Newcastle uni protesters praised for 78 days of peaceful persistence

Students for Palestine held their protest at the Callaghan campus. Picture by Jonathan Carroll

On May 13, University of Newcastle (UON) Students for Palestine set up their solidarity encampment on the university's Auchmuty Lawn, which happens to be just outside my office in the Life Sciences Building.

Since COVID, it has been a challenge to encourage students to attend campus, so the sight of tents popping up on the grass like giant mushrooms seemed like an apparition.