Students chant 'let them walk' in solidarity with 13 peers barred from commencement by Harvard for urging the university to divest from firms supporting Israel's brutal Gaza war.
Students chant "let them walk" in solidarity with 13 peers barred from commencement by Harvard for urging the university to divest from firms supporting Israel's brutal Gaza war.Graduating students walk out of the he 373rd Commencement Exercises at Harvard University in support of 13 students not able to graduate because of their participation in pro-Palestine protests.
Student speaker Shruthi Kumar noted"this semester our freedom of speech and our expressions of solidarity became punishable," she said to cheers and applause. "This is about civil rights and upholding democratic principles," she said."The students had spoken. The faculty had spoken. Harvard do you hear us?”
"While we will not be returning to this school, we hope that our friends carry the liberatory legacy of the Gaza solidarity encampment alive, and strive even harder for divestment," he said in a written statement. The decision by Harvard's top governing board follows a recommendation on Monday by faculty members to allow the 13 to receive their degrees despite their participation in the encampment.
Supporters of the students at Harvard said the decision not to allow them to receive degrees at commencement violated a May 14 agreement between Garber and the Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine coalition that would have allowed the students to graduate.
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