'This is urgent': University of Wisconsin students in Milwaukee and Madison protest war in Gaza

Students, staff, and members of the public organized a pro-Palestinian rally and encampment at the Universities of Wisconsin Milwaukee and Madison campuses.
Hundreds of protesters chanted as they marched through UWM's campus on Monday. Organizers called on UWM to be transparent about where its foundation sends money and to divest from any company that is pro-Israel and profiting off of the conflict. They also criticized the U.S. government's involvement in the war.
"This is urgent," said Ameen Atta, a student organizer. "This has been going on for so long now. Our university needs to take action. Our community needs to take action."
Demonstrators set up tents and said they would not leave until their demands were met. Wisconsin state law bans camping on university grounds. UWM did not respond to a question about whether police would force people to leave.
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[@Duennia76]

They should have never let them into the country

[@susancohen2351]

Aren’t these campus protests just a bit too organized to believe these are idealistic students

[@Mephistal]

Damn you figured that out also.

[@bradfordklaus-peterermel6852]

They're "a bit too organized" because the organizers have experience organizing the community before all this started. Don't be silly.

[@growbiz]

radio station said democrat socialists of America is organizing the demonstrations.

[@lalitauy]

susancohen2351 to actually achieve your ideals / goals (a ceasefire, lasting peace, respect for human rights) organization is key. Without organization the establishment of the state of 🇮🇱 could not have been possible…

[@FarmerBrutus]

They are college students -> the LEADERS of tomorrow (maybe literally)

[@user-ze1qx5cq1c]

The governor of Wisconsin should follow the governor of the great state of Texas Abbott and send in the law.

[@atomictiger4]

Chanting any chant the islamists give them

[@ignitedfw]

They are great at chanting but critical thinking not so much.

[@nikkenikNick]

Why is no one urging Hamas for a ceasefire?

[@dgtheone]

Why is it so difficult for racists to differentiate between an extremist organisation and the citizens of Palestine.

[@nikkenikNick]

@@dgtheone What are you going on about? This whole conflict is between the IDF and Hamas. They have been trying to push a new ceasefire deal with Hamas and they keep declining.

[@RefreshThumbnails]

​@@nikkenikNickwho told you that hamas declined. It is the Israeli government who declined and kill*d their on citizens. Get some knowledge

[@gagewesterhouse9558]

​@@dgtheone most Palestinians support Hamas.

[@sweetliquidsnake]

Because the protestors are Hamas

[@susancohen2351]

This is not innocent. It’s only going to get worse

[@roystonmason9125]

PRAISE GOD

[@jac4357]

I was there, everyone was dancing, giving away drinks and food, communicating, its very innocent

[@Cheesytarian]

​@@jac4357and pallets of bricks?

[@robertpearce4316]

​@@jac4357they will get worse when told to move.

[@DemonDog444]

​@@jac4357like the summer of love ...

[@lig85]

NOT MY COUNTRIES....i born in a peacefull country,thanks GOD..

[@leagueofotters2774]

ah, south america....never a stage for unrest...

[@robertpearce4316]

You cant give to a small group of people. You will have mobs running every thing

[@wilfredoflores2001]

These student protesters are supporting Palestine who do not have the courage to face Hamas who have brought them a miserable life, but instead agree to be subjugated by these terrorist group

[@karinelaguerre5348]

How about: they refuse that their country fund the slaughter of civilians?

[@jackyarrindel8375]

Well said bravo bravo

[@wesleyp3024]

i just dont understand why they have to make a camp with tents, tables, food, beds, water, tv's and other things.. isnt a protest about holding signs and marching? they are just living there.

[@jac4357]

its called an encampment, look it up

[@isriphel]

MLK has done non-violent sit ins. The protests you are speaking of have no fruit to bare.

[@DemonDog444]

​@@jac4357like a bunch of homeless people under a bridge, that'll get people to listen 😆

[@alexigray7893]

@@DemonDog444 wow ok

[@leagueofotters2774]

It's called lazy.

