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Javed Ali, Associate Professor of Practice of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Student anger over the Vietnam War erupted into violence in the ’60s − a terrorism expert explores if the same could happen today

Leaders of the radical American student group the Weathermen march in Chicago in October 1969. David Fenton/Getty Images

Following a wave of pro-Palestinian protests led by students at universities across the country, a few schools, like Brown University, say they are considering divesting from companies that support or work in Israel.

In most circumstances, with summer on the horizon, the friction between protesting students and university administrations appears to have diminished, at least for the time being.

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