‘Despite all these threats being made, we remain,’ organizer says of encampment

“Having been threatened by the university with academic sanctions, including suspension and expulsion, having been threatened with arrest and police violence — despite all of this, despite all these threats being made, we remain,” said Erin Mackey, one of the encampment organizers.

“We’ve been clear from the very beginning that by virtue of being here, it does not warrant the University of Toronto calling the police on their own students,” she added.

Professors speak out against court action

"So I say to president Gertler: ‘Not in my name. If you think authoritarian responses to peaceful protest in a democratic country is appropriate, that’s on you.’ "

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    5 months ago

    The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention:

    SUPPORTS STUDENT DEMONSTRATORS IN THE USA AND AROUND THE WORLD. GENOCIDE PREVENTION CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ASSEMBLY.

    Their statement, released on 29 April 2024 can be found here (5 pages)

    Btw Raphael Lemkin is The Unsung Hero Who Coined the Term “Genocide”

    It was he who coined the word “genocide.” He was also its victim. Forty-nine members of Lemkin’s family, including his mother and father, were rounded up in eastern Poland and gassed in Treblinka in 1943.