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muriel_volestrangler

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25. From DU this month:

Mon May 26, 2025, 05:44 AM

May 2025

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143454100
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220295045

"And before you tell me it's because the US is an ally of Israel. How much sway did Columbia University have over what happens."

Protests in an American university are not always aimed at the university authorities - they can be aimed at the state or federal government too. Everyone knows this. But in the case of Columbia, there was a demand aimed at the university, which would not be applicable for either side of the Sudanese civil war:

At Columbia, students are demanding the university drop its direct investments in companies doing business in or with Israel, including Amazon and Google, which are part of a $1.2bn cloud-computing contract with Israel’s government; Microsoft, whose services are used by Israel’s ministry of defense and Israeli civil administration; and defense contractors profiting from the war such as Lockheed Martin, which on Tuesday reported its earnings were up 14%.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/25/divestment-israel-college-protests

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150,000 dead, 12 million displaced [View all] edhopper May 2025 OP

Organizational Letter To Top American Officials Concerning Protests In Sudan Passages May 2025 #1

Thanks Don enid602 May 2025 #2

"How much sway did Columbia University have over what happens." WhiskeyGrinder May 2025 #3

But not Saudi Arabia, Qatar edhopper May 2025 #7

Yes, protests are usually extremely targeted, because that makes them more effective. WhiskeyGrinder May 2025 #8

Bullshit Mountainguy May 2025 #18

Being against killing babies is NOT targeting Jews womanofthehills May 2025 #21

Wrong Mountainguy May 2025 #27

Only Israel? LostOne4Ever May 2025 #13

That was 17 years ago Mountainguy May 2025 #19

We only see dead Gazan babies on our phones womanofthehills May 2025 #20

"The Congo is too remote and dangerous..." is one of the more bigoted things I've seen on DU. yardwork May 2025 #29

I see zero "dead babies on my phone" I keep out of the Dark Web... EX500rider May 2025 #30

You and I don't have a dead baby fetish. yardwork May 2025 #33

There are no Jewish people to blame for it. nt LexVegas May 2025 #4

The biggest issue in my opinion is the US funding and weapons walkingman May 2025 #5

We fund Saudi Arabia and give them weapons JI7 May 2025 #10

If it is equivalent, I stand corrected. To be honest to me it seems walkingman May 2025 #17

Sudan has a fundamental problem sarisataka May 2025 #6

I read some countries supply weapons to both sides - SAF & RSF womanofthehills May 2025 #22

Sudan is a civil war. Bettie May 2025 #9

I knew it was South Sudan before I read the post Warpy May 2025 #11

I believe the OP is referring to Sudan, not S. Sudan. progree May 2025 #14

Blind is as blind does Warpy May 2025 #15

No Jews, No News. OilemFirchen May 2025 #12

The Sudan is very remote/dangerous womanofthehills May 2025 #23

What?! yardwork May 2025 #28

"The Sudan is very remote/dangerous" 500 miles +- from Israel, I'd say Gaza was also "dangerous" EX500rider May 2025 #31

Oh no, another totally inaccessible faraway place. BannonsLiver May 2025 #32

Sudan is not remote at all. It's in northeast Africa. And there are many posts and images JI7 May 2025 #34

If Jews aren't the aggressors, many people don't care. yardwork May 2025 #35

The GOP is running a subcommittee hearing that started May 22 bronxiteforever May 2025 #16

Simply, a old fashioned K&R! rogue emissary May 2025 #24

From DU this month: muriel_volestrangler May 2025 #25

There's little news coverage of it so pls keep posting, keeping us informed. brush May 2025 #26