May 14, 2024 by V Leigh

Senator Sanders: “When we talk about college campuses, I want everybody to know there are no protests on college campuses in Gaza. You know why? Because every one of the 12 universities in Gaza has been bombed and destroyed.”

Senator Sanders: “When we talk about college campuses, I want everybody to know there are no protests on college campuses in Gaza. You know why? Because every one of the 12 universities in Gaza has been bombed and destroyed.” pic.twitter.com/wxsMxpI9n8
— Jeremy Slevin (@jeremyslevin) May 8, 2024

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Barry Blitt for the win on the state of American higher education right now pic.twitter.com/eelRsgYQcq
— 🍉Prof. Thrasher is with our students🔻 (@thrasherxy) May 10, 2024

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HIND’S HALL Now Available on Streaming. All Proceeds to UNRWA. https://t.co/daXnWRmBHE pic.twitter.com/J0Ft6wjuSv
— Macklemore (@macklemore) May 10, 2024

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A comic on being silenced. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/Ms6ShEA4oc
— 張嘉欣 🇵🇸 (@Kaitoonist) May 9, 2024

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Leaving this here 👇🏾 pic.twitter.com/dZ6GsYDkBw
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) May 6, 2024

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“The students don’t know what they’re talking about”

The students: pic.twitter.com/S49k31sMCg
— Read Let This Radicalize You (@JoshuaPHilll) May 7, 2024

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Black Americans experience the most hate crimes of any group in America. They live at the bottom of every indicator of well being. They face rampant and documented discrimination in employment, housing, you name it. I really wish pundits discussing campus protests and…
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) May 6, 2024

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Student protests calling for an end to the war in Gaza and universities’ investment in companies that support Israel’s occupation of Palestine are not slowing down. Salma Hamamy of the University of Michigan describes disrupting the school’s graduation ceremony on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/Yrw6CuRabb
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) May 6, 2024

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Over the weekend, anti-war protesters disrupted several college graduation ceremonies, including one involving comedian Jerry Seinfeld at Duke University. https://t.co/MzPVDqpCse pic.twitter.com/YTZpcTS0sm
— ABC News (@ABC) May 13, 2024

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Students who walked out of a commencement ceremony in Duke University to protest its guest speaker, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, held a makeshift graduation ceremony and continued to chant, “Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest.” https://t.co/45odJdpo1i
— Middle East Monitor (@MiddleEastMnt) May 14, 2024

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May 12, 2024 by V Leigh

This is Roger Fortson — a 23-year-old active-duty Senior Airman who was shot 6X by a Florida officer last Friday. We are calling for transparency in the investigation into Roger’s death and the IMMEDIATE release of bodycam video to the family.

This is Roger Fortson — a 23-year-old active-duty Senior Airman who was shot 6X by a Florida officer last Friday. We are calling for transparency in the investigation into Roger’s death and the IMMEDIATE release of bodycam video to the family.
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) May 9, 2024

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Just saw the body cam video of police killing Airman Roger Fortson.

They knocked on his door, Roger opened it, & within 1 second the cop raised his firearm & shot Fortson 6 times and killed him. No commands. No deescalation. Just cold blooded execution in broad daylight. Horrid.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) May 9, 2024

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Individuals who knew Roger Fortson describe him as an incredible young man, brother, friend, and accountability partner who was always willing to give his last to support someone else! Now, sadly, this incredible USAF Senior Airman has been taken from us! We demand JUSTICE! pic.twitter.com/kkKGJCFvbe
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) May 9, 2024

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The SPLC is calling for a full investigation into the killing of Roger Fortson, a Black airman in the U.S. Air Force, by sheriff’s deputies in Florida.

