The Columbia Student Uprising-40 Years Later-2/5

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Forty Years After Historic Columbia Strike, Four Leaders of 1968 Student Uprising Reflect
Forty years ago this week, hundreds of students at Columbia University started a revolt on campus. Students went on strike. They occupied five buildings, including the president's office in Low Library, and barricaded themselves inside for days. The students were protesting Columbia's ties to military research and plans to build a university gymnasium in a public park in Harlem. The 1968 Columbia uprising inspired student protests across the country. We spend the hour with four of the strike leaders: Gustin Reichbach is now a New York State Supreme Court Justice; William Sales is now a professor at Seton Hall University; Tom Hayden is a former California state senator; and Juan Gonzalez, our own Democracy Now! co-host. [includes rush transcript]

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  • It's odd that they showed Bull Connor spraying people down with water hoses in Selma, Alabama.

    Besides this, great program. Democracy Now keeps my hope in a just society alive.

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