Long history of protests on U.S. college campuses [Video]

DENVER — From Denver’s Auraria Campus to Columbia University, students around the country are parking themselves on college campuses to protest for Palestinian human rights that have been impacted by the Israel-Hamas war.

“We haven’t seen protests of this magnitude in the U.S. around a war since the invasion of Iraq in 2003,” said Dr. Michael English, Peace, Conflict and Security Program Director at CU Boulder. 

English said student protests surrounding everything from the Civil Rights Movement to the Vietnam War and Occupy Wall Street have filled college campuses for decades. Students are active, they’re educated, and if they feel their opinion is being ignored, English said, they’re willing to push back on big issues.

“I think if you look back at the 1960s, there are certainly a lot of parallels in terms …