00:00Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
00:30I was born and raised in a Palestinian refugee camp. The university was cracking down on Palestinian activism on campus.
00:46It's completely farcical to imply that in any way Jewish people were being persecuted.
00:52I have never felt more proud to be Jewish than when I was pushing our university to divest from genocide.
01:00They would just criminalize anyone who would participate in a protest. That was the moment where students were like, we need to do something more.
01:08The university would say like, oh, you're overestimating your power.
01:20I remember like telling them there are 60 universities setting up encampments across the United States.
01:26We got Yale holding it down right now on live.
01:30What you willing to risk? What you willing to give? What if you were in Gaza? What if those were your kids?
01:36In 68, the students at Columbia took over the campus, mainly in protest of the war in Vietnam.
01:42Columbia talks about how it was okay then, but not okay now.
01:46Bravery is very contagious. We kind of watched Columbia in awe, and we knew we were next.
01:52The only weapon they have is fear, and we call their fault. They have nothing!
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