Vietnam in 1968 and Gaza in 2024: Columbia University's long history of student protests - News Summed Up

Vietnam in 1968 and Gaza in 2024: Columbia University's long history of student protests


On April 30 2024, when pro-Palestine protesters at New York's Columbia University occupied Hamilton Hall, an academic building at the campus and renamed it “Hind’s Hall” in honour of a six-year-old girl, Hind Rajab who was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, it brought back memories of the 1968 Vietnam War. What exactly happened at Columbia 56 years back? How were the protests on campus and the police crackdown in 1968 and in 2024 similar? We retrace the tale of two protests...Video Producer: Aparna SinghVideo Editor: Rajbir Singh


Source: The Telegraph May 08, 2024 18:48 UTC



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