Students for a Free Palestine: Voices from University Encampments

Students across Western nations are taking to the streets and to their universities to demand them to end their complicity in the crimes of Israel and the ongoing genocide. Students are making noise and making waves of change. The student protests that started in the US, have spread across the country and across Europe.

These students have been called anti-semites in the media. They have been called terrorists. The peaceful protests and encampments have been threatened by governments and police. Students are risking their degrees, their scholarships, their privileges, their safety and futures for all the students in Gaza that have nowhere to go.

The student movement is an important one. It is showing us the truth of the reality we live in - and the complicity of governments and institutions that are meant to uphold free speech, education and human rights.

So, I asked students to share their stories and their perspectives. Why are they joining encampments? What are they demanding? What do they hope for?