Air Date: 5-7-2024

Direct Download

Transcript

With growing civil resistance on campuses across the country against the Israeli government's genocide in Gaza, and calls for cease-fire and divestment, university administrators and the Biden administration respond -- often with overwhelming violence and claims of antisemitism.

BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Members Get Bonus Clips and Shows + No Ads!)

Join our Discord community!

FRONTPAGE

FP 1: The US college protests and the crackdown on campuses Part 1 - Today in Focus - Air Date 4-25-24

FP 2: Behind Columbia University’s months of tension | The Take - Al Jazeera English - Air Date 4-24-24

FP 3: Why Civil Resistance Works - Harvard Kennedy School - Air Date 9-8-21

FP 4: Nicholas Kristof On Biden Blind Spots, Double Standards, Campus Protesters Part 1 - Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - Air Date 4-26-24

FP 5: Meet The "Wrong Jew" The Media Doesn't Want You To Know Exists - Double Down News - Air Date 4-28-24

FP 6: University Challenge feat. Basil Zacharia Rodriguez - Chapo Trap House - Air Date 4-23-24

(47:13) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

On the new experimental format of the show

(50:54) SECTION A: POLICE RESPONSES TO PROTESTS

A 1: Atlanta Police Violently Arrest Emory Students & Faculty to Clear Gaza Solidarity Encampment - Democracy Now! - Air Date 4-26-24

A 2: Juan González, Veteran of '68 Columbia Strike, Condemns Current University Leaders - Democracy Now! - Air Date 5-1-24

(1:06:59) SECTION B: A DEEPER LOOK INSIDE THE PROTESTS 

B 1: Pro-Israel THUGS Attack Student Protesters - While Cops Rampage In New York - Owen Jones - Air Date 5-1-24

B 2: Live from the Encampments - CODEPINK Radio - Air Date 5-1-24

B 3: The US college protests and the crackdown on campuses Part 2 - Today in Focus - Air Date 4-25-24

(1:34:52) SECTION C: BIDEN'S POLITICS AND ACCUSATIONS OF ANTISEMITISM

C 1: Nicholas Kristof On Biden Blind Spots, Double Standards, Campus Protesters Part 2 - Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - Air Date 4-26-24

C 2: Manufactured Panic Over Peaceful Campus Protests Used To Distract From Genocide In Gaza - The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder - Air Date 4-23-24

C 3: 'They're Obviously Not Antisemitic Protests': Jewish Yale University Professor Speaks Out - Zeteo - Air Date 4-30-24

(1:57:05) SECTION D: UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIONS AND ENDOWMENTS

D 1: Why Colleges Have No Idea How To Handle Student Protests - The Muckrake Political Podcast - Air Date 4-23-24

D 2: Columbia University President Cowers Before Republicans - The Bitchuation Room (with Francesca Fiorentini) - Air Date 4-27-24

D 3: Why are college endowments so massive? Part 1 - Good Work - Air Date - 10-26-23

D 4: Calls for divestment from Israel face resistance - The World - Air Date 5-1-24

D 5: Why are college endowments so massive? Part 2 - Good Work - Air Date - 10-26-23

(2:37:42) SECTION E: MEDIA CRITICISM

E 1: cc @CNN Standards & Practices - @katzonearth - Air Date 5-1-24

E 2: Jewish Columbia Student Debunks Media Narrative About Protest - The Rational National - Air Date 4-24-24

MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions)

SHOW IMAGE: 

Description: A photo of a lawn in front of a university building at Vassar College showing students standing near tents, a sign that reads "Liberation," and a Palestinian flag along a walkway. 

Credit: "Liberation Lawn at Vassar College (cropped)" by Found5dollar, Wikimedia | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 | Changes: Cropped

Produced by Jay! Tomlinson

Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com

Listen Anywhere! BestOfTheLeft.com/Listen Listen Anywhere!

Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft

Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft

Contact me directly at [email protected]