Tag Archives | Student Encampment

‘We’re seeing Universities following a corporate agenda to get favor with donors’

Originally published: FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting) on May 28, 2024 (more by FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting)) |

CounterSpin interview with Ellen Schrecker on the attack on academic freedom
Punched, choked, kicked: German police crack down on student protests

Originally published: Al Jazeera on May 25, 2024 by Ruairi Casey (more by Al Jazeera) (Posted May 28, 2024)

Germany’s students, labelled ‘terrorist sympathisers’ for protesting against Israel’s war on Gaza, say their right to free speech is under attack.
The billionaires and establishment officials unleashing violence against the student movement

Originally published: Peoples Dispatch on May 21, 2024 by Natalia Marques (more by Peoples Dispatch) | (Posted May 23, 2024)

Behind the efforts of the powerful to unleash chaos against students protesting for Palestine.
Unions support student protestors against campus administrators and police

Originally published: Labor Notes on May 14, 2024 by Caitlyn Clark (more by Labor Notes) | (Posted May 20, 2024)

More than 2,700 protesters have been arrested on 64 college campuses since the initial arrests at Columbia University in New York on April 18. Encampments have appeared at 184 campuses worldwide.
Jewish Council calls for universities to immediately halt actions against anti-war students

Originally published: Jewish Council calls for universities to immediately halt actions against anti-war students on May 15, 2024 by Jewish Council of Australia (more by Jewish Council calls for universities to immediately halt actions against anti-war students) (Posted May 18, 2024)

Deakin University and the Australian National University (ANU) have indicated they intend to dismantle the student camps. Students across the country are protesting in support of Palestinian people and against their institutions’ ties with Israel.
Chicanery versus humanity

Originally published: Peoples Democracy on May 19, 2024 (more by Peoples Democracy) |

The students in short are moved by a pure sense of humanity.
Unfurling love from the window

Originally published: The Progressive Magazine on May 7, 2024 by Kathy Kelly (more by The Progressive Magazine) | (Posted May 10, 2024)

A banner and a name remind student protesters for whom they are fighting.
Venezuela’s Maduro criticizes U.S. hypocrisy after crackdown on students

Originally published: Venezuelananlysis on May 7, 2024 by José Luis Granados Ceja (more by Venezuelananlysis) | (Posted May 10, 2024)

The Venezuelan government also condemned Israel’s latest assault on Gaza following Monday’s invasion of Rafah.
Pro-Israel groups vs. student democracy at McGill

Originally published: Mondoweiss on May 1, 2024 (more by Mondoweiss) |

Liberal MP Anthony Housefather is clamoring for the violent suppression of McGill students protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza. It is an odious escalation in the Israel lobby’s bid to suppress democracy at the prestigious university.