Are The Mass Pro-Palestine Protests On College Campuses Just One Big Virtue Signal?


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Zero Hedge— Are The Mass Pro-Palestine Protests On College Campuses Just One Big Virtue Signal? Submitted by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, As a general rule, rebels without a cause will eventually latch onto the nearest cause of opportunity. It really doesn't matter what it is, for activists with ample time on their hands and plenty of trust fund money these protests fill the void and make them feel like they have meaning. Such is the case with the political left and their infatuation...

Al Jazeera—Mapping pro-Palestine college campus protests around the world. From the US to Australia, students are calling for their universities to divest and sever ties with Israel.

NPR—Mass arrests roil college campuses amid pro-Palestinian protests. The University of Southern California canceled its main commencement ceremony after dozens of campus arrests. Meanwhile, students at several schools around the country set up solidarity encampments.

WDTN—Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia. NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York University and Yale, and the gates to Harvard Yard were closed to the public Monday as some of the most prestigious U.S. universities sought to defuse campus tensions over Israel's war with Hamas. More than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators who []