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Columbia Students Risk Arrest, Suspension to Maintain Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Campus
18 de abril, puesto en línea por webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)Students at Columbia University and Barnard College in New York have set up dozens of tents to occupy the South Lawn of the campus to create a Gaza Solidarity Encampment. Democracy Now! spoke to some of the student-activists, who say they are occupying the space, despite the administration’s (…) -
The New McCarthyism: Congress Grills Columbia Univ. President Amid Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Speech
18 de abril, puesto en línea por webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)In nearly four hours of grueling congressional testimony before the Republican-led Committee on Education and the Workforce, the president of Columbia University, Nemat “Minouche” Shafik, said she had taken serious action against accusations of antisemitism on campus in (…) -
Meet USC Valedictorian Asna Tabassum: School Cancels Commencement Speech by Pro-Palestinian Student
18 de abril, puesto en línea por webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)Amid widespread repression of pro-Palestinian voices on campuses across the United States, we speak to University of Southern California valedictorian Asna Tabassum, whose commencement speech has been canceled for what the university claimed were “safety” reasons after (…) -
Headlines for April 18, 2024
18 de abril, puesto en línea por webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)Israel Continues to Pound the Gaza Strip Amid Reports U.S. Approves of Rafah Land Invasion, Palestinian Boy Who Narrowly Escaped Death in Nov. Israeli Airstrike Is Killed in Aid Airdrop, ProPublica: Blinken Ignored His Agency’s Recommendation to Disqualify Some Israeli Units from Aid, Detained (…) -
Can UAW Unionize the South? Volkswagen Tennessee Vote Could Change U.S. Labor Landscape
17 de abril, puesto en línea por webdev@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)On Wednesday, 4,000 Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, begin voting in a closely watched election on whether to organize with the United Auto Workers in what could be the union’s first big victory as they try to expand into the southern United States after huge contract wins in 2023 (…)