We urge police departments across the U.S. to address the scourge of anti-Blackness in policing. https://t.co/EtnIqhGtf2 pic.twitter.com/jPblSozHFU
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) May 9, 2024

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MIAMI (AP) — Deputies burst into wrong apartment last week and fatally shot Black US Air Force airman, attorney for family says.
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) May 8, 2024

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A Florida county sheriff on May 9 released body-camera video of a deputy fatally shooting Robert Fortson, a Black airman, in his apartment on May 3, after civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represents the family, urged officials to release it https://t.co/xSYorgKkiJ pic.twitter.com/iDNF4ZQfMs
— Reuters Legal (@ReutersLegal) May 11, 2024

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*TRIGGER WARNING*

Funeral plans set for Senior Airman and Atlanta native, Roger Fortson.
A Florida Sheriff Deputy, shot and killed Fortson after the 23-year-old opened his own front door.@wsbtv @newbirthmbc @jamalhbryant @AttorneyCrump pic.twitter.com/T8uh0ycJlg
— Audrey Washington (@AudreyWSBTV) May 10, 2024

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May 11, 2024 by V Leigh

a Zionist asks Chomsky what he thinks about the statement that Israel should not exist, and whether he is horrified by it and thinks it’s anti-Semitic and genocidal. He responds: “Actually, I agree with that.” And adds that Zionists are the actual genocidal ones.

When human life doesn’t matter #Genocide_in_Gaza #Palestine pic.twitter.com/FgN10ekeD4
— SR-Qureshi (@SMRQ_1) May 10, 2024

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For five days, almost no humanitarian aid has gotten into Gaza. Israel’s military operation in Rafah has closed both main border crossings.

No food, no water, no medicine, no fuel.

Children are starving.

The U.S. cannot continue to be complicit in this humanitarian disaster.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) May 10, 2024

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Even Israeli military intelligence says Hamas will continue to exist as a terrorist group after the war. The error in this war, Iraq, Vietnam, etc…is acting like there is a military solution to a political problem. https://t.co/GTbdaiQmX2
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) May 9, 2024

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“200 days of Israel systematically wiping Gaza from the earth, 505 bombs a day, with the active complicity of the EU who increased the flow of weapons to Israel tenfold!

European values: same as it always was, murder & colonialism.”

—Irish MEP Clare Daly pic.twitter.com/zIVmQ3ogsd
— sarah (@sahouraxo) April 24, 2024

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This is a very dark day. The vast majority of professional news we get on the genocide comes from Al Jazeera. US-backed Israel has killed many Al Jazeera journalists, and now is shutting the network out entirely. And what happens in the colonies will come to the metropole. https://t.co/6gioBUiucT
— 🍉Prof. Thrasher is with our students🔻 (@thrasherxy) May 5, 2024

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a Zionist asks Chomsky what he thinks about the statement that Israel should not exist, and whether he is horrified by it and thinks it’s anti-Semitic and genocidal.

He responds: “Actually, I agree with that.” And adds that Zionists are the actual genocidal ones. pic.twitter.com/Pt3l1Ln9tt
— ☀️👀 (@zei_squirrel) May 9, 2024

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May 11, 2024 by V Leigh

“Much of this case is rooted in the idea that if we punish people, they’ll choose not to be homeless, and nothing could be further from the truth.” The Supreme Court could decide whether or not being homeless is a crime.

Remember that every measure done to make sure homeless people never have a second of comfort or relief just ends up making society worse for everyone. They’re on the way to making it impossible to sit ANYWHERE except in your own home. https://t.co/322MfrTsPA
— the neighborhood froot 🍊🍇🍒🍓 (@JoeyxRoss) April 3, 2024

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What if, and hear me out, we used technology like AI to advance our society in such a way that everyone had housing? pic.twitter.com/UXQVJZYaWL
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) March 26, 2024

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“Much of this case is rooted in the idea that if we punish people, they’ll choose not to be homeless, and nothing could be further from the truth.”

The Supreme Court could decide whether or not being homeless is a crime. https://t.co/q0CRAc9PfF
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) April 26, 2024

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The Supreme Court wrapped up oral arguments and has now turned to rolling out decisions in some of the most consequential cases of the year. Those decisions will shape policies nationwide on divisive issues like homelessness and reproductive rights. https://t.co/qF5NcnObsv
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) May 3, 2024

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May 7, 2024 by V Leigh

In the center of campus now devoid of students and filled instead with hundreds of police officers, the NYPD’s leadership raised the American flag, to the cheers of police in riot gear. A dispatch from a dark night at City College for @HellGateNY

In the center of campus now devoid of students and filled instead with hundreds of police officers, the NYPD’s leadership raised the American flag, to the cheers of police in riot gear.

