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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsthings got crazy at USC today (Los Angeles)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RdehqVOxZU0pfitz59
(10,390 posts)Beware 5th columnists stirring up riots. Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, Steve Miller and other scum are likely hatching plans.
bamagal62
(3,269 posts)I mentioned this to my husband today. It all seems planned to me. Maybe Im wrong. But, something seems off.
electric_blue68
(14,933 posts)bamagal62
(3,269 posts)But, it all seems like it was planned. Maybe a few were legit. But, Im just trying to get my head around it. Something seems fishy to me. The UT Austin doesnt seem right. I honestly dont believe this many college kids are that engaged. Im not sure what to think. I find it all confusing and it causes me to question whats happening.
electric_blue68
(14,933 posts)As an NYC'r who when I was doing certain things in the '80s, '90s, early "00s in particular visiting certain stores, and places would often go past Columbia U. I've even been inside in their Big Courtyard once, maaaaybe twice.
So that's the one I've been following mostly.
I'll have to check out what you were looking at. 👍
LeftInTX
(25,551 posts)It's a huge campus. UT is one reason Abbott already had those riot police in place. Everyone is always protesting in Austin. It's a big protest town with a liberal student body and super conservative state government. It makes for perfect confrontations. UT students are always running over to the capitol to protest because the Texas legislature is ALWAYS up to no good.
We've had alot of protests in San Antonio. I recognize a few of the people from when I was in Indivisible etc. They had a protest at UTSA today. The Party for Socialism and Liberation is pretty active here.
Tons of Gonzo journalists are sending footage of the carnage in Gaza and it's pulling on everyone's heartstrings.
Plus there is this:
Anti-Israel NGOs threaten to 'seize' campuses across USA to 'force' BDS
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is designated as a terrorist organization by numerous countries and international organizations, including the US, EU, Canada, and Israel.
Sanctioned anti-Israel groups hold Columbia University event as students suspended
Holloway said on March 28 that the investigator had been hired following the Resistance 101 event, which featured speakers from Within Our Lifetime, Masar Badil (the Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movement) and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoners Network. Masar Badil and Samidoun are alleged to be connected to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorist group.
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-798038
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-795533
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine was founded in 1967. It's been around for a long time.
womanofthehills
(8,761 posts)are connected and can garner up big crowds within an hour. I remember they did that at Grand Central station. They put out a social media call & NYers rushed over to Grand Central.
Our small NM town can do the same thing on a smaller scale -we have a group called Resistiendo - to fight off big corporations wanting to make our area a utility corridor. We have a bank account & a lawyer.
We can get a huge response in a day if need be.
H2O Man
(73,605 posts)It seems to surprise some here that young people can think and act at the same time.