Facing suspensions and threats from the Trump administration, students are evolving their organizing defenses.
Apr 9, 2025 
On Dec. 12, 2023, SUNY Purchase College student Cesar Paul walked into an administrator’s office and headed straight for the window, where a pair of “We Stand With Israel” banners hung facing the campus plaza. Then, Paul took the banners down in protest because, he said, Purchase College was guilty of “double standards.”
After October 2023, the Purchase campus became a protest site for students like Paul who wanted to raise awareness about…