Artin Safaei

Students occupy library to demand SFU’s divestment from Israel

By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide and violence. On May 23, SFU students occupied the downtown campus’ Belzberg Library to demand the university divest from military assets supplied to Israel and call for an immediate ceasefire. A broad coalition of SFU groups organized the protest, which was intended to coincide with SFU’s Board of Governors meeting. A rally was also held outside campus for over four hours, and there was a teach-in about “building community resistance.”  In March, students protested at the Board meeting in-person with the same demands. Since then, the Board has moved their…

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