Pro-Palestinian protesters break through barricades to retake MIT encampment
Voice of America
Pro-Palestinian supporters tear down the wall as they retake the encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 6, 2024.
Pro-Palestinian protesters who had been blocked by police from accessing an encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Monday broke through fencing, linked arms and encircled tents that remained there, as Columbia University canceled its university-wide commencement ceremony following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests.
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