How Black Students Helped Lead the 1968 Columbia U. Strike Against Militarism & Racism 50 Years Ago

[@ksh8910]

Fast-forward to April 2024, history repeating itself with a new generation of students.

[@meltedmarshdaddy]

Actually nah, now we are fighting for white rights and racism against whites. We are winning too. Y’all had your run from 2015-2022. It’s never happening 🥰

[@sofiajohansson8537]

Yeah, white men are really thick, we never learn, Destruction wherever we go.

[@netizencapet]

Juan Gonzalez: 56 years of activism and excellence since 1968.

[@Random_Adventures_NY]

Columbia Revolt is a classic example why the Betsy Devos crowd does not support educating the public - knowledge gives people power, not money power. Thank you for your involvement Juan Gonzales!

[@Random_Adventures_NY]

where can I find it?

[@Random_Adventures_NY]

Arent you so cute.

[@danielwest2186]

MS. Betsy Devoss, the Handmaidens tales MAGA supporter knows less about Democracy and public schools, than her brother knows about the rights of indigenous people in America to protect their water supply. He gets paid by Halliburton and criminal corporations like Blackstone, and oil companies than living in a democracy, and he is still defending the side drilling of Iraqi oil by Kuwait. He her brother is a big shot security chief trained by Blackstone with his own company serving the Keystone pipeline oil companies.He went along with the genocide in Iraq. The lies. the torture. The terror campaigns.All the abuse of the entire Iraqi nation, the theft of their oil and himself defending a dishonest lying insane president who lied to everyone in the entire world about going to war with Iraq. Not a nice family a weird screwed up MAGA family .

[@nikolademitri731]

This is really fascinating. I had no idea that this was an event in history, but I’m grateful to have been educated. I’d love to view this film. Where would I be able to find it?

[@Jianju69]

Wow, allowing comments today! Gosh, such a privilege to have a voice! Thank you so much for allowing us to speak!!

[@he_is_a_GOOBER_dont_disrespect]

Thank your masters

[@darkmatters7562]

I refuse to be nostalgic about these protests. When do we stop doing the same thing expecting different results - that is the definition of insanity - Dr. Albert Einstein. We MUST identify the ROOT of the problem in this Country and extirpate it or we will be seeing our great grandchildren engaged in the same behavior. We all know what the ROOT of the problem is who can no one speak against without facing public humiliation and loss of their livelihood? Answer that question and you have the culprit for everything that plagues this country.

[@ashebermulugata9]

Students are the spark of Revolution. Good People of the Earth Stands with Palestine.

[@6B8RX]

By "good people", you mean "communist filth".

[@TedfromTorrance]

My heroes from 1968 were the young men who fought for democracy in VIETNAM! Many were from rural and blue collar backgrounds contrast them with the spoiled college demonstrators! May the Veterans memory be eternal!

[@davidmartinez688]

they weren't fighting for democracy, they were just protecting the business interests of capitalism, none of the governments they established were democratic, all of them were military juntas outside of places like Europe and the fake democracy that did exist in Europe or similar western countries were secretly infiltrated and subverted by intelligence agencies like the CIA globally because communists and anyone remotely left wing were winning electorally, they even admit that they interfered in the elections in Italy, Greece, Australia

[@he_is_a_GOOBER_dont_disrespect]

So what? Your clearly entitled and an underachiever Your opinion is worth a crickets weight

[@laboruniontv5702]

20 Newsreel Members shot the first Anti-Vietnam War strike at Columbia, but the 100 hours were Assembled, Co-Directed by Lynn Phillips and I. Both of us came to H'wood to Write. She worked on the Mary Hartman Show, I wrote a screenplay on Wiretapping by AT$T for Al Pacino and Martin Bregman, but AT$T killed the movie. "Operator" Universal

[@pjballa91]

I can’t believe they were personally thanked by Mao Zedong

[@netizencapet]

Big name, huh?

[@natlenan6743]

2024 and here again! Solidarity with the students!

[@forestsoceansmusic]

11:50 in -- "symbols are as important as facts sometimes" -- very true. And later, "two women were the ones to yell, 'To the Gym!', and then we all jumped on the bulldozers." -- Right On Nancy!

[@rawstatustv2358]

How black students should stop fighting Everybody's battles since nobody finds ourS.

[@el-Cu9432]

Everybody's battles? Columbia University, a mostly Caucasian, private entity was attempting to build a gym in a public park, which was one of the few park spaces in Harlem. Harlem pre-gentrification was a Black neighborhood.

[@carmelovirgiliolim2984]

The honorable legacy of students and youth of the USA bringing about significant humanitarian transformation in a their country and subsequently in the world must be upheld and promoted by the generation that is now in the decision-making position of the USA.

[@tomjeffersonwasright2288]

Net it out. Student idealism against demands of major economic donors. The Administration must choose whose opinions will dominate. The outcome will be interesting.

[@cuucnsbfl9913]

Joe W. Says: The More Things Change...

[@glenbolderson9279]

And now the cops come in and club you again. Great progress.

[@nicholawilson8555]

Shame on this woman im actually shocked hope she gets fired America needs to wake up

[@miriamcollinge9162]

Cronin, comment on police brutality very good 👍

[@forestsoceansmusic]

15:08 in -- I love the poster of Malcolm X and the young Panther standing below it. We need the Panthers and the Weather Underground again, and lyrics like the Jefferson Airplane's "We Can Be Together": "All your private property is target for your enemy And your enemy Is we... "We are forces of chaos and anarchy Everything they say we are we are And we are very Proud of ourselves Up against the wall Up against the wall motherfucker Tear down the walls Tear down the walls"

[@kingkel6988]

So much history with people coming together for a common purpose! Against the unjust system!

[@RonnyThomas-x9u]

Clear evidence time always relive itself there is nothing new under the sun

[@Kianquenseda]

death spiral ants do this too, blindly following each other in a circle, like being hypnotized by a religion, mindless Zombies cannot think for themselves, they still vote for their corporate trainers

[@ladivinahabla4153]

We need Parents Israelies and Palestinians to dhow the world that those estudents R not alone, pTents support them🙏

[@sarahfern7128]

I graduated in 1971. Unfortunately during a time of horrific academic treatment of women, the men in SDS were particularly anti-feminist.