#encampments — Public Fediverse posts

“#RulesforRadicals” was written at a time of epic social upheaval in the #UnitedStates, and it was read avidly by #VietnamWar #protesters, #feminists, #civilrights #activists and warriors on #poverty. More than half a century later, a new mini-genre of “how-to” #books about #dissent and #activism has emerged, drawing lessons from past #protests for the era of “#NoKings” rallies, #BlackLivesMatter marches and the campus pro-#Palestinian #encampments.

Coincidentally but intriguingly, three of these books were #written by #Jewish #authors who, explicitly or not, are offering advice on resistance drawing on Jewish wisdom, role models and historical precedents.

The three books — “How to Be a Dissident” by #GalBeckerman; the forthcoming “On Courage” by #JuliaAngwin and #AmiFieldsMeyer; and “Be a Refusenik!” by #IzabellaTabarovsky — arrive at a moment of #protest fatigue and #political #polarization.

https://www.jta.org/2026/05/03/ideas/new-books-by-jewish-authors-revisit-the-rules-of-protest-in-a-polarized-era

“#RulesforRadicals” was written at a time of epic social upheaval in the #UnitedStates, and it was read avidly by #VietnamWar #protesters, #feminists, #civilrights #activists and warriors on #poverty. More than half a century later, a new mini-genre of “how-to” #books about #dissent and #activism has emerged, drawing lessons from past #protests for the era of “#NoKings” rallies, #BlackLivesMatter marches and the campus pro-#Palestinian #encampments.

Coincidentally but intriguingly, three of these books were #written by #Jewish #authors who, explicitly or not, are offering advice on resistance drawing on Jewish wisdom, role models and historical precedents.

The three books — “How to Be a Dissident” by #GalBeckerman; the forthcoming “On Courage” by #JuliaAngwin and #AmiFieldsMeyer; and “Be a Refusenik!” by #IzabellaTabarovsky — arrive at a moment of #protest fatigue and #political #polarization.

https://www.jta.org/2026/05/03/ideas/new-books-by-jewish-authors-revisit-the-rules-of-protest-in-a-polarized-era

“#RulesforRadicals” was written at a time of epic social upheaval in the #UnitedStates, and it was read avidly by #VietnamWar #protesters, #feminists, #civilrights #activists and warriors on #poverty. More than half a century later, a new mini-genre of “how-to” #books about #dissent and #activism has emerged, drawing lessons from past #protests for the era of “#NoKings” rallies, #BlackLivesMatter marches and the campus pro-#Palestinian #encampments.

Coincidentally but intriguingly, three of these books were #written by #Jewish #authors who, explicitly or not, are offering advice on resistance drawing on Jewish wisdom, role models and historical precedents.

The three books — “How to Be a Dissident” by #GalBeckerman; the forthcoming “On Courage” by #JuliaAngwin and #AmiFieldsMeyer; and “Be a Refusenik!” by #IzabellaTabarovsky — arrive at a moment of #protest fatigue and #political #polarization.

https://www.jta.org/2026/05/03/ideas/new-books-by-jewish-authors-revisit-the-rules-of-protest-in-a-polarized-era

“#RulesforRadicals” was written at a time of epic social upheaval in the #UnitedStates, and it was read avidly by #VietnamWar #protesters, #feminists, #civilrights #activists and warriors on #poverty. More than half a century later, a new mini-genre of “how-to” #books about #dissent and #activism has emerged, drawing lessons from past #protests for the era of “#NoKings” rallies, #BlackLivesMatter marches and the campus pro-#Palestinian #encampments.

Coincidentally but intriguingly, three of these books were #written by #Jewish #authors who, explicitly or not, are offering advice on resistance drawing on Jewish wisdom, role models and historical precedents.

