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Pro-Palestinian protesters involved in an encampment at the University of Chicago issued a wide list of demands, including calling for defunding the campus police and reparations.
The encampment, which has been called the “U Chicago Popular University of Gaza,” issued a long list of demands during a rally on Tuesday, during which a protester announced not only that they were demanding the university “divest” from Israel, but that the university divest from “interrelated forces of death and violence” including “fossil fuel production,” according to
“The U Chicago Popular University For Gaza demands that U Chicago, divest from the Gaza genocide. We demand that U Chicago, divest from weapons manufacturers arming Israel and its partnerships with militarized Israeli universities, and cut ties with the Israel Institute,” the protester said.
The U Chicago Popular University for Gaza demands repair of the harm caused by the university. We demand that U Chicago, repair the harm it has caused in Palestine, Chicago and beyond. This includes explicitly acknowledging such harm as well as implementing a communally accountable program of reparation. More specifically, it includes 1. recognizing Israel’s genocide and scholasticide in Palestine and supporting Birzeit University’s initiative to rebuild Gazan higher education. 2.
Protesters involved in the various encampments and protests have issued a varying list of demands, including divesting from Israeli companies, ending academic ties with Israeli educational institutions, ending academic student trips to Israel, providing full amnesty to protesters who have faced criminal charges or academic disciplinary action, and a ceasefire in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
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