A dispatch from a dark night at City College for @HellGateNY. https://t.co/mAvq8QWxxe
— Max RN (@MaxRivlinNadler) May 1, 2024

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All these grown ass men with full body armor, weapons and military vehicles against kids with signs and a real cause. Every last one of those NYPD entering campus is an embarrassment to the city and the country. Weak, stupid, followers who deserve neither a salary nor any…
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) May 1, 2024

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Columbia are using the NYPD to place all of their students on house arrest. This is martial law being imposed on the people of New York for the benefit of a foreign government. https://t.co/MJILCV6wxb
— P.B. Gomez (@pbgomez_) May 1, 2024

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It’s so incredibly clear that the police stood aside and let a pro Israeli lynch mob run wild at UCLA. They did nothing for two hours as violent Zionists assaulted students, launched fireworks into the encampment, and sprayed mace on students. pic.twitter.com/kyT4mOLbMk
— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) May 1, 2024

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Absolutely deranged comment from an elected official https://t.co/nrcLktfYPb
— The Debt Collective 🟥 (@StrikeDebt) April 25, 2024

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Stop calling young people lazy, ambivalent, and disinterested. They are showing us now that they are sick and tired.

These young people witnessed the killing of Trayvon Martin, the shooting of Malala Yousafzai, the killings at Parkland High, COVID, and Trump.

THEY ARE FED UP.
— Jenn M. Jackson, PhD (they/them) (@JennMJacksonPhD) April 26, 2024

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In his letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr., told us the white moderate “is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice” and said this is someone who “prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice.” https://t.co/Uxs1VkkNHd
— William C. (@williamcson) May 2, 2024

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This is what UT students are protesting

Don’t manipulate the narrative https://t.co/foW7FLqGNN
— Sam Musubi (@SamAllega) April 24, 2024

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May 7, 2024 by V Leigh

2020: attacks on BLM 2022: attacks on CRT 2023: attacks on “woke” 2024: attacks on DEI It’s the same thing, different year: anti-Blackness and white supremacy.

2020: attacks on BLM
2022: attacks on CRT
2023: attacks on “woke”
2024: attacks on DEI

It’s the same thing, different year: anti-Blackness and white supremacy.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) April 18, 2024

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Iowa’s 3 public universities are closing their DEI offices

Iowa State’s president said they’ve established learning communities so that ‘a young man, young white man, from rural Iowa, could find the place where they could belong’https://t.co/QMdcQovw60 pic.twitter.com/yngRuikUgk
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 26, 2024

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Imagine creating Diversity departments and the only people afraid to engage are white people.

Instead of learning and leaning in, they’d rather close the departments down.

Racism covered up into politics
— WE ALL WE GOT (@ez3ll) April 26, 2024

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But the real danger on college campuses is DEI and students being exposed to dialogue about race and racism. https://t.co/uSuFw8AiiP
— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) May 3, 2024

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That shit that went down at Ole Miss is proof that colleges actually need to focus on CRT. When you’ve got a crowd of 20-somethings standing around laughing and the police telling the Black woman to calm down while a White man makes monkey gestures at her, that’s a problem.
— Big – GOP POLS own the Border Disorder – Teezy (@TNSouthernlib) May 4, 2024

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Civil rights activists gathered on Friday in Washington D.C. to protest book bans and limitations on DEI and critical race theory.

The Hill’s Race and Politics reporter @CheyannaMarie97 is following the march live. pic.twitter.com/x4w7PUhY67
— The Hill (@thehill) May 3, 2024

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May 7, 2024 by V Leigh

Boeing’s stock rapidly rose 7.3% following the death of whistleblower Joshua Dean. This is what we mean when we say the system is broken.

Boeing’s stock rapidly rose 7.3% following the death of whistleblower Joshua Dean. This is what we mean when we say the system is broken.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) May 3, 2024

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I don’t wish to be alarmist but Boeing is murdering whistleblowers and getting away with it. https://t.co/1x8VD0Slt1
— Aren R. LeBrun (@arenrlebrun) May 2, 2024

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Boeing faces 10 more whistleblowers after two die: ‘People’s lives are at stake’ https://t.co/5Wv6eA8kUb pic.twitter.com/rPi5mugV9L
— New York Post (@nypost) May 4, 2024

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Two Boeing whistleblowers have died in the last 2 months and I feel like that’s not getting the attention and scrutiny it deserves.
— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) May 5, 2024

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JUST IN: A second whistleblower connected to Boeing has suddenly died at the age of 45 after catching a “sudden illness.”

