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Today in Focus

The US college protests and the crackdown on campuses

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Police have arrested dozens of students across US universities this week after a crackdown on pro-Palestine protests on campuses. Erum Salam and Margaret Sullivan report from New York. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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This is the Guardian. Today, help protests at one university against the war in Gaza London Heathrow to Beijing, flight time 11 hours, 237 passengers on board, and one murderer. There's no escape.

0:43.0

At 35,000 feet,

0:48.0

at 35,000 feet.

0:50.0

Red eye.

0:52.0

Stream now on I TVX.

0:55.0

There are no universities still running in Gaza.

1:05.0

There were once 12.

1:09.0

Since October 7, reportedly every single one has been damaged.

1:13.2

85% of Gaza's population is displaced,

1:16.4

thousands of students and teachers killed,

1:19.3

the war there continues.

1:21.8

But this week week much of the world's attention was on

1:26.6

campuses a long way away in America and especially New York's prestigious

1:32.2

Columbia University.

1:34.8

It's a beautiful campus, obviously it's an Ivy League University.

1:39.0

It's old historic buildings, Cherry Blossoms line, the walkway of the university.

1:45.0

Erum Salaam is a journalist with Guardian U.S.

1:48.0

Usually kids are just sitting on the lawn, they're playing frisbee, they're doing what college kids do.

1:54.7

In this instance though, the lawn was covered with tents from the encampment protest that's

2:00.1

been going on since last week.

2:03.6

These young protesters have been condemned by some Democrats,

2:07.6

many Republicans.

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