mass arrests at UT exceed those from last week. tear gas deployed. this is unconscionable.

For anyone who is new to this (or under 30), ten years ago the idea of huge Palestinian solidarity encampments spreading over more than 100 US college campuses would have been entirely outside the range of political possibility.

some bad news for the president of the university of chicago about arguments based on etymology

I mean, I think at least some of this is that that is the framing many of us participating have l given the protests because ending the genocide is the floor, not the ceiling

Note—this was all *before* the encampment protests began:

Back in November I reasoned from first principles and came to the same conclusion as the protesters did.

Every single person making some quack group dynamics argument about why college students are trying to stop a genocide is a sociopath

More arrests are happening as police seek to break up the circle

Universities responding to encampments with collective punishment tactics related to food and water access is honestly astonishing

ACAB includes the build-a-bear employee who banned me for making Folgers Incest Sibling bear

a very different tone from Brown admin this time! Guess they're rethinking the 'I saw Goody Proctor by the encampment at 10:30am' approach

Columbia University has notified members of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment that if they do not vacate by 2pm, the university will initiate mass evictions and interim suspensions. CUAD statement TK