Student protestors across the country are adapting their strategies to Trump’s crackdown on the pro-Palestine movement, but it’s safe to say the activism is not slowing down.
The documentary film “The Encampments” shares the inspiring story of how students brought Columbia University to a standstill, and the issue of Palestine to millions around the world.
Roughly 80 protesters were arrested Wednesday after occupying a library on Columbia University’s campus. The Trump administration is stepping up actions against student protesters as Gaza encampments are starting to spread once again across the U.S.
A federal judge in Vermont ordered Mohsen Mahdawi be released from detention and compared the administration’s crackdown on dissent to the Red Scare. Upon his release, Mahdawi declared, “To President Trump and his cabinet: I am not afraid of you.”
In a scathing letter, Mahmoud Khalil writes from an ICE detention center in Louisiana, blasting Columbia University’s role in his abduction and the targeting of other student activists by the Trump administration.
Columbia students are banding together as ICE and the NYPD target Palestine activism. “[Columbia] is willing to give the Trump administration whatever it wants,” one student tells Mondoweiss. “But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t keep pushing too.”
Here is a rundown of all of the lawsuits that have been filed aimed at halting the Trump administration’s draconian crackdown on constitutional rights when it comes to Palestine.
Mahmoud Khalil writes from an ICE detention facility: “The Trump administration is targeting me as part of a broader strategy to suppress dissent.”
Columbia University is getting most of the attention, but the Trump administration is targeting universities across the nation over Palestine activism. So far, universities are complying.
Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism targets free speech, academic freedom, and civil liberties, with little resistance from Democrats complicit in Israel’s oppression.