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Sam Carliner: How pro-Palestine student activists are fighting increasing repression

As universities and the government crack down on the student movement for Palestine, activists are organizing broad campaigns to get their charges dropped.    

March 17, 2025 · 5 Comments

Marianne Dhenin: The Quiet Success of the Israel Divestment Movement

Grassroots efforts to divest local U.S. taxpayer dollars from Israel over its ongoing genocide of Palestinians are gaining steam.

October 17, 2024 · 6 Comments

George Yancy and Judith Butler: Universities Have Failed Their Democratic Mission by Repressing Gaza Protests

Universities are using draconian measures against student protesters who refuse to deem Palestinian suffering “unreal.”

May 12, 2024 · 7 Comments

Chris Hedges: Revolt in the Universities

University Students Across The Country, Facing Mass Arrests, Suspensions, Evictions And Expulsions Are Our Last, Best Hope To Halt The Genocide In Gaza.

April 28, 2024 · 8 Comments

Sarah Stitzlein: Teaching students how to dissent is part of democracy

In scenes unprecedented in previous school shootings, the past few weeks have been marked by students taking to the streets, to the media, to corporations and elected officials in protest over … Continue reading

March 15, 2018 · Leave a comment

Aviva Chomsky: The Battle for the Soul of American Higher Education

Student Protest, the Black Lives Matter Movement, and the Rise of the Corporate University During the past academic year, an upsurge of student activism, a movement of millennials, has swept … Continue reading

May 26, 2016 · 1 Comment

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