Posted on 08/19/2024 2:48:01 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Young Democratic Socialists of America chapters are slated to host stay-at-home strikes to “weaponize” students against their institutions.
Over 100 Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) university chapters are invited to participate in a “National Student Strike for Palestine,” urging universities to divest from Israel, by staying home and skipping class.
“We need disruption—and a strike does just that. When students refuse to go to class, the university cannot function,” said a YDSA organizer, as reported by The Free Press.
Throughout the previous academic year, hundreds of pro-Hamas protests, which YDSA calls “a beautiful show of organizing energy”, took place across America’s campuses. However, YDSA acknowledges that “many were not successful in achieving their demands”.
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“The irony, of course being that while they chant to divest, they literally throw away money to not attend class.”
(Excerpt) Read more at campusreform.org ...
Anything that disrupts woke academia is ok by me.
...plus they are still paying tuition right?
So - people who produce nothing are threatening to produce even more nothing thinking it will mean something. I think it’s time to stop all funding of so-called higher education before its customers revert to negative IQ.
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