People react to Columbia protests as week three of encampment nears
People react to Columbia protests as week three of encampment nearsThe Independent
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00:00 We will not stop, we will not rest, it's cold, divest!
00:09 I came actually to visit the university, but it's impossible.
00:13 At first I was shocked, because I did not expect such thing to see in an Ivy League university.
00:19 I'm actually curious about learning if the university works and what happens inside.
00:27 Who was the one that created this mess?
00:30 Open up the campus gates!
00:32 I live on the Upper West Side, and we have been here standing with the Columbia students.
00:38 I think the protest of the students has changed the dynamics of the whole country, the whole world.
00:48 Students have historically been a catalytic force in shaking up society.
00:53 Columbia is part of the intellectual and cultural life of this city, so it's very important what happens here.
00:59 It's no accident that this upsurge here has become such a rallying cry for students, intellectuals and academics around the country.
01:10 I am from Argentina, and we are doing a lot of this kind of protest.
01:14 They are for our rights, so that's why I came and I approached to support them.
01:18 I am so honored and thrilled to see the students standing up for the rights of Palestinians to live.
01:30 [chanting]