(2024-05-03). Headlines for May 3, 2024. democracynow.org Israel Continues Air Assault on Rafah, Killing Young Children, Ahead of Its Planned Ground Invasion, Palestinian Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh Dies in Israeli Prison; Released Detainee Describes Horror of Arrest, ICC Warns Netanyahu's Comments Threaten "Independence and Impartiality" of Court, Student Protest Movement for Gaza Gains Steam Despite Police Crackdown, Biden's Dismissal as "Chaos", French Students Escalate Their Gaza Solidarity Protest, Pentagon Concedes U.S. Drone Strike in Syria Killed Civilian Farmer, U.S. Accuses Russia of Using Chemical Weapons in Ukraine, Imposes New San…
(2024-05-03). 'They've sparked resistance around the world' — a Columbia '68er salutes the '24 uprising. mondoweiss.net 
Bob Feldman, who protested at Columbia University in 1968, on the student uprising today, "I would tell these students: people will always remember what you did today . . . and I believe they have accomplished much more in 2024 than we did in 1968."
(2024-05-03). 'I was arrested for trespassing on my own campus': an Emory student on the school's Gaza protest. mondoweiss.net 
David Meer was arrested during the brutal police raid on the Gaza solidarity encampment at Emory University in Atlanta. Meer talks to Mondoweiss about his arrest, the broad Palestine coalition on campus, and why he became involved.
(2024-05-03). Students Of Venezuela March In Support Of Palestine. popularresistance.org University and high school students from Venezuela took the streets of Caracas to demand an end to the genocide of the Palestinian people carried out by the Zionist state of Israel. The Venezuelan students' rallies coincide with a similar student movement in the US that is facing police repression by a government that allegedly is the beacon of democracy. | More than 34,500 Palestinians have since been killed since October 7, 2023, most of them women and children, and over 77,700 are reported as injured amid mass destruction and severe shortages of basic necessities caused by the indiscriminate and criminal Israe…
(2024-05-03). Dartmouth Bans Jewish Studies Prof for 6 Months for Protecting Jewish Opponents of Genocide from Police Violence. fightbackbetter.com 
The following is a play by play — we are looking to reach out to the Dartmouth groups. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2024/05/cam……
(2024-05-03). Denver university launches tent city for Palestine. workers.org 
Denver Students set up a tent city on April 26 on the Auraria campus of Metropolitan State University in Denver. They joined the call for all universities to divest from Israel and for an end to the occupation and genocide in Gaza. At least 100 police officers stood at the . . . |
(2024-05-03). New US Antisemitism Law Turns Critics Against Israeli Genocide Into Criminals. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-03). The students will not tolerate hypocrisy: The Eighteenth Newsletter (2024). mronline.org 
From universities to grassroots movements worldwide, young people are fighting back against the complicity in Israel's genocide of Palestians, setting up encampments and facing repression with resilience. This resistance is rooted in a long tradition to impose clarity upon a world encrusted by compromise, from the movement against apartheid in South Africa to China's May Fourth Movement.
(2024-05-03). Biden backs police repression against non-violent anti-genocide protests. wsws.org The White House fears that the student response to Israeli genocide foreshadows a mass antiwar movement in the working class.
(2024-05-03). Pro-Israel groups vs. student democracy at McGill. mronline.org 
Liberal MP Anthony Housefather is clamoring for the violent suppression of McGill students protesting Israel's genocide in Gaza. It is an odious escalation in the Israel lobby's bid to suppress democracy at the prestigious university.
(2024-05-03). Hundreds Arrested In Gaza Solidarity Encampments In New York City. popularresistance.org Hundreds of students, professors, and community members were beaten and arrested by police officers on the night of April 30, 2024 in New York City. The crackdown and mass arrests at Columbia University and City College, ordered by university administrations, were carried out to clear and evict Gaza solidarity encampments which have been launched by students at dozens of campuses across the country in the last two weeks. | Legal observers estimated that several hundred people were arrested in the coordinated crackdown in the city.
