israel’s war on Gaza and drop disciplinary measures on the students who were punished. Democracy Now! staff captured some of the scenes as students were setting up their protest encampment.
Visit democracynow.org for more coverage about the wave of protests sweeping U.S. campuses.
Emory Econ Professor @CarolineFohlin came across the violent arrest of a protester on campus and asked the police, with shock, “What are you doing?” That’s all that prompted an officer to hurl her to the ground and handcuff her.
Police Brutally Assault A Professor At Washington University For Filming Them Attacking Students
26 April: As the number and size of anti-“Israel” protests on campuses continue to grow, calls for federal lawmakers and the White House to address the issue are growing, as more than 20 members seek to table a bill that would give universities more power to cease demonstrations and raise awareness about anti-Semitism.26 April: Emory University President Gregory L. Fenves said Friday he was “saddened” and “horrified” at protests that took place at the school Thursday, but said actions that disrupt the campus will not be tolerated.26 April: In an overwhelming vote Friday afternoon, the faculty senate for Emory University’s College of Arts and Sciences decided to hold a college-wide no-confidence vote in President Gregory Fenves.Police brutality on Washington U campus
26 April: The DMV Coalition of Students for Justice in Palestine, @dmvsjp, has launched their Gaza Solidarity Encampment at George Washington University! They demand universities DROP the charges against pro-Palestine students, DISCLOSE their investments, and DIVEST from genocide and Zionism26 April: “I’ve been here 12 years, and I’ve never been as ashamed of this campus,” said Dr. James Hoestery, an Associate Professor of Religion at #Emory, to a group of reporters, after the trooper had walked away.28 April: The.Ink, from Anand Giridharadas@AnandWrites I asked @JosephEStiglitz, longtime @Columbia scholar and Nobel-winning economist, what the establishment doesn’t understand about what campus protesters are trying to say.
26 April: U of Austin, Texas
26 April: at Columbia U
27 April: Prof. Maamoun Faculty for Justice in Palestine interview with Al Jazeera at @UCLA [full professor with tenure]
27 April
27 April: Students at Wayne State University in Detroit were attacked by police while demanding the university Board of Governor’s divest from Israel. The Student Senate passed a resolution in Nov. calling on the university to boycott Israel, which the board has ignored.
26 April: Police crack down on pro-Palestine protesters at Ohio State University Guardian News27 April: Jill Stein and her Campaign Manager and Deputy Campaign Manager, Jason Call and Kelly Merrill-Cayer, have been arrested at Washington University in St. Louis while supporting a protest against WashU’s ties to the war on Gaza. Video from @KallieECox
27 April: Sniper on the roof of the Indiana Memorial Union at #IU. Gun pointed down at peaceful Gaza protesters in Dunn Meadow. This is 4 hours after the arrest of 22 students and 2 professors in the meadow. Have never seen anything like this on this campus. However a poster on X noted that it’s not a gun. It’s a scope on a rail attached to a ball-mount tripod. You can get the rails for either 1/4″-20 or ball-mount The reason is comfort and ergonomics if you’re going to be there a long time. It will have a profile like a rifle because both are to be used by humans
27 April: Jill sent this video shortly before the police started arresting students and supporters at Washington University.Columbia Gaza Protests Smear Campaign Taken Apart – w . Nara Milanich
Presidential candidate Jill Stein holding the lineJill Stein after her release
30 April: Columbia U faculty surrounding encampment to protect students from imminent arrestGWU students create ‘public art’ from police fences
Shocking footage shows several officers at Washington University St. Louis beating a professor, slamming him, and dragging his limp body. SIUE history professor Steve Tamari is reportedly hospitalized with broken ribs and a broken hand. One doctor told him he’s lucky to be alive.
