Is Columbia University a defining moment in student protest?

Columbia University in New York this week called in police to arrest pro-Palestinian protestors. Universities have always championed free speech.

Is Columbia a sign of the changing nature of protest in our tertiary institutions? Once places that encouraged challenging discussions on politics and culture.

In this episode of The Briefing, we’re joined by Tim Briedis, an academic and historian from the University of Sydney who specialises in the history of student activism, to discuss how and why protest culture at our universities has changed and what it means for the future of dialogue on politics and culture.

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