Colombia_Revolt

Colombia Revolt Columbia Revolt UP AGAINST THE WALL, MOTHER******! THIS IS A STICK-UP! Perhaps nothing upset our enemies more than this slogan. To them it seemed to show the extent to which we had broken with their norms, how far we had sunk to brutality, hatred and obscenity. Great! The New York Times put forward three interpretations of the slogan, the only one of which I remember is the one which had to do with putting the administration up against the wall before a firing squad-apparently our fascistic ‘final solution’. The truth is almost as bad: the slogan defined Grayson Kirk, David Truman, the Trustees, many of the faculty, and the cops as our enemies. Liberal solutions, ‘restructuring’, partial understandings, compromise are not allowed anymore. The essence of the matter is that we are out for social and political revolution. Mark Rudd - SDS Columbia Chapter Chairman and one of the leaders of the Strike In the spring of 1968 students at Columbia University participated in a controversial series of demonstrations designed to disrupt the ongoings at the university. The Columbia Revolt was original and unique at this point in history. It was the most bold students, university, protest, police, crisis, columbia, faculty, campus, student, out, issues, willing, protests, people, members, made, harlem, hamilton, hall, black, sds, protestors, included, president, one, make, construction, between, against, white, trying, time, revolt, problems, political, policies, order, occupied, low, ivy, isserman, however, day, buildings, arrests, after, about, war