Protest
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World
The Ghost of the 1968 Antiwar Movement Has Returned
At the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, anti-Vietnam War protesters clashed with police officers — whose brutal role in the confrontation was later described by a federal commission as a “police riot” — hijacking the focus of the ...
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World
I’m a Columbia Professor. The Protests on My Campus Are Not Justice.
Last Thursday, in the music humanities class I teach at Columbia University, two students were giving an in-class presentation on the composer John Cage. His most famous piece is “4’33”,” which directs us to listen in silence to surrounding noise for ...
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World
Columbia Offers Remote Classes for the Last Days of the Semester
Tensions have rippled out to other schools. Protesters were arrested at Yale and New York University. And new protest encampments popped up on several campuses.
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World
The Circus Trump Wanted Outside His Trial Hasn’t Arrived
With support from demonstrators in Lower Manhattan spotty so far, Donald Trump issued a call to “rally behind MAGA,” and suggested the poor turnout was a result of a plot against his supporters.
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World
Scenes of Protests at Columbia, Yale, M.I.T. and N.Y.U.
Demonstrations and arrests spread across some of America’s most influential universities on Monday, as administrators struggled to defuse tensions on campuses over pro-Palestinian protests on Monday. Nearly 50 people were arrested at Yale University ...
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World
What We Know About the Protests at Columbia University
Demonstrations outside the school gates have added to the upheaval, with protesters who appear unconnected to the university targeting Jewish students.
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World
Columbia, Free Speech and the Coddling of the American Right
As a journalist, you usually go to the front line to find the news. But sometimes the front line finds you. This happened to me not once but twice on Thursday, as an epic battle over freedom of expression on college campuses unfolded from one end ...
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World
A protest 56 years ago became an important part of Columbia’s culture.
Columbia University is no stranger to major student protests, and the uproar that unfolded at the institution on Thursday had echoes of a much bigger revolt in 1968 — another time of upheaval over a war many students deeply believed was immoral. That ...
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World
Protests Intensify at Columbia, Forcing Difficult Choices for Leaders
A university with a proud history of protest told student demonstrators camping on the lawn that they had to leave. The students have vowed to stay, no matter the consequences.
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Arts
At Venice Biennale, Israel’s Show Is Halted, but Protests Go On
The country’s exhibition was already closed after its artist refused to exhibit her work until there was a cease-fire and hostage deal in Gaza. But that didn’t calm the discontent.