Pro-Palestinian Protests Scheduled Throughout Week for DNC in Chicago
Pro-Palestinian protests will take place almost daily during next week’s Democratic National Convention, while demonstrators are also expected to descend on the city for other purposes. With the Democratic Party deeply divided over the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, pro-Palestinian protests are planned for Sunday, Monday and Wednesday before the convention, and on […]
Columbia University President Resigns Due To ‘Period Of Turmoil’ Over Anti-Israel Protests That Ravaged Campus
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik visits Hamilton Hall on the Columbia University campus in New York City on May 1, 2024. (Photo by Indy Scholtens/Getty Images) By James Myers, OAN StaffThursday, August 15, 2024 9:29 AM Columbia University’s controversial president, Minouche Safik, has resigned effective immediately. advertisement Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has resigned. She […]
Columbia president resigns months after violent pro-Hamas protests take over university
Minouche Shafik resigned as president of Columbia University just months after militants set up an encampment and eventually barricaded themselves inside the building to protest continuing fighting in the Gaza Strip and the university’s ties to Israel. On Wednesday, Shafiq letter She announced her resignation and made it clear that her departure was prompted by […]
Columbia University president resigns after months of mounting pressure over anti-Israel protests
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has resigned effective immediately, Fox News Digital has confirmed. Shafik announced his decision to step down in a letter to the Columbia University community on Wednesday, following repeated calls for him to resign over his response to the anti-Israel protests and encampments that swept across Columbia’s campus in the spring […]
How Bangladesh’s longest-serving leader was toppled by student protests – podcast | News
This summer Prapti Taposhi She took to the streets along with thousands of her classmates in Bangladesh, outraged by the injustice of a quota system that reserves 30 percent of jobs for the children of freedom fighters who fought in the 1971 war of independence against Pakistan. The government jobs were good-paying and stable, and […]
Columbia University president Minouche Shafik resigns in wake of Gaza protests | US campus protests
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has resigned after months of criticism over his response to campus protests against the Gaza war. “This period has placed a great strain on my family, as well as others in our community,” Shafik wrote in an email to faculty, staff and students on Wednesday. “It has also been a […]
Embattled Columbia president resigns months after anti-Israel student protests: report
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has reportedly resigned from the elite university. Shafik steps down after a year in power that has been marked by constant, and sometimes destructive, anti-Israel protests. The Free Beacon reported. The embattled president has faced growing calls for his resignation in recent months over his handling of the protests that […]
Protests at the DNC: What the far left is planning on doing in Chicago
All eyes are on Chicago as the city prepares to host the Democratic National Convention, which begins next Monday and ends Thursday. Unlike when neighboring Milwaukee hosted the Republican National Convention last month, there are far more concerns that expected protests outside the Democratic event will turn violent. That’s because far-left groups, which have been […]
‘Fierce repression’ of Venezuela election protests must end, UN rights team says | Venezuela
United Nations human rights investigators have called on Venezuela’s authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro to end the “violent crackdown” by security forces following allegations of fraud in last month’s presidential election. in statement A UN report on Venezuela, released two weeks after the July 28 vote, condemned Maduro’s “escalating” crackdown, which has led to the detention […]
Democratic heavyweights to speak at party’s convention; preparing for large Palestinian protests
The Democratic Party’s national nominating convention begins in Chicago next week, and the party’s leading figures will be in the spotlight. President Biden, former Presidents Obama and Clinton, as well as former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, have been confirmed as speakers at the Democratic National Convention, a source familiar […]