University Encampments and the Conditions of State Violence

By occupying the campus in support of Palestine, students around the world are reimagining that space as one that promotes relations of care here and abroad.

University of Alberta English and film studies professor Mike Litwack stands between Edmonton police officers and community members of the pro-Palestine encampment they were sent to tear down. (Instagram/sjp.uofa)

The militarized suppression of pro-Palestine encampments at Alberta’s two largest universities, cheered on by Premier Danielle Smith, reveals …