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Working Mass
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Working Mass
@dsaworkingmass
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- The horrific moment that Tufts grad student and anti-war activist Rumeysa Ozturk was detained (kidnapped) by Trump’s ICE thugs. Somerville, MA #FreePalestine #FreeRemeysa
00:00 - BREAKING: Working Mass can confirm that the antisemitic chants were shouted not by encampment organizers, but by pro-Israel counter-supporters. We are waiting on a response from Northeastern about their decision to arrest their own students in light of this new information.
00:00 - Replying to @dsaworkingmassVIDEO: Outside provocateurs holding Israeli flags chanted "Kill the Jews!" Pro-Palestine Northeastern students at the encampment sought to de-escalate. Northeastern admin need to apologize for false claims - news outlets need to issue corrections.
00:00 - Replying to @dsaworkingmass @SEIU509 and @DeGreat4Estimated 2k out to say “Release Rumeysa Now!”
00:00 - Replying to @dsaworkingmassTufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Tuesday evening.
- BREAKING: Hundreds of Emerson students rally at the Boylston T station in Boston Common.
- Replying to @dsaworkingmassAccording to Ozturk’s attorney, sources report, Ozturk has a valid F-1 visa and was returning home to meet with friends and break her Ramadan fast when she was detained by federal agents, near Electric Avenue and Mason Street in Somerville, just a block away from Tuft’s campus.
- Replying to @dsaworkingmassStudent form ranks 4 lines thick and drill on how to resist police incursions.
00:00 - Replying to @dsaworkingmassOzturk was one of four authors of an Op-Ed in the The Tufts Daily, the school’s student newspaper. The article called on the universities’ administration to implement the anti-genocide resolutions adopted by the Tufts Community Union Senate, a body of the student government.
- Replying to @dsaworkingmass and @SEIU509Activists are calling for an emergency demonstration at 5:30 p.m. at Powder House Square Park.
- Around 200 Northeastern students have taken over a park in the center of campus. Small number of campus police on scene. New day new thread 🧵
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