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Drexel Students Set Up Palestine Encampment, Call for Divestment From Israel
Philadelphia, PA — Students at Drexel University established an encampment in support of divesting from Israel on May 18, following a rainy Nakba Day commemoration march from Center City that started around 4 p.m. Philadelphia and Drexel police officers quickly surrounded the encampment with a…
DU Jewish Students in Support of Gaza Solidarity Encampment Claim Misrepresentation by Administration
Denver, CO — It has been 10 days since students at the University of Denver (DU) set up an ongoing Gaza solidarity encampment, in part, to demand the university divests from Israel. On May 19, the students held a press conference to shed light on…
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UPenn Students Arrested at Palestine Demo After Building Occupation Attempt
Nearly twenty UPenn students and supporters were arrested after briefly occupying Fisher-Bennett Hall along 34th Street. Officers including UPenn's Emergency Response Teams worked to shove hundreds of pro-Palestine demonstrators away from what they renamed Refaat Alareer Hall. The action was an extension of the encampment organizing swept by police action a week earlier.
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Vandals Attack Caterpillar Building in Tucson on Nakba Day
Late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning, anonymous vandals smashed out at least five windows of the Caterpillar headquarters in Tucson, Arizona in solidarity with those observing Nakba Day.
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‘The People’s Graduation’ Celebrates Dozens in Denver During Pro-Palestine Ceremony
Denver, CO — On Sunday afternoon, more than 100 people gathered on the Tivoli Quad at the Auraria Campus to witness and celebrate the dozens of graduates and student activists who participated in “The People’s Graduation” organized by the campus’ pro-Palestine solidarity encampment that’s been…
Activists Attempt to Storm Tesla Gigafactory in Germany
Grünheide, Germany — Over a thousand environmental protesters broke through lines of polizei and reached the outside of Tesla’s only European factory on May 10 in an action opposing Tesla’s extreme water usage and planned expansion in the area.
The protest was organized by a…