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

  • Written by: Javed Ali, Associate Professor of Practice of Public Policy, University of Michigan
imageLeaders 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.

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