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Students protest Israeli spokesperson at Wayne State University

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Student’s silent protest during GIl Hoffman talk. the students walked out en masse. (For more photos see Facebook here)
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The red tape is brilliant (visually and conceptually). No nned to speak. No need to risk arrest. Very visual to the speaker if he is looking at them.

Red duct tape is cool.

Should be the symbol for global revolution.

This returns Wayne State to its greatest days.

In 2003, the Wayne State Student Council approved the first university resolution for total divestment from Israel:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EbIZBUj7TAg/S9GHXfkzyeI/AAAAAAAAAIg/38lsFh4ofi0/s1600/WSU.bmp

The resolution ended with two demands:

“THEREFORE IT IS RESOLVED, that we ask the Board to immediately divest (dis-invest) our university from Israel,

“THEREFORE IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, that we ask the Board for a report this semester, on its progress in divesting the University from its investments in Israel, including divestment from all companies doing business in Israel, and divestment from all stocks and pension funds which include those companies.”

Good job guys.
It reminded me of an event that took place in Poland good, few weeks ago.
There was a soccer match between Israeli team Hapoel and Polish team Legia Warszawa. The game took place in Warsaw (Warszawa) Poland.
The fans of Polish team prepared a huge green baner with white letters that read: “Jihad Legia”. Their whole are had colors of Palestinian flag.
Ay and vay. What an international chutzpa it was. Even ADL’s eternal guru , Abe Foxman, wrote angrily about this “anti-Semitic event” on his infamous website.
Here is a video of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbnuaROBaSo

Avi, if you think that our troops are fighting to protect our “freedoms” you have a lot to learn. We heard that same stupid mantra when Reagan supported the death squads in El Salvador. We heard it when the US and Israel supported contra terrorists who were responsible for the murder of 10,000 Nicaraguans. We heard it when a reason had to be given for our murderous assault on Vietnam. We heard it when Bush and his criminal cabal said that we had to attack Iraq because of WMDs and to protect our freedoms. It is the cry of those in government and elsewhere who cannot reveal the real reason for sending our troops overseas to kill and be killed.
As for covering up their mouths, I find it brilliant. They did not stop the Israeli mouthpiece from spewing his hasbara. They exercised the right of every American to show what they think of the speaker. No American soldier fought or died for this right. The troops were sent overseas to ensure our right to the oil under the ground and to give hegemony in the Middle East to the US and Israel.