The three books — “How to Be a Dissident” by #GalBeckerman; the forthcoming “On Courage” by #JuliaAngwin and #AmiFieldsMeyer; and “Be a Refusenik!” by #IzabellaTabarovsky — arrive at a moment of #protest fatigue and #political #polarization.

https://www.jta.org/2026/05/03/ideas/new-books-by-jewish-authors-revisit-the-rules-of-protest-in-a-polarized-era

When I was a toddler, we were allowed to climb on all the farm implements displayed at the Grange Fair, as though they were jungle gyms. Or was this "Madmen-esque" memory implanted in me as a screen to cover an alien abduction? Centre Hall, 1973. #grangefair #grange #grangefairandencampment #encampment #fairs #fair #encampments #display #displays #selling #commerce #farmequipment #tractor #tractors #johndeere #johndeereequipment #johndeeretractors #centrehall #centrecounty #twentiethcentury

#Mamdani's restarting homeless sweeps, which he said he would not.
But this time, to his (small) credit, the decisions *if* to clear & *which* to clear will be made by #DHS Department of #Homeless Services, not by #NYPD (#Adams was a cop, so cops were king).
Gothamist analysis of Adams' 4.1K sweeps Jan24-Jun25, ZERO ppl found #homes, just 260 went to shelters.
#HomelessSweeps #NYC #homeless #shelter #Bellevue #closing #tent #encampments #MamdaniMandate #NewYorkCity #Mayor
https://gothamist.com/news/mamdani-administration-restarts-homeless-encampment-sweeps-at-11-nyc-sites

...if yall decide to act on this awesome vision...please ensure to stop by the #homeless #encampments and invite them too please. thanks. ⛺ 💚

They spent over $120,000 dismantling #CampHope in #BangorME . Ideally, give folks real homes, but until that happens, give them a stable place to camp out! (Plus some folks prefer to live in an encampment rather than houses -- even here in #Maine! We have some hearty souls here in this state!

Bangor considers starting a sanctioned homeless encampment

by WVIIWed, December 3, 2025

BANGOR, Maine (WVII) -- "City leaders in Bangor are considering a new approach to Maine’s homelessness crisis: a city-established and regulated encampment.

"For years, the city has been clearing encampments, including Tent City, also known as Camp Hope, which was Bangor’s largest homeless encampment and was taken down in February.

"However, a new encampment has emerged along the railroad tracks behind the plaza at Washington and Exchange Street.

" 'We were living, okay. Here, there, everywhere. But every time we set up a place, the cops move us. And tell us you can’t be here, got to keep going, to keep going,' said David Ackley, who's been living at the encampment. 'Then I found out that there’s no railroad police down here, and they said that long as you’re on that side of the road tracks, you’re fine until so forth.'

"City officials say this new encampment is creating safety concerns. So, they are considering a new regulated encampment as a safer, more sustainable alternative.

" 'We can’t keep doing insanity, repeating the same thing over and over and over again,' Bangor City Councilor Joseph Leonard said. 'A sanctioned encampment site that allows the city to regulate, establish laws, get citizens there to actually represent themselves into actually produce rules and order to maintain the community that’s there — that makes it much easier for social services, for EMS, for police to be able to get in there.' "

Read more:
https://wgme.com/news/local/bangor-considers-starting-a-sanctioned-homeless-encampment-homelessness-maine-housing-substance-use-mental-health-crime-safety-concerns

@newsbot

#MainePol #Unhoused #BangorMaine #Encampments #Homeless #Houseless #SanctionedEncampments

Anarchist Studies: **Encampments Paved the Way for Jewish Liberation by Naomi Bennet**

https://anarchiststudies.org/encmapments/

It feels downright naive at this point, but in 2016 Donald Trump shocked the political world with his campaign’s willingness to deploy antisemitic dog whistles to attack his political rivals. Prior to this, the common sense of US politics long held that there was no ... Read more

#Perspectives #encampments #gaza #genocide #iasperspectives

@RAHU

https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/fraud-safe-sleep-encampment-campground-urban-alchemy-lahsa-capacity-carter-homelessness

#campgrounds #encampments #homeless #housingcrisis #landlords #rent #Urbanplanning

The #Trump admin has developed plans for a shift in #homelessness #policy that would slash support for long-term housing programs…& critics say it could place as many as 170k formerly #homeless people at risk of returning to the streets.

Pivoting from #housing #aid, the approach would shift billions to short-term programs that impose work rules, help #police dismantle #encampments, & require [force] the #unhoused to accept treatment for mental health or addiction.

