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UChicago tents on quad protesting Gaza war

Students from the University of Chicago set up a protest encampment in the quad Monday to express support for people in Gaza and call on the university to divest from companies supporting Israel.

Teresa Crawford

UChicago tents on quad protesting Gaza war

Students from the University of Chicago set up a protest encampment in the quad Monday to express support for people in Gaza and call on the university to divest from companies supporting Israel.

Teresa Crawford

Chicago’s pro-Palestinian encampments: The latest from UChicago, DePaul, SAIC and more

Four colleges in Chicago have set up “Liberated Zones” in solidarity with Gaza.

Students from the University of Chicago set up a protest encampment in the quad Monday to express support for people in Gaza and call on the university to divest from companies supporting Israel.

Teresa Crawford

   

Student organizers from Northwestern, University of Chicago, DePaul, and the School of the Art Institute have all set up pro-Palestine encampments in recent weeks. These encampments have been a part of an international student movement calling upon universities to acknowledge the “scholasticide” in Gaza, disclose their investments and holdings and divest from companies with ties to Israel or weapons manufacturers. No arrests have been made yet at Northwestern, UChicago or DePaul, but Chicago police forcefully cleared the SAIC encampment only hours after it had been set up, arresting nearly 70 protesters.

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GUESTS: Lisa Kurian Philip, WBEZ higher education reporter

Lilly Keller, editor-in-chief, The Depaulia

Jacob Wendler, editor-in-chief, The Daily Northwestern

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