(2024-05-03). The Palestine Solidarity Movement is Making History: Thoughts from a 1968 Columbia University "Outside" Organizer. counterpunch.org Today, on college campuses in the U.S., and around the world, there is a powerful student/faculty/staff/community movement supporting the self-determination of the people of Palestine. It is winning the battle of ideas by challenging the murderous state of Israel, long a proxy for U.S. and British imperialism as these anti-Semitic countries claim to "love the
(2024-05-03). Why Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters Wear Masks On Campus. popularresistance.org As demonstrations over the war in Gaza have surged on campuses, around cities and in offices across the US in recent weeks, a visible tension has emerged between the desire for public protest and a fear of professional reprisals. | On the Columbia University campus, where the latest spike in protests began on 17 April, demonstrators have worn masks and used blankets to block counter-protesters from filming students. Protesters at a tent encampment at the University of Michigan handed out masks upon entry, and students there refused to give reporters their full names in case the school took punitive action against…
(2024-05-03). As A Free Speech Organization, We Condemn Campus Crackdowns. popularresistance.org Defending Rights & Dissent condemns the crackdown taking place across campuses in the United States. Across the country, we have seen protests calling for a ceasefire and end to Israel's brutal war in Gaza. Increasingly, many of these protests have taken place on America's campuses. Since the Columbia University occupation began on April 17, protests, including encampments, have spread across college campuses as students link their opposition to Israel's war with demands for university divestment. In spite of false claims to the contrary, the protests have been overwhelmingly peaceful and nonviolent.
(2024-05-03). Joseph Torres & Collette Watson on Media for Social Justice. fair.org 
(2024-05-03). Palestinian Journalists Awarded 2024 UNESCO Press Freedom Prize. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) awarded the 2024 Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize to Palestinian journalists for their commitment and bravery during the coverage of the Israeli offensive against Gaza. | RELATED: | The award was presented at a ceremony held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santiago, Chile during the 31st World Conference on Press Freedom. | Naser Abubaker, the president of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), accepted the award on be…
(2024-05-03). Portland State University Will 'Pause' Donations From Boeing. popularresistance.org Portland State University (PSU) will temporarily halt donations from Boeing, responding to student calls to cut ties with the giant aerospace and missile manufacturer amidst Israel's war on Gaza. | President Ann Cudd stated in an open letter released Friday that PSU plans to organise a forum in May to address student concerns regarding their affiliations with the multibillion-dollar weapons manufacturer. | She wrote: "PSU will pause seeking or accepting any further gifts or grants from the Boeing Company until we have had a chance to engage in this debate and come to conclusions about a reasonable course of actio…
(2024-05-03). Cuban youth call for rally in solidarity with US university students. plenglish.com Havana, May 3 (Prensa Latina) Hundreds of students of the university community in Cuba, will ratify on Friday, their rejection of the police repression against their counterparts in the United States for denouncing Israel's crimes in Palestine, the Cuban Federation of University Students (FEU, in Spanish) announced.
(2024-05-03). Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war. cpj.org Since the Israel-Gaza war began on October 7, journalists and media across the region have faced a hostile environment that has made reporting on the war exceptionally challenging. In addition to documenting the growing tally of journalists killed and injured, CPJ's research has found multiple kinds of incidents of journalists being targeted while carrying out…
(2024-05-03). May 3, 2024. sitrepworld.info 
Clannad — Siúil A Rún The Enemy Is Among Us? by Philip Giraldi The Bizarre Gymnastics Of The Gaza Aid Pier, by Caitlin Johnstone Peter Koenig: Top Universities Pro-Pal Encampments — A shift Towards Justice or Just Illusion? Students Go After the Hypocrites, by Eric Margolis Battlefield Blood, Campus Blood, by Oliver Boyd-Barrett 70yrs of Israeli war crimes, the cover-up by Evangelicals was an unpardonable sin, by Don Hank The 'Antisemitism' Moral Panic Has Officially Jumped The Shark, by Caitlin Johnstone Protests: This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged, by Natasha Lennard America'
(2024-05-03). After Breaking Silence, Biden Faces Balancing Act On Gaza Demos. latintimes.com Joe Biden broke his silence Thursday on the student protests against Israel's war with Hamas but the US president faces a difficult balancing act to avoid hurting his reelection chances against Donald Trump.
