“Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” is a frequent chant ringing through pro-Palestinian college protests.
A proposal Columbia students put forward in December calls for divestment from Microsoft, Airbnb, Amazon and Alphabet, among others.
Administrators at some universities, including Brown and Northwestern, have agreed to talks with students about divestment as part of agreements to end campus encampments.
Before the war in Gaza, it had been pretty easy for universities to make compromises around divestment demands, but those expedient choices are haunting them now.
Every investment in elite schools’ endowments is up for debate.
Persons:
Airbnb, Brown, “, ”
Organizations:
Hamas, Columbia, Microsoft, West Bank, University of Michigan Regents
Locations:
Israel, Columbia, Northwestern, Gaza