“STUDENTS HAVE BEEN on the RIGHT SIDE of HISTORY”
May 5, 2024History Professor Rashid Khalidi addressed students the day after New York police officers removed and arrested pro-Palestine protesters, who had occupied Hamilton Hall, a building on campus.
“Students have been on the right side of history at Columbia and other universities.”
Comparing how Columbia honours student protesters of the Vietnam War to today, Khalidi said “One day, what our students did here will be commemorated in the same way.”
These students are taking the steps OUR LEADERS WON’T! They are STANDING AGAINST WAR. THEY ARE STANDING FOR THE VALUES WE WERE BROUGHT UP BELIEVING IN. THEY ARE STANDING FOR OUR HUMANITY!
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US SHOULD BE STANDING UP WITH THEM! THIS IS MUCH BIGGER THAN PALESTINE OR ISRAEL. THIS IS ABOUT OUR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS!
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#UnitedPeople #WatermelonRevolution #AntiPales #FreeGaza #PalestineSolidarity #GazaGenocide
English Script:
Rashidi Khalidi: The Vietnam War stopped because the people opposed it. And the people who led that were students. Students have been on the right side of history at Columbia and at other universities ever since the 1960s. We today honor the students who in 1968 opposed a genocidal, illegal, shameful war. Columbia University honors them. They’re on the Columbia website. You can check it out yourself. 1968 is commemorated. One day, what our students did here will be commemorated in the same way.
Students at Columbia University: Yeah.
Rashidi Khalidi: They are, and they were on the right side of history. And that will go down in history that when the change finally came and finally the American people who already opposed this war, who’ve already opposed this genocide, are able to force their craven politicians to stop it, which we can do. The United States is part of this war. Every plane bombing Gaza is an American plane. F-16s, F-15s, F-35s. Every helicopter, Apache, is American. Every bomb drop is American. Those are our taxes. Those are our representatives. Shame on them and shame on the administration of this university. They will go down in infamy for having done what they did the other night. And today nobody remembers the names of the administrators and the trustees who ordered the police onto the Columbia campus in 1968. They have gone down in ignominy. So will these leaders, President Shafik and the Board of Trustees. And the students will be remembered one day on a Columbia website as the people who helped change the course of this country.
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