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Columbia University
There were scattered arrests earlier. Now SRG (police riot squad) has entered Butler Library.
Ali Bauman of @cbsnewyork.bsky.social posted this video of arrests on Twitter.
This is 114th Street near Broadway at the back of the library. Bauman posted this at 7:27 PM.
There were scattered arrests earlier. Now SRG (police riot squad) has entered Butler Library.
Ali Bauman of @cbsnewyork.bsky.social posted this video of arrests on Twitter.
This is 114th Street near Broadway at the back of the library. Bauman posted this at 7:27 PM.
May 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Columbia University
There were scattered arrests earlier. Now SRG (police riot squad) has entered Butler Library.
Ali Bauman of @cbsnewyork.bsky.social posted this video of arrests on Twitter.
This is 114th Street near Broadway at the back of the library. Bauman posted this at 7:27 PM.
There were scattered arrests earlier. Now SRG (police riot squad) has entered Butler Library.
Ali Bauman of @cbsnewyork.bsky.social posted this video of arrests on Twitter.
This is 114th Street near Broadway at the back of the library. Bauman posted this at 7:27 PM.
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First we kicked Elbit out of their Central Square offices, then out of MIT!
Say it loud, say it clear, Elbit is not welcome here!
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Say it loud, say it clear, Elbit is not welcome here!
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Elbit Systems IS out of MIT's Industrial Liaison Program!!
Our collective power works - MIT's ILP has succumbed to our 6-months long campaign and cut it's ties with Elbit!
This is only the beginning. Stay tuned for our next target.
SAY IT LOUD AND SAY IT CLEAR, ELBIT IS NOT WELCOME HERE!
Our collective power works - MIT's ILP has succumbed to our 6-months long campaign and cut it's ties with Elbit!
This is only the beginning. Stay tuned for our next target.
SAY IT LOUD AND SAY IT CLEAR, ELBIT IS NOT WELCOME HERE!
April 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
First we kicked Elbit out of their Central Square offices, then out of MIT!
Say it loud, say it clear, Elbit is not welcome here!
bsky.app/profile/bdsb...
Say it loud, say it clear, Elbit is not welcome here!
bsky.app/profile/bdsb...
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*80%* of Democratic primary voters below the age of 45 think the US should restrict aid to Israel
April 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
*80%* of Democratic primary voters below the age of 45 think the US should restrict aid to Israel
“We know there are massive numbers of Jewish people outraged by this genocide just as we are... The young people at our gigs see through the lies. They stand on the side of humanity and justice. And that gives us great hope.”
Kneecap Claims Band Is Being Hit With ‘False Accusations of Antisemitism’ and ‘Coordinated Smear Campaign,’ Following Split With Booking Agency
As the firestorm over their Coachella appearances continues, Kneecap is citing 'a coordinated smear campaign,' following a split with their agency.
variety.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
“We know there are massive numbers of Jewish people outraged by this genocide just as we are... The young people at our gigs see through the lies. They stand on the side of humanity and justice. And that gives us great hope.”
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BREAKING: In a sudden about-face, a DOJ attorney saiys ICE will be RESTORING the status of thousands of foreign students whose SEVIS records were terminated w/o notice earlier this month.
The move comes amid mounting losses in courts around the country.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
The move comes amid mounting losses in courts around the country.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
ICE backs down, says it will restore status of thousands of foreign students
Hundreds of foreign students in the U.S. on F-1 visas said they were informed their SEVIS records were suddenly terminated by DHS.
www.wusa9.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
BREAKING: In a sudden about-face, a DOJ attorney saiys ICE will be RESTORING the status of thousands of foreign students whose SEVIS records were terminated w/o notice earlier this month.
The move comes amid mounting losses in courts around the country.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
The move comes amid mounting losses in courts around the country.
www.wusa9.com/article/news...
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Yunseo Chung, detained by ICE, was one of the students arrested at this protest. Barnard claimed they asked the NYPD not to arrest anyone and only called them over the threat. Some sources pinned SRG outside the building 15 minutes before the threat came in theintercept.com/2025/04/24/b...
April 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Yunseo Chung, detained by ICE, was one of the students arrested at this protest. Barnard claimed they asked the NYPD not to arrest anyone and only called them over the threat. Some sources pinned SRG outside the building 15 minutes before the threat came in theintercept.com/2025/04/24/b...
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Headlines largely implied that pro-Palestine students - 9 were arrested at the protest - sent the threat. Over a month later, Barnard has not told students that they were the targets. If pro-Israel protesters had been threatened, would the case be the same? theintercept.com/2025/04/24/b...
