LEXINGTON – The wave of demonstrations protesting Israel’s military response to the Hamas terror attacks of Oct. 7 finally hit the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington last Wednesday evening
LEXINGTON — History has a way of vindicating student protests — civil rights, Vietnam, apartheid — but it can take a while. I was thinking about this while trudging up Woodland Avenue on a sunny afternoon last week to a pro-Palestinian rally at the University of Kentucky. Along the way I passed a group of […] The post ‘Wanting to be free does not insinuate violence’ appeared first on Kentucky Lantern.
Activism on behalf of Gaza’s Palestinian population made its way to Lexington last week, in the form of a rally near the University of Kentucky’s main library. The modest crowd, estimated to number under 300, engaged in no violence, no vandalism, and no threatening behavior. No one faced arrest, nor did counter protestors accost them. […] The post With political protests, don’t trust your lying eyes appeared first on Kentucky Lantern.