The brutal repression of student protests from Amsterdam to Los Angeles is exposing failings at the heart of our universities
“The encampments and most of the protests have been largely peaceful, yet they have at times been brutally repressed. As a university president in Italy, I have watched with dismay the scenes of violence that have unfolded at universities from Amsterdam to Los Angeles and Sydney. It was good to see some of my counterparts, such as the presidents of Brown and Wesleyan in the US, engage constructively with the students and even accept some of their requests. However, they remain exceptions that underscore how far most academic institutions have drifted away from their main constituency.”
Fonte: The Guardian
Autore: Patrizia Nanz
Link: I run a university – people like me should be backing students’ right to protest over Gaza
