BBC OS Conversations: Student protests in the US

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The war in Gaza has triggered demonstrations at dozens of universities thousands of miles away in the United States. There have been hundreds of arrests as police have gone in to break them up and remove the protest camps that have been set up. Amid the heightened tensions, three Jewish students with different views towards Israel and its government, share their experience on campus and the impact on their studies.. We also hear from protesters at two Ivy League universities in the US, Colombia and Harvard. One describes witnessing the police raids. They explain their motivation for being part of the protest and reflect on whether their actions might have possible repercussions in the future.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hello I'm James Reynolds. Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
0:05.2	In BBC OS conversations we bring people together to share their experiences and this time
0:10.5	we hear from students across America about life on campus during a turbulent
0:15.2	time of political protest over what's happening in the Middle East.
0:18.7	It started with one protest against Israel at a university a couple of weeks ago and has now spread to multiple campuses across America.
0:30.0	The trigger is what's happening thousands of miles away.
0:33.0	Israel's military campaign in Gaza.
0:35.0	In one of our conversations,
0:37.0	Jewish students share how they have been treated in class.
0:40.0	Log story short, I actually took the exam in a different section than I normally would have that has
0:46.4	happened to sometimes where I've sat down and someone caught up and walked away.
0:56.4	From Columbia University in New York to Yale and to universities in California, Texas and Georgia and spreading to about 20 different
1:01.1	states within a few days, The voice of protest has been heard
1:04.3	across the country. We want Emerson College, number one, call for an immediate
1:09.8	ceasefire in Gaza. Number two, to disclose all financial investments in Zionist
1:15.4	organizations. Number three, to divest from those organizations. Number four, to
1:19.6	drop all charges against students for disciplinary actions.
1:22.6	The only violence that happened at our university was the violence from the police
1:29.6	on innocent peaceful protesters.
1:32.0	The police showed up with riot gear, armored vehicles,
1:35.2	military weaponry, assault rifle, shotguns, pepper spray, choppers flying overhead
1:40.5	and a sniper on the roof. It's very sad to see that some people can protest peacefully.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.