US Campus Protests: History has Shown Repeatedly that the Young have Always been Right
Zeenath Khan | 30 April 2024 | The Scroll
“When is anyone going to help us?” lamented a Gazan boy during the first month of Israeli bombardment.
A video of that heartbreaking plea is one of the countless that have emerged from Gaza over the past six months. The boy’s prayers must have sprouted wings, flown over the seas, and landed in the hearts of American college students. Their unwavering support has given a voice to the long-suffering Palestinians.
At Columbia University in New York, students began an encampment on April 17, pitching tents on their campus lawns. Since then, red pins denoting university campuses gripped by Palestine solidarity rallies have crowded the map of the United States. So far, nine hundred students across the country have been arrested. The toll of those suspended and evicted from university housing rises by the hour. Yet, the harsher the crackdown, the higher the turnout at the rallies….