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“We’ve never seen anything like this, where the students have suffered sanctions before a finding of their responsibility for violations of the rules,” Franke said, “And the sanctions that they received before any finding of guilt are far more stringent than anything we’ve seen with much more disruptive protests.”.

The crackdown on students taking part in pro-Palestine protests began in November, when the school suspended campus chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace after those groups led an unsanctioned rally. Then in early April, the school suspended four students for hosting an unapproved rally which featured a speaker who is an alleged member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which has been designated by the United States as a terrorist organization

As protests sprouted on campuses across the U.S. with students calling their schools to divest from companies with connections to Israel, Republican lawmakers have decried the demonstrations as hotbeds of antisemitism. While antisemitic incidents have occurred on campuses since October 7, along with anti-Muslim and anti-Arab incidents, House Republicans such as Foxx have conflated them with any and all protests for divestment from Israel or in opposition to Israel’s campaign in Gaza. High-profile congressional hearings on antisemitism in college campuses by Foxx’s committee have since led to the resignation of presidents of elite schools, including Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and most recently, Shafik of Columbia.

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 85 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lmao i remember watching live when the zionist mob descended on the extremely organized and peaceful protest camp and started physically assaulting people with metal pipes and wooden clubs. Weird how that isnt the primary focus here.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 41 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Because there are tons of rich Zionists but few rich Palestinians. Guess who gives billions to the Ivy League?

Things like this are why I only associate with public universities.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

From what I understand it's not even that much money. The logic seems to be that the idea of democratic money management must be stomped out regardless of the cause it's advocated for.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

No, it’s billionaires who want to control the world. It should be noted that several demanded names of protestors to specifically black list them for life from the higher echelons of industry. They are willing to destroy lives over this.

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I meant that the money donated isn't that much, compared to the existing endowment. I think it was Adam Tooze's argument, that IIRC Columbia could basically afford to lose most if not all donation streams and just fund itself from the stock market. And his interpretation as to why they reacted so violently is either fully ideological on behalf of the admin, or because Colombia is actually underperforming as asset management, a panicking reasserting of who runs the place, which is in a way also ideological.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Fascinating, thanks

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 43 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My university is trying to write a new policy to handle student protests. The first draft basically said "don't disrupt anything or make anyone uncomfortable" "don't protest in a way that is loud or visible" "only protest during approved times and at the approved locations" "also: immediately disperse if asked to by any member of the university staff".

It was hilariously unaware of the definition of "protest".

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

It's not unaware. It's a policy that allows protest as an abstract idea, as long as nobody actually ever does it. It's reminiscent of Zizeks visiting grandma joke.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Time for today’s fun game!

“Is it Georgia the repressive country or Georgia the aspiringly-repressive US state” has been replaced by “Is it Colombia the sometimes unstable and badly governed country or Columbia the sometimes unstable and always badly governed US university”

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fuck off congress. Let our universities govern themselves.

[–] Makhno@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Oh for sure. The institutions that allow rape to go unpunished should totally be given more autonomy

[–] Atsur@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Well that’s pretty fucked up

[–] WanderingVentra@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

Ah, the US. Democracy! Free speech! Freedom!

[–] AshMan85@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago