Tag Archives | Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD)

  • The Columbia Gates at Broadway and 116th St. (a public street that runs through campus) have been closed to through traffic since April, when Gaza solidarity encampments took place at the university. Uptown Radio

    ‘People are speaking in whispers’

    Originally published: The Indypendent on February 4, 2025 by Amba Guerguerian (more by The Indypendent)  | (Posted Feb 11, 2025)

    Student suspensions, faculty purges and an all-encompassing surveillance state have become the norm as Columbia falls silent after last spring’s anti-genocide protests.

  • On Wednesday, April 3, Columbia University suspended six students, including a Palestinian student and two Jewish students.

    “We shouldn’t let this stop us”: Suspended Columbia student activist speaks out

    Originally published: Left Voice on April 11, 2024 by Left Voice (more by Left Voice)  | (Posted Apr 15, 2024)

    Aidan Parisi, a student at Columbia University’s School of Social Work, was recently suspended and has been threatened with eviction from their graduate student housing for pro-Palestinian activism on campus. Aidan talked to Left Voice about the state of repression, the movement at Columbia, and the path forward for uniting the student movement with the labor movement and other movements against oppression.