A central demand of protesters on college campuses across the country is for universities to divest from Israeli-linked companies profiting from the Gaza war.
On Wednesday, Columbia University students chanted “Disclose, divest, we won't stop, we won't rest” as Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke.
Other common topics include requiring universities to disclose their investments, supporting a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and severing academic ties with Israeli universities.
“I'm not going anywhere until my demands are met,” Kaimani James, a Columbia University student, said Wednesday.
in princeton universityDemonstrators are calling on schools to stop researching weapons of war “used to enable genocide,” according to a demonstration flyer.
in columbia universityWhere the movement began last week, protesters are demanding that the university sever ties with the center in Tel Aviv and its dual degree program with Tel Aviv University. new york university Protesters are also using the school's Tel Aviv Center as a rallying cry.
With hundreds of people arrested at universities across the country, some are calling on authorities to protect free speech and ensure that students who take part in protests are not punished.
in University of Southern Californiaprotesters are demanding a “full amnesty” for those detained and a “ban on campus security.”
According to Columbia University Apartheid Divest, protesters at Columbia University called on the university to “disclose and sever all ties” with the New York City Police Department and to support Harlem's low-income residents. I asked the university.
Student protesters say the demands for disclosure and divestment are interconnected.
Protesters say many of the university's financial interests are opaque and that its ties to Israel may be even larger than authorities realize.
“We demand full financial transparency,” graduate student Basil Rodriguez told CNN on Wednesday.
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