Columbia University | The Left Chapter

Michael Laxer

May 44 min read

Hundreds of Cuban students and youth rally in Havana in solidarity with US students and Palestine

All images via the PCC By Katherin Hormigó Rubio, translated from the Spanish The iconic staircase of the University of Havana, which has...

Michael Laxer

May 35 min read

Student Demands for Divestment Are Not New

There is a long history of students organizing for divestment from states and institutions complicit in criminal acts, apartheid, and...

Michael Laxer

May 35 min read

The Older Generation of Politicians Can’t Stop the American Intifada

Millions of Americans are clearly fed up, with war, with their government’s allegiance to a foreign country, to militarism, to police...

Michael Laxer

May 13 min read

'All Because Columbia Refuses to Divest': Police Storm Campus, Violently Arrest Dozens

"The U.S. government and institutions like Columbia are showing that they would rather brutalize students than divest from apartheid and...

Michael Laxer

Apr 273 min read

Campus Activism for Gaza Ignites

Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia University on the night of April 24 -- screenshot image via X By Saurav Sarkar Students at more...

Michael Laxer

Apr 242 min read

Students Launch Encampments in Solidarity With Gaza Across the U.S.

NYU students and faculty stage protest in Washington Square Park, March 23, after NYPD conducted mass arrests clearing their protest...

Michael Laxer

Apr 242 min read

US unions call for Columbia University to "immediately end the repression of protest"

Protests in the Columbia Quad, March 22 -- image via X With the ongoing Palestine solidarity protests at Columbia University in New York...

Michael Laxer

Apr 225 min read

Elites in the Global North Are Scared to Talk About Palestine

Professors join students at mass protests at Columbia University, April 22 -- Image via X By Vijay Prashad Israeli bombs continue to fall...

Michael Laxer

Nov 14, 20233 min read

American Bar Association Urged to Fight Censorship of Pro-Palestinian Voices

"The suppression of dissenting voices, at this moment, especially those advocating for peace and non-violence, is antithetical to the...