Columbia College overwhelmingly passes divestment referendum Students also voted in favor of canceling the Tel Aviv Global Center and ending Columbia’s dual degree program with Tel Aviv University. by Oscar Noxon, Common Dreams, April 22, 2024 https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/04/22/columbia-college-overwhelmingly-passes-divestment-referendum/
On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 4:49 PM Dennis Brasky via groups.io <dmozart1756= [email protected]> wrote: > Columbia University canceled in-person classes Monday as campus protests > over the war in Gaza enter a sixth day. The protests have swelled after the > school administration called in the police to clear a student encampment > last week, resulting in over 100 arrests. Solidarity protests and > encampments have now sprouted up on campuses across the country, including > at Yale, MIT, Tufts, NYU, The New School and University of North Carolina > at Chapel Hill. Palestinian reporter Jude Taha, a journalism student at > Columbia University, describes events on campus as “an unprecedented act of > solidarity” that student organizers are modeling on antiwar protests in > 1968. She says Columbia University President Minouche Shafik’s claims of an > unsafe environment on campus are contradicted by the generally calm and > productive atmosphere among the protesters, adding that the school’s > heavy-handed response, including suspensions and evictions, is being seen > as “an intimidation tactic” by organizers. > > https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/22/solidarity_encampment > “Collective Punishment”: As Gaza Assault Continues, Israel Ramps Up > Violence in Occupied West Bank > > https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/22/west_bank > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30048): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30048 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/105680419/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
