Tagged - Protest

Blindspots: How the media spun a protest into an attack

The University has a clear interest in tamping down protests related to its academic involvement with Israel, appeasing pro-Israel donors and administrators.

These ‘wanted’ posters are antisemitic. Period

Labeling the posters with “wanted” provides a uniquely dangerous situation, in which actors are inciting violence against administrators and Jews. 

‘Wanted’ posters accusing University affiliates displayed throughout campus

Posters describing University affiliates as ‘wanted’ for involvement in the Israel-Palestine conflict were displayed throughout campus late Sunday night into early Monday morning.

Students protest for an Arms Embargo

Local community members joined students like members from the Rochester Committee to End Apartheid and the Party for Socialism and Liberation of the Finger Lakes division.

The impact of campus activism that falls into misinformation: A Syrian’s perspective

When campus activists speak of Israel’s “senseless violence” or “systematic erasure,” they fail to recognize that Hezbollah itself has been a major contributor to this cycle of destruction.

The surprising thing I learned when I was invited into UR’s Free Palestine encampment

It was the fact that these students were here at all, on this quad, in this camp, acting in solidarity with the several hundred thousand Palestinians refugees who, because of the war, were now forced to live in tents. This didn’t feel like a UR thing.

Students protest for Gaza and Lebanon

This was the largest protest held on campus since the latest updated protest policies released on Aug. 24.

Party for Socialism and Liberation protest DoD-sponsored event outside MAG

“Free Palestine! The military-industrial complex is complicit in genocide. All of you are complicit. Free Palestine!”  This was what protest co-organizer CJ Militello shouted as security dragged him out of the Memorial Art (MAG) Gallery Sept. 16.

Eastman students protest administration’s Title IX response

Second-year doctoral student Rebecca Bryant Novak stood in front of Eastman School of Music’s concert hall last Monday to protest against misogyny.

Gaza solidarity encampment: Live updates

The Campus Times is live tracking the Gaza solidarity encampment on Wilson Quad and the administrative response to it. Read our updates here.