#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/us/politics/trump-homeless-funding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-31/canary-mission-website-targets-pro-palestine-activists/105707820

#educationworkers #encampments #Gaza #Palestine #solidarity #studentprotests #surveillance

“‘Encampments are a sign that we have not succeeded in connecting folks to the housing and services that they need. But there’s a human-centered way and a trauma-informed way to approach moving folks out of an encampment and back into housing,’ said Alex Visotzky, senior California policy fellow at the National Alliance to End #Homelessness. According to Visotzky, the alternative and less effective approach ‘refuses to see the humanity’ in #encampments and instead discusses them as though they’re piles of trash. The right approach sees the people ‘who have things that they value, have possessions that they treasure, and just need a little bit of a hand getting back into housing.’”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/why-clearing-encampments-doesnt-usually-solve-problems-of-homelessness

#FACTCHECK

As #police clear #DC #homeless #encampments, #AI videos distort reality

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/aug/22/tiktok-posts/as-police-clear-dc-homeless-encampments-ai-videos/

What are three books you’d recommend to the audience?

#MahmoudKhalil:

Omar El Akkad’s “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. (2025)”

Edward Said’s “The Question of #Palestine.” (late ’70s, before Hamas was founded.)

My Promised Land” by Ari Shavit (mirrors Rashid Khalidi’s “The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine.”

https://portside.org/2025-08-07/trump-administration-tried-silence-mahmoud-khalil-so-i-asked-him-talk

#encampments #Gaza #studentprotests #solidarity

Three #AntiProtestLaws recently passed in #Arizona, #Kentucky and #Texas

Source: https://www.icnl.org/usprotestlawtracker/

Arizona
HB 2880: Banning #protest #encampments on #campus

Bars protest encampments on the campuses of state colleges and universities. Under the new law, individuals or groups that establish an “encampment” are no longer lawfully present on campus for the purpose of speech protections under Arizona law; they are criminally liable to prosecution for trespass; and they are liable for any damage they cause, including the "direct and indirect costs" of removing the encampment and "restoring" campus. The new law defines “encampment” as “temporary shelter” installed on campus and used to stay overnight or “for a prolonged period of time.” The law requires colleges and universities to order individuals to dismantle and vacate any encampment; if the individuals refuse to comply, the institution is required to take disciplinary action and report the individuals to local law enforcement for trespassing. The sponsor of the new law said that it was motivated by #ProPalestine protests on college campuses.
Full bill text:
https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83353

Status: enacted

Introduced 12 Feb 2025; Approved by House 3 March 2025; Approved by Senate 30 April 2025; Signed by Governor Hobbs 7 May 2025

Issue(s): #CampusProtests, #Trespass, Camping

Kentucky
HB 399: New penalties for protesters at the capitol

Creates serious new criminal offenses that can cover #PeacefulProtesters at the state capitol, as well as anyone who “conspires” with or otherwise supports them. The first new offense applies to someone who enters the capitol, or impedes access to the capitol by a legislator or legislative staff, with intent to disrupt or impede legislative business—regardless of whether legislative business was in fact “impeded.” “Conspir[ing]” to engage in such conduct or “facilitat[ing]” another person to engage in the conduct is subject to the same penalties as actually engaging in it. It is a Class B misdemeanor (punishable by up to 3 months in jail) for a first incident, and a Class A misdemeanor (up to one year in jail) for subsequent incident. The law creates a second, more serious offense for someone who engages in “disorderly or disruptive conduct” inside the Capitol with intent to disrupt or impede legislative business, if their conduct in fact “disrupts” or “impedes” the legislature’s business—even momentarily. As written, the offense could cover a demonstrator who shouts a single chant during a legislative hearing. “Conspir[ing]” to engage in such conduct or “facilitat[ing]” another person to engage in the conduct is subject to the same penalties as actually engaging in it. The offense would be a Class A misdemeanor (punishable by up to one year in jail) for the first incident, and a Class D felony (up to 5 years in prison) for third and subsequent incident. Prior to passing the bill, lawmakers added an amendment which provides that the law will not be construed "to prohibit... [a]ssembly in traditional public forums, including but not limited to the Capitol rotunda and outdoor areas of the Capitol grounds." While helpful, the amendment does not immunize all peaceful protest activity that the law could potentially punish, including protest organizing. When he vetoed the bill (later overridden), Governor Beshear noted the risks it poses to lawful #FirstAmendment activity.
Full bill text:
https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25rs/hb399.html

