July 22, 2025 Columbia University informed dozens of students Monday that they are facing disciplinary action for their participation in the takeover and vandalism of the campus library in 2024 during a pro-Palestinian protest. The disciplinary measures come as the university negotiates with the Trump administration over alleged civil rights violations and the loss of […]
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Brooklyn College protest ends with more than a dozen in custody
May 9, 2025 More than a dozen people were taken into custody during a protest at Brooklyn College on Thursday. The NYPD said seven people were arrested, and seven others were issued summonses. Video showed demonstrators on the school’s quad near eight tents. The protesters had Palestinian flags and several banners, including one reading, “Stop […]
NYPD arrests pro-Palestinian protesters after Columbia University library takeover
Police arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators who took over part of Columbia University’s main library on May 7. Ahead of finals week at the Ivy League campus, student activists clashed with campus public safety officials and contracted security guards inside and outside Butler Library. Videos posted to social media showed confrontations between university officials at […]
Security Checkpoint Vandalized at Columbia University
April 30, 2025 Overnight, an autonomous group acted against Amerika’s repression of the Palestine movement. The group attacked one of Columbia University’s border checkpoints — structures created to surveil and suppress the student momvement. Security equipment was dismantled and stolen. Infrastructure was vandalized. These checkpoints materially link Columbia to the zionist occupation through an identical […]
Columbia University Student Activist Detained by Department of Homeland Security Following Threats of Deportation of Pro-Palestinian Students
The arrest comes on the heels of the Department of State’s announcement that it plans to deport students affiliated with pro-Palestine protests. The student, who is Palestinian, is a lawful permanent resident of the United States. NEW YORK, NEW YORK—On March 8, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and […]
THE BATTLE OF HIND’S HALL FROM OUR SIDE OF THE BARRICADES
A MESSAGE TO THE STUDENT INTIFADA: Let us not dialogue with our persecutors. In the words of Ghassan Kanafani, we must reject the “conversation between the sword and the neck.” The footage you are viewing is contraband. It was smuggled out of Hind’s Hall and hidden from the NYPD in the band of a militant’s bra. […]
alleged assault of public safety officer
The Transport Workers Union condemned student protesters from Wednesday’s Barnard sit-in for allegedly injuring a public safety responder and Barnard for “consistently ignoring officers’ safety concerns.” TWU’s statement, titled “TWU Blasts Barnard Protesters, Criticizes College,” described a 41-year-old officer, who is represented by TWU Local 264, being “pushed and shoved during the stampede” as protesters […]
Protesters stage sit-in outside Barnard dean’s office
February 26, 2025 Dozens of protesters staged a sit-in outside Barnard Dean Leslie Grinage’s office in Milbank Hall the afternoon of Wednesday calling for the “immediate reversal” of two student expulsions. The protesters dispersed at around 10:30 p.m. with a tentative agreement to meet with Grinage and Barnard President Laura Rosenbury on Thursday. Protesters spent […]
Barnard expels students for class disruption, pro-Palestinian protest
February 24, 2025 Barnard college, an affiliate of Columbia University in New York, reportedly expelled two students last week for disrupting a session of the class “History of Modern Israel.” The Barnard students, both seniors in their last semester of undergraduate studies, banged on drums while chanting “free Palestine” and distributed flyers with the phrase […]
Columbia University suspends one student as it expedites investigation into Israeli history class disruption
January 24, 2025 Columbia University says it has suspended one student after “expediting” its investigation into a group who disrupted a class on Israeli history. Demonstrators handed out flyers with “violent imagery” to students attending a History of Modern Israel class on Tuesday, the university said in a statement. Columbia said it identified and suspended […]