April 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Headlines largely implied that pro-Palestine students - 9 were arrested at the protest - sent the threat. Over a month later, Barnard has not told students that they were the targets. If pro-Israel protesters had been threatened, would the case be the same? theintercept.com/2025/04/24/b...
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“Can you imagine? You walk into a citizenship hearing & pledge to defend the Constitution right before the country you are about to become a citizen of unconstitutionally detains you?”
@premthakker.bsky.social shares details on the arrest of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian Columbia student.
@premthakker.bsky.social shares details on the arrest of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian Columbia student.
April 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“Can you imagine? You walk into a citizenship hearing & pledge to defend the Constitution right before the country you are about to become a citizen of unconstitutionally detains you?”
@premthakker.bsky.social shares details on the arrest of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian Columbia student.
@premthakker.bsky.social shares details on the arrest of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian Columbia student.
First state to ban boycotts of Israel over human rights violations becomes first state to boycott El Salvador over its own human rights violations
Pritzker announced that Illinois will boycott investments in El Salvador in retaliation for the country's president, Nayib Bukele, working hand-in-glove with Trump.
www.jezebel.com/jb-pritzker-...
www.jezebel.com/jb-pritzker-...
JB Pritzker Steps Up Against Trump’s Inhumane El Salvador Prison Operation
Pritzker announced that Illinois will boycott investments in El Salvador in retaliation for the country's president, Nayib Bukele, working hand-in-glove with Trump.
www.jezebel.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
First state to ban boycotts of Israel over human rights violations becomes first state to boycott El Salvador over its own human rights violations
NYPD being trained to consider Palestinian symbols like the watermelon and the keffiyeh to be antisemitic
Training for NYPD Officers Categorized the Keffiyeh and Watermelon as…
Experts say the training reinforced a police culture that treats Palestinians and their supporters with suspicion and brutality.
jewishcurrents.org
April 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
NYPD being trained to consider Palestinian symbols like the watermelon and the keffiyeh to be antisemitic
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SCOOP: Barnard students are being interrogated about a bomb threat last month on the day students held a pro-Palestine sit-in at the library. But the school never revealed to the public -- or the students -- that the threat was against student protesters. theintercept.com/2025/04/24/b...
A Bomb Threat Targeted Student Protesters. So Why Did They Get Blamed for It?
A bomb threat at Barnard College targeted the “terrorists/communists that are protesting.” But you wouldn’t know that from the school’s statements.
theintercept.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
SCOOP: Barnard students are being interrogated about a bomb threat last month on the day students held a pro-Palestine sit-in at the library. But the school never revealed to the public -- or the students -- that the threat was against student protesters. theintercept.com/2025/04/24/b...
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New — Columbia Public Safety has sent an email warning students that encampments are prohibited and participants may be removed from campus or arrested.
Email comes after NBC News reported on alleged student plans for a new encampment in protest of Israel’s continuing genocide in Gaza.
Email comes after NBC News reported on alleged student plans for a new encampment in protest of Israel’s continuing genocide in Gaza.
April 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
New — Columbia Public Safety has sent an email warning students that encampments are prohibited and participants may be removed from campus or arrested.
Email comes after NBC News reported on alleged student plans for a new encampment in protest of Israel’s continuing genocide in Gaza.
Email comes after NBC News reported on alleged student plans for a new encampment in protest of Israel’s continuing genocide in Gaza.
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The FBI and other law enforcement agencies raided multiple homes in Michigan, reportedly targeting a number of student activists connected to Gaza solidarity protests at the University of Michigan.
mondoweiss.net/2025/04/fbi-...
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FBI and police raid homes of Palestine activists in Michigan
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies raided multiple homes in Michigan, reportedly targeting a number of student activists connected to Gaza solidarity protests at the University of Michigan.
mondoweiss.net
April 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The FBI and other law enforcement agencies raided multiple homes in Michigan, reportedly targeting a number of student activists connected to Gaza solidarity protests at the University of Michigan.
mondoweiss.net/2025/04/fbi-...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/04/fbi-...
#Palestine #Israel
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After firing my union's President, Grant Miner, for his Palestine activism, Columbia is now trying to bar him from attending bargaining for our next contract. Maybe Columbia didn't get the memo, but firing Grant doesn't mean he stops being our President. @swcolumbia.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
After firing my union's President, Grant Miner, for his Palestine activism, Columbia is now trying to bar him from attending bargaining for our next contract. Maybe Columbia didn't get the memo, but firing Grant doesn't mean he stops being our President. @swcolumbia.bsky.social
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Yale just stripped SJP of its status as an official student org after students protested the appearance of Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on campus. Ben-Gvir has been convicted in Israel on charges of supporting a terrorist organization
April 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Yale just stripped SJP of its status as an official student org after students protested the appearance of Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on campus. Ben-Gvir has been convicted in Israel on charges of supporting a terrorist organization
Seven detained in India for Gaza protest, Israel boycott calls - The New Arab:
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April 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Seven detained in India for Gaza protest, Israel boycott calls - The New Arab:
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UPDATES: Barnard turned over personal info to feds. Almost every prof got this text. “The federal government reaching out to our personal cellphones to identify who is Jewish is incredibly sinister,” said Barnard prof. Debbie Becher, who is Jewish & got the text. theintercept.com/2025/04/23/t...