[@ShellyD-yh4xq]

This is terresam

[@chrisleearies484]

Terrorism

[@leagueofotters2774]

You get a hundred or so larpers per campus and all the sudden this is urgent news...

[@nicki531]

These kids wasting their life they're time. Go to work.

[@alexigray7893]

Actually their action inspires others to take action, that is work.

[@leagueofotters2774]

@@alexigray7893 No, it looks pretty silly.

[@winspiration9307]

You have the place called His Rah HELL for the turmoil at American universities

[@tdhouck1]

Danger Will Robinson! Danger!

[@Watatli]

If you don’t want to study then you can freely leave and go back to your roots and do protest 24/7

[@thomasshannon6008]

Convenient weather this evening. Where were you in February?

[@tdhouck1]

Hey students guess what! You have no right to demand!

[@karinelaguerre5348]

Why not?

[@bradfordklaus-peterermel6852]

It's literally the first amendment of one of the US founding documents lmao

[@gcurry3416]

Go ro Iran and try that shit

[@bradfordklaus-peterermel6852]

Why would they need to? Iran isn't committing genocide lmao

[@DemonDog444]

​@@bradfordklaus-peterermel6852Have you ever read an Iranian text book? I have. Go ahead and do a little research on what many Arab elementary schools teach kids

[@jackyarrindel8375]

Don't have free speech there, they would have been locked up and 10 lashes.

[@kalicat9492]

​@@bradfordklaus-peterermel6852 read up on Iran's history. Nothing to laugh about.

[@bradfordklaus-peterermel6852]

@@DemonDog444 i have. What I saw was a whole lot of pain in response to Western atrocities. If the West stopped commiting acts of widespread violence against civilians worldwide, those populations wouldn't have a reason to view the US with such distaste.

[@irateiconoclast]

GO IDF! GET'R DONE!

[@astebbin]

They’re fresh out of white phosphorus to drop on schools

[@roystonmason9125]

poopin in diapers

[@ignitedfw]

Ha, you are not in a position to make any demands. You have no power, you have no leverage. You will be removed just like all the others.

[@lawrencelibhardt5276]

If this protesting does not stop we are headed for bigger problems. Our enemies are all around us.

[@blabberwulf7650]

Where is the National Guard ? Where is the N.Y. Governor ? Where is the Mayor ? What President ? There goes your community. These college trained people blighted your community like they did thiers in gaza. NATO has never been so strong crap, right .

[@susancohen2351]

We demand we demand. That’s all I hear from these students

[@roystonmason9125]

at least they PAY FOR THEIR SCHOOL and HEALTHCARE unlike " chosen kids "

[@roystonmason9125]

C O H E N

[@user-kr6vc4pc1y]

I feel good I feel clean with my brand new BVDS

[@Cheesytarian]

TMJ4 News, i hope the money was worth it, you yellow jackets

[@markkahn8890]

New protest song... "Everybody look at me I'm a victim can't you see"

[@growbiz]

CAMPING IS BAND! THEY ARE NOT ABOUVE THE LAW

[@growbiz]

TAKE OFF THE STUPED MASKS

[@chrisleearies484]

They are facediaper zombies

[@lianecornils6603]

There was a God watching. Justified.

[@barbaraguillory4736]

Just like Columbia University in NYC

[@bradfordklaus-peterermel6852]

First amendment rights supersede state law.

[@FarmerBrutus]

True!

[@gagewesterhouse9558]

They don't have a right to sleep there, though.

[@FarmerBrutus]

@@gagewesterhouse9558 Bathrooms?

[@gagewesterhouse9558]

@@FarmerBrutus What about bathrooms???

[@FarmerBrutus]

@@gagewesterhouse9558 What are they using for bathrooms at the encampments?

