Barricades at Hamilton Hall, Columbia University

DIY Occupation Guide

Hamilton Hall, Columbia University. Also the site of student occupations in 1968 #Escalate4Gaza

"Gaza Calls, Columbia Falls" with image from Paris 1968 student protests from Atelier Populaire #Escalate4Gaza

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#escalate4palestine

#Humbolt sporting umbrellas to obscure police sightlines hong kong style #escalate4gaza

📍University of the South

Welcome to the liberation zone! #TakeACathedralChallenge

Incredibly based letter from the Kanienkehaka Five Nations Long House Confederacy on Kahnawake Mohawk territory here explicitly granting the student encampment at McGill permission to remain on said lands, with a blistering pro-palestinian libration historical analysis from having "observed the behaviour of the european for the last 500 years. They persist in their systemic colonial genocidal wars upon our Mother Earth and all Original Peoples and our territories here in Turtle Island and abroad, including Palestine." #escalate4gaza

URGENT NEED: tents, ropes, chains, tables, wood planks, wood tables, bike locks, u locks, trash can lids, red paint, bike helmets!!

"The only way that these occupations have a chance at actually impacting the genocide is if they turn into a much larger social explosion and political crisis that challenges the smooth functioning of American society, on the scale of the George Floyd uprising or greater. In that regard winning demands from universities is besides the point; these occupations at best serve as incubators for social eruption, and they do so best when there is spectacular police violence that outrages people, or inspiring resistance to the police, or literally just shit that looks lit and fun to people who aren’t university professors. The terrain is larger than the university and any strategic or tactical impulses have to operate with the larger terrain in mind." -a comrade

📍UNC

The Chapel Hill Liberated Zone has removed the American flag and raised the flag of Palestine in its stead. Down, down with occupation! Up, up with liberation! ❤️‍🔥

A Palestinian flag flying on the roof of occupied Hind's Hall (fka Hamilton Hall) at Columbia University

who would win

KNOW YOUR RISK ASSESSMENT:

(Or: Thinking Beyond Red-Yellow-Green)

Knowing where you fall on the Risk Assessment Model is a good way to measure the kinds of risks you're willing to take while protesting.

Some may have a lower tolerance for actions that have higher physical risk involved, while others may have a lower tolerance for actions that have a higher arrest risk. Some may not have the ability to take either kind of risk, but can still be invaluable in a support role. Roles can also change as situations develop, and nothing worth fighting for is truly free of risk.

y-axis --> risk tolerance
x-axis --> arrest tolerance

This might still be a long genocide. Sustain the ability to fight: always have an escape plan if defenses are breached.

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First Aid for the Frontlines

📣📣📣" In light of the emergence of these new fields, which have been sustained through the principled refusal of some encampments to negotiate for scraps, it is imperative that other encampments hold to this principled stance, and that Gaza Solidarity Encampments adopt and adhere to the Unity of the Fields.

The Unity of the Fields is a concept championed by the Palestinian resistance through its history of waging the struggle against imperialism on multiple fronts. Despite the various ideologies, short-term objectives, and locations of the factions participating in the struggle, the crux of this philosophy is that all can work towards one common goal without being placed under the same structure of governance."

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2024/04/30/on-campus-action-and-the-unity-of-the-fields/

USA:
Al Jazeera reports over 1100 students in total have now been arrested for protesting against genocide and calling for divestment & ceasefire

🚨Outside Columbia University now on 125th and Amsterdam. NYPD MRAP armored vehicle loaded with officers. A huge trail of NYPD vehicles following behind as people yell “nypd suck my dick” from the windows of Columbia dorms.

Vid source: https://x.com/thizzl_/status/1785475482839859366