Status: enacted

Introduced 6 Feb 2025; Approved by House 7 March 2025; Approved by Senate 13 March 2025; Vetoed by Governor Beshear 25 March 2025; Veto overridden 27 March 2025

Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders, Police Response

Texas
#SB2972: New restrictions on #CampusProtests

Requires public colleges and universities to adopt new limitations on campus protests that among other things would ban protest encampments, limit protesters’ ability to wear a mask, and restrict vigils and other demonstrations at night. Under the law—which revises Texas’s 2019 law on campus speech—all public colleges and universities in the state must have policies that among other things prohibit: a) erecting tents or otherwise “camping” on campus; b) wearing a mask or other disguise while engaging in “expressive activities” on campus with certain intent, including intent to “intimidate others;” c) engaging in “expressive activities” between 10pm and 8am; d) engaging in “expressive activities” in the last two weeks of a school term by inviting speakers or using sound amplification or drums; and e) using sound amplification while engaging in “expressive activities” during class hours if it “intimidate[s] others.” Preexisting provisions of the law define “expressive activities” broadly as “any speech or expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment,” including but not limited to assemblies, protests, speeches, carrying signs, or distributing written material. As such, colleges and universities would seemingly be required to ban all kinds of expression between 10pm and 8am, from conversations in the dining hall to someone sending a text or wearing expressive clothing. The law repeals a provision in the 2019 law that established all common outdoor areas of campus as traditional public forums where anyone could engage in First Amendment activity, and replaced it with a provision authorizing the governing boards of schools to designate select areas as public forums.
Full bill text: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB2972

Status: enacted

Introduced 14 Mar 2025; Approved by Senate 14 May 2025; Approved by House 28 May 2025; Signed by Governor Abbott 20 June 2025

Issue(s): Campus Protests, Face Covering, Camping

#USPol #CriminalizingProtest #CriminalizingDissent #AntiProtestLaws #TexasProtestLaws #KentuckyProtestLaws #ArizonaProtestLaws #ClothingBans #CollegeCampusProtests #MaskBans #EncampmentBans

#Texas just gutted #FreeSpeech on #college #campuses. Is your state next?

New laws in the Lone Star State will silence dissent and undermine #faculty authority.

By Laura Benitez and Jonathan Friedman
July 14, 2025

"As thousands of students return to college campuses this fall, they will find themselves stepping into an environment reshaped by political and ideological mandates. Across the country, state legislators have been racing to exert new influence over free expression in higher education. Now, Texas has surged to the forefront, closing its 2025 legislative session by passing two alarming laws that take effect Sept. 1.

"Signed by Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in June, the new laws amount to a stunningly aggressive legislative crackdown on campus protest (#SB2972) and academic shared governance (#SB37) at public colleges and universities. The laws will not just silence dissent and undermine faculty authority in Texas; they provide a blueprint for how to dismantle academic freedom and chill speech on campus state by state.

"Only a few years ago, conservative lawmakers railed against college 'free-speech zones,' arguing that liberal administrators were muzzling students on the rest of campus. In 2019, Texas legislators joined other states in taking action by declaring all outdoor spaces on public campuses open for protest and speech by students, employees and the general public.

"Now, some of the same legislators have done an about-face. The campus protest law actually directs public colleges and universities to implement a version of free-speech zones and adopt sweeping limitations on protests. #Encampments? Banned. #Megaphones or #speakers during 'class hours'? Forbidden — if anyone claims your 'expressive activity' is one that 'intimidates others' or 'interferes' with an employee’s duties. Even wearing a mask during a protest — something many do for safety — could land a student or employee a disciplinary hearing resulting in 'sanctions.' And any expressive activity between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. is off-limits altogether."