Deliberately starving the encampment students3 May: Thomas Birmingham@thomasbirm Some chilling scenes out of Yale tonight: In a video provided by organizers, Chief Anthony Campbell is clearly visible as he tackles a peaceful protestor to the ground. The camera pans and another officer is pinning a protestor down, head against pavement as students scream.2 May: Dyor @Powerfulmindx: “Because it’s outrageous that anyone protesting a #Genocide would be arrested, would be punished, they should be supported. That’s the most basic thing you can do is opposed #Genocide. And they’re being vilified as if they’re #Antisemitic. And if they’re criminals and if they’re criminal, and if they’re violent.” @ColumbiaUniversity students protest against ongoing #Genocide in #Palestine Local residents’ reactions.
Firing at Tampa, Florida encampment3 May: Jewish Professor Nara Milanich at Columbia says she wants to counter the narrative about Jews not feeling safe. She says many Jewish faculty and students feel “perfectly safe” on campus.3 May: NYC Progressive Caucus@NYCProgressives We are concerned that several CCNY students who have been arrested, predominantly students of color, have spent their 2nd night in jail and have yet to be arraigned. NY law requires arraignment within 24 hrs of arrest. We demand their prompt processing and release.2 May: At UCLA, a student was shot directly by the cops in his head using rubber bullets.
Mandela’s son2 May: @Malcolm_Ishmeal The so called democratic country USA shooting rubber bullets to its own students for the sake of Israel. UCLA students protesting against the ongoing Genocide in Gaza have been targeted by rubber bullets fired by the Police, allegedly to appease Israel’s narrative. These rubber bullets possess the potential to cause severe injuries, including blindness and broken bones, posing a significant risk to the demonstrators.2 May: Max Blumenthal@MaxBlumenthal Hundreds of cops from LAPD, CHPD and LASD are moving in w/tactical gear on anti-genocide protesters at UCLA These are the same cops who disappeared for 4 hours as a Zionist mob assaulted protesters w/ metal pipes, pyrotechnics and pepper spray last night
Police crack down on pro-Palestine protesters at Ohio State University
Police brutality: pulling student from among her peers by her hair
1 May: Congressman Jamaal Bowman @RepBowman When I was 11, I was a victim of police brutality just for being Black in America. Now I see that brutality being inflicted on peaceful students at Columbia and across the country. We must stand with our students to demand liberation for Palestinians and everyone in this world.
2 May: Tiffany Cabán@tiffany_caban Member repping District 22 in Queens.: statement in response to last night’s crackdown on student protests by @NYCMayor’s @NYPDnews: Last night’s authoritarian conduct by Columbia University administrators and Mayor Adams’ NYPD were a colossal disgrace, a horrifying affront to democracy and free speech, and an abject failure of public safety.3 May: Faculty at Columbia protesting the arrests and the curbing of freedom of speech
Defending the Empire at Columbia U
Students could have been killed
Jewish Student DEBUNKS Mainstream Media Reports Of Violence In Columbia Protest
3 May: Rutgers has allegedly conceded 8/10 of the protestors demands after they forced the university to postpone 28 final exams this morning
UPDATE on Rutgers U: President Halloway has agreed to 8 of the 10 demands given by Rutgers SJP and the students in the encampment. Most notably the demands for total divestment and the termination of its partnership with Tel Aviv University are “things not in the President’s control”. Thus the president has agreed to a future negotiation and meeting with 5 students from the chapter and what I believe is an advisory board, so long as the students took down the tents by 4pm. After an hour long discussion the students decided to close the encampment to secure their 8 demands and bargain directly for the latter two in a future meeting with the Joint Committee of Investment
3 May: Steven Donziger@SDonziger: This brilliant speech yesterday by a Columbia professor on the cowardice of the university administration in calling in police to arrest students will be cited throughout history -– and will inspire generations of students for decades to come. Columbia still on lockdown two days later.
3 May: Harrison Ford on the students: we have failed them… the best we can do for them is to get the hell out of their way.
3 May: Maya Wind on Israeli Universities – her book Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom
The children of Gaza send messages to American universities, thanking them
26 April: Children of Gaza sending ‘thank you’ messages to all universities supporting them
