Last May there were pro-Palestinian protests at the University of Michigan, just as there were a lots of other schools around the country.
BREAKING: The Encampment at the University of Michigan is currently being raided. Pepper spray has been deployed. pic.twitter.com/GyDFKCw5cy
— Stu (@thestustustudio) May 21, 2024
But at U of M things took a different turn when a slate of candidates ran for student government positions and won. The campaign had one goal: To force U of M to divest all of the school’s endowment money from Israel.
Pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor were frustrated by their inability to persuade the university to divest endowment funds from Israel and military-weapons manufacturers, so they came up with an idea: run a slate of candidates for student government based on a provocative platform. If elected, they’d refuse to fund…
