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Student protesters were right about segregation in the early '60s, right about Vietnam in the late '60s, right about apartheid in the '80s, right about Iraq in 2003, and right about wealth inequality in 2011. Seems generally bad to side against student movements.
Chicago is worth struggling for. I don't care how cynical the climate is or how polarized we become. I'm betting on us every damn time.
The students are reading the demands of the UChicago Popular University for Palestine and they include divestment AS well as disbanding the UCPD and reparations for harm to the Black and Brown communities of the Southside: The students are politically sophisticated af.
Read the UChicago Popular University demands. They include reparations for Gazans and Southsiders.
Read the UChicago Popular University demands. They include reparations for Gazans and Southsiders.
15 years from now, politicians will speak of the genocide of Palestinians the same way they speak of the Iraq War currently. We will remember where everyone who used their platform to advocate for humanity and who was complicit in death and destruction. Which side are you on?
MY THEORY ABOUT WHY STUDENTS ARE PROTESTING: they are upset about israeli military activity in gaza, and the role the united states government has in it
Calling in SWAT on a bunch of college kids is so fucking diabolical.
Calling in SWAT on a bunch of college kids is so fucking diabolical.
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Unarmed college kids peacefully protesting for the lives of kids they don't know who are being killed en masse are being treated like domestic terrorists. Is it becoming more evident why the youth vote doesn't believe they are "safer" under Biden/Harris?
Unarmed college kids peacefully protesting for the lives of kids they don't know who are being killed en masse are being treated like domestic terrorists. Is it becoming more evident why the youth vote doesn't believe they are "safer" under Biden/Harris?
Today we sent an open letter to college and university presidents across the nation outlining five basic guardrails to ensure freedom of speech and academic freedom while protecting against discriminatory harassment and disruptive conduct. Read more: aclu.org/news/free-spee…
.@UofIllinois We understand police in riot gear are facing off with students protesting at University of Illinois . Armed police only escalate this situation and will put the safety of everyone at risk. We call on administrators to show restraint and use dialogue, not force.
I cannot believe that Americans are being treated like this over a foreign nation.
I cannot believe that Americans are being treated like this over a foreign nation.
Why are university admins so dumb?
The untold story of those affected by the sudden closing of Foxtrot and Dom’s Kitchen: Dozens of immigrant workers who can’t get unemployment. “We are families, we are not garbage,” they chanted in Spanish in front of the Foxtrot commissary in Pilsen. More to come.
Faculty at Northwestern are running a 24hr shift schedule to maintain a line of protection around their students’ encampment—preserving their right to free speech in this important moment. As Angela Davis remarked yesterday, “Palestine is a litmus test for justice for everyone.”
Faculty at Northwestern are running a 24hr shift schedule to maintain a line of protection around their students’ encampment—preserving their right to free speech in this important moment. As Angela Davis remarked yesterday, “Palestine is a litmus test for justice for everyone.”
Why do colleges/electeds overlook how oppressive tactics never work and only fuels radicalization 😵💫? Deploying police to brutalize and arrest students at peaceful protests only escalates chaos, endangers students, and amplifies dissent. There really needs to be a serious…
Any university that allows snipers on the roof of campus buildings in response to a nonviolent student protest is not place of higher learning.
Columbus Police exactly one year ago when dealing with armed neo nazis vs today when dealing with college protesters.
State repression is random. People often forget that 2 of the 4 students killed in the Kent State massacre weren't even protesters. Sandy Scheurer was simply walking to class & Bill Schroeder (an ROTC cadet) stopped to watch the protest out of curiosity. Both were shot to death.
State repression is random. People often forget that 2 of the 4 students killed in the Kent State massacre weren't even protesters. Sandy Scheurer was simply walking to class & Bill Schroeder (an ROTC cadet) stopped to watch the protest out of curiosity. Both were shot to death.
If you are a University President or official calling the police on your own students for demanding peace and an end to genocide you should be out of a job.
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They are literally just chanting on the lawn. There is absolutely no justification for this.
More arrests are happening as police seek to break up the circle
Every criticism of these campus protests says far more about the person criticizing than is does about the students. If you can't fathom why students protest genocide, why they want colleges to divest from death, why they are boldly demanding justice, it says a lot about you.
Every time you share a video of police brutality, share this stuff too
Students pushing APD back chanting “off our campus”
At the first rally for the brand new UChicago encampment, a student in UChicago Jews for Palestine gave a speech about the values of Passover, the history of Jewish labor organizing and resistance to colonialism He had the crowd chanting Long Live in Palestine in Yiddish!
If Trump were president right now liberals would be, at least performatively, far more concerned for the wellbeing and safety of protestors on college campuses because it would be extremely politically convenient for them.
ANOTHER ENCAMPMENT JUST DROPPED‼️🗣️ 📍University of Chicago
Student protesters were right about segregation in the early '60s, right about Vietnam in the late '60s, right about apartheid in the '80s, right about Iraq in 2003, and right about wealth inequality in 2011. Seems generally bad to side against student movements.
We can bend the arc of what is politically possible. Homes for All. Medicare for All. Cancel Student Debt. Tuition-free College. A Green New Deal. Humane immigration policy. Establish a livable wage for all workers. We are fighting for policies that lift up all Americans.
Not me crying watching the Black students at Stanford provide free breakfast for everyone at the Palestine encampment. 😭😭😭 What a way to do the work and honor the Black Panther Party.
Chicago is worth struggling for. I don't care how cynical the climate is or how polarized we become. I'm betting on us every damn time.
The students are reading the demands of the UChicago Popular University for Palestine and they include divestment AS well as disbanding the UCPD and reparations for harm to the Black and Brown communities of the Southside: The students are politically sophisticated af.
Read the UChicago Popular University demands. They include reparations for Gazans and Southsiders.
Here are the demands of the UChicago Popular University for Gaza 🧵
And just like that, a Gaza solidarity encampment is up at @UChicago
Solidarity with the courageous student protestors of University of Chicago Tens of thousands of everyday Chicagoans stand in solidarity with you and will answer any calls you put out for support ✊🏼 Stop the War - Free Palestine 🇵🇸
BREAKING: University of Chicago students join nationwide protest by setting up encampment in solidarity with Gaza. The camp is called UChicago Popular University for Gaza, located on main quad.
Students of Colombia University sleeping in the encampment on campus in support for us.. Thank you 🙏..
✅ | The Bridgeview, Illinois Village Board has called for a #CeasefireNOW. The Chicago-area town has been nicknamed Little Palestine for its strong Palestinian community.
the revolution will not take place at elite institutions. please support the students protesting at public colleges near you. schools like Cal Poly Humboldt are making more progress with less news coverage which puts their student organizers at a higher risk of police violence
15 years from now, politicians will speak of the genocide of Palestinians the same way they speak of the Iraq War currently. We will remember where everyone who used their platform to advocate for humanity and who was complicit in death and destruction. Which side are you on?
There are snipers on the roof of the school where I got my MA. There are police beating students at the school where I got my PhD. At each school, I studied authoritarian regimes and how they brainwash people into believing that state brutality is not only normal, but deserved.
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