24 hours ago it became known that our very own Alkinoos Ioannidis, who is on tour in the US, will not be performing the concert scheduled at Columbia University after all due to the riots that took place in the venue by young students over Israel’s war in Gaza.
“I saw the ‘occupation’ of the campus by the students, I also saw the non-stop, 24-hour protests inside and outside the university, with the slogans, Palestinian flags and headscarves that you see everywhere in the city, and today there was a protest rally of hundreds of professors,” wrote in a social media post the artist, who said he lives very close to the campus, while apologizing for the cancellation of the concert.
It is true that images of the riots have been making the rounds in the past few days.
A multitude of students, not only at Columbia but also at other US universities, such as in Texas and South Carolina, reacted to Israel’s aggressive actions in Gaza and the US government’s support for Tel Aviv, by occupying, demonstrating and beating up professors, which required the intervention of police forces to temporarily disperse them.
Meanwhile, police arrested hundreds more demonstrators in various parts of the US as protests against the war in Gaza intensified on college campuses. Some 108 arrests were made at Emerson College, Boston police told the BBC’s US affiliate CBS News.
Earlier, 93 people at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles were detained on trespassing charges. Protesters and police also clashed at the University of Texas at Austin. Authorities said 34 people were arrested there as well.
Video of the University of Texas clashes:
#BBCNews #FoxNews @Columbia @UTAustin We did Nazi this happening. I’d never, ever, buy a Muskmobile. I will buy an electric car on my next purchase,will never do business with he never figures it out. #MurdochGutterMedia #msnbc #cnn #ToriesOut #morningjoe pic.twitter.com/oz2RXL59Yr
— Town Post (@MendacityAbout) April 25, 2024
BREAKING, UT/DPS arresting protesting students at #ColumbiaUniversity!
At least 4 people were arrested! 👎🏻
This is America and how #FreedomOfSpeech works there.#GazaSolidarityEncampment pic.twitter.com/7CQn6Yxd2c
— Apartheid Review (@ApartheidReview) April 25, 2024
