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Authorities say ‘outside agitators’ are at Gaza war protests. We’ve heard this before

by NPR.org

The term “outside agitator” has staying power.

It’s been used against protestors throughout history, from the Civil Rights Movement, to the anti-Vietnam War protests and now during the pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses.

“Outside agitator” was also used to describe some of the people who protested the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri In 2014.

Who exactly are the “outside agitators” and what purpose does it serve to call them out?

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Posted inEducation, Politics, The Weekly Catch

Students strike a deal at Brown, roots of militarized police response to college protests, and more

by Luis Hernandez, James Baumgartner and Mareva Lindo
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Pro-Palestine demonstrations have cropped up on university campuses around the country, leading in some cases to arrests and clashes with police. But Brown University students and administrators this week reached a peaceful conclusion. We hear from two students about how it happened. Also, violence between cops and student protestors may seem familiar to those who witnessed the campus unrest of the 60s and other eras. But today’s militarized police response to protests at Columbia and other colleges has its roots in post-9/11 policies. Plus, we hear about a biography on one of the most influential American artists of the past 50 years: Keith Haring. That and more coming on this episode of The Weekly Catch.

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Brown University students on how the pro-Palestine encampment came to a peaceful conclusion

by Luis Hernandez
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Brown University proved to be an outlier at university campuses this past week as police elsewhere broke up encampments and arrested protesters. Pro-Palestinian activists at Brown reached an agreement with their school’s administrators to end an encampment.

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Brown University professors accuse administrators of ‘intimidation, threats, and harassment’

by Olivia Ebertz

Some professors at Brown University are accusing the school’s administration of surveilling and harassing faculty members who attended a pro-Palestinian encampment at the school’s Providence campus.  In a statement put out by Brown’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, or AAUP, the professors specifically take issue with letters sent to several faculty members […]

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