Whistleblower Joshua Dean was known for being in good health and having a healthy lifestyle.

Dean was one of the first whistleblowers to accuse Boeing… pic.twitter.com/XVac3BlcEU
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 2, 2024

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Boeing may not have prioritized safety for its airplanes, but it has prioritized making political donations to the Sedition Caucus. @Boeing has donated more than $1.5 million to the members of Congress who voted to overturn the 2020 election. https://t.co/m8SuVAFrT5
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 6, 2024

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I hope the FAA / DOJ will provide adequate witness protection for whistleblowers and factory employees who testify against Boeing. Two whistleblowers against Boeing/Boeing-contractors have suddenly died in the last 2 months. https://t.co/XrMXwdEnTV
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) May 6, 2024

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“Whistleblowers are needed. They bring to light wrongdoing and corruption in the interests of society. It takes a lot of courage to stand up,” Mr Knowles told the outlet.https://t.co/IofxAwVTKK
— Carl Elliott (@FearLoathingBTX) May 5, 2024

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May 3, 2024 by V Leigh

this political cartoon, originally published during the Gilded Age, has only gotten more relevant

this political cartoon, originally published during the Gilded Age, has only gotten more relevant pic.twitter.com/iOXvWLpb70
— Gritty is the Way (@Gritty20202) April 4, 2024

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House Republicans have voted against a Biden admin rule capping credit card fees at $8 a month.

Chairman Andy Barr said “the vast majority of Americans” want high fees.

Completely out of touch. Nobody supports these junk fees. pic.twitter.com/pAFJQIbSJw
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) April 18, 2024

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Telling generations of young people that there isn’t enough money for free college or free healthcare and then spending billions to commit the gravest assault on Gaza really does elicit a very particular type of rage. https://t.co/HKAa7Yqq4Z
— The Debt Collective 🟥 (@StrikeDebt) April 21, 2024

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CEO learns that nothing runs without labor. pic.twitter.com/IJf3KiPCP8
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) April 23, 2024

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Capitalism is built on the meritocratic idea that everyone gets what they deserve in the marketplace. This May Day, let’s reject that idea — wealth creation is a fundamentally social process, and the rich have no right to hoard all the resources and power.https://t.co/DIaGX8pxnd
— Jacobin (@jacobin) May 1, 2024

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The union of Southwest Airlines flight attendants has ratified a new contract that includes a 22.3% raise starting tomorrow and $364 million in back pay.

They’re now the highest paid attendants in the industry.

This deal will change thousands of lives. pic.twitter.com/6BIu3YLvHu
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) April 30, 2024

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May 1, 2024 by V Leigh

Black Man In Cuffs Yells ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Before Dying

Black Man In Cuffs Yells ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Before Dying, Cops Joke Aroun… https://t.co/at9quKdRgU via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) April 27, 2024

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Body camera footage of Frank Tyson’s arrest by police in Canton, Ohio, shows an officer kneeling on Tyson’s back despite his continued pleas that he couldn’t breathe! The incident is under investigation by the Ohio attorney general’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation. pic.twitter.com/uTB9dHE7tM
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) April 27, 2024

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WATCH: Cops Sic K-9 On Black Man Falsely Accused Of Stealing Car https://t.co/gij95MElUn via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) April 27, 2024

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BRIGHTON, Colo. – The ex-paramedic Jeremy Cooper, who was responsible for the administration of the anesthetic ketamine to Elijah McClain, managed to escape incarceration. Having been found guilty of homicide in the case of the young Black man’s death, Cooper was handed a… pic.twitter.com/3b9cX99VTc
— Kenny Akers (@KeneAkers) April 26, 2024

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Medics across the U.S. have been quietly injecting sedatives to subdue people detained by police.