Read more:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/14/texas-campus-free-speech/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/2LuBD

#TexasProtestLaws #ProtestLaws #ProtestLawsTexas #Project2025 #AntiProtestLaws #Authoritarianism #SilencingFreeSpeech #Censorship #AcademicFreedom #AntiMaskLaws #Fascism #USPol #CivilLiberties #Texas

On 15th July, the People’s Inquiry into Campus Free Speech on Palestine heard public testimonies from staff and students across NSW on the USyd campus.

https://honisoit.com/2025/07/students-and-academics-testify-on-usyd-campus-for-the-peoples-inquiry-into-campus-free-speech-on-palestine/

#EducationWorkers #Encampments #FreeSpeech #gaza #HoniSoit #Palestine #StudentProtests #USYD

People’s Inquiry shines a light on #Palestine repression at Australian #universities
https://overland.org.au/2025/07/the-peoples-inquiry-shines-a-light-on-palestine-repression-at-australian-universities/

#PalestineInquiry Preliminary Report
— Don’t talk or write about Palestine: it’s a career killer.
https://www.palestineinquiry.com/preliminary-report

#ANU Poster Policy - #WORONI the voice of Australian National University students since 1950
https://www.woroni.com.au/news/anu-poster-policy-takes-effect/

#EducationWorkers #Encampments #StudentProtests

@Opfoss

“It’s all just a little bit of history repeating” - Shirley Bassey

#YvetteCooper
https://skwawkbox.org/2025/06/30/video-new-direct-action-group-calling-itself-yvette-cooper-takes-up-struggle-against-genocide/

International initiative #GlobalMarchToGaza #AlSoumoudConvoy and #FreedomFlotilla join the many voices, factory #blockades #directaction demonstrations #encampments musicians calling for an end to the siege on #Gaza and a future for #Palestine liberation, dignity and freedom.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2025/07/02/tunis-our-shared-vision-is-stronger-than-ever-before/

#antimilitarism #BobVylan #KneeCap #militaryindustrialcomplex #PalestineAction

International initiatives #GlobalMarchToGaza #AlSoumoudConvoy and #FreedomFlotilla join the many voices, factory #blockades #directaction demonstrations #encampments musicians calling for an end to the siege on #Gaza and a future for #Palestine liberation, dignity and freedom.

https://freedomnews.org.uk/2025/07/02/tunis-our-shared-vision-is-stronger-than-ever-before/

#antimilitarism #BobVylan #KneeCap #militaryindustrialcomplex #PalestineAction

I don't post about local things as much as I'd like to here, since we are still building up community on niagara.social, so I haven't posted about what's been going on at City Hall, but I wanted to share this statement.

The approach many local politicians have taken to encampments and houseless has been grimly racist, classist and ableist, all with a smiling face as per usual in 21st century Canadian settler colonialism. I am very thankful for all of the work the NRNC does, and for this statement in particular.

#CanPoli #OnPoli #OurHomeSTC #StCatharines #NiagaraON #Niagara #SettlerColonialism #Houselessness #Encampments #Classism

2/2 US Protest Law Tracker - Updates to #Federal #Protest Laws introduced in 2025.

Latest updates: Jun. 10, 2025 (US Federal)

#S982: Potential penalties for #universities based on protest #policies

Would make federal accreditation of colleges and universities—and thus their access to federal funds—contingent on the institution’s policies on responding to protests. Under the “No Tax Dollars for College #Encampments Act of 2024,” universities would have to regularly disclose how they respond to campus “incidents of civil disturbance,” defined to include “a demonstration, riot, or strike,” and their accreditation would be linked to such policies and practices. The bill sponsor cited #ProPalestine campus protests as motivation for the bill; he introduced the same bill in 2024.
(Full text of bill: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/982)
Status: pending
Introduced 12 Mar 2025.
Issue(s): Campus Protests, Riot

#HR2065: Harsh penalties for protesters who conceal their identity

Would make it a federal crime, subject to a lengthy prison sentence, to wear a #mask or other disguise while protesting in an "intimidating" or “oppressive” way. Under the “Unmasking Hamas Act,” anyone "in disguise, including while wearing a mask" who "injures, oppresses, threatens, or intimidates any person" exercising their constitutional rights could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison as well as fined. The bill does not define “oppress,” nor does the bill specify what is meant by “disguise,” other than that it includes a “mask.” The bill’s substantive provisions are identical to the “Unmasking Antifa Act,” which lawmakers have introduced in several previous sessions. Sponsors of the bill made clear that it is a response to pro-Palestine protesters, some of whom have worn masks to avoid retaliation.
(Full text of bill: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2065/text?s=1&r=64&q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22actionDate%3A%5C%22119%7C2025-03-11%5C%22+AND+%28billIsReserved%3A%5C%22N%5C%22+OR+type%3A%5C%22AMENDMENT%5C%22%29%22%7D)
Status: pending
Introduced 11 Mar 2025.
Issue(s): #FaceCovering

