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The Distortion of Campus Protests over Gaza

May 7, 2024 (Posted by) Don Pelton

How the Right Has Weaponized Antisemitism to Distract from Israel’s War BY HELEN BENEDICT Reprinted with permission from Tomdispatch.com Helicopters have been throbbing overhead for days now. Nights, too. Police are swarming the streets of Broadway, many in riot gear. Police vans, some as big as a city bus, are lined up along side…

Columbia Students File Civil Rights Complaint After Arrests, National Guard Threat

April 28, 2024 (Posted by) Don Pelton

A day after Columbia University officials warned it may call on the National Guard to remove nonviolent student protesters who have been occupying campus lawns since last week in solidarity with Gaza, advocacy group Palestine Legal on Thursday filed a federal civil rights complaint demanding an investigation into the school’s “discriminatory treatment of Palestinian…