‘Student revolution’: US protesters vow to continue despite crackdown
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
More than 1,000 people have been arrested in crackdowns on university protests across the United States. Facing police brutality, arrests, and attacks from counter-protesters, what will student protesters do next?
In this episode:
- Dalia Darazim (@columbiasjp), Student at Columbia University, Organizing Member of Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine
- Sivan Gordon-Buxbaum (@sivangb), Student at Cornell University, Member of Cornell Jewish Voice for Peace
- Kianna Znika (@lizzerdkweenz), Student at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt and KRFH Station Manager
- Arman Deendar (@browndivestcoalition), Student at Brown University, Member of Brown Divest Coalition
- Pauline Strong (@pstrong58), Professor of Anthropology, The University of Texas at Austin
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra, Chloe K. Li and Sonia Bhagat with our host Malika Bilal. Sarí el-Khalili fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, tensions at U.S. college campuses over Israel's war on Daza continue to reach new heights. |
| 0:21.9 | From UCLA and California to Columbia in New York. |
| 0:26.5 | Arrests, videos of police brutality, |
| 0:29.5 | and an attack from counter-protestors on an encampment. |
| 0:34.7 | So where does this student movement go from here? |
| 0:38.3 | I'm Olegi Bilal, and this is the take. |
| 0:47.3 | I'm on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, |
| 0:53.3 | a day after pro-Palestinian |
| 0:55.3 | protesters were violently attacked by pro-Israel counter-protestors. |
| 0:59.7 | I'm inside the encampment right now, the very encampment that was attacked, there has |
| 1:05.2 | been word that this will be forced to be broken up later today. |
| 1:09.1 | Police are circled outside of the encampment. |
| 1:11.6 | Students are moving about. Some are breaking down their tents. Others say they're staying. |
| 1:16.6 | I don't feel comfortable giving my name just because of the tent situation going on |
| 1:21.6 | and attacks that my peers and myself have been getting from groups of Zionists. |
| 1:28.3 | Were you here when the encampment was attacked? |
| 1:33.3 | I was here when the encampment was attacked, but I was outside of the encampment. |
| 1:42.3 | This student was one of several, I talked to you on campus, who was there overnight Tuesday. |
| 1:47.4 | The encampment had been in place for almost two weeks, and like other similar encampments at universities around the country, |
| 1:54.7 | the students there are calling for their school to divest from Israel. |
| 1:59.0 | And at UCLA, their message was met with a violent response |
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