S 937: Barring student protesters from federal loans and loan forgiveness

Would exclude student protesters from federal financial aid and loan forgiveness if they commit any crime at a campus protest. The bill would cover someone convicted of “any offense” under “any Federal or State law” that is “related to the individual’s conduct at and during the course of a protest” at a college or university. As such, a student convicted of even a nonviolent, state law misdemeanor at a campus protest, such as failing to disperse, would be deemed ineligible for federal student loans; they would also be ineligible for having existing federal loans forgiven, cancelled, waived or modified. The sponsor of the bill said it was a response to pro-Palestine protests at colleges and universities.
(Read full text of bill: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/937)
Status: pending
Introduced 11 Mar 2025.
Issue(s): Campus Protests, Limit on Public Benefits

#HR1057: Penalties for protesters on interstate #highways

Would create steep new penalties for protesters deemed to be “deliberately delaying traffic,” “standing or approaching a motor vehicle,” or “endangering the safe movement of a motor vehicle” on an interstate highway “with the intent to obstruct the free, convenient, and normal use of the interstate highway.” The new federal offense would be punishable by up to $10,000 and 15 years in prison—a far harsher penalty than is the case under many states' laws, which generally already criminalize walking or standing on the highway. The bill provides an exception for “any lawful activity” authorized by federal, state, or local law. However, it could still seemingly cover far more than “blocking” the interstate, including a peaceful protest on the shoulder of an interstate or a convoy-style, driving protest that slowed traffic. The sponsor of the bill made clear that it was in response to protesters. The same bill was introduced as HR 7349 in 2024.
(Full text of bill: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1057)
Status: pending
Introduced 6 Feb 2025.
Issue(s): #TrafficInterference

#ProtestLaws #protestors #protestors_in_prison #CivilLiberties #Fascism #USA #USPol #NoKings #Project2025 #TrumpIsAFascist

June 2025 https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/06/criminalizing-homelessness-doesnt-work-housing-people-does/

March 2025
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/02/03/oregon-eviction-cases-still-climbing-despite-legislation-supporting-renters/

“Out of Reach “ - NLIHC
https://nlihc.org/oor

The federal minimum wage/relic: It last went up to $7.25 on July 24, 2009 — 15 years ago.
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/24/last-federal-minimum-wage-increase-15-years-ago-2009

#encampments #evictions #homeless #housingcrisis #landlords #minimumwage #Oregon #rent #publichousing #workingpoor

Just saw a news piece about #Trump administration attacks on #BowdoinCollege because of the #ProPalestinian #Encampments. I'll look for links to the story later today.

#FreePalestine #MaineResists #CharacteristicsOfFascism

There's a new post on my blog. Learn how one unhoused person is turning their life around. https://www.johnfrench.ca/post/one-person-one-home #housing #mentalhealth #encampments

Film: The #Encampments

Directed by directed by Michael T. Workman & Kei Pritsker, 2025

"When a group of students at Columbia University in New York launch a movement protesting the war in #Gaza, they spark a nationwide uprising in solidarity. Encampments spring up at hundreds of campuses as students object to their own university’s investment in the US and Israeli arms industry. Featuring detained student activist Mahmoud Khalil, The Encampments takes viewers inside America’s student uprising with incredible intimacy and urgency. Professors, whistleblowers, and student activists shed light on a moment that captivated the nation’s attention and continues to make headlines today."

