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submitted 5 months ago by solo@kbin.earth to c/world@lemmy.world

Students have been camping in the building protesting university's ties with Israel


The senate of the University of Barcelona (UB) has approved a motion in support of Palestine on Wednesday.
The motion calls for the university to break all institutional and academic ties with Israel, including centers, research institutes, companies, and other institutions in the country, until what they refer to as genocide stops.
The result was 59 votes in favor of the motion, 23 against and 37 abstentions.
The students protesting at the university celebrated the news of their motion being approved.
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[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

Again, protesting works. Way to go!

[-] footoro@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 months ago

I guess Catalonians understand how it is to be colonized by a foreign entity. Kudos to them.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 5 months ago

That makes two of ‘em. Holy shit, I really how they all come crashing down. Give us a tidal wave of divestment.

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