The SJP Encampment returns to Swarthmore
By Bob Small
The story of the National SJP encampment at Swarthmore College continues to evolve.
We know that there were nine arrests of SJPers, and only two of them were connected with Swarthmore. Having heard the story from KYW, I walked up from the train station and found the “tent city” in front of Trotter Hall. It turns out that if I had tried to enter by the Visitor’s Parking Lot, I might have been turned away as an “outside agitator”. The two persons from SJP who spoke to me handed out flyers, one from Writers Against The War On Gaza and another listing their demands, primarily against Swarthmore College’s collaboration with Cisco.
See SJP(@sarahjessicaparker) • Instagram photos and … for other demands.
By inviting outsiders to join the protest, the SJP, who have their right to protest, stirred up, as Don Imus used to say “a big bowl of stupid”. This gave the College Administration the right to do what they did. It should also be noted that the College intermittently blocked outside access to the Phoenix College Newspaper or that the Swarthmore Public Library had a strange malfunction.
Note; There are 18 pages to the most recent article from the Phoenix.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that this action actually began on April 30. A SJP spokesperson, Ash, said “We want divestment from Cisco because this is a tech company that is used to surveil Palestinians,” .
This is the Instagram Swarthmore SJP with it’s most recent updates.
For a You-Tube presentation, see Pro-Palestinian protests continue at on-campus encampments …
There was also a camp at Penn, among others country-wide.
“We’re here to learn, not to fund bombs,” said Hilah Kohen a Falk Fellow in Jewish Studies.
See also
Pro-Palestine Swarthmore students establish a so-called “ …,
Swarthmore Students Begin Another Pro-Palestinian Encampment
Val Smith, president of Swarthmore College says that SJP inviting people from “outside the Campus Community to join them” led her to take action.
The actions of Prime Minister Benjamin Nethanyahu are being used as justification for both legitimate protest actions and increasing anti-semitism. That’s the current situation.
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