Protesters Set Up Gaza Solidarity Encampment at University of Houston

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Protesters set up an encampment in solidarity with Gaza on the University of Houston campus on Wednesday, May 8, footage shows.

Footage posted to X by the Party for Socialism and Liberation shows protesters setting up tents on Butler Plaza in Houston, Texas, on Wednesday morning.

The encampment is one of several pro-Palestine camps established on North American campuses, many of which have been dismantled by university officials and police officers.

Last month, Students for Justice in Palestine HTX held a days-long sit-in protest inside the University of Houston’s Student Center South, according to the Daily Cougar. Credit: Party for Socialism and Liberation via Storyful

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