To reiterate: I think, if you look at US Jewish history, we have been well served/kept safe by liberalism, pluralism, and civil rights. I do not think police storming campuses (even if a building's occupied or if you disagree with protesters) furthers those principles. 1/2

The country of Colombia picked the funniest possible time to do this

The lesson from Tuesday is this: The people in charge are scared. They are terrified of the power of the movement for Palestine—of its size, moral righteousness, fearlessness, diversity, and love.
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From the archives:

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me waiting on an email: what the hell is taking so long, this is ridiculous

me, sending an email: this can probably wait another three weeks or so

The thing about the Democrats saying it could always be worse is that that’s literally always true. At some point you have to decide it currently is bad enough to do something about it.

I don't give a fuck whether these kids are peaceful or not. Idgaf if they're sitting in a circle knitting sweaters for kittens or rioting and taking bats to every window in the fucking building. I will NEVER support state sanctioned violence against people protesting genocide.

We’re seeing how destructive the whitewashing of the civil rights movement has been because people are denigrating actions very similar to the civil rights movement while claiming they would have supported the protests in the 50s and 60s bec they were “peaceful”

Columbia's web page discussing its regret for calling in police to arrest students in 1968 is displaying a warning about limited access due to NYPD on campus arresting students.

May Columbia never live this down.

Student activism is never perfect. You’ll always find some protestors who are ignorant or overzealous or narcissistic. They’re like 19 years old. But you also can’t wait for the perfect protest. It will never come.

I really do empathize with the difficult position of leftwing…

If the intention is to create a chilling effect on student encampments across the country, our opponents are badly underestimating national youth sentiment on the genocide in Gaza & misunderstanding how student movements typically respond and grow in the face of repression.

it's so so so so crazy to have young people in this hell of a world, tell them that this is going to be -- no money, no jobs, you can't pay rent, and we're going to use your tax money for genocide -- and then punish them when they say we don't want this life

do not let tumblr find this

The Frances Goldin Literary Agency clients have a history of occupying Columbia University and looking chicer than you while doing it in a pencil skirt

So funny to me whenever a friend asks me “Can I just be a bitch for a second?” like do u even know me at all OF COURSE u can be a bitch for a second take as many seconds as u need I’d literally love nothing more

Is Columbia safe for Jewish students? We talked to a billionaire alumnus who lives in Massachusetts and a 35 year-old antisemite who’s unaffiliated with the university.

If u liked this post you should read Idlewild

look at how beautiful the Solidarity Seder at UCSC is! i am perpetually in awe of the intellectual and political commitments of our students 🍉