As my employer - Columbia University University - calls armed riot police into campus to smash a peaceful protest against a genocide, we must all speak out. My former students have been arrested. I'm proud of you. History will be too. Remember what I said in our first class last year:
The embankment is blocked. Protesters are marching towards the Heroes Square - main traffic artery. Canโt stress enough how shocked and proud we are that the blockage is happening amid an unofficial, spontaneous protest. Bus passengers joined. #NoToRussianLaw #Georgia ๐ฌ๐ช๐ช๐บ
German police brutally break up anti- #GazaGenocideโ protest.
If this was a Moscow anti-war protest, it would be huge news. Instead, it will only reach the public via posts like this.
In a couple of years the same media will scratch their heads about rising Muslim 'radicalism'.
I know how fed up with this shit I am over the #Palestine
#protests , #HamasSupporters #Antisemitism #anti -american.
But what really bothers me is when I see my Jewish brothers and Sisters wondering where the support is for them.
When I see them post their fears.
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