The Columbia campus was cleared of tents and occupiers last night, with as many as 300 people arrested between Columbia and CUNY where police also cleared the campus. Activists at Columbia posted this sad image of the empty campus this morning.
The caption with this reads:
as of this morning, all our tents have been removed by columbia. our hearts ache thinking of the community we built in the last two weeks on our encampment, the national movement that was sparked. the struggle for palestinian liberation will continue, the student intifada will live on, and we will hold the gaza solidarity encampment deep in our hearts forever.
Will the “student intifada” live on? That’s an open question but it’s worth noting that police were busy clearing tent camps and arresting rowdy students at a lot of different schools within the last 24 hours. It’s almost hard to keep track of all of them….