April 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
UPDATES: Barnard turned over personal info to feds. Almost every prof got this text. “The federal government reaching out to our personal cellphones to identify who is Jewish is incredibly sinister,” said Barnard prof. Debbie Becher, who is Jewish & got the text. theintercept.com/2025/04/23/t...
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The ADL's new antisemitism audit lists Jewish Voice for Peace as a perpetrator behind 313 "antisemitic incidents" in 2024. In October for example, JVP protested outside a pro-Israel Jewish institution. They even threw bread at the building!
April 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The ADL's new antisemitism audit lists Jewish Voice for Peace as a perpetrator behind 313 "antisemitic incidents" in 2024. In October for example, JVP protested outside a pro-Israel Jewish institution. They even threw bread at the building!
Penn State Students Protest Israel & Penn State With Palestine Memorial On Pattee Mall - Onward State:
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April 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Penn State Students Protest Israel & Penn State With Palestine Memorial On Pattee Mall - Onward State:
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SCOOP: Trump's Equal Opportunity office is investigating Barnard's employment practices. Professors received texts to their personal phones on Monday, linking to a survey asking if they were Jewish and if they had been subjected "unwelcome discussions" theintercept.com/2025/04/23/t...
Trump EEOC Texted College Professors’ Personal Phones to Ask If They Were Jewish
“Barnard was not given advance notice of this outreach,” the college’s general counsel wrote in an email to faculty.
theintercept.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
SCOOP: Trump's Equal Opportunity office is investigating Barnard's employment practices. Professors received texts to their personal phones on Monday, linking to a survey asking if they were Jewish and if they had been subjected "unwelcome discussions" theintercept.com/2025/04/23/t...
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Palestine is the wound in the heart of the world and its brutalization threatens to tear everything asunder
Nessel, who by the way is a Democrat, is still pressing *felony* charges against campus protestors. As she attempts to gain media attention as an anti-Trump AG, it's shocking how much the two have in common: abusing the law to silence free expression and to further anti-Palestinian racism.
Nessel charges 11 people for alleged UM protest crimes. Tlaib calls it 'shameful'
Nessel's office said in a release that most of those charged were UM students and alumni who were involved in establishing an pro-Palestinian encampment on the university's Diag.
www.detroitnews.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Palestine is the wound in the heart of the world and its brutalization threatens to tear everything asunder
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cross posting @geo3550.bsky.social:
this morning we received news of the FBI executing search warrants against multiple pro-Palestine organizers at the university, including at least one GEO member. This is an alarming escalation by the university and state. The situation is developing; more soon.
this morning we received news of the FBI executing search warrants against multiple pro-Palestine organizers at the university, including at least one GEO member. This is an alarming escalation by the university and state. The situation is developing; more soon.
April 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
cross posting @geo3550.bsky.social:
this morning we received news of the FBI executing search warrants against multiple pro-Palestine organizers at the university, including at least one GEO member. This is an alarming escalation by the university and state. The situation is developing; more soon.
this morning we received news of the FBI executing search warrants against multiple pro-Palestine organizers at the university, including at least one GEO member. This is an alarming escalation by the university and state. The situation is developing; more soon.
Breaking through the stalemate in the student movement for Palestine:
Breaking through the stalemate in the student movement for Palestine
The student movement for Palestine is grappling with strategic stagnation. At this pivotal moment, as Israel intensifies its genocide and the West strips rights to free speech, we must reassess our efforts...
ift.tt
April 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Breaking through the stalemate in the student movement for Palestine:
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With the Oblivion remaster taking up the hype cycle, it's probably a good time to re-up that the Palestinian-led BDS movement has asked for a boycott of Microsoft's gaming products due to the company's ongoing and enthusiastic technical support for the IDF's ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Games media can't ignore BDS Xbox boycott
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April 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
With the Oblivion remaster taking up the hype cycle, it's probably a good time to re-up that the Palestinian-led BDS movement has asked for a boycott of Microsoft's gaming products due to the company's ongoing and enthusiastic technical support for the IDF's ongoing genocide in Gaza.