• GarfGirl [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 months ago

    They have very simple demands, they’re not giving some pie in the sky stuff like “have Joe Biden tried for war crimes and abolish capitalism” or something; the protests all have demands along the lines that their university boycott Israeli companies and cut ties with weapons manufacturers aiding the genocide. To claim otherwise is completely infantalising to the protestors who are risking their university positions and physical health to protest despite the police crackdowns.

    Here’s a link to the list of demands of the student protest in new York, for instance

    And here’s a picture of the list of the demands of the columbia faculty protest: