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floral-ashes · 2 days

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People are claiming that sending police after University of Alberta students is okay because the University grounds are private property and the students were thus trespassing.

As a law professor, let me state that this is a gross mischaracterization of the law.

University grounds are essentially considered public property for the purposes of student protests. The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that the regulation of student expression on campus property is governmental in nature and subject to the Canadian Charter (2020 ABCA 1).

As the Court explained: “The ability of students to learn and to debate and to share ideas is not only a central feature of the core purpose of the University but also the grounds of the University are physically designed to ensure that the capacity of each student to learn, debate and share ideas is in a community space.”

This means that the University’s decisions to trespass people are subject to the Canadian Charter, and must conform with the rights of freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, association, and life, liberty, and security of the person. It should be noted that courts have previously held that temporary structures can play an expressive role and thus fall under freedom of expression.

The university simply cannot use its ownership of the grounds to suppress student speech or in a way that violates their rights. It is little different from a protest on, say, legislative grounds.

For more on the right to protest in Alberta, see this blog post by three esteemed law professors at the University of Calgary. I also recommend this blog post on student encampments and freedom of expression in Canada.

#law professor #law school #canadian law #law #criminal law #lawyer #protest #gaza solidarity encampment #student encampment #university encampments

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allthecanadianpolitics · 9 hours

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Organizers of a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at the University of Toronto say the university is ignoring their demands and instead focusing on the logistics of the demonstration.

Erin Mackey, one of the spokespeople for the protesters, says university administrators are giving them "the runaround" by discussing sanitation and other issues related to the encampment but are "not addressing the core issue."

Demonstrators have been calling on the university to disclose ties with the Israeli government and divest from Israeli companies.

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Tagging: @newsfromstolenland

#cdnpoli #canada #canadian politics #canadian news #canadian #Palestine #free Palestine #university of toronto #UofT #encampments #protests #university encampments #student encampments #toronto #ontario

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tikkunolamresistance · 15 days

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A brilliant graphic from protectpalestineorg — 30 universities with the largest endowments in the USA , currently hosting encampments to protest against their institutions investments in the State of Israel. Harvard University contributing the most in Israeli investments, totalling $50 billion.

After a successful hunger strike in February, Darthmouth (New Hampshire) has begun a divestment process.

As of April 28th there are currently no encampments at: John Hopkins (MD), UVA (VA) and Notre Dame (IN).

#info #graphics #palestine #university encampments #us universities #usa #politics #israel #free palestine #jumblr

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decolonize-the-left · 12 days

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United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain lambasted the mass arrests of pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses across the country, while emphasizing the union’s call for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. “The UAW will never support the mass arrest or intimidation of those exercising their right to protest, strike, or speak out against injustice,” Fain wrote Wednesday on the social platform X. “Our union has been calling for a ceasefire for six months. This war is wrong, and this response against students and academic workers, many of them UAW members, is wrong.”

Hundreds of students and faculty members have been arrested over the past two weeks as pro-Palestinian protests roil college campuses nationwide. Demonstrators have taken to university yards and streets and started encampments to protest Israel’s wartime campaign in Gaza and call for a halt in U.S. aid to Israel. Tensions spiked in New York and California on Tuesday night, resulting in the arrest of hundreds of demonstrators. The New York Police Department on Tuesday went through a second-story window of a building at Columbia that was seized by demonstrators. Police cleared out the protesters, and videos quickly circulated on social media showing the arrests at Columbia, which has served as ground zero for the mass college protests that have quickly spread across the country.

New York Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday confirmed around 300 people were arrested. At the University of California, Los Angeles, counter-protesters clashed with pro-Palestinian demonstrators when they attempted to dismantle the encampment on that campus. Los Angeles Police Department officers responded, but it was not immediately clear how many arrests were made and whether there were any injuries. The leadership at UAW 4811, the union chapter representing postdoctoral scholars and researchers of the University of California campuses, voted on Wednesday to hold a strike authorization vote as early as next week should the “circumstances justify.”

“Should the university decide to curtail the right to participate in protected, concerted activity; discriminate against union members or political viewpoints; and create or allow threats to members’ health and safety, among others, UAW 4811 members will take any and all actions necessary to enforce our rights,” UAW 4811 wrote in a statement. Fain on Wednesday said the UAW is calling for the release of students and employees. “And If you can’t take the outcry, stop supporting this war,” Fain added. The UAW backed a long-term cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in December. The war has lasted nearly seven months since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks against southern Israel, during which the militant group killed about 1,200 people and took 250 others hostage. Israel’s retaliatory campaign in Gaza has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians, according to local health officials.

#UAW #university encampments #ucla #columbia #united auto workers #unions #free palestine #end the occupation #Palestine #usa #protests #strike #uaw strike

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squishy-min-mochi · 5 days

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Students of Tasmania, Australia have joined universities around the world in their solidarity with Palestine, camping on the University grounds in peaceful protest against the silence, inaction and ignorance of UTAS (University of Tasmania).

