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University of Minnesota rejects calls to divest from Israel; will limit protests to 100 people (sahanjournal.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Ah yes, right out of the "we don't care, we're making tons of money" playbook.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is a crazy idea, but maybe public schools shouldn't have investments in the first place. It's even bordering on, dare I say it, state capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sure that the protest size limits of 100 will be respected at a school with 55,000 students. This is definitely a realistic and effective strategy for them to take.