A group calling itself the U Chicago Popular University for Gaza has put forth ultimatums that extend concerns beyond the context of Gaza.
At a rally Tuesday, protesters included a call for defunding the University of Chicago Police Department.
“The U Chicago Popular University for Gaza demands that you, Chicago, divest from the Gaza genocide,” an agitator said. “We demand that you, Chicago, divest from weapons manufacturers arming Israel and its partnerships with militarized Israeli universities, and cut ties with the Israel Institute. We also demand that you, Chicago, divest from all interrelated forces of death and violence into which it is currently complicit, especially fossil fuel production, UCPD and construction projects that fuel South Side displacement.”
She then led chants of “We won’t rest till you divest!”
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