(2024-05-03). The Politics of Student Protests and Their Unintended Consequences. counterpunch.org The current pro-Palestinian student protests may influence President Biden's policies towards Israel, but the protests may also be used by Republicans as part of their law-and-order platform. If Newton's third law of motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, a first law of protest may be that for every
(2024-05-03). University Investments: Divesting from the Military-Industrial Complex. counterpunch.org 
The rage and protest against Israel's campaign in Gaza, ongoing since the October 7 attacks by Hamas, has stirred student activity across a number of US university campuses and beyond. Echoes of the Vietnam anti-war protests are being cited. The docile consumers of education are being prodded and found interested. University administrators and managers are, as they always
(2024-05-03). Loyola And Tulane Students Establish Popular University For Gaza. popularresistance.org New Orleans, LA — On Monday, April 29, around 5 p.m., Students for a Democratic Society at Loyola and Tulane universities held a joint rally and march which gathered over 300 people. Students, university staff and community allies marched on both Tulane and Loyola's campuses. The protesters paused on a sidewalk in front of Tulane's admissions building and Gibson Hall, the oldest structure. Suddenly, the students took to the lawn in front of the building to set up their camping site. | The setup process was met with clashes with law enforcement.
(2024-05-03). More Pro-Palestinian Camps Emerge at Canadian Universities. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, hundreds of students and faculties set up an encampment at the University of Toronto as a wave of pro-Palestinian demonstrations at U.S. universities continued to spread. | RELATED: | The latest protesters on the campus of the University of Toronto have been told they have to leave by 10 p.m. but they are staying onsite. If the protesters' activities remain peaceful, it does not intend to remove them…
(2024-05-03). Japanese Prime Minister visits Brazil. plenglish.com The Planalto Palace reported that the dignitaries will sign a bilateral cooperation agreement on various environmental issues, including climate change and the process of reducing carbon emissions. | Subsequently, the leaders will address issues on the bilateral agenda such as increasing trade and investment flows, consular affairs, science, technology and innovation, partnership in energy transition, cooperation in environmental initiatives, initiatives to combat hunger and poverty, the climate change, the reform of international governance, including the United Nations, and other issues related to peace, secur…
(2024-05-03). Tuesday 5/7: San Jose State Rally for Solidarity with Gaza. indybay.org San Jose State University Student Union…
(2024-05-03). Gaza Student Protest at GWU Continues to Grow. indybay.org Students at GWU continue on with their protest and encampment as the university preppares to have them removed.
(2024-05-03). "Opposing Every War But the Current One, Supporting Civil Rights But Never Right Now" globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-03). Overcoming Whiteness: A Matter for Imagination, Not Law. counterpunch.org 
Whiteness [is] the ownership of the Earth forever and ever, Amen. —W.E.B. Dubois, The Souls of Black Folk whiteness is the world's most dangerous cult today. —Pankaj Mishra, The Religion of Whiteness Modern neuroscience solidly supports Freud's notion that many of our conscious thoughts are complex rationalizations for the flood of instincts, reflexes, motives and deep-seated memories
(2024-05-03). America: A Failed State? globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-03). Winston Churchill: Hero for the Western World, Racist Criminal for the Rest of the World. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-03). Imprensa brasileira faz lavagem cerebral sobre eleiàßàµes pelo mundo. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-03). It's Time to Reclaim America. The Brutality against Our Youth. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-03). To Let Suffering Speak: "Why Art Exists". Kà§the Kollwitz on the Nature of Feminism and Class Struggle at the Museum of Modern Art. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-03). O Regime de Kiev está perdendo mais de mil soldados por dia no front. globalresearch.ca Os dados reais do conflito parecem cada vez mais catastróficos para o regime de Kiev. Além das pesadas perdas materiais e da inutilidade da ajuda ocidental, a Ucrânia sofre com uma taxa de mortalidade crescente no campo de batalha. O …
(2024-05-03). Video: Japanese Oncology Professor Fukushima Condemns mRNA Vaccines as "Evil Practices of Science" globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-03). AstraZeneca Finally Admits That Its COVID-19 Vaccine Can Cause Deadly Blood Clots. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-03). US House Passes Controversial Bill That Expands Definition of Anti-Semitism. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-03). 2,000 Campus Protesters for Gaza Have Been Arrested. Momentum's Only Building. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-03). Gaza Encampments: Invest in Life, Not War. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-03). Last Month's Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca 
(2024-05-03). Selected Articles: The Hidden Messages of the Power Elite's Cultural Apparatus. globalresearch.ca 
By There is a reason the 19th century America industrialists such as Vanderbilt, Mellon, Carnegie, Rockefeller, et al. were called "The Robber Barons." They were …
(2024-05-03). Huawei may be funding research at Harvard, other top US universities through Optica Foundation competition. scmp.com Huawei is the sole funder of a research competition that has attracted hundreds of proposals from scientists, including those at top US universities.
