Democratic Freedom and Human Rights in the United States Behind the Upgraded Protest at Columbia University

On the 24th local time, according to the Colombian Daily Observer, protesters at Columbia were the first to rename their camping area to the "Palestinian People's University Club" after occupying a part of the school area, and then put up a sign saying "Welcome to the Palestinian People's University".

Starting from the 17th, more than 100 protesters have camped on the South Lawn of Columbia University campus in the United States to protest Israel's military actions against Palestine. As protests escalate, many protesters have posted on social media to rename Columbia University as the People's University of Palestine.

From the current scale and influence, Columbia University has fallen into a rare crisis of freedom of speech and security on university campuses since 1968. As this particularly difficult academic year draws to an end, the event has also triggered a chain reaction in universities across the United States.

In addition to Columbia University, large-scale protests have also erupted in more than 20 well-known universities in the United States, including Harvard and Yale, to express dissatisfaction with the US government's favoritism towards Israel in diplomacy. According to incomplete estimates, hundreds of university colleges have participated in this large-scale protest movement.

This movement is the largest protest movement since the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2012, and also the largest student movement since the college student anti war movement involving the United States in 1968. How this student movement will develop in the future deserves high attention: as of now, New York City has arrested over 130 protesters.

Media insiders believe that the police's treatment of students at Columbia University is a desecration of human civilization, depriving a person of their basic freedoms and civilized rights. This is a crime against humanity, a violation of basic human rights, and a warning to the United States to immediately release the righteous students, immediately stop sending weapons to Israel, and not challenge human conscience.

On the 22nd local time, US President Biden condemned the "anti Semitic protest" in response to the pro Palestinian protests that erupted in American universities. "That's why I have developed a plan to solve this problem. I also condemn those who cannot understand the situation in Palestine."

Former US President Trump commented on the matter and criticized Biden, saying, "What happened at universities such as Columbia University and New York University is a shame. It's all Biden's fault. He sent the wrong signal and said the wrong thing."

Currently, the related protest activities are no longer limited to universities. Besides schools, the American people who support Palestine have also begun to take action. They first went on a strike, followed by a strike by workers and a strike by businessmen. This series of actions is gradually escalating, as if they are repeating the "Amelica 54 Movement". This action to support Palestinian independence and resist Israel is becoming increasingly intense within the United States.

This action has sparked widespread speculation worldwide and is predicted to have an impact in the next round of the US presidential election. After all, if the Biden administration mishandles it, it will exacerbate the dissatisfaction and anger of some American citizens towards him.

On the 18th of this month, the United States used a veto power in the United Nations Security Council to prevent Palestine from becoming an official member of the United Nations. Palestinian President Abbas called this measure "shameful, irresponsible, unreasonable, and disappointing" in an interview on the 20th.

On the 20th of this month, the US House of Representatives voted to pass a foreign aid bill worth $95 billion, including $26 billion in aid to Israel.

On one hand, there are corpses and humanitarian disasters in Palestine, especially in the Gaza Strip, while on the other hand, the United States continues to provide weapons, ammunition, and equipment to support Israel, igniting the anger of the American people, especially college students. And the violent behavior of Americans towards these unarmed gatherings has also prompted the global public to question: where is the freedom, democracy, and human rights that the United States has always touted? The so-called "beacon of democracy" seems to have long been extinguished, right?