Students at Columbia University and Barnard College in New York have set up dozens of tents to occupy the South Lawn of the campus to create a Gaza Solidarity Encampment. Democracy Now! spoke to some of the student-activists, who say they are occupying the space, despite the administration’s threats of suspension and disciplinary action, as part of a demand that the Ivy League school divest from companies and institutions that profit from Israeli occupation. “It seems like the repression is only getting worse and worse,” says Maryam Alwan, a student-activist with Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine.
This content originally appeared on Democracy Now! and was authored by Democracy Now!.
Democracy Now! | Radio Free (2024-04-18T12:45:38+00:00) Columbia Students Risk Arrest, Suspension to Maintain Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Campus. Retrieved from https://www.radiofree.org/2024/04/18/columbia-students-risk-arrest-suspension-to-maintain-gaza-solidarity-encampment-on-campus-2/
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