[@cliffhanna9846]

GO TO ISREAL AND PROTEST

[@alexigray7893]

Hoping everyone has a healthy and safe encampment. You're doing good work. Thank you students.

[@kobman4159]

This is way too well funded and organized. Probably Arab and Russian money.

[@MidWestLife2022]

Maybe because we have done this before here in the US many times.

[@aangdotus]

half of the materials line the streets, it’s like the month for college students to move out. I guarantee it’s just stuff pulled from neighborhoods.

[@kobman4159]

@@aangdotus I'm not talking about materials

[@kobman4159]

@@MidWestLife2022 No, this is different

[@aangdotus]

@@kobman4159 oh trust me, this is all the students. Go down there and see, I have.

[@kimberleyallen3350]

Wisconsin university students hope they are safe may 1 2024

[@AnneFrank-1929]

HI!

[@roystonmason9125]

hey

[@AnneFrank-1929]

@@roystonmason9125 whats new?

[@roystonmason9125]

@@AnneFrank-1929 GENOCIDE JOE and MASS MURDER ! CAN U DIG IT ?

[@user-ry8dd1xq7r]

Stupid if it is Hamas and Isreal Why 36,000 Palestinians genocide and halucast ?

[@ozifasco3191]

❤ the students

[@NCDTLKRKN]

we are with you students 👍free Palestine

[@CristianmediceCosta-lg7ce]

Leave the kids alone! Free palestine 🇵🇸

[@CristianmediceCosta-lg7ce]

Stop killing Palestinians people 😢💔💔💔

[@wilfredoflores2001]

Let the Jews live peacefully, let Israel exist!

[@karinelaguerre5348]

​@@wilfredoflores2001 Israël does not exist peacefully. It has stolen Palestinian land over the decades, it controls and oppresses the Palestinian people. It occupies, imprisons arbitrarily, refuses civil rights, abuses etc. etc.

[@lalitauy]

@@wilfredoflores2001 Jews can live peacefully everywhere, but in Israel because they’ve been occupying a land that belongs to the Palestinian people (including Jews, Christians and Muslims who used to coexist in harmony before 1948). You don’t have to take my word for it , it’s what many Jewish people are publicly saying . Israel’s disproportionate response to the horrific attacks to civilians of Oct 7. is fueling more hate and violence and making Israeli Jews less safe (before that day, 80% of Hamas fighters were orphans whose parents were victims of the numerous massacres committed by 🇮🇱 since its creation. Do you believe it’s going to get better? War is never the answer. In the words of the late Benjamin Ferencz, Jewish American prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials and key figure in the creation of the ICJ, “Laws, not war” is the answer. Yet, 🇮🇱 has been committing war crimes and crimes against humanity with total disregard of international norms and the complicity of the US government, long before Oct 7. Thanks to social media the world is now witnessing this massacre live, directly from Palestine to our phone screens. More children dead in the first five months in Gaza than the total of children dead in all current wars. Civilians, including children,health workers, journalists, elderly people executed point blank, buried in mass graves, and crushed with bulldozers. Thousands of people detained indiscriminately without charges or trials, abused and tortured in jails. This has been proven, there’s evidence that predates Oct 7, and that’s why the US government is considering sanctions to 4 units of the IDF for violations of international law before that date. War will never make the Jewish people safer 😢

[@Duennia76]

Since when they're so compassionate for Palestinians specifically?

[@user-rm4bn9ik1b]

Thanks students ❤❤god bless students. Free free Palestine. Good solution two country solution. Save humanity, save Palestine people, children and women. Save humanity. Please stop war.

[@ericshingles]

no such country, and never will be, even their neighbours refuse to help them

[@FarmerBrutus]

One Nation, Five States: NI, SI, EP, WP, J; Equality and Justice for all!

[@gagewesterhouse9558]

They don't want a two-state solution. They want a one-state solution! When they say 'Palestine', they mean all the land that is Israel.