Pro-palestinian protests on campus articles
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UNC Palestine Protest: After arrests, pro-Palestinian protesters remove US flag, put up Palestinian flag on campus quad
Pro-Palestinian protesters removed the American flag from UNC's quad on Tuesday afternoon and replaced it with the Palestinian one in what was the latest disruptive incident on campus.
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Pro-Palestinian protests grow at California campuses as counter-protesters clash at UCLA
Pro-Palestinian protests grew Thursday at California colleges and universities, including a new encampment at UCLA and teach-in at UC Santa Barbara, a day after police in riot gear arrested 93 protesters at USC. Fallout over the Israel-Hamas war grew Thursday as USC announced that it would cancel its main stage commencement ceremony after more than a week of national controversy over its decision to pull a pro-Palestinian valedictorian's speaking slot from the May event that was expected to draw...
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Abcarian: Don't denigrate pro-Palestinian campus protests by claiming the Vietnam War protests backfired
When did it become fashionable to diminish the accomplishments of Vietnam War-era protesters by accusing them of inflated self-regard and delusions about what their activism accomplished? In my view, the situation in the Mideast is more nuanced and complex than the United States’ involvement in Vietnam ever was. Israel's horrific response notwithstanding, I fear that many pro-Palestinian student activists are naively unwilling to confront the role that Hamas and its allies have played in the...