They are mass arresting @cuny students in the middle of the night, while everyone is transfixed with the horrors at Columbia.

“if they take you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night.”
— james baldwin in a letter to angela davis

God help us and hear our prayers. 116th and Amsterdam is surreal right now

One WKCR-FM NY student journalist says he hasn’t slept for 40 hours. Earlier, they pondered who would document what happens if not them. The pressure these young journalists are feeling is heartbreaking, and their work is outstanding. Standing with you all from WBEZ Chicago.

The Columbia Spectator, New York, Tuesday, April 30, 1968:

The quality of being 'peaceful' has never insulated anyone from police violence. It's important to remember this. The law is not a moral instrument, and police are violence workers.

'You are keeping no one safe, except for your donors, trustees, and the university’s endowment,' writes Robin D. G. Kelley in a letter to Columbia President Minouche Shafik:

bostonreview.net/articles/lette…

🗣️Súmate a este evento histórico❗️❗️❗️

¿Sabías que por primera vez en El Salvador el Censo 2024 en el apartado Etnia de la boleta Censal da espacio para autoreconocernos como Afrodescendientes?

Rest in Peace, Ma! May your journey home be swift and sweet!
#FaithRinggold

I'm so glad Walter “Ted” Carter Jr. just clarified why he authorized training snipers on our students and arresting those who had peaceably assembled.

Per his statement, he was deeply concerned about over burdening the toilets in the union.

Somebody's full of shit and it aint the kids.

In 1986 we occupied the Dean’s office & built a shantytown in Harvard University Yard to force the university to divest from companies profiting from apartheid S. Africa. They threatened us with expulsion. We said, “F*uck you, we won’t do what you tell us.” Students! Thanks for keeping

4 student reps (3 undergrads & 1 graduate student) & I met with USC President Folt, university General Counsel and Senior VP Beong-Soo Kim, and a student resource officer for 90 min. The students acquitted themselves eloquently, forcefully, & honorably. We meet again tomorrow.

👏🏿 2Moro: Looking forward to this discussion with BAJI Civic Engagement team and comrades!

Memorial to the Palestinian journalists killed by Israel, outside the White House Correspondents Dinner which is filled with the those who sponsor this slaughter and those who provide the propaganda for it.

This is another brazen lie: I was with students throughout the day and President Folt NEVER attempted to meet with students!
It’s shocking how willing this administration is to outright lie to try to affect public perceptions about their utter incompetence.

USC history faculty demanding that LA POLICE COMMISSION President Erroll Southers resign from his vice president role at USC

Commencement speakers launch boycott of USC satellite graduation ceremonies

“To speak at USC in this moment would betray not only our own values, but USC’s too. We are withdrawing as commencement speakers.”

By Jaweed Kaleem
latimes.com/california/sto…

TODAY, 10AM, ET/7AM, PT: Check out my convos with Prof Honey Crawford at #NYU on recent repression of student protests and Ninaj Raoul of haitianwomen.org on the US's escalated deportations & expulsions to Haiti. KPFK.org