Student Protests Have Generally Been On the Right Side of History

The Government Has Been Ready and Willing to Crush Their Efforts

William Spivey
The Polis
Published in
7 min readApr 29, 2024

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By SWinxy — Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=147639892

American colleges and universities have a history of protest. The current demonstrations about Israel and Gaza that have spread nationwide are by no means the first. Colleges and universities have spearheaded protests against the Vietnam War and…

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William Spivey
The Polis

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