Pro-Palestine demonstrations have cropped up on university campuses around the country, leading in some cases to arrests and clashes with police. But Brown University students and administrators this week reached a peaceful conclusion. We hear from two students about how it happened. Also, violence between cops and student protestors may seem familiar to those who witnessed the campus unrest of the 60s and other eras. But today’s militarized police response to protests at Columbia and other colleges has its roots in post-9/11 policies. Plus, we hear about a biography on one of the most influential American artists of the past 50 years: Keith Haring. That and more on this episode of The Weekly Catch.
Links:
- Student protesters, administrators at Brown University reach deal to clear encampment
- Brown University students on how the pro-Palestine encampment came to a peaceful conclusion
- Costs of War project at Brown University
- Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for May 3, 2024
- Artscape: New biography explores ‘The Life and Line’ of artist and activist Keith Haring
- “Nothing Lasts Forever: Russian Punks in Georgia” film screening at AS220 (May 3)
- Talk with Brad Gooch, author of “Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring,” at the Jamestown Arts Center (May 4)
- Genticorum at the Blackstone River Theatre (May 5)
- “Songs of the Sea” concert by the South Coast Children’s Chorus (May 9)
Guests:
- Isabella Garo, Brown Divest Coalition spokesperson
- Charlie Clynes, Brown Daily Herald managing editor
- Ian Donnis, The Public’s Radio political reporter
- Neta Crawford, Oxford University professor and co-founder of the Costs of War project at Brown University
- Brad Gooch, author of “Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring”
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