My week inside Columbia's Gaza Solidarity Encampment


by Mother Jones

Mother Jones— In the early morning, one can hear the birds perched on trees around the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia University. Farther off, there are sounds of protest and counterprotest. But inside the camp itself—technically the second camp after the New York Police Department cleared out the first and caused even more national attention to focus […]

Daily Mail—DJ sets, free drink tokens and trips home for showers: Inside Britain universities' Gaza sit-ins as students complain it's cold and they're not 'champagne socialists' at 'solidarity' encampments. Students taking part at universities including Newcastle and Bristol have described the 'freezing' conditions but also the benefits being offered, including deliveries of free snacks.

Washington Free Beacon—Encampment’s Faculty Cheerleader Oversees Columbia’s Core Curriculum in Humanities. One of the most outspoken supporters of the encampment at Columbia University, classics professor Joseph Howley, is leading a review of the required humanities curriculum for all Columbia undergraduates.

Washington Free Beacon—Columbia President Shafik Said This Anti-Semitic Prof Was Grading Papers Before His Exit from Columbia. He’s Been a Constant Presence in the Encampment Ever Since.. Nearly two weeks ago, Columbia University president Minouche Shafik assured members of Congress that an anti-Semitic professor had been terminated. That professor, Mohamed Abdou, was "grading his students' papers" before the end of the semester and would "never teach at Columbia again," Shafik said.