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How college protests against war in Gaza compare to demonstrations of the past

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

As protests of Israel's war in Gaza spread to campuses across the country, some see parallels between today's demonstrations and college protests of the past. Amna Nawaz discussed that with University of Texas history professor Steven Mintz and professor and historian at the City University of New York, Angus Johnston. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

One of the biggest developments of this week has been the expansion of college protests and encampments.

0:07.0

Encampments continue to pop up, including today at the University of North Carolina.

0:12.0

Meanwhile, protesters at Columbia University say they can't. University of

0:14.1

North Carolina.

0:11.4

Meanwhile, protesters at Columbia University say they cannot reach an agreement with the school

0:16.7

and intend to keep theirs going indefinitely.

0:19.4

Hundreds of students have been arrested and charges have been brought against some students as well during clashes.

0:26.0

Overnight more violent clashes between pro-Palestinian protesters and police, this time at Ohio State

0:35.9

University. Officers moved to disperse a crowd after an hours-long demonstration

0:41.2

citing rules banning overnight events.

0:44.4

More than a dozen people were arrested.

0:49.2

The latest wave of protests and encampments follow demonstrations at Columbia University

0:54.3

last week. Similar scenes have popped up at scores of other colleges over the

0:58.8

last several days and have led to hundreds of arrests. Video from Emory University yesterday

1:05.0

shows officers pinning a protester to the ground and tasing him.

1:09.0

Some demonstrators are calling on their universities

1:12.0

to cut financial ties with Israel.

1:14.0

We came together to make demands on the university,

1:17.0

to divest the endowment from corporations that profit off of Israeli genocide,

1:22.0

to disclose where our money is invested in the first place.

1:26.1

While others want to bring attention to the war in Gaza.

1:29.4

We want to be visible.

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