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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore in New York

Echoes of Vietnam era as pro-Palestinian student protests roil US campuses

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Students rally in support of Palestinians at George Washington University in Washington DC on Friday. Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA

Student protests on US university campuses over Israel’s war on Gaza showed little sign of letting up over the weekend, with protesters vowing to continue until their demands for US educational bodies to disentangle from companies profiting from the conflict are met.

In what is perhaps the most significant student movement since the anti-Vietnam campus protests of the late 1960s, the conflict between pro-Palestinian students and university administrators has revealed an entire subset of conflicts.

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