Duration: 85 minutes, with a community discussion to follow
Language: English

Showings:

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
8:00 - 10:00 PM
Bowdoin College, #BrunswickME

Friday, May 16, 2025
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Olin Arts Center (Olin #104 Lecture Hall), #LewistonME

Thursday, May 22, 2025
7:30 - 8:30 PM
Alamo Theatre, #BucksportME [Sold out]

https://www.mvprights.org/events/the-encampments-brunswick

https://www.mainepalestinefilm.org/screenings

#HumanRights #FreeGaza #MaineVoicesForPeace #HumanRightsAreNeverWrong #MaineVoicesForPalestinianRights

https://hyperallergic.com/1008456/two-arrested-at-the-encampments-screening-at-ucla/

#UCLA #Palestine #solidarity #Columbia #educationworkers #studentprotests #encampments #documentary #film

https://hyperallergic.com/999199/the-encampments-documentary-tells-columbia-its-not-over-yet/

'A Jewish professor being fired for showing a film made by American Jews about the American Jewish experience is absolutely insane'
- Erin Axelman, Israelism co-director

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/she-organised-screening-anti-zionist-film-emerson-college-fired-her

#Cinema #Documentary #EducationWorkers #Encampments #Emerson #Films #Israelism #Palestine

'A Jewish professor being fired for showing a film made by American Jews about the American Jewish experience is absolutely insane'
- Erin Axelman, Israelism co-director

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/she-organised-screening-anti-zionist-film-emerson-college-fired-her

#Cinema #Documentary #EducationWorkers #Encampments #Emerson #Films #Israelism #Palestine

'A Jewish professor being fired for showing a film made by American Jews about the American Jewish experience is absolutely insane'
- Erin Axelman, Israelism co-director

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/she-organised-screening-anti-zionist-film-emerson-college-fired-her

#Cinema #Documentary #EducationWorkers #Encampments #Emerson #Films #Israelism #Palestine

'A Jewish professor being fired for showing a film made by American Jews about the American Jewish experience is absolutely insane'
- Erin Axelman, Israelism co-director

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/she-organised-screening-anti-zionist-film-emerson-college-fired-her

#Cinema #Documentary #EducationWorkers #Encampments #Emerson #Films #Israelism #Palestine

'A Jewish professor being fired for showing a film made by American Jews about the American Jewish experience is absolutely insane'
- Erin Axelman, Israelism co-director

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/she-organised-screening-anti-zionist-film-emerson-college-fired-her

#Cinema #Documentary #EducationWorkers #Encampments #Emerson #Films #Israelism #Palestine

@rahu

There are 4,521 people on the “social housing” waiting list in #MoretonBay, the longest in #Queensland.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/09/where-am-i-going-to-go-dismay-as-queensland-council-begins-tearing-down-tent-encampment

#encampments
#evictions #housingcrisis #landlords #Rent

@rahu

There are 4,521 people on the “social housing” waiting list in #MoretonBay, the longest in #Queensland.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/09/where-am-i-going-to-go-dismay-as-queensland-council-begins-tearing-down-tent-encampment

#encampments
#evictions #housingcrisis #landlords #Rent

@RAHU

“Aiding & Abetting” https://calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/02/fremont-ordinance-aid-abet/

At the root of the #workershortage – which advocates say is really a shortage of good jobs – is #lowwages. Most #homeless services frontline workers get $16 and $18 an hour, far too little for the grueling labor, not enough to live in expensive #California cities.
https://calmatters.org/economy/2022/01/california-homeless-worker-shortage/

#Fremont #encampments #evictions #solidarity
#HousingCrisis #landlords #rent #FoodNotBombs #MutualAid

Good news from #CAEH - The Mayor of St Thomas, Joe Preston, has withdrawn his support for the controversial letter to Ontario Premier Doug Ford that asked the province to use the #notwithstanding clause to override the courts and give cities extra powers to evict people from #encampments.

Mayor Preston decided to withdraw his support for the letter given the success his community has had without it. /2

https://caeh.ca/bright-spot-st-thomas-elgin-shows-addressing-encampments-and-reducing-homelessness-does-not-require-the-notwithstanding-clause/

@angryeducationworkers

Halimy Hall Minnesota Uni Occupation
https://popularresistance.org/university-of-minnesota-sds-statement-of-halimy-hall-occupation/

#educationworkers #evictions #occupations
#encampments #HalimyHall #Minnesota #Palestine #SDS #Solidarity #studentprotests

#Lawyers Andrea Henson and longtime #Berkeley #homelessness advocate Osha Neumann both #arrested by #CHP while defending indigent clients as #GovNewsom sicced #Caltrans in to remove residents from an industrial #WestOakland property. After #SCOTUS case sided with removing #homeless from #PublicProperty in #Oregon, #California Gov issued an #ExecutiveOrder last month, telling CA cities & counties to “move urgently to address dangerous #encampments while supporting and assisting the individuals living in them."

