The Campus Protesters Explain Themselves

This episode contains explicit language.
Over recent months, protests over the war in Gaza have rocked
college campuses across the United States.

As students graduate and go home for the summer, three joined
“The Daily” to discuss why they got involved, what they wanted to
say and how they ended up facing off against each other.


Guests: 


Mustafa Yowell, a student at the University of Texas at
Austin

Elisha Baker, a student at Columbia University

Jasmine Jolly, a student at Cal Poly Humboldt



Background reading: 


Pro-Palestinian student activists say their movement is
anti-Zionist but not antisemitic. It is not a distinction that
everyone accepts.

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University
passed a resolution of no confidence in the university’s
president, Nemat Shafik.  



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