In California, a group of students at Occidental College are entering their fourth day on hunger strike to demand Occidental divest from companies tied to Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, protect free speech on campus and shield students from attacks by ICE and LAPD. These are some of the striking students speaking Wednesday.

Evan Zeltzer: “Today marks day three of our hunger strike and day 564 of Israel’s most recent intensification of the 77-year genocide against the Palestinian people. Since March, Israel has been enforcing a manmade blockade and creating a famine.”

Jackie Hu: “Occidental College is complicit in this ongoing genocide. And we, as the students, are committed to holding the administration accountable to being on the right side of