Many of us across the United States have been captivated by college and university protests and demonstrations in support of palestinian human rights. Movement began at new yorks Prestigious Columbia University and quickly spread all across the country from major universities to small colleges. And they continued to spread to universities around the world. It is proven to be the biggest american campus political movements since the height of the vietnam war. These demonstrations grew quickly and remained peaceful. So why did University Administrators at almost every one of these institutions use campus and local Police Departments to break them up with violence . Why were students arrested for allegedly trespassing on their own campuses . And why did universities not even attempt to engage the students in a conversation about palestine about human rights and about development from israel . Im john to reaku. Welcome to the whistle blowers the. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 since the start of the wa
Calling for peace and for the universities to divest from investments in israel. The logical next step would have been for University Leaders to engage the students in a conversation and perhaps to consider their demands. But instead, the protests which had been almost entirely peaceful, were met with Violence Police arrest and students by the hundreds. They fired tear gas and rubber bullets, and they forcibly uploaded the 10th encampments, destroyed them and threw them away. Even worse, many of the universities led by columbia, had the students charged with crimes including criminal trespassing. But if a student is trespassing, that means that he or she cant go to class and worse, it means the student cant even go to his or her own student housing. So not only were the students arrested, they were also essentially thrown out of school and made homeless. It was a pattern that soon was repeated across the country. Our guest today has followed this issue very closely. Hes been on campus
Protests and demonstrations in support of palestinian human rights. The movement begin at new yorks Prestigious Columbia University and quickly spread all across the country from major universities to small colleges. And they continued to spread universities around the world. It is proven to be the biggest american campus political movements since the height of the vietnam war. These demonstrations grew quickly and remained peaceful. So why did University Administrators at almost every one of these institutions use campus and local Police Departments to break them up with violence . Why were students arrested for allegedly trespassing on their own campuses . And why did universities not even attempt to engage the students in a conversation about palestine about human rights and about development from israel . Im john to reaku. Welcome to the whistle blowers the. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 since the start of the war on guys, on october 7th, 2023. Many people around the world has been appalled by the
Minutes here on our to international the many of us across the United States have been captivated by college and university protests and demonstrations in support of palestinian human rights. The Movement Began at new yorks Prestigious Columbia University and quickly spread all across the country from major universities to small colleges. And they continued to spread universities around the world. It is proven to be the biggest american campus Political Movement since the height of the vietnam war. These demonstrations grew quickly and remained peaceful. So why did University Administrators at almost every one of these institutions use campus and local Police Departments to break them up with violence . Why were students arrested for allegedly trespassing on their own campuses . And why did universities not even attempt to engage the students in a conversation about palestine about human rights and about to investment from israel . Im john to reaku. Welcome to the whistle blowers the.
It means the student cant even go to his or her own student housing. So not only were the students arrested, they were also essentially thrown out of school and made homeless. It was a pattern that soon was repeated across the country. Our guest today has followed this issue very closely. Hes been on campus with the students and his written about developments extensively. Were very happy to have chris hedges with us. Chris is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who was a Foreign Correspondent for 15 years for the New York Times, where he served as the middle east bureau chief and the bulk and bureau chief for the paper. You previously worked overseas for the dallas morning news. The Christian Science monitor and National Public radio. Hes the host of the show, the chris hedges report present. Thanks so much for joining us. Were glad to have you. Thank you, john. Chris, id like to begin with a very powerful piece that you wrote for Consortium News about the University Demonstrations at