Encampment dismantled, campaign moves to UC Merced
Protestors demand alignment of investments with values
UC Berkeley reaches agreement with pro-Palestinian activists
UC Berkeley rejects call for full divestment from Israel and academic boycott
University agrees to examine investments in weapons manufacturing and Israel
In a dramatic turn of events, pro-Palestinian activists at the University of California, Berkeley have reached an agreement with university officials to dismantle their encampment on campus. The protestors had been demanding that the university review whether its investments align with its values, particularly in relation to weapons manufacturing and support for Israel. According to the agreement, UC Berkeley has agreed to examine its investments and focus on companies involved in weapons manufacturing, mass incarceration or surveillance. However, the university rejected an outright call for full divestment from Israel and will not consider an academic boycott involving the country. The protestors have now moved their campaign to Merced, where they plan to attend a meeting of the UC Regents later this week. Meanwhile, other pro-Palestinian encampments remain in place at other campuses, including the University of San Francisco, where students have agreed to divest from weapons manufacturers and establish a screening process for future investments that violate human rights. The events at UC Berkeley highlight the growing movement for social and economic justice on college campuses across the United States.
Pro-Palestinian activists took over a vacant UC Berkeley building near People’s Park on Wednesday.
The building, which has not been used for years and has boarded-up windows, was covered in fresh graffiti reading ‘Avenge’ and ‘our house’, with Palestinian flags hanging from the roof.
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]Pro-Palestinian activists took over a vacant UC Berkeley building near People's Park on Wednesday.[
The building was covered in fresh graffiti reading 'Avenge' and 'our house', with Palestinian flags hanging from the roof.
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The article contains an appeal to emotion with the use of the phrase 'avenge' by the protester. This is a form of informal fallacy known as an appeal to emotion or pathos. The author also uses inflammatory rhetoric in quoting the protester saying 'we are occupying this space because it is time to avenge the martyrs.' However, no explicit logical fallacies were found in the text written by Jordan Parker and Eli Rosenberg.
We are occupying this space because it is time to avenge the martyrs.
