The Movement of College Encampments for Palestine: an introductory analysis
The mass mobilization of pro-Palestine students over the last couple months has truly been a sight to see. Spreading like wildfire in the states & eventually spanning the globe, this wave of student encampments has called Power out by its rightful name: genocide enabler.
Student-activists have been occupying their schools and demanding the divestment of these various foundations from the settler-colonial project of Israel. A handful of other demands have been put forth as well, responding to each locale’s varying needs. Students at our UW-Madison also demanded a cop-free campus, for example.
Of course, any earnest challenging of the state & its interests in the military industrial complex will be met with a vicious response. Brute force
