source: Socialist Worker

published: 27 April 2024

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A militant movement for Palestine is spreading across campuses in the US.

Protests, occupations and encampments have spread to more than 40 campuses after students at Columbia University and Barnard College took action.

The occupation at Columbia was still standing strong after ten days on Friday, despite the police trying to smash up the encampment.

The protests have forced university management to enter negotiations with students, who are pushing for the university to divest from all companies that fund and support the Israeli apartheid state.

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“We want to stay visible,” said Columbia student protester Mahmoud Khalil. “The university should do something about what we’re asking for, about the genocide that’s happening in Gaza. They should stop investing in this genocide.”

The movement is gathering steam fast, with students on more campuses springing into action every day. 

In New York, hundreds of protesters set up an encampment at Gould Plaza at New York university earlier this week. They ignored orders from university bosses who said they’d face punishment if they stayed. 

As cops tried to remove them from Gould Plaza, they chanted, “We will not stop, we will not rest. Disclose. Divest.”

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