(2024-05-03). Michael Mann: Explaining the Irrationality of War. newleftreview.org Drawing on eight years of comparative-historical research, Michael Mann overturns accepted wisdom on the bellicosity of democracies, the economic grounds for war and the rational calculations of states in a rivalrous world system.
(2024-05-03). While offshore student visa applications fall, onshore applications boom. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-05-03). Nick Burns: Student Debt in American Society. newleftreview.org The intense debate around American student loans has largely been cast in moral terms—fairness, forgiveness, desert. Nick Burns instead provides a hard-headed analysis of the political and economic interests that built a credit pyramid out of higher education.
(2024-05-03). Huawei anonymously funds research at Harvard, other top US universities through Optica Foundation competition. scmp.com Huawei is the sole funder of a research competition that has attracted hundreds of proposals from scientists, including those at top US universities.
(2024-05-03). Princeton Students on Hunger Strike! fightbackbetter.com 
Previous Reports: | Dear Members of Princeton University and Mercer County, | In her letter to the Princeton community on April 30 VP Rochelle Calhoun states, "As…
(2024-05-03). Students form a "human blockade" in front of the UC after Board of Trustees failed to hold a divestment vote. newschoolfreepress.com
(2024-05-03). Dubai rain havoc: Flights cancelled, schools & offices shut ; Orange alert issued | Check Details. ptcnews.tv Dubai rain havoc: Following flooding in April, heavy rains have once again descended upon the United Arab Emirates, resulting in the cancellation and delay of several flights in and out of Dubai. With this inclement weather, authorities have urged residents, including students, to work and study from the safety of their homes.
(2024-05-03). Rob Lucas: From Thick to Thin. newleftreview.org Rob Lucas on Lorraine Daston, Rules. A historian of science tackles the thinning of 'rules': how paradigms to play with became regulations and algorithms to obey.
(2024-05-03). The rise of student protests for Palestine in the US and UK. newarab.com 
Violent scenes from Much of the spotlight has been focused on Columbia University, where a student protest and encampment has been ongoing for nearly two weeks,
(2024-05-03). Which countries have also kickstarted student protests. newarab.com 
Students have set up encampments or organised rallies at The health ministry in Gaza said on Thursday that at least 34,596 people were killed in the Palestinian territory by Israeli forces during almost seven months of war with student protests across the US stepping up demanding an end to the bloodshed.
(2024-05-03). Explainer: What's significance of Columbia's Hamilton Hall, renamed 'Hind's Hall'? presstv.ir In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, student protesters at Columbia University in New York broke into Hamilton Hall on campus and renamed it "Hind's Hall" in honor of the 6-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab who was killed by the Israeli regime forces in Gaza.
(2024-05-03). UK students occupy campuses in protest at Israeli war on Gaza. presstv.ir Occupation of UK universities comes as US riot police violently evict student encampments at several campuses.
(2024-05-03). US violently clears pro-Palestine camp as student arrests reach 2,200. presstv.ir US riot police have dismantled a pro-Palestinian protest camp at the University of California at Los Angeles, a day after it was attacked by pro-Israel supporters.
(2024-05-03). Chicago University joins Gaza campus protests. presstv.ir Students across the US are demanding that their universities and colleges disclose their ties to the Israeli regime, and at the same time divest from them.
(2024-05-03). Pro-Palestine student protests proliferate across the world. presstv.ir Pro-Palestine student protests have intensified in several countries across the world, including Canada, France, Mexico, and Australia, amid a crackdown on their counterparts in the United States and a mounting death toll from Israel's war on Gaza.
(2024-05-03). US police use tear gas, rubber bullet against pro-Palestinian students. presstv.ir The US police have used tear gas and rubber bullets as anti-Israel protests are further spreading across university campuses in the country.
