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US protests: Campus crackdowns, Gaza protests and the free speech debate

US protests: Campus crackdowns, Gaza protests and the free speech debate

FromSky News Daily


US protests: Campus crackdowns, Gaza protests and the free speech debate

FromSky News Daily

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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
May 1, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Violent protests over the Israel-Hamas war have reached boiling point across university campuses in the United States.Pro-Palestinian protesters are demanding their universities cut ties with Israel or any companies that support its ongoing war in Gaza.On the Sky News Daily, Niall Paterson gets eyewitness analysis from US correspondent Mark Stone in George Washington University. They discuss the arrests, tear gas and counter-protest violence that is taking over universities. Plus, Lauren Lassabe Shepherd, a historian at the University of New Orleans and author of ‘Resistance from the Right: Conservatives and the Campus Wars’, looks at how these protests compare to others the US has seen and analyses if the action could lead to change. Producer: Soila Apparicio and Emma Rae WoodhouseEditor: Philly Beaumont
Released:
May 1, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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