Posts Tagged ‘columbia’

Columbia University Hind’s Hall defendants reject deals in solidarity with the CUNY 22

Protesters arrested for seizing Hind’s Hall at Columbia University are refusing any deals unless protesters at CUNY are offered the same, and they stand in solidarity with those facing the most extreme repression in the movement.  Source

‘The generation that says no more’: Inside the Columbia University encampments for Palestine

Headlines about mass graves and dark-site concentration camps filled with innocent Palestinian prisoners have become routine. Elementary schools and hospitals in Gaza are carpet bombed daily, hovering armed quadcopters mimicking the sounds of crying babies are documented for the world to see on Instagram live, and war drums are Palestinian babies’ newest bedtime stories. What […]

Thousands of Columbia University alumni sign letter vowing to withhold financial support over war in Gaza

(NaturalNews) Columbia University alumni have issued a letter threatening to withhold financial support over the Gaza war if the Ivy League school does not meet… Source

I am a Jewish student at Columbia. Don’t believe what you’re being told about ‘campus antisemitism’

(NaturalNews) “Reprehensible and dangerous.†“Terrorist sympathizers.†“It’s not 1938 Berlin. It’s 2024, Columbia University, NYC.â€(Article by… Source

‘They’ve sparked resistance around the world’ — a Columbia ’68er salutes the ’24 uprising

Bob Feldman, who protested at Columbia University in 1968, on the student uprising today, “I would tell these students: people will always remember what you did today . . . and I believe they have accomplished much more in 2024 than we did in 1968.” Source

NYPD clears Columbia student occupation, arrests hundreds across the city

New York police arrested a total of 282 Palestine protesters across the city in what appeared to be a coordinated attack by the city government on student protest encampments. Source

Large police force invades Columbia University, as students ‘stay put’

July 01, 2024 Source: Agencies By Al Mayadeen English Police have deployed to multiple universities in New York after pro-Palestine protesters occupied buildings. Police were heavily deployed at Columbia University, New York, on Tuesday and eventually crackdown on protesters participating in the pro-Palestine encampment.  Moreover, local organizers have said that New York police arrived at […]

Trump claims ‘paid agitators’ part of Columbia pro-Palestine protests

Former President Trump made unfounded claims Tuesday that pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University contained “paid agitators” as nationwide college campus protests escalate. Hundreds of New York Police Department officers, many with batons and in riot gear, cleared Columbia University’s protest encampments on Tuesday evening, including arresting students who occupied a campus building. Trump claimed in a Fox… […]

Police in riot gear enter Columbia University to break up pro-Palestine protests

Hundreds of New York Police Department officers, many with batons and in riot gear, moved onto Columbia University’s campus on Tuesday evening as student protesters continued a largely peaceful occupation of a campus building in protest of the Israel-Hamas war. Student protesters barricaded themselves inside Hamilton Hall early Tuesday, escalating after more than a week… […]

Turmoil persists at Columbia

With help from Shawn Ness New from New York Happening now: The protests at Columbia University continue as the college threatens expulsion after protesters took over a college building. A state senator wants an update on a Covid-19 contract that is studying the state’s response to the pandemic. A bipartisan affair — Two House members […]

Columbia president faces censure drafted by university professors, April 23, 2024 news

First of all, the word ‘censure’ in light of the protests at Columbia stemming from the latest war in Israel. Censure=85Columbia University=85Iesus Hominum Salvator=85Templar=85Christ=85Crucify=85 The war in Israel with Gaza began October 7, 2023, the day leaving 85 days in the year. The United Nations finally intervened on the 85th day of 2024, March 25. […]

Columbia strife ensnares Hochul, Adams

With help from Shawn Ness New from New York Happening now: Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Columbia University amid the rancor there. A new bill aimed at curbing consumption of single-use plastic is being pushed on Earth Day A dispatch from Columbia University amid the protests there. And a report outside the trial of former President […]

Cotton and Hawley: Send in the National Guard to Columbia

Republican Sens. Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley called on President Joe Biden to send the National Guard to Columbia University as pro-Palestinian demonstrations that saw over 100 people arrested last week roil the campus. The senators issued the appeal for federal action as Monday marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover. Over the […]

Columbia University classes moved online after rabbi says Jewish students should ‘return home’

Columbia University will hold classes virtually on Monday amid ongoing unrest and heightened concern for Jewish students’ safety on campus. The school’s president, Minouche Shafik, announced the shift to online learning early Monday and instructed faculty and stuff to work remotely if they can do so. “Our preference is that students who do not live… […]

Columbia University president tells Congress school has disciplined professors over Gaza views

Columbia University’s president told a GOP-led congressional committee that the school had disciplined multiple professors over their views on Gaza. The hearing came as campuses across the country has been escalating attacks on Palestine activism. Source

Eyewitness to Columbia University skunk attack says campus activists fear for safety

Mondoweiss spoke with Columbia student Zainab Khan who witnessed the chemical attack on pro-Palestine protesters. “After the other day, I totally believe that an IOF soldier could physically harm one of our protesters or, God forbid, even kill them.” Source

Columbia University Apartheid Divest coalition statement on chemical skunk attack

On January 19, a protest against the Israeli genocide in Gaza was attacked by counter-protesters using the chemical agent, known as “Skunk.” The university bears full responsibility for all violence against the pro-Palestine movement on campus.  Source

Columbia’s Double Standards: selective empathy and complicity in the Gaza Genocide

The Columbia University Apartheid Divest Coalition demands President Minouche Shafik stop demonizing Palestine advocacy on campus and end Columbia’s complicity in the Gaza Genocide.  Source

8 Confirmed SALMONELLA cases in Canada’s British Columbia province linked to CANTALOUPES imported from Mexico

8 Confirmed SALMONELLA cases in Canada’s British Columbia province linked to CANTALOUPES imported from Mexico Eight confirmed cases of salmonella infection have been documented in the Canadian province of British Columbia, all linked to cantaloupes imported from Mexico. In a Nov. 15 statement, the British Columbia Center for Disease Control (BCCDC) and regional health authorities warned […]

Columbia student groups form coalition to counter crackdown on Palestine activism, demand divestment from Israel

More than 40 Columbia University student groups have formed a coalition to demand that the school divest from Israeli apartheid. The launch of Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) comes shortly after the administration suspended the groups Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) from campus. The coalition was announced on […]

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