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Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war on college campuses nationwide. The school promised they would face expulsion.

The occupation at Columbia — where protesters shrugged off an ultimatum to abandon a tent encampment Monday or be suspended — unfolded as other universities stepped up efforts to clear out encampments. Police swept through some campuses, spurring confrontations with protesters and plenty of arrests. In rarer instances, university officials and protest leaders have struck agreements to restrict the disruption to campus life.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 91 points 3 months ago (3 children)

30 Columbia students were suspended in all of the 1968 anti-Vietnam protests at Columbia, which included an occupation of the same building. No one was expelled.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Columbia_University_protests

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 34 points 3 months ago

They didn’t have Israel’s lobbyists working against them.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, but that was a different time. Y’know, before we got all police-statey.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but that was a different time. Y’know, before we got all police-statey even against whites.

FTFY

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That’s fair. I’m sorry for not considering the racist implications of my comment.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 0 points 3 months ago
[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Admins: nobody look this up nobody look this up please nobody look this up

You: make this comment

Admins: ah fuck

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 35 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Instead of divesting from Israel stocks they're kicking out their own students.

Those are the choices here. That's all the protesters want.

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 35 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Being expelled from Columbia starting to look like a badge of honor.