These are the domestic political forces who Biden and the NYT have made common cause with. Congratulations.

Pro-Palestine students at Cal State Long Beach have renamed the school's administration building after the renowned poet Refaat Alareer, who was assassinated by Israel in December.

A nugget tucked in mine and Richard Winton reporting on police response at UCLA last night.

According to three sources, Mayor Bass had to call UCLA Chancellor Gene Block last night to get the chancellor to allow LAPD to deploy on the campus.

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This is the head of Jewish Studies. Madness.

UPDATE:

At least five people shot in the head with rubber bullets.

Cops deployed flash bangs directly into crowd.

132 arrests confirmed by CHP

this might as well be his concession speech

Rubber bullets? Have you lost your mind UCLA? You are using rubber bullets against unarmed protestors who are *students* of your uni demanding you divest from genocide. You are attacking them to facilitate a quieter genocide. Fantastically gross legacy.

#Gaza #StudentIntifada

Pro-Palestine encampments have now sprung up at Cal State Los Angeles and Cal State Northridge. I'm told there are more to come here in the LA area. UCLA and USC are not alone.

The mass arrests of students, faculty, and other education workers—as well as the brutal police violence that they have been subjected to—is unprecedented in recent U.S. history. counterpunch.org/2024/05/01/fro…

On the same day that Columbia University called in the NYPD to arrest dozens of pro-Palestine students, protesters at Brown disbanded their encampment after the university pledged to vote on divestment from companies affiliated with Israel.
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