What pro-divestment and anti-genocide demonstrations look like on college campuses [Video]

Pro-divestment and anti-genocide demonstrations have erupted on college campuses across the U.S., with students calling on colleges like Columbia University, The University of Southern California and Emory University in Georgia to divest from companies with ties to Israel.

On April 17, Columbia students established what they are calling a Gaza solidarity encampment of about 50 tents to protest the Israel-Hamas war, which has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians since Oct. 7th. The actions sparked a nationwide movement, with students at other universities such as in Michigan and Minnesota following suit.

“It has truly reached this point,” Zaynab Elkolaly, a student at the University of Michigan, told Reckon. “And not just on our campus but across colleges in America, where we are fed up and we are taking matters into our own hands. We want to make sure that we’re not just being symbolic but that we are pressuring our university to tangibly do its part in …