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Lev Deane

By Lev Deane

LSU students hold banners with their demands.

Baton Rouge, LA – On Friday February 21, a group of students at Louisiana State University (LSU) disrupted a board of supervisors meeting in order to present demands to administration. The students had four demands they wanted to bring to the board of supervisors: reinstate Professor Ken Levy, make LSU a sanctuary campus, stop tuition hikes, and disclose and divest investments with Israel.

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By Lev Deane

Panel discussion on the Tulane and Loyola University encampments for Gaza.  Left to right, emcee Ryan Spalt, panelists Juleea Berthelot, Rory MacDonald, and Carson Cruse.  | Staff/Fight Back! News

Baton Rouge, LA – On October 9, Louisiana State University’s Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a panel on the Tulane and Loyola University encampments for Gaza as part of their October 7 Week of Rage. LSU SDS invited members of Tulane and Loyola SDS and a member of Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) from New Orleans. They highlighted their wins and explored lessons learned from planning and implementing the encampment.

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