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A banner reading "Intifada" is suspended from the windows of Hamilton Hall, which is now occupied in solidarity with the people in Gaza. The word intifada describes a rebellion, uprising, or resistance movement against oppression.

A banner reading "Intifada" is suspended from the windows of Hamilton Hall, which is now occupied in solidarity with the people in Gaza. The word intifada describes a rebellion, uprising, or resistance movement against oppression.

Meanwhile, the police besieging Cal Poly Humboldt have declared an unlawful assembly and are threatening to use tear gas, rubber bullets, and other potentially lethal weapons to attack the demonstrators occupying it. Thus far, however, they have yet to attack the campus, which remains occupied. https://crimethinc.com/CalPolyTreesit

A banner at the occupied building at Columbia University. The image originally appeared during the May 1968 uprising in Paris.

In response to threats from the university administration, demonstrators at Columbia University have occupied Hamilton Hall, the campus’s main administrative building. Background on how the encampment in solidarity with Gaza began at Columbia: https://crimethinc.com/Columbia2024

In response to threats from the university administration, demonstrators at Columbia University have occupied Hamilton Hall, the campus’s main administrative building. Background on how the ncampment in solidarity with Gaza began at Columbia: https://crimethinc.com/Columbia2024

This report includes a photoessay documenting the occupation of Cal Poly Humboldt and an audio recording of an audio presentation that one participant made via telephone to an encampment on the other side of the country last night.

From Redwood Trees to Olive Groves, the Commune Grows A Statement from the Tree Occupation at Cal Poly Humboldt https://crimethinc.com/CalPolyTreesit An inspiring message from participants in the occupation of Cal Poly Humboldt in solidarity with the people in Gaza, which has held its ground against a massive police mobilization for a week now.

We recommend this poster, "Free Palestine": https://crimethinc.com/posters/free-palestine ...in conjunction with this zine, "A Field Guide to Wheatpasting": https://crimethinc.com/zines/field-guide-to-wheatpasting

Communiqué depuis l’occupation de Cal Poly Humboldt L’occupation du Hall Siemens https://crimethinc.com/2024/04/23/communique-depuis-loccupation-de-cal-poly-humboldt-loccupation-du-hall-siemens Le 22 avril 2023, inspiré∙es par la résilience du Campement de Solidarité avec Gaza à l’Université de Colombia et par d’autres manifestations dans le pays, des étudiant∙es du campus de Cal Poly Humboldt à Arcata, California ont occupé un bâtiment en solidarité avec les palestinien∙nes, qui a précipité des affrontements avec la police à travers la région. Dans le communiqué suivant, des participant∙es de l’occupation décrivent ce qui a eu lieu et ce qu’iels ont appris. Ces événements représentent une escalation importante dans la vague actuelle de manifestations étudiantes de solidarité avec la Palestine. Après un affrontement qui a duré plusieurs heures, la police avait été forcée de se retirer. #Français

Primer día: Estudiantes de la Universidad de Texas Austin toman el césped Un reportaje https://crimethinc.com/2024/04/25/primer-dia-estudiantes-de-la-universidad-de-texas-austin-toman-el-cesped-un-reportaje El 24 de abril, estudiantes de Austin, Texas, desafiaron a la policía mientras protestaban por la complicidad de la administración universitaria en el genocidio de Gaza. #Español

Informe desde dentro de la Ocupación de Edificios de Cal Poly Humboldt La ocupación del Siemens Hall https://crimethinc.com/2024/04/23/informe-desde-dentro-de-la-ocupacion-de-edificios-de-cal-poly-humboldt-la-ocupacion-del-siemens-hall Estudiantes del campus de Cal Poly Humboldt en Arcata (California), ocuparon un edificio en solidaridad con Gaza, precipitando un enfrentamiento con la policía. #Español

Informe desde dentro de la Ocupación de Edificios de Cal Poly Humboldt La ocupación del Siemens Hall https://crimethinc.com/2024/04/23/informe-desde-dentro-de-la-ocupacion-de-edificios-de-cal-poly-humboldt-la-ocupacion-del-siemens-hall Estudiantes del campus de Cal Poly Humboldt en Arcata (California), ocuparon un edificio en solidaridad con Gaza, precipitando un enfrentamiento con la policía. #Español

Rhetoric about "outside agitators" is really intended to cut student protesters off from the one thing that could enable them to stand up to the authorities, which is connection with the off-campus community. If student protesters want to have any bargaining power, they will need alliances with non-students, many of whom have more experience and less to lose. Remember, students, the administrations also have off-campus allies, and they do not hesitate to deploy them against you.

While police around the country are raiding campuses and brutalizing student protesters, the authorities are once again trotting out narratives about "outside agitators." They do this whenever a movement gets out of their control. As we wrote in 2014, during the demonstrations in Ferguson in response to the murder of Michael Brown, "Rhetoric about 'outside agitators' is a military operation intended to isolate and target an enemy: divide and conquer. The enemy that the authorities are aiming at is predominantly black and brown, but it is not just a specific social body; it is also an aspect of our humanity, a part of all of us. The ultimate goal of the police is not so much to brutalize and pacify specific individuals as it is to extract rebelliousness itself from the social fabric. They seek to externalize agitation, so anyone who stands up for herself will be seen as an outsider." https://crimethinc.com/texts/agitators

Ocupaciones de edificios universitarios, 2008-2010 y en la actualidad https://crimethinc.com/2024/04/22/ocupaciones-de-edificios-universitarios-2008-2010-y-en-la-actualidad-1 Un relato desde dentro de la oleada de ocupaciones de edificios universitarios que tuvo lugar en respuesta a las medidas de austeridad tras la recesión de 2008. #Español

Comrades in Texas have produced a hasty zine version of the report from the Gaza solidarity demonstrations at the University of Texas at Austin on April 24 https://crimethinc.com/2024/04/25/day-one-university-of-texas-austin-students-take-the-lawn-a-report#further-resources Please print and distribute!

“Es un honor ser suspendida por Palestina” Envíos desde el Campamento de Solidaridad en la Universidad de Columbia https://crimethinc.com/2024/04/21/es-un-honor-ser-suspendida-por-palestina-envios-desde-el-campamento-de-solidaridad-en-la-universidad-de-columbia Participantes ofrecen un relato pormenorizado del campamento de solidaridad con Gaza en Columbia y valoran las tácticas que han empleado los y las manifestantes. #Español