Dave Jamieson @jamieson wrote: .@UAW President Shawn Fain: "This war is wrong, and this response against students and academic workers, many of them UAW members, is wrong."
Shawn Fain @ShawnFainUAW wrote: The UAW will never support the mass arrest or intimidation of those exercising their right to protest, strike, or speak out against injustice.
Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 @ScooterCasterNY wrote: #HappeningNow Faculty for Justice for Palestine are linking arms to protect Fordham University Encampment while NYPD SRG had surrounded and is pushing into the crowd around the encampment.
Dana Bash @DanaBashCNN wrote: Today: Destruction, violence and hate overtake college campuses across the country with Jewish students feeling unsafe at their own schools. It is unacceptable, and harkening back to the 1930s in Europe. Our @InsidePolitics show open, here.
https://x.com/uaw_4811/status/1785775174232801533UAW 4811 @uaw_4811 wrote: Last night, students and workers protesting peacefully at UCLA for justice in Palestine were physically attacked by a group of 100+ counter protesters. UC’s failure to protect students and workers is an abdication of its responsibility. UAW 4811 members are mobilizing in response
UAW 4811 @uaw_4811 wrote: The UAW 4811 Executive Board is calling for a strike authorization vote in response to last night’s attacks at UCLA.
NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Operations Kaz Daughtry @NYPDDaughtry wrote: Let’s take an inside look at how your @NYPDnews officers safely & professionally restored order at @Columbia & @CityCollegeNY yesterday, after school officials requested our assistance in dispersing unlawful encampments on their campuses & persons barricaded inside their buildings.
It bears repeating- your police officers have a thankless job & it is important that we recognize their great work. Thank you to the Strategic Response Group (SRG), Community Response Team and all the police officers assigned to the mobile field force yesterday.
We will always protect the right to peaceful protest. Public safety is, & forever will be, our top priority.
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Wendy Patterson @wendyp4545 wrote: List of Colleges with Arab Presidents
@grok
Based on the information provided, here is a list of colleges with Arab presidents:
University of Southern California
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fordham University
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia University
Yale University
Duke University
Rice University
Stanford University
List of American colleges with Arab Deans
@grok
Based on the provided information, here is a list of American colleges with Arab Deans:
Texas A & M University, Kingsville
Case Western Reserve University
Arizona State University
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Arizona
Saint Louis University
Michigan Technological University
Tufts University
Please note that this list is not exhaustive and there may be additional colleges with Arab deans not mentioned here.
katie smith @probablyreadit wrote: NOW: Staff at Fordham University hangs a tarp over the window to block the view of the encampment as NYPD prepares to make arrests
Protesters then broke through police barricades are are now closed heading to the other entrance
Arizona Right Watch (@azrww.bsky.social) @az_rww wrote: Cops sent in to break up the University of AZ Gaza Solidarity Encampment shot rubber bullets at student protesters. At least one was hit in the head & injured. Rubber bullets can still kill people, especially when aimed at the head. Shame on @uarizona for endangering protesters.Ellie Wolfe @elliew0lfe wrote: I just spoke to a protester who was hit in the head with a rubber bullet. I felt the gigantic welt on their head. Important to note: rubber bullets are supposed to be shot only towards the bottom half of the body.
No, MIT president Sally Kornbluth is not an Arab.raison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 5:35 pm This is just being ugly.
https://x.com/wendyp4545/status/1785740258467864857Wendy Patterson @wendyp4545 wrote: List of Colleges with Arab Presidents
@grok
Based on the information provided, here is a list of colleges with Arab presidents:
University of Southern California
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fordham University
University of Pennsylvania
Columbia University
Yale University
Duke University
Rice University
Stanford University
List of American colleges with Arab Deans
@grok
Based on the provided information, here is a list of American colleges with Arab Deans:
Texas A & M University, Kingsville
Case Western Reserve University
Arizona State University
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Arizona
Saint Louis University
Michigan Technological University
Tufts University
Please note that this list is not exhaustive and there may be additional colleges with Arab deans not mentioned here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_KornbluthKornbluth was born in Paterson, New Jersey, and grew up in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.[2] She is Jewish.[2] Her father George was an accountant[2] and her mother, Marisa Galvany, was an opera singer.
