University staff grapple with protesters inside Hamilton Hall
A maintenance worker confronts demonstrators attempting to barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall at Columbia University in New York City in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Student protest group confirms Hamilton Hall occupation, warns authorities against using force
A student protest group at Columbia confirmed its members had “reclaimed” the Hamilton Hall building just after midnight and would continue there until Columbia concedes to the movement’s demands, which include cutting ties with Israeli institutions.
Columbia University Apartheid Divest said on X: “Liberators acting in solidarity with Palestine continue to hold themselves to a higher standard than Columbia.”
The statement addressed Columbia’s administrators and trustees and referenced deadly crackdowns on anti-Vietnam war rallies, warning them not to “incite another Kent…
