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The Intercept Briefing

“A New Sense of World-Building”: Inside the Student Movement for Gaza

May 8, 2024
Prem Thakker, a politics reporter, and Gillian Goodman, a journalism graduate student, discuss the student movement demanding schools to cut financial ties with Israel. They highlight campus protests, police responses, encampments, media portrayal, and administrative reactions to student actions across US universities.
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Quick takeaways

  • Student demands for financial divestment from companies profiting from Israeli actions sparked solidarity among campuses nationwide.
  • Columbia University's student-led protests intensified the national divestment movement for Palestine.

Deep dives

University Protests against Pro-Israel Response

Several universities responded to pro-Palestine and anti-war campus protests with police force. Columbia University faced NYPD arrests after failed negotiations, replicating militarized responses on multiple campuses like UCLA and University of Texas, using tear gas and stun grenades.

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