tey meadow @dr_tey wrote: I’m as guilty as anyone of thinking of my @Columbia undergraduates as “kids.” But here is what I’ve seen them do in the last two weeks: (1/10)
1. I’ve seen small groups of student engage in thoughtful, respectful dialogue across unbridgeable ideological divides. (2/10)
2. I’ve seen students face hecklers calmly and with grace, simply turning their backs as they are yelled at and insulted. (3/10)
3. I have seen students struggle to balance coursework and political engagement, cognizant of their responsibilities in both arenas. (4/10)
4. I’ve seen students taking care of one another, ordering special meals for students with dietary or religious restrictions, amassing medical supplies for neighbors who need them, sharing info and resources, and working together to problem-solve. (5/10)
I’ve seen student journalists operate both tirelessly and more effectively than the professionals- claiming partial knowledge when that’s what they have, reporting truthfully, not repeating mischaracterizations. (6/10)
I’ve seen groups of students learn skills like working with press, issuing statements, polling participants, compiling data , bargaining and using social media to disseminate information. (7/10)
I’ve seen them educate themselves on history, political theory, social movements and real world social differences. I’ve seen teach-ins on antisemitism and anti-Jewish bias, the history of the Middle East, geopolitics, political resistance, poetry, music and art. (8/10)
And now I’ve seen them face down police in military grade gear. (9/10)
Do I agree with every word in every statement, every choice and every tactic? Maybe not. But I am moved by their maturity, persistence and grace. These aren’t kids. These are leaders. (10/10)
And the Arab president of Columbia was one who called in a police response.raison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 5:35 pm This is just being ugly.
Wendy Patterson @wendyp4545 wrote: List of Colleges with Arab Presidents
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It's all so confusing and I've express that before. I think (hope) no one is in favor of violence. This article does address, a little, about the conflation of protesting what Israel is doing (killing tens of thousands of people) and being antisemitic. There are so many moving parts, it's impossible to boil it down to a binary.The tension goes to the heart of a question that has touched off debate among observers and critics of the protests: At what point does pro-Palestinian political speech in a time of war cross the line into the type of antisemitism colleges have vowed to combat?
If this is a matter that has vexed political leaders, university administrators and some Jewish college students, inside the encampments the very notion of antisemitism is barely discussed, in part because the demonstrators do not believe the label applies to their activism. Protest leaders point to the involvement of Jewish student activists and challenge the idea that the comfort of Israel’s supporters should be a concern.
And they draw a distinction between anti-Zionism, which describes opposition to the Jewish state of Israel, and hatred toward Jewish people in general. It is an argument many Jews see as a fig leaf for bigotry.
Rolodex wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 7:20 pm It's all so confusing and I've express that before. I think (hope) no one is in favor of violence. This article does address, a little, about the conflation of protesting what Israel is doing (killing tens of thousands of people) and being antisemitic. There are so many moving parts, it's impossible to boil it down to a binary.
Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/29/nyre ... =url-share
This is one way to look at it. Another would be that they are refusing to denounce the indiscriminate killing on innocent women and children. The destruction of every University. The destruction of the hospitals, and health care system. The fact that there ARE in fact plenty Jews that support divestment belies their position.“Let’s take any other ethnic or religious minority,” said Eden Yadegar, a junior at Columbia. “Would you only accept them if they were willing to denounce an integral part of their religious or ethnic identity? The answer is absolutely not. So how come it’s OK to say, you know, we accept Jews, but only if you denounce your religious and social and ethnic connection to your homeland? It’s ridiculous.”
Daily Bruin @dailybruin wrote: 25 protesters within the pro-Palestine encampment were hospitalized overnight, a UC Divest at UCLA spokesperson said in a press conference.
