Historically, when students at American universities and colleges protest — from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter — there’s a common refrain that “outside agitators” are to blame. College administrators and elected officials have often pointed to community members joining protests to dismiss the demands of student protesters. Experts say it’s a convenient […]
Historically, when students at American universities and colleges protest — from the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter — there’s a common refrain that “outside agitators” are to blame. […]
Nothing agitates a campus as dramatically as the arrival of the cops. Indeed, the cops have been the only real outside agitators on campuses across the country this Spring. They have brought upheaval and disorder by breaking up peaceful protests by disciplined students with a cause and ideals. And, of course, the administrators are responsible for calling in the cops. It’s the administrators who up the ante and invite confrontations and clashes. Blaming outsiders for rebellions and revolutions...
You can tell when the PolitiFact website is going to negotiate around the facts. On May 7, its top headline on the homepage asked: “Are Read More
You can tell when the PolitiFact website is going to negotiate around the facts. On May 7, their top headline on the home page asked: “Are ‘outside agitators’ co-opting campus protests?” This isn’t quite the right question. The media have presented these events as “student” protests, so if half the participants aren’t college students, how would they describe the non-students? PolitiFact writers Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu and Loreben Turquero offered this summary: 1. Police, city and university...
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) dismissed the idea that the countless campus protests happening across the United States are influencing President Joe Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza, calling such a notion “ridiculous.” Biden signaled on Wednesday the United States would not provide Israel with bombs and artillery shells if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
Business executives including Starbucks CEO Howard Shultz and billionaire Bill Ackman created a WhatsApp group chat after the Hamas attack.
University said it has moved ceremonies to undisclosed 'alternative location'. Protesters have pitched tents on a lawn outside 18th century Senate House. They said ceremonies would be disrupted as a 'last resort' if demands not met
There was pushing and shoving as students clashed with police outside a parking garage on the MIT campus.
Pro-Palestinian protesters have tried to force the hands of universities by occupying campuses with tent cities. California Congressman Kevin Kiley wants to put an end to that.
The ongoing pro-Palestinian protests at American universities are more than just youthful expressions of speech freedom. Rather they exemplify the informed views of students repulsed by the genocide in Gaza, which they see every day on television and in the social media. They are motivated by a desire to end the continuing complicity of their More
One feature of the recent rash of campus demonstrations that has received only sporadic attention but needs more attention: A large and maybe preponderant proportion of those demonstrating are women.