This is day four.

From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free 🍉🇵🇸🍉🇵🇸🍉

#Palestine #Gaza #all eyes on rafah #free palestine #Tasmania #UTAS #University of Tasmania #gaza solidarity encampment #student encampment #university encampments #Australian encampments #met gala #boycott israel #rafah #eurovision

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pal1cam · 7 days

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Thanks for all the college & university students who are opposing genocide in

The US

The UK

Lebanon

Tunisia

Jordan

Egypt

Yemen

Turkey

France

Spain

Mexico

Australia

Canada

Ireland

The Netherlands

and everywhere else in this world…

We in Palestine can’t stop talking about your endless courage and determination to make your and our demands a reality, and we highly appreciate your struggle and fight for freedom.

So keep up the good work, and Free Palestine !

🕊️🤍

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eternallybipanicking · 6 days

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My hc is that in modern!au Sirius and Remus would definitely be active af in their pro-palestine uni encapments, guarding protests and everything

#sirius black #remus lupin #marauders #modern!au #free palestine #free gaza #all eyes on rafah #all eyes on palestine #university encampments #the marauders #wolfstar

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phantom-of-the-memes · 5 days

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Palestine solidarity encampment win for Trinity College Dublin!!

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Here’s a link to my post explaining some of the background of the past week with Trinity’s union busting and refusal to cut ties with Israel:

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nando161mando · 12 days

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UCLA PALESTINE SOLIDARITY ENCAMPMENT RIGHT NOW. THIS IS TRUE COMMUNITY DEFENSE.

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afilmbee · 10 days

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seen at ottawa u's student encampments for palestine 🍉

#free palestine #palestine #gaza solidarity encampment #student encampment #university encampments

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tikkunolamresistance · 13 days

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If you’re on TikTok, make sure you’re following Emily Byrski to see what’s happening at the Columbia University encampment! She’s providing on the ground coverage of events, protests, police presence and encampent community life.

#columbia university #updates #university encampments #university protests

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sky-daddy-hates-me · 13 days

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The "stabbing" that I see so many zionists on this app claim is proof that the encampments at universities aren't peaceful.

The "victim" still has two working eyes and still managed to throw a fit after this video because the stewards wouldn't let her pursue the person who "attacked" her. Then she managed to go on multiple news sites talking about her "attack" and how "devasting" it was for her and had her account detailed on different news sites.

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protoslacker · 13 days

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Hi, my name is Rafi Ash. I'm a sophomore at Brown Universtiy. I'm a member of Brown Jews for Ceasefire Now and I'm really proud to be here at the Brown Gaza solidarity encampment.

I was arrested among 19 other of my Jewish peers in November for protesting this genocide and demanding that our universtiy divest. We're back here today because our university still has not divested after six months of horrendous violence, after tens of thousands of deaths.

And I am here because I'm Jewish, not in spite of it. My Jewish values compel me towards justice. And that's how I was raised to understand the world through a Jewish lens that centers our collective humanity.

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I saw Rafi Ash's statement in a video at Mastodon. I do not follow the person who posted this, I looked for an alternate source for the video and did not find one. I won't post a link to the video, but it seem clear from the transcript that Rafi Ash is speaking to a broad public. Here is a news report about the November protest,: ‘A voice that will only get louder’: BrownU Jews for Ceasefire Now discuss sit-in, community response, next steps. And the BrownU Jews for Ceasefire Now's Instagram Page.

Their actions are inspiring, but my heart sinks knowing the these actions will bare great costs.

#BDS #gaza #university encampments #protest

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murphyismz · 12 days

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can someone give me advice for what to do if my friend was arrested in a pro palestine encampment at a university?

#palestine #pro palestine #gaza solidarity encampment #university encampments

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hummussexual · 4 days

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#student encampment #gaza solidarity encampment #university encampments #police #usa

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theamazingsaraman · 8 days

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Disclose, Divest, Reinvest, Protect!

The University of Cambridge, my old university, has a long colonial and racist history and currently invests millions of pounds in companies supplying weapons to Israel. Unlike many other UK universities, they have also refused to provide a lot of their financial information. Current Cambridge students are being really f*cking brave right now and demanding that this changes.

Israel have killed 40,000 Palestinians, nearly half of them children, with weapons they have because of funding like this and it has to stop. Cambridge is REALLY rich, so removing their funding will be BIG.

If you’re on Instagram, you can follow what’s happening in the liberated zone @cambridgeforpalestine and support them by joining the campers or adding your voice! If your local uni has an encampment, look them up and see if they need supplies!

#university encampments #student encampment #university of cambridge #divest from israel #student protests #solidarity

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