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Lmao i remember watching live when the zionist mob descended on the extremely organized and peaceful protest camp and started physically assaulting people with metal pipes and wooden clubs. Weird how that isnt the primary focus here.
Because there are tons of rich Zionists but few rich Palestinians. Guess who gives billions to the Ivy League?
Things like this are why I only associate with public universities.
From what I understand it's not even that much money. The logic seems to be that the idea of democratic money management must be stomped out regardless of the cause it's advocated for.
No, it’s billionaires who want to control the world. It should be noted that several demanded names of protestors to specifically black list them for life from the higher echelons of industry. They are willing to destroy lives over this.
I meant that the money donated isn't that much, compared to the existing endowment. I think it was Adam Tooze's argument, that IIRC Columbia could basically afford to lose most if not all donation streams and just fund itself from the stock market. And his interpretation as to why they reacted so violently is either fully ideological on behalf of the admin, or because Colombia is actually underperforming as asset management, a panicking reasserting of who runs the place, which is in a way also ideological.
Fascinating, thanks
My university is trying to write a new policy to handle student protests. The first draft basically said "don't disrupt anything or make anyone uncomfortable" "don't protest in a way that is loud or visible" "only protest during approved times and at the approved locations" "also: immediately disperse if asked to by any member of the university staff".
It was hilariously unaware of the definition of "protest".
It's not unaware. It's a policy that allows protest as an abstract idea, as long as nobody actually ever does it. It's reminiscent of Zizeks visiting grandma joke.
Fuck off congress. Let our universities govern themselves.
Oh for sure. The institutions that allow rape to go unpunished should totally be given more autonomy
Time for today’s fun game!
“Is it Georgia the repressive country or Georgia the aspiringly-repressive US state” has been replaced by “Is it Colombia the sometimes unstable and badly governed country or Columbia the sometimes unstable and always badly governed US university”
Well that’s pretty fucked up
Ah, the US. Democracy! Free speech! Freedom!
Fascism