Dozens of deaths reveal the practice carries risks, AP finds. https://t.co/nLgwgWxcRp
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 26, 2024

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Shocking NEW footage of our client Samuel Sterling being struck by an unmarked police vehicle. pic.twitter.com/8rRnAwNTYA
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) April 26, 2024

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UPDATE: Black Undercover Cop Who Was Beaten By Fellow Officers Wins $23…. https://t.co/pe2Cp21qP5 via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) April 19, 2024

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Cop Follows Black Man Home, Tases Him & Breaks His Leg Over a PEN #IND https://t.co/LwkoC6fG6b via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) April 29, 2024

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Luna County Sheriff’s deputy charged with homicide by vehicle https://t.co/MoOONjzAOx via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) April 27, 2024

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April 30, 2024 by V Leigh

Columbia’s solidarity camp for Gaza has sparked a nationwide student antiwar movement. The student protests erupting on college campuses across the U.S. have propelled the demand for institutions to divest from Israel closer to becoming a reality.

Columbia’s solidarity camp for Gaza has sparked a nationwide student antiwar movement.

The student protests erupting on college campuses across the U.S. have propelled the demand for institutions to divest from Israel closer to becoming a reality. pic.twitter.com/7BJXGidZ0X
— BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) April 23, 2024

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We must be clear that administrators are inviting police, who are legally authorized to use deadly force, on campuses to respond to what are peaceful protests. It is an unnecessary and dangerous escalation.
— Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (@esglaude) April 26, 2024

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RON DESANTIS PLANS TO EXPEL ALL STUDENTS FROM FLORIDA WHO PROTEST ISRAEL

So, Americans can’t study in America if they speak out against the actions of a foreign government.

Totalitarian society.

Police State. pic.twitter.com/ui9QeKsHiq
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) April 27, 2024

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FIVE MONTHS AGO the ‘Blood Tribe,’ a white supremacist, neo nazi group demonstrated on the University of Wisconsin campus, brandishing rifles, carrying swastika flags, and chanting “Israel is not our friend” and “there will be blood,blood,blood.”

The protesters were all white… pic.twitter.com/HPi2MFv4m4
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) April 27, 2024

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Taking over Hamilton Hall as done in 1968, Columbia students unfurl a banner that reads “Hind’s Hall,” in reference to Hind Rajab, a six-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces.
Hundreds of students cheer as the banner is revealed, erupting into chants to “Free Palestine.” pic.twitter.com/Oi8WgdZmqf
— Prem Thakker (@prem_thakker) April 30, 2024

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Senator Sanders: “When we talk about college campuses, I want everybody to know there are no protests on college campuses in Gaza. You know why? Because every one of the 12 universities in Gaza has been bombed and destroyed.”

This is Roger Fortson — a 23-year-old active-duty Senior Airman who was shot 6X by a Florida officer last Friday. We are calling for transparency in the investigation into Roger’s death and the IMMEDIATE release of bodycam video to the family.

a Zionist asks Chomsky what he thinks about the statement that Israel should not exist, and whether he is horrified by it and thinks it’s anti-Semitic and genocidal. He responds: “Actually, I agree with that.” And adds that Zionists are the actual genocidal ones.

“Much of this case is rooted in the idea that if we punish people, they’ll choose not to be homeless, and nothing could be further from the truth.” The Supreme Court could decide whether or not being homeless is a crime.

In the center of campus now devoid of students and filled instead with hundreds of police officers, the NYPD’s leadership raised the American flag, to the cheers of police in riot gear. A dispatch from a dark night at City College for @HellGateNY

2020: attacks on BLM 2022: attacks on CRT 2023: attacks on “woke” 2024: attacks on DEI It’s the same thing, different year: anti-Blackness and white supremacy.

Boeing’s stock rapidly rose 7.3% following the death of whistleblower Joshua Dean. This is what we mean when we say the system is broken.

this political cartoon, originally published during the Gilded Age, has only gotten more relevant

Black Man In Cuffs Yells ‘I Can’t Breathe’ Before Dying

Columbia’s solidarity camp for Gaza has sparked a nationwide student antiwar movement. The student protests erupting on college campuses across the U.S. have propelled the demand for institutions to divest from Israel closer to becoming a reality.