(2024-05-03). University in Tehran offers scholarship to expelled students in US, Europe. presstv.ir The second Iranian university has offered scholarships to students in the US and Europe who have been expelled for taking part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campuses.
(2024-05-03). Displaced Gazans thank US students for their support. presstv.ir Displaced Gazans write graffiti on their tents, thanking US students for their support.
(2024-05-03). Inspired by demos in US, students in Lebanon protest for Gaza. presstv.ir They were inspired by similar demonstrations taking American and European campuses by storm.
(2024-05-02). Clifton HS Student March Friday, May 3 12:10pm at Clifton City Hall. fightbackbetter.com Source: North Jersey! NJ students need your support! Clifton High School students will be marching from the school to Clifton City Hall in solidarity with Palestine on Friday, May 3. Community members are invited to join their protest at 12: 10pm at Clifton City Hall, 900 Clifton Ave, Clifton, NJ. For more information, see
New York police arrested a total of 282 Palestine protesters across the city in what appeared to be a coordinated attack by the city government on student protest encampments.
Liberal MP Anthony Housefather is clamoring for the violent suppression of McGill students protesting Israel's genocide in Gaza. It is an odious escalation in the Israel lobby's bid to suppress democracy at the prestigious university.
Reality of who is violent cuts across 'mainstream' and pro-Israel propaganda — but media 'both-sides' the one-sided racist attack The propaganda of pro-Israel groups and 'mainstream' media was again exposed last night after a pro-Israel mob of around one hundred mounted an assault on University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) students protesting peacefully against Israel's …
Tuesday's raid on Columbia University came 56 years to the day that police raided Hamilton Hall, arresting 700 students protesting racism and the Vietnam War. Democracy Now! co-host Juan González, who was a student leader at the historic 1968 protest, says the violent crackdown on Columbia University and other campuses across the United States has refocused national attention on "an unjust war," carried out by Israel with U.S. backing. "No commencement in America will occur in the next month where the war in Gaza is not a burning issue," he says. He adds that the more diverse makeup…
New York police in full riot gear stormed Columbia University and the City College of New York Tuesday night, arresting over 300 students to break up Gaza solidarity encampments on the two campuses. The police raid began at the request of Columbia President Minouche Shafik, who has also asked the police to remain a presence on campus until at least May 17 to ensure solidarity encampments are not reestablished before the end of the term. Police also raided CUNY after the administration made a similar call for the police to enter campus. Democracy Now! was on the streets outside Columbia on Tuesday night and spoke…
By What if the so-called student movement, the ICC "attempt" to arrest top Israeli officials including the …
Philadelphia Joining around 80 college campuses across the United States, University of Pennsylvania students, faculty and staff established a Penn for Palestine encampment on the campus April 25 to demand: the administration disclose what companies they have invested billions of endowment funds in and that they divest from any that . . . | 
As protests continue on campuses across North America, we go to the University of Southern California, where the union representing about 3,000 graduate student workers at USC has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the school to end campus militarization and drop charges against students and faculty. The "rampant violence that they inflicted on our workers" violates the National Labor Relations Act, says Margaret Davis, president of UAW Local 872. "It was a clear act of retaliation because people were engaging in pro-Palestinian free speech, which they have a right to."…
When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York.
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Pro-Israel supporters have launched a series of violent attacks on pro-Palestinian The attacks erupted on Wednesday before dawn shortly after the expansion of UCLA's pro-Palestine protest camp, established last Thursday, CNN reported. | Rival pro-Israel group members had become increasingly violent and confrontational, according to UCLA student newspaper Daily Bruin, which reporte…
US campus pro-Palestine protests have inspired university students in the In Jordan, students at several universities on Tuesday organised in support of Gaza, following a call from the group Student Forum to close ranks with "What is happen…
Hundreds of students gathered at university campuses in Students, alumni and other Lebanese gathered at campuses in the capital Beirut and elsewhere on Tuesday, waving Palestinian flags and posters demanding their universities <...
Dozens of helmeted police marched on to AFP journalists could see police climbing up to the second story of Hamilton Hall from a laddered truck and disappear inside, as student newspaper the Columbia Spectator said arrests were being made. | Hami…