http://oaklandside.org/2024/08/08/andrea-henson-caltrans-newsom-encampment-closure

@angryeducationworkers

Deakin Palestine Solidarity Group is comprised of #NTEU4P and Deakin #NTEU members, as well as other Deakin staff organising against our university’s complicity in Israel’s genocide.

https://overland.org.au/2024/08/we-stand-against-discipline-of-deakin-encampment/

#Palestine #solidarity #encampments #studentprotests #educationworkers #Deakin

Universities, police spread ‘jaw-dropping’ misinformation about encampments

Internal emails, leaked recordings, and interviews at six universities reveal a pattern of misinformation targeting pro-Palestinian student encampments before and after crackdowns

by Brishti Basu, Savanna Craig & Athina Khalid

#FreePalestine #ceasefirenow #GazaGenocide #Canada #CanadianPolitcs #cdnpoli #StudentProtest #civilliberties #ACAB #propaganda #encampments #PalestineSolidarity

https://breachmedia.ca/universities-police-spread-jaw-dropping-misinformation-about-encampments/

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/08/university-of-sydney-students-and-staff-blast-new-draconian-protest-crackdown

#encampments #studentprotests
#Palestine #solidarity #SydneyUniversity
#NTEU #educationworkers #union

No Art Under Apartheid

https://hyperallergic.com/926339/artists-rally-at-hammer-museum-after-arrests-at-ucla/

#Gaza #solidarity #encampments #UCLA #HammerMuseum #Artists #HyperAllergic

https://itsgoingdown.org/occupations-blockades-and-direct-actions-continue-to-spread-in-solidarity/

#blockades #directaction #occupations
#encampments #studentprotests #solidarity #Gaza #Palestine #Rafah

LSE Students Vote for Divestment https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240606-lse-students-vote-for-uni-to-divestment-from-weapons-as-israel-continues-to-bomb-gaza/

140 bloody days
Infographic: #MiddleEastMonitor

#LSE #Divest #militaryindustrialcomplex #encampments #StudentProtests #Solidarity #Gaza #Palestine

Multiple actions at Alma Mater: 80 UCSC protesters arrested, police from multiple Bay Area municipalities arrest and disrupt, clear protest encampment at entrance (for “emergencies” why can’t they go through alternate accesses?) and labor allies from UAW support teaching assistants. More at other UC campuses including Irvine later this week. https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/05/31/police-break-up-pro-palestinian-encampment-at-entrance-to-uc-santa-cruz/
#Gaza #protest #encampments #UCSC #SantaCruz

https://events.humanitix.com/charting-bds-at-rmit-academic-boycott-and-military-divestment-whscalue

#BDS #Boycott #Divest #Sanctions #militaryIndustrialComplex #antimilitarism #Ceasefire
#EducationWorkers #union #NTEU
#encampments #studentprotests
#RMIT #BooksNotBombs #Palestine #solidarity

Another quote: `In the case of the #Palestine #solidarity #encampments at the universities of Alberta and Calgary, everyone understands that the students and their supporters in the encampments were not intent on causing “social disorder” or attempting to wreak #violence against the #institutions they attend. And everyone includes the universities’ #administrations, the #police in their #military-style uniforms, and the #UCP #Government.'

2024 #graduate, Nando Felten, delivered a #PowerfulSpeech at the #University of #Michigan in #solidarity with #Palestine.

#Students in the US are not just setting up #encampments to show solidarity with the #Palestinians but using their #graduation ceremonies to highlight the plight of the people of Palestine.

https://youtu.be/ricF6-oMPYM?si=7uQ1fkZMlJ1zAVKB

#StudentSpring #GraduationSpeech #AntiWar #GazaSolidarity #ProPeace #StopGenocide #DiscloseDivest #FutureLeaders #humanitarian

https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/05/arizona-universities-once-known-for.html

#encampments #studentprotests
#congo #Palestine #Sudan
Northern #ArizonaUniversity, #Flagstaff, #Arizona
Photo by #IndigenousAction