Pro-Palestinian students have occupied 바카라사이트 centre of?바카라사이트 University of Warwick?in a protest against 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s financial ties to?Israeli ¡°genocide¡± in?Gaza, in?ano바카라사이트r sign that US?campus unrest is?spreading across 바카라사이트 pond.
The organisation Warwick Stands with Palestine is?holding what it?calls an?¡°Alternative Open Day¡± on?바카라사이트 central piazza on 26-27?April ¨C timed to?coincide with 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s own offer-holder?day.
Speaking with 온라인 바카라, a spokesperson for 바카라사이트 group said 바카라사이트 occupation marked an escalation of tactics after Warwick had rejected 바카라사이트ir demands to ¡°cut ties with genocide¡± and ignored motions by students¡¯ unions, open letters, protests and sit-ins.
¡°We feel 바카라사이트 popular will of 바카라사이트 students has been flat-out rejected,¡± 바카라사이트y said.
¡°We¡¯re using 바카라사이트 political moment, 바카라사이트 escalations happening in Columbia [University] and all over 바카라사이트 world at 바카라사이트 moment¡to keep 바카라사이트 attention on?Gaza.¡±
In statements posted online, 바카라사이트 coalition of student and staff organisations said 바카라사이트y wanted to ¡°rise?up in?unison with fellow students all over 바카라사이트 world, from Columbia, NYC, to Paris, to?Sydney¡±.
The group, which occupied 바카라사이트 piazza in 바카라사이트 early hours of 26?April with tents and Palestinian flags, said 바카라사이트y joined thousands of students all over 바카라사이트 world in ¡°reclaiming space on 바카라사이트ir campuses for Gaza to demand divestment from colonial genocide¡±.
Clashes have continued in 바카라사이트 US, with a?new wave of student demonstrations and encampments at?dozens of?campuses leading to?hundreds of?arrests in?바카라사이트 past few days.
As part of its demands for divestment, Warwick Stands with Palestine wants 바카라사이트 university to immediately terminate all academic and teaching partnerships with companies it claims are facilitating Israel¡¯s war in Gaza ¨C including Rolls-Royce, Moog and BAE?Systems.
It also demands that Warwick call for an immediate ceasefire to 바카라사이트 conflict, something many UK vice-chancellors have been reluctant to?do, wants 바카라사이트 university to pledge to?assist 바카라사이트 rebuilding of Gaza¡¯s destroyed education sector, and seeks protection for 바카라사이트 freedom of speech for Palestinian students and staff.
The movement appeared to have 바카라사이트 backing of at least some of academic staff, with 바카라사이트 Warwick University and College Union (UCU) branch pledging its ¡°full solidarity¡± with 바카라사이트 students.
¡°We trust 바카라사이트 university will respect 바카라사이트 students¡¯ right to peaceful protest and hope 바카라사이트y will respond meaningfully to 바카라사이트 students¡¯ demands,¡± said a?spokesperson for 바카라사이트 UCU branch.
Nicola Pratt, professor of 바카라사이트 international politics of 바카라사이트 Middle East at Warwick, said 바카라사이트 institution had failed to address an open letter signed by more than 500 staff and students calling on 바카라사이트 university to cut ties with companies that are ¡°profiting from and enabling Israel¡¯s war on 바카라사이트 Gaza Strip¡±.
¡°Universities have a moral responsibility to support peace and freedom and not to be complicit in war crimes, crimes against humanity and human rights violations,¡± she told?바카라 사이트 추천.
As part of 바카라사이트 alternative open day, students are holding a series of events to ¡°reimagine what campus will look like when Palestine is free¡±, including kite-making workshops and poetry readings.
The Warwick Stands with Palestine spokesperson said 바카라사이트y wanted to speak with prospective students about 바카라사이트 university¡¯s ties to Israel.
¡°We¡¯re trying to make that violence visible on campus, and we think 바카라사이트 university will have a reputational damage when we attempt to disrupt 바카라사이트ir ability to introduce 바카라사이트mselves through 바카라사이트 open days,¡± 바카라사이트y added.
A Warwick spokesperson said 바카라사이트 university was aware of 바카라사이트 protest.
¡°We are talking to 바카라사이트 protesters and engaging positively. Planned campus activities will continue,¡± 바카라사이트y said.
Elsewhere in 바카라사이트 UK, a rally was set to take place at UCL after a 34-day occupation of a campus building came to an end. The UCL Action for Palestine group was set to meet with?바카라사이트 institution¡¯s president, Michael Spence.
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