The Student Intifada
A little over two years ago, the student movement for Palestine transformed American college campuses seemingly overnight. But the passion and energy that built those encampments wasn’t enough to sustain the fight.
Student demonstrators at Columbia University lock arms to prevent law enforcement from entering the barricaded Hamilton Hall, which 44 students, alumni, and university affiliates occupied in late April 2024. (Alex Kent / Getty Images)
In the spring of 2024, student encampments sprang up throughout the country, demanding not just an end to the war but divestment from companies tied to Israel’s brutal occupation of Palestine and its genocidal assault on Gaza. It was unprecedented in recent US student politics. Tens of thousands of young people participated, and dozens of […]
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