Tiffany Cabán's statement that the NYPD was responding to:NYPD Chief of Patrol @NYPDChiefPatrol wrote: I started to read this garbage and quickly realized this is coming from a person who hates our city and certainly does not represent the great people of NYC. But I did manage to play the word replacement game, and it goes like this:
Last night’s criminal conduct by entitled non accountable students and the support they receive from Councilmember Tiffany Caban is a colossal disgrace. A horrifying affront to democracy and proper behavior from people who are not accountable for their behavior. This was an abject failure of how civilized people are expected to behave in society while continually acting like a perpetual victim.
Remember everyone , if you want change , seek the change you want by getting involved. Then you know what to do….@NYPDDaughtry @NYCPBA @sbanypd @lbanypd @CeaNypd @NYPDChiefOfDept @NYPD1stDep @NYPDNieves @NYPDnews
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/ ... rotesters/Brown University agrees to hold Israel divestment vote after pressure from student protesters
Brown University’s corporate board will vote on a proposal to divest from Israeli interests, the university announced Tuesday, a major victory for student protesters who have taken over dozens of college campuses nationwide.
Protesters at Brown will tear down their encampment at the center of campus and cease demonstrations through the end of the school year as part of an agreement reached Tuesday, University President Christina Paxson said.
“The devastation and loss of life in the Middle East has prompted many to call for meaningful change, while also raising real issues about how best to accomplish this,” Paxson wrote in a statement. “Brown has always prided itself on resolving differences through dialog, debate and listening to each other.”
“I cannot condone the encampment, which was in violation of University policies,” she continued. “Also, I have been concerned about the escalation in inflammatory rhetoric that we have seen recently, and the increase in tensions at campuses across the country. I appreciate the sincere efforts on the part of our students to take steps to prevent further escalation.”
Jeremy Slevin @jeremyslevin wrote: Sen. Sanders: "I suggest to CNN and maybe some of my colleagues here, maybe take your cameras, just for a moment, off of Columbia and UCLA . Maybe go to Gaza, and take your camera show us the emaciated children who are dying from malnutrition because of Netanyahu's policies."
Read Let This Radicalize You @JoshuaPHilll wrote: This is what the cops just brought into the student Gaza solidarity encampment at UT Dallas. At least 19 arrests so far.
What I think you are ignoring is this: the governing ideology of this protest movement is one in which Israel as a Jewish state is and always was illegitimate, a "settler colonial" enterprise of outsiders coming in and displacing the "indigenous" inhabitants, and that its creation as such should be undone. On this view every inch of Israel is occupied, every Israeli anywhere a "settler", and violence against them glorified as "resistance". It should boycotted, its citizens barred from academic conferences, and in general made a pariah state until this happens. All this has nothing to do with the current war, that just makes it more urgent.raison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 7:29 pmThis is one way to look at it. Another would be that they are refusing to denounce the indiscriminate killing on innocent women and children. The destruction of every University. The destruction of the hospitals, and health care system. The fact that there ARE in fact plenty Jews that support divestment belies their position.“Let’s take any other ethnic or religious minority,” said Eden Yadegar, a junior at Columbia. “Would you only accept them if they were willing to denounce an integral part of their religious or ethnic identity? The answer is absolutely not. So how come it’s OK to say, you know, we accept Jews, but only if you denounce your religious and social and ethnic connection to your homeland? It’s ridiculous.”
This is why I am fond of those who state they are:Netanyahu and Hamas. They both saw it as in their interests to kill it and they did kill it. You can question the good faith of the key actors of both sides of Oslo. But those two are the ones who set out to kill it and did kill it. They have always been, in effect, allies.
When you first posted that, I was tempted to reply. I think that is not representative of this student movement AT ALL. You are not going to find those people criticizing Hamas in any way, much less saying they are pro-Israel in any sense. Zionists not allowed.raison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 10:07 pm This is why I am fond of those who state they are:
- pro-Israel
- pro-Palestine
- anti-Netanyahu
- anti-Hamas
