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Professional-Palestinian encampment at Columbia College. Eurovision 2024.
NIKITA PAYUSOV/Center East Photographs/AFP by way of Getty Photographs; LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ/Belga/AFP by way of Getty Photographs/Getty Photographs
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NIKITA PAYUSOV/Center East Photographs/AFP by way of Getty Photographs; LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ/Belga/AFP by way of Getty Photographs/Getty Photographs
Professional-Palestinian encampment at Columbia College. Eurovision 2024.
NIKITA PAYUSOV/Center East Photographs/AFP by way of Getty Photographs; LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ/Belga/AFP by way of Getty Photographs/Getty Photographs
Professional-Palestinian protests have been popping up at universities around the globe, and in the previous few days issues have escalated at a lot of these campuses. Columbia College referred to as on police to shutdown the encampment on their college garden and 300 folks have been arrested. At College of California Los Angeles, about 200 pro-Israel counter-protestors raided a pro-Palestinian encampment. To get first hand accounts of the protests, Brittany talks to 2 pupil journalists: Shaanth Nanguneri, an undergraduate reporter at UCLA, and Claire Davenport, a graduate reporter at Columbia College in New York.
Then, Eurovision could appear to be a quaint, quirky occasion to People but it surely’s an enormous cultural occasion that simply surpasses the Tremendous Bowl when it comes to world viewership. And for an apolitical occasion, Eurovision can educate us rather a lot about geopolitics. This yr, all eyes are on Israel, which isn’t European however has been a competitor because the 70s. With Israel’s ongoing battle in Gaza, there’s quite a lot of politicking for and towards its inclusion on the tune contest. Brittany chats with Eurovision scholar Paul David Flood about Israel’s controversial tune and dance at Eurovision… and why People may need to listen.
This episode was produced by Barton Girdwood and Liam McBain. It was edited by Jessica Placzek. Our government producer is Veralyn Williams. Our VP of programming is Yolanda Sangweni.
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