*Crackdowns at Three College Protests Lead to Nearly 200 Arrests* *The police made arrests at Northeastern University, Arizona State and Indiana University on Saturday, as more schools move in on encampments protesting the war in Gaza.* by Anna Betts, Matthew Eadie and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, NYTimes, April 27, 2024 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/27/us/northeastern-arizona-state-university-protests-arrests.html
Nearly 200 protesters were arrested on Saturday at Northeastern University, Arizona State University and Indiana University, according to officials, as colleges across the country struggle to quell growing pro-Palestinian demonstrations and encampments on campus. More than 700 protesters have been arrested on U.S. campuses since April 18, when Columbia University had the New York Police Department clear a protest encampment there. In several cases, most of those who were arrested have been released. . . . *Crackdowns on Protests Are Exposing Higher Ed’s Complicity in Israel’s Genocide* *Student protests are ramping up, and university administrations are menacing students with police and surveillance.* by Frances Madeson, Truthout, April 27, 2024 https://truthout.org/articles/crackdowns-on-protests-are-exposing-higher-eds-complicity-in-israels-genocide/ As the Palestinian death toll in Gaza and the West Bank mounts daily, campus protests against Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza continue to spread across the U.S., where students and faculty often face police crackdowns. Student activists from Pomona Divest from Apartheid in southern California, The Coalition for Mutual Liberation at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and Resist WashU in St. Louis, Missouri, told Truthout the blows landing hardest are the ones from their own chancellors and deans. The activists say university administrators are waging an asymmetrical campaign of enforcement against students demanding an end to their schools’ complicity in the slaughter of Palestinians. . . . *Columbia leadership rebuked by faculty panel for police crackdown on protesters* by Julia Harte and Kia Johnson, Reuters, April 27, 2024 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/columbia-university-president-faces-vote-confidence-protests-spread-2024-04-26/ NEW YORK, April 26 (Reuters) - Columbia University's embattled president came under renewed pressure on Friday as a campus oversight panel sharply criticized her administration for clamping down on a pro-Palestinian protest at the Ivy League school. President Nemat Minouche Shafik has faced an outcry from many students, faculty and outside observers for summoning New York police to dismantle a tent encampment set up on campus by protesters against Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza. After a two-hour meeting on Friday, the Columbia University Senate approved a resolution that Shafik's administration had undermined academic freedom and disregarded the privacy and due process rights of students and faculty members by calling in the police and shutting down the protest. "The decision... has raised serious concerns about the administration's respect for shared governance and transparency in the university decision-making process," it said. . . . *Violent Arrest of Emory Professor Spotlights Brutality of Police Crackdown on Campus Protests* *"To sustain this level of blind support for Israel, the U.S. must erode its own democracy," said one foreign policy expert. "And that is what we see happening on U.S. campuses now."* by Julia Conley, Common Dreams, April 26, 2024 https://www.commondreams.org/news/emory-protests-arrests . . . Irene Khan, the United Nations special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, said Thursday that the protests spreading across the U.S. and internationally are a sign that "the Gaza crisis is truly becoming a global crisis of the freedom of expression." "Legitimate speech must be protected," Khan said Thursday, "but, unfortunately, there is a hysteria that is taking hold in the U.S." "We must not mix [antisemitism] up with criticism of Israel as a political entity, as a state," she added. "Criticizing Israel is perfectly legitimate under international law." . . . *Are US campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza going global?* *From France to Australia, university students are part of pro-Palestine protests as Columbia students continue encampments.* Al Jazeera, April 26 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/26/are-us-campus-protests-against-israels-war-on-gaza-going-global -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30111): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30111 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/105777287/21656 -=-=- 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: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
