Historic Gaza Protests at Columbia U. Enter Day 6; Campus Protests Spread Across Country

[Uncle Joe]

Columbia University canceled in-person classes Monday as campus protests over the war in Gaza enter a sixth day. The protests have swelled after the school administration called in the police to clear a student encampment last week, resulting in over 100 arrests. Solidarity protests and encampments have now sprouted up on campuses across the country, including at Yale, MIT, Tufts, NYU, The New School and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Palestinian reporter Jude Taha, a journalism student at Columbia University, describes events on campus as "an unprecedented act of solidarity" that student organizers are modeling on antiwar protests in 1968. She says Columbia University President Minouche Shafik's claims of an unsafe environment on campus are contradicted by the generally calm and productive atmosphere among the protesters, adding that the school's heavy-handed response, including suspensions and evictions, is being seen as "an intimidation tactic" by organizers.

Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET.

[JohnSJ]

1. I guess according to "democracy now", we shouldn't believe the Jewish

students at Columbia reporting feel threatened, harassed, and bullied.

That speaks volumes itself about democracy now reporting

[Uncle Joe]

2. If you prefer, the corporate media is out there to cover

"rump's' historic" trial, they had his pic front and center all day long.

Democracy Now speaks for democracy, the corporate media screams volumes for selling and/or influencing the people.

Some people are just afraid of democracy, because they don't believe in the goodness of humanity, they prefer the control of the corporate/oligarch supremacy bubble, it seems comfortable to them.

[JohnSJ]

3. lol. DN is far from speaking "for democracy". Their anti-NATO, blaming

the U.S. for Russia invading Ukraine demonstrated exactly what their agenda is.

When was the last time they interviewed someone from the right?

They sure had no problem giving a forum to Jill Stein in 2016, or Ralph Nader in 2000

[murielm99]

4. I always try to keep an open mind.

However, democracy now reporting makes it difficult for me to live up to that.

[Uncle Joe]

5. Democracy is not easy, it requires one to listen

to information that they don't necessarily agree with.

The alternative in not doing so only leaves ignorance, and fear which is then exploited by the corporate media to sell and influence.

How democratic would the U.S. be if FOX "News" had never come along in 1980s?

That's how we got *rump.

Any democracy is only as good as its' information sources, and if those information sources are compromised, you end up with a dysfunctional society whether it be Israel or the U.S.