Such protests DID work re South Africa and apartheid. And had a significant impact re Vietnam.cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 8:34 amThese are students. If they disagree with how their university invests their money, then transfer to another university. Students can express their outrage all day long. They can't demand how the university should spend their money. I mean they can demand all day long. The university leadership will politely tell them to go pound sand. Sadly these young skulls full of liberal mush think people in charge where they attend classes actually care what they think. They already have their moneyTypical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 8:21 am https://news.sky.com/story/why-are-univ ... s-13122732
What are the protests about?
The message from the students in encampments has been simple: they want their universities to stop doing business with Israel - or any companies that support its ongoing war in Gaza.
The demand has its roots in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, a decades-old campaign against Israel's policies toward the Palestinians.
But the specifics vary from each set of protesters at different universities. Among them are these key demands:
• Stop doing business with military weapons manufacturers that are supplying arms to Israel
• Stop accepting research money from Israel for projects that aid the country's military efforts
• Be more transparent about what money is received from Israel and what it's used for
• Stop investing college endowments with money managers who profit from Israeli companies or contractors.
So, you are wrong about impact.
Brown University has ended its protests with an agreement to explore divestment. I suspect that most major universities will eventually adopt divestment policies as well, as long as this government with this set of expansionist policies continues to hold power in Israel. Feels pretty inevitable.
However, I don’t think this objective removes accountability for criminal behavior by protesters whether on college campuses or anywhere else.