Much of the nation’s attention has been focused on controversies at Harvard and UPenn in recent days, but over the last two months Columbia University has shown that when it comes to anti-Israel insanity, they are in a class of their own.
Activists at the school are now organizing a ‘tuition strike’ in an effort to force the school to divest from Israel.
Abigail Anthony writes at National Review:
Columbia Students Organize Tuition Strike over ‘Israeli Apartheid’Pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University have organized a tuition strike for the spring 2024 semester over “Israeli apartheid.”“We want our university to refuse to invest in ethnic cleansing and genocide abroad. We refuse to accept our university’s silencing of student voices demanding decolonization on our campus,” reads a document by the students, who intend to announce a tuition strike after 1,000 pledges. “We refuse to allow our tuition dollars to fund apartheid.”The strike is organized by the Barnard Columbia Abolitionist Collective, the Young Democratic Socialists of America, and Student-Worker Solidarity organizations.The protesters demand a referendum for students across all Columbia University schools “on the issue of divestment from companies profiting from or otherwise supporting Israeli apartheid and Columbia’s academic ties to Israel.”
You should take a look at the demands these students.
This goes directly to a criticism I have been making about higher education for a few years now. Too many students think that this is the whole point of going to college now. Protests and activism are not now and never should be a primary reason for going to college. Too many people are wasting their time and our money on this.
Dion J. Pierre of Algemeiner has more:
Columbia University Students Organize ‘Tuition Strike’ to Force Divestment From IsraelAnti-Israel students at Columbia University in New York have organized a “strike” to withhold their tuition payments unless the school accedes to their demands, which include purging the campus of investments, trustee members, and academic programs linked to the Jewish state.“We demand that a referendum be established for students from all schools of Columbia University on the issue of divestment from companies profiting from or otherwise supporting Israeli apartheid and Columbia’s academic ties to Israel,” the students wrote in a document outlining their demands. “This referendum will be binding; if a majority (50% +1) of students vote in favor of divestment, Columbia will immediately divest from all companies profiting from or otherwise supporting Israeli apartheid and end their academic ties to Israel.”The students also called for Columbia to “immediately remove Board of Trustees members whose personal investments, financial commitments, employment, or other forms of business involvement entail profit from or support for Israeli apartheid.”The strike for the 2024 spring semester has been organized by the Barnard Columbia Abolitionist Collective, the Young Democratic Socialists of America, and Student-Worker Solidarity organizations.
This is what is happening at Columbia University right now.
It’s time for Congress to call Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to come in and testify.
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