mycathas9livestoNews@lemmy.worldEnglish•2 months agoColumbia Protesters Storm Hamilton Hall(www.newsweek.com)external-linkarrow-up179arrow-down120message-square24file-text
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Things just took an interesting turn. These youngsters seem to not understand the power of the government.
minus-squareFlying Squid39•2 months agolinkfedilinkNo, it’s a building with a history when it comes to civil disobedience. It was occupied in 1968 when students protested the Vietnam war.
minus-squareJaymesRSEnglish32•2 months agolinkfedilinkFrom BlueSky: According to the Columbia wiki, Hamilton Hall was blockaded or taken over by protesters in 1968, 1969, 1972, 1985, 1987, 1992, and 1996. https://www.wikicu.com/Hamilton_Hall#Takeover_attempts
minus-squareFlying Squid8•2 months agolinkfedilinkNice. I only knew about the 1968 one. I read about it somewhere. I want to say maybe a Hunter S. Thompson book?
minus-squareAltofaltception12•2 months agolinkfedilinkI know - people in certain circles are treating this as equivalent to the storming of the Capitol.
minus-squareJimmybander11•2 months agolinkLol. It’s not the same thing. Those people don’t care about higher learning.
minus-squarelittleblue✨9•2 months agolinkfedilinkThose are circles of utter fucking morons, let’s not kid ourselves.
No, it’s a building with a history when it comes to civil disobedience. It was occupied in 1968 when students protested the Vietnam war.
From BlueSky: According to the Columbia wiki, Hamilton Hall was blockaded or taken over by protesters in 1968, 1969, 1972, 1985, 1987, 1992, and 1996.
https://www.wikicu.com/Hamilton_Hall#Takeover_attempts
Nice. I only knew about the 1968 one. I read about it somewhere. I want to say maybe a Hunter S. Thompson book?
I know - people in certain circles are treating this as equivalent to the storming of the Capitol.
Lol. It’s not the same thing. Those people don’t care about higher learning.
Those are circles of utter fucking morons, let’s not kid ourselves.