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Columbia Faculty Block Encampments, Protecting Student Protesters
On Monday, Columbia administrators issued an ultimatum to student protestors: leave their encampments or face suspension. In response, several faculty members created a human barrier.
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Disclose. Divest. We will not stop. We will not rest. Disclose. Divest. We’re trying to protect the futures, the careers, the lives of these students who have made a principled statement, whether people agree or disagree, they deserve to graduate, to get credit for their work and all the rest of it. So, they deserve amnesty. We are involved as faculty supporting students. Trying to make sure that the kind of police action that took place will not take place. Don’t forget, this is an antiwar protest. It’s a protest that is demanding a ceasefire. Elsewhere in the world where the real lives are on the line. We demand boycott, not further engagement with Israel. On the topic of amnesty, they’ve given us nothing more than further disciplining of students, essentially stifling the student movement and ensuring that it does not grow. We’re open to negotiation if the university wants to meet us on the negotiating table. If not, we’re willing to stay out here.
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