Two years ago today, activists at Columbia University occupied a campus building, renaming it ‘Hind’s Hall.’ While campus protests for Palestine have mostly receded from view, they continue to offer vital lessons for the movement they inspired.

As social movements in the U.S. plan ahead for the Trump administration, we should look to the campus Palestine movement for lessons on how to organize under the repressive conditions we will all soon face.

The Uncommitted movement failed to move the Biden-Harris administration policy on Gaza because unaccountable movement leaders were unwilling to punish Democrats for supporting genocide.