As Columbia capitulates to Trump over Palestine protest, student activists are regrouping – Mondoweiss

Over the past two years, Columbia University has become a case study in the growing battle between grassroots movements in the U.S. and the institutions determined to silence them. What began as a student-led call for divestment from Israel escalated into a high-stakes confrontation between students, university leadership, and, eventually, the U.S. president. 

That battle now appears to have reached a grim turning point. In trading student rights to free speech and protest for…