MIT raid of the scholar encampment and police repression has backfired pic.twitter.com/phXxOTP9yd
— husayn (@husaynRkarimi) Might 6, 2024
MIT college students re-constitute the Gaza solidarity encampment with the help from massive crowds of supporters. pic.twitter.com/kd0Ka16eEH
— Struggle Watch (@WarWatchs) Might 6, 2024
This MIT raid doesn’t look violent. They tore down some limitations, however that’s it.
The Republicans will after all paint something they do as violent.
Nobody goes to be altering their thoughts about something anytime quickly.
AP:
Professional-Palestinian protesters that had been blocked by police from accessing an encampment on the Massachusetts Institute of Know-how on Monday broke by way of fencing, linked arms and encircled tents that remained there, as Columbia College canceled its university-wide graduation ceremony following weeks of demonstrations.Sam Ihns, a graduate pupil at MIT learning mechanical engineering and a member of MIT Jews for a Ceasefire, stated the group has been on the encampment for the previous two weeks and that they had been calling for an finish to the killing of hundreds of individuals in Gaza.
“Particularly, our encampment is protesting MIT’s direct analysis ties to the Israeli Ministry of Protection,” he stated.
Protesters additionally sat in the course of Massachusetts Avenue, blocking the road quickly throughout rush hour within the Boston space. By night the ambiance across the MIT protest grew much less tense with protesters listening to speeches and becoming a member of chants earlier than taking a pizza dinner break.Police largely had pulled again from the encampment after providing a extra strong presence earlier within the day. An MIT spokesperson stated the fencing was breached after the arrival of demonstrators from outdoors the college and that no arrests had been made by Monday evening.
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Columbia’s determination to cancel its most important ceremonies scheduled for Might 15 saves its president, Minouche Shafik, from having to ship a graduation handle in the identical a part of campus the place police dismantled a protest encampment final week.
In the event that they’re canceling ceremonies now, they’re in all probability simply going to close down summer season lessons and simply go guidelines that say nobody is allowed on campus in any respect, apart from cleansing workers.
In the event that they shut down campuses completely proper now, they will then implement new legal guidelines within the fall to ban criticism of Jews. By then, possibly we’ll have legal guidelines saying that in the event you say something about Jews, police can shoot you on sight, and protesters can simply be gunned down in mass.
BREAKING: Highschool college students be part of MIT college students for a sit-in to dam Massachusetts Ave in Cambridge.
The scholars are chanting for a free Palestine. pic.twitter.com/QDUiauS0V4
— BreakThrough Information (@BTnewsroom) Might 6, 2024
BREAKING: Highschool college students from throughout Boston stroll out of sophistication to affix the MIT pupil encampment in response to the rising police repression.
Eleven excessive colleges, together with personal highschool Boston Latin, have walked out to face with Gaza. pic.twitter.com/f0U1e0YDOJ
— BreakThrough Information (@BTnewsroom) Might 6, 2024
Regardless, it’s clear that these protests should not going to be allowed for much longer. Scenes from Rafah together with the spirit of summertime are going to make increasingly more folks begin displaying up.
The query now could be whether or not these protesters will transfer off campus. I assume they’ll. The apparent factor is to start out tenting in entrance of presidency buildings on public property.
