Dozens of Columbia students and community members have barricaded themselves inside the Hamilton building to protest the University’s complicity in the genocidal war on Gaza. Hundreds of students are picketing outside the building as well as the encampment.
HAPPENING NOW: Riot police dragging peaceful Gaza protestors at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, students are continuing to resist repression into the night.
Columbia University students have occupied Hamilton Hall, the campus’s main administrative building. The breach began after the university suspended students who refused to leave the Gaza solidarity encampment for nearly two weeks.
When Israel had killed 4,000 Palestinian kids in Gaza, John Healey told us a ceasefire wasn't the right approach. Now Israel have killed over 16,000 Palestinian kids, Healey says we need a ceasefire.
So how many dead kids made it the right approach, John?
Humboldt Cal Poly students remain on campus after police blast dispersal warning over loudspeakers. Surrounded by riot cops, the students stand in power. “THIS is for Gaza. THIS is worth the risk” - student protestor 🔻
The journalist Salem Abu Toyour who was martyred along with his son Ahmad following the bombing of their house in the Nuseirat camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip.