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US Undergrads Are Getting an Extracurricular Crash Course in Labor Organizing
Eleven new labor unions for undergraduate student-workers entered the fray in 2023 alone, and more are organizing.
![Students for Justice in Palestine rally with speeches, signs and demands at Cal State LA in Los Angeles on Wednesday, May 1, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_05-16-csu-palestine-protest-400x300.jpg)
CSU Punishes University President for Conceding to Student Protesters’ Demands
The California State University system cited “insubordination” as the reason for the harsh punishment.
![Police break through barricades set up by pro-Palestinian demonstrators at an encampment as smoke rises at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) on May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2151149170-400x300.jpg)
Medics Say Police Weapons Drew Blood and Cracked Bones at UCLA Protest
One witness said some protesters required not just a visit to the emergency room, but actual hospitalization.
![A protester in a kuffiyeh chants at cops through a megaphone](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0515-palestine-uaw-400x300.jpg)
Some Unions Are Supporting Student Protesters as Campus Crackdowns Continue
Crackdowns on encampments have become issues of contract violations and workplace safety for some unions.
![Union Theological Seminary Votes to Divest From Israel’s War on Gaza](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/seg2-guest-Serene-400x300.jpg)
Union Theological Seminary Votes to Divest From Israel’s War on Gaza
The Columbia-affiliated seminary is one of the first schools to begin divesting from companies that profit from the war.
![A student waving a Palestinian flag walks among the tents in an encampment at Northwestern University on April 25, 2024, in Evanston, Illinois.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0514-palestine-400x300.jpg)
Activists Carry Forward Momentum of Campus Protests With New Waves of Organizing
“We have to be impossible to ignore,” says Palestinian academic, author and organizer Eman Abdelhadi.
![Pro-Palestinian students and their supporters form a protective chain around a temporary Gaza solidarity encampment outside the office of George Washington University president Ellen Granberg in Washington, D.C., on May 9, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2151722341-400x300.jpg)
How One Student Gaza Encampment Built a Model for Deaf Accessibility
Deaf pro-Palestine students joined their hearing peers at the now-cleared George Washington University encampment.
![Pro-Palestinian supporters gather outside Harris County Jail after two people were arrested following a pro-Palestinian encampment on University of Houston campus on May 8, 2024, in Houston, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2152207008-400x300.jpg)
University Leaders Are in the Wrong. Students and Faculty Won’t Back Down.
Campus activism for Palestinian liberation won’t be halted by university administrators' lawless crackdowns.
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Princeton Students Vow to Remain on Hunger Strike Until the University Divests
The hunger strikers are also calling for Princeton University to drop charges against students arrested on campus.
![Students chant during a pro-Palestinian protest at Emory University on April 25, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0510-emory-400x300.jpg)
Universities Have Failed Their Democratic Mission by Repressing Gaza Protests
Universities are using draconian measures against student protesters who refuse to deem Palestinian suffering “unreal.”