May Indypendent: Why Did the Campuses Erupt?

The past month has seen the largest eruption of protest on American college campuses since the Vietnam War. In his cover story for this month’s Indypendent, John Tarleton reflects on how a live-streamed genocide, clueless neoliberal college administrators and our society’s post-9/11 obsession with “security” ignited those college campuses. 

Click here for issue PDF

Campus Revolt: The Perfect Storm
By John Tarleton

Donate to The Indypendent today! Your support makes all our work possible.

More Palestine-Israel Coverage:

CUNY FOR PALESTINE: The Gaza solidarity encampment at the City College of New York in Harlem. John Tarleton.

Youth Movements, Then and Now
By Linda Martín Alcoff

We Need an Exodus from Zionism
By Naomi Klein

Fly a Kite for Refaat Alareer
By Amba Guerguerian

Op-Ed: Why Student Protests Are “Good for the Jews” and a Congressional Crackdown on Israel Criticism Is Not
By Jonathan Goldman and Jacob Leland

Nakba Day Protest Coverage

This past week thousands of New Yorkers took to the streets in Bay Ridge and Astoria to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the Nakba (or, “catastrophe”) when Zionist forces drove 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and depopulated more than 400 towns and villages in the process of founding the state of Israel. Reporting by The Indy’s Amba Guerguerian.

Protesters in Astoria on May 15, the annual commemoration day of the Nakba. Neil Constantine.

• Speech: Within our Lifetime’s Nerdeen Kiswani on the ongoing Nakba 

• Police make violent arrests in Bay Ridge 

• Protesters outrace cops in Bay Ridge 

• Astoria protests: Smaller, but still heavily policed

Follow our latest breaking news coverage from pro-Palestine Nakba commemoration protests this past weekend at Indy Instagram and Twitter. 

New York City Coverage:

From city workers describing the impact of repeated mayoral budget cuts to immigrants fighting to make a new life to an in-depth look at what happens to prosecutors who railroad falsely convicted New Yorkers into decades in prison, our May print edition has more New York City news that matters.

LEAF THEIR BUDGET ALONE: New York City Parks workers and their park-loving allies rallied at Union Square on May 7 to demand that Mayor Adams rescind his plan for a $55 million cut to the Parks Department budget. Ash Mainaccio.

Four City Workers Describe How Budget Cuts Impact the Public Services They Provide
By Indypendent Staff

The Scarcella Files: When Unethical Prosecutors Get Off Scot-Free
By Theodore Ham

Life On ICE: Marcial Morales is Still Fighting to Stay Here
By Amba Guerguerian

Nowhere to Go: Migrants in Flux After Right to Shelter Repeal
By Ariana Orozco & Manuel Lopez

Yes, I want to support The Indy because it is producing the kind of thoughtful, hard-hitting local news that’s all too rare these days. 

More Coverage

MAKING GOOD TROUBLE: UAW President Shawn Fain held up a dog-eared copy of the Labor Notes classic, A Troublemaker’s Handbook, in his closing speech at the 2024 conference. Jim West.

At an Exhilarating Labor Notes Conference, the Working Class Is Standing Up
By Eric Dirnbach

Poetry from Behind the Walls
By Moira Marquis

Reverend Billy’s Revelations
By Rev. Billy Talen