19 September 2024 - Anonymous submission:

Spotted this at UNC Chapel Hill's campus during and after UNC SJP's walkout for the West Bank on September 19, 2024. Autonomous activists apparently spray painted buildings with messages that condemn US imperialism and instead call for Palestinian liberation and divestment from the Zionist entity. Activists also removed the US flag from in front of the ROTC building on campus and replaced it with the Palestinian flag. They also defaced the ROTC building, which is not only a potent symbol of US empire but an active perpetrator of it.

After a year of ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, Israel has committed numerous massacres against civilians, along with the systematic destruction of buildings and Palestinian cultural sites.

It has destroyed universities, historical landmarks, and residential neighborhoods with the aim of erasing any trace of Palestinian presence in the area.

On Monday 10/7 about 100 students from the Claremont Colleges held a divestment rally that led to the occupation of Carnegie Hall at Pomona College on Monday.

Starting at 10:07, an homage to the anniversary date, students walked out of classes and announced:

"Hello, today, Oct. 7th marks one year since israel’s intensified genocide in Gaza. While we attend class, israel has destroyed all universities in Gaza and is invading Lebanon. I am walking-out of class to rally with the 60+ student orgs demanding Pomona divest from weapons manufacturers, because there can be no business as usual during genocide. Join me and walk-out---there’s safety in numbers."

Once inside, demonstrators used signs to obscure windows and barricaded/zip-tied exits. The protestors were all masked/bloc-ed up and escaped without arrest, several exiting through open windows on the second floor. (No face, no case!)