This was a AstroTurf protest created by professional organizers using 'high end homeless' to prime the pump and get 'students' involved.
The money outlays are massive and the organization impressive...
All those signs, printed material, tents, drummers, press releases, scarves and head gear, weapons, props, tables, chairs, bedding, equipment to break into buildings, security people, and drums, flares, food, walking around money and they did it for many campuses simultaneously. This wasn't done by students. Don't fall for that... Most adults with money couldn't pull this off...
Think of it as planning a wedding for a few thousand guests, in 6 or 7 locations that would last for several months...
Originally, on April 28, both sides at UCLA Royce Quad, were demonstrating - no plywood "castle," yet, for HAMAS:
Probably, on April 26-27, HAMAS artists had an Arts & Crafts session and worked up many protest signs:
