Columbia Protests Now and in ‘68

www.counterpunch.org— The student protests on the campus of Columbia University this April have reminded me of the protests that took place there 56 years ago. Along with about 700 or so other men and women, I was arrested and jailed at the Tombs in Manhattan. Those arrests didn’t curtail student protests. Indeed, there were demonstrations later that year and again in 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1972. When push comes to shove, Columbia has called on the police again and again and the police have arrived in force and have...

Snopes—Columbia University Web Page Commemorated '68 Student Protesters?. Rashid Khalidi, history professor at Columbia, said 2024's anti-war student protesters were also “on the right side of history.”

ABC7 San Francisco—It began at Columbia. Now students nationwide are upping their Gaza war protests. Robert Kraft, who owns the New England Patriots football team and funded the Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life across from Columbia's campus, said he was suspending donations to the university.

CBS News—NYPD mobilizes outside Columbia University after Mayor Adams warns protesters to "leave the area now". NEW YORK -- The NYPD entered Columbia University to clear out protesters Tuesday night. The move came after a massive police buildup Columbia University Tuesday and Mayor Eric Adams issued a stern warning to protesters to "leave the area." It all comes on the heels of demonstrators occupying a building overnight, prompting the school to threaten them with expulsion. Columbia warned students at the Morningside Heights campus to "shelter in place for your safety" amid the heightened police...