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REVOLT FOR RAFAH: New Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Columbia

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BREAKING: WE ARE BACK A GROUP OF PALESTINIAN STUDENTS SUPPORT BY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY APARTHEID DIVEST HAVE ESTABLISHED A NEW ENCAMPMENT AMID COLUMBIA COLLEGE'S ALUMNI REUNIION. REVOLT 4 RAFAH REVOLT 4 RAFAH REVOLT 4 RAFAH

REVOLT FOR RAFAH:

Join Palestinian students, supported by the wider community at Columbia, at a the new Gaza Solidarity Encampment. We are outraged by Columbia’s complicity in the killing of our people in Gaza, and most recently the massacre in Rafah. We are equally outraged by Columbia’s use of brute force and their capitulation to the Billionaire’s lobby, instead of to the “safety of the students”. We will resist, until Columbia divests.

The action will coincide with Columbia’s Alumni Reunion. We want to make it clear to Columbia Alumni to cease donating to Columbia until they meet our demands.

This will be an action of community building and political education. Programming will include teach-ins, film screenings, art builds, open mics and talks with Palestinians in Gaza and Palestine. Food and cold refreshments will be available.

Until Palestine is free, from the river to the sea.

Reposted from Columbia Encampment on Telegram

 

Article from the Columbia Spectator (student newspaper):

Pro-Palestinian protesters repitch encampment on South Lawn during annual alumni reunion

Friday’s encampment comes over a month after protesters first occupied the east side of South Lawn on April 17.

By Heather Chen / Columbia Daily Spectator
The Morningside Heights campus remains open only to Columbia ID holders.

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Autonomous Activists De-Occupy Brooklyn Museum

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May 31

Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters have stormed into the Brooklyn Museum, breaking through barricades, pushing staff out and occupying the building.

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Story from mainstream media:

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators swarmed the Brooklyn Museum and dozens were arrested Friday.

The New York City Police Department said 34 people were taken into custody.

The protests started around 4 p.m. in Fort Greene, where hundreds gathered to march near the Barclays Center.

Protesters made their way to the Brooklyn Museum around 30 minutes later. Video shows museum employees rushing to lock the doors as they approached.

Some protesters even scaled the building and unfurled a giant banner from the roof reading, “Free Palestine. Divest from genocide.”

A pro-Palestinian demonstrator, upper left, hangs a flag on top of the Brooklyn Museum during a protest demanding a permanent cease-fire in Gaza, Friday, May 31, 2024, in New York.

Brooklyn Museum officials said they did not call the NYPD, but police arrived on the scene and clashed with demonstrators before making arrests.

The museum said in a statement to CBS New York that existing and newly installed artwork on their plaza was damaged, and members of the museum’s public safety staff were physically and verbally harassed as protesters entered.

The museum closed an hour early out of concern for the safety of the building, its collections and staff.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators wave flags over the Brooklyn Museum during a protest demanding a permanent cease-fire in Gaza on Friday, May 31, 2024, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

Police said the group behind the demonstration [Within Our Lifetime] has organized several others, including one near the Met Gala in May.

The demonstration came on the same day President Joe Biden said Israel offered a new cease-fire proposal, and as Israel continues its push further into the Rafah, a city in southern Gaza.

The protest also came ahead of the 60th annual Israel Day on Fifth Parade on Sunday. An internal threat assessment obtained by CBS New York said the event may be “an attractive target for an act of mass violence or disruption.”

Israel continues to face mounting international criticism over Palestinian deaths and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.