America’s police forces are at war with college students. Inspired by students who set up encampments on Columbia University’s lawn, more than 90 college campuses across 40 states have set up similar actions to protest their schools’ investments in Israel. Some have set up camps, while others have staged sit-ins or occupied buildings, but nearly all have been confronted by highly militarized police departments brought in by administrators.

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    Thousands of people raised guavas into the air near the headquarters of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Saturday to protest its ongoing rule ahead of the inauguration of a new DPP ...
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  • Police take some protesters at UC Irvine into custody, break up Gaza Solidarity Encampment
    Police took multiple people into custody and cleared a Gaza Solidarity Encampment at UC Irvine on Wednesday evening, more than two weeks after it was established.
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