Columbia says they 'have no choice' but to violently attack their own students

But they do have a choice. They could divest from genocide. If they want the protests to stop, that is the choice to make

Choosing to invest in genocide is a choice

The protests will grow

VIDEO THREAD: Police deployed tear gas this afternoon against a circle of University of South Florida students attempting to set up a pro-Palestine encampment on their campus, their second time trying in two days.

Filmed by dave decker (he/him) for News2Share

CUNY is the people’s school & right now they’re under siege. but the arguments won’t be the same, the coverage won’t be the same, & the assault won’t be the same, it will be worse. holding our CUNY brothers & sisters up at City College in strong solidarity tonight

Eric Adams is using his violent police force to terrorize peaceful protesters.

Joe Biden is funding and supporting Israel's genocide of Palestinians.

They are both Democrats. The war machine has two parties; the working class has none.

Isn't it awful to read this tweet and have no idea which college or university this person teaches at because it could be almost anywhere? This is all of us now.

Columbia University is radicalizing a generation tonight. They think they are exerting power, but are ultimately showing desperation and weakness. The masses are rising and this will only make them rise faster.

Young people in this country will not soon forget the horrors taking place tonight. Admin, police, mayors are inflicting violence, and students are standing for peace in Palestine. If capitalists want to radicalize the next generation, they are doing a good job of it.

Ten minutes to May Day 2024. Cops are brutalizing students on campus, workers are uniting for Palestine. Stand up to support the demands of students tomorrow.

don't fall for these shifting goalposts. as soon as arrest records confirm that most arrestees are students, the discourse will shift to why those students deserved to be arrested

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I don’t think Columbia University will ever recover from this. This will be their legacy — a full out war on their students for peacefully protesting a U.S.-backed ethnic cleansing campaign that has systematically murdered nearly 40,000 people.

Per WKCR-FM NY:

WKCR Reporter: 'Who will be here to document this?'

Columbia Officials/NYPD: 'No one at this time'

Things must change. This is not just a moment, it is a MOVEMENT.

TO BE CLEAR, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HAS CALLED THE COPS ONTO ITS OWN STUDENTS FOR THE SECOND TIME IN TWO WEEKS, ON THE 56TH ANNIVERSARY OF WHEN THEY LAST CALLED THE POLICE ONTO CAMPUS TO ARREST OVER 700 PROTESTING THE VIETNAM WAR & HARLEM GENTRIFICATION ON APRIL 30TH, 1968

We need to destroy the Democratic Party root and branch. Working class power now and forever.

DSA stands with the students at encampments being raided at City University of New York and Columbia. No one should be arrested, pepper sprayed, or beaten for protesting to end a genocide. We call on school administrators and elected officials to demand that the NYPD stand down.

Denver nuggets live from the Auraria encampments

UPDATE: there are now Gaza solidarity encampments/protests on campuses in at least 37 states + DC and 5+ other countries:

Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
DC
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
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