Unless and until student encampments become an unreasonably severe disruption to the enjoyment of university spaces, there is no argument supporting state intervention.
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Student protests on campuses are calling attention to atrocities in Gaza and challenging university administrators to divest. What is the best way forward that avoids unnecessary violence?
Universities have a difficult balance to strike between protecting student speech rights and ensuring campus safety.
Almost 56 years to the day after the anti-war protests in 1968, New York City police evicted Columbia University students from an on-campus occupation.
A key component in any planning around encampments is the voice of people with lived experience. It is clear the go-to response of policing is not working.
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Dalla Lana Fellow, University of Toronto
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