Activists claim merely held building to ‘ sponsor teach-ins’ on Palestine
Pomona College officials followed up on its promises to control those responsible after several anti-Israel activists stormed a school building early next week.
A few Pomona pupils were “evicted, suspended, and banned from school,” and their food plans were” cut,” according to the party Pomona Divest from Apartheid’s Instagram page.
The party claimed” the lot” of those facing restrictions are low-income, first-generation majority students.
” What had people possibly have done to support immediately severing their accessibility to housing, food, health care, work, schooling”? the team asked.
The explanation had been, as reported by , The College Fix, that the protesters trashed Carnegie Hall and forced classes” to shut down or emigrate” and students” to escape through empty windows”.
Pomona Divest from Apartheid alleged Pomona authorities are “indiscriminately suspending”,” surveilling” and “mass racial]ly ] stereotyping” individuals.”
” Admin is throwing costs at anyone and everyone, to see if they’ll stay,” the party said”. At totalitarian Pomona College, you can be suspended for attending a protest.”
In a joint post by Pomona Divest from Apartheid and Mudders Against Murder, the groups claimed” what really happened “at Carnegie Hall was that activists” entered ]… ] and began hosting teach-ins and programming to recenter Palestine.”
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” Carnegie was not under job, Palestine is,” the parties said. They added a simple four-and-a-half hour acquisition to teach students about Israeli rights and opposition, read literature, and have pizza does no form an” occupation.”
The Claremont Independent reports Thursday’s Pomona university meeting” centered” the Carnegie invasion and that President Gabrielle Starr was” clearly personal. ” Regarding the campaigners ‘ actions, some university pointed out that” guidelines without consequences are really suggestions.”
In a statement, Pomona’s Faculty Executive Committee chided the activists ‘ antics, noting” the fact that this activity took place on October 7, a time that should have inspired a very different kind of meeting, simply added insult to injury.”
The majority of those who occupied Carnegie are no Pomona students, according to Starr in a Friday information, but” those involved who are enrolled at Pomona and” another Claremont Colleges” would be subject to discipline, according to the Claremont Courier.
” I anticipate that, within the scope of the student code, and commensurate with personal circumstances, sanctions will variety broadly, including campus restrictions, suspension and expulsion — a move we do not take gently,” Starr said”. As often, we have expected process on our school, with possibilities for appeal.”
Less: Professional development for teachers:” Resistance to imperialism is never terrorism.”
h/t to Steve McGuire
IMAGES: CarmenKarin/Shutterstock .com, Pomona Divest from Apartheid, Mudders Against Murder/Instagram
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