It’s interesting to see how the campus protests are dividing the left into two camps at this moment. I think the division can be seen pretty clearly in how various elements of the left-wing media are responding to the building takeovers and vandalism on various campuses.
On the far left, you have shock at the police and university reaction to the protests while the more moderate left is shocked by the behavior of students and concerned about how this looks to normal people around the country. For example of the far-left reaction, here’s Natasha Lennard at the Intercept:
It was a police response reminiscent of the repression that met protesters in the 2020 George Floyd uprisings. Nearly four years ago, police also responded with extraordinary violence to a mass protest. Then, the alleged provocation involved crucial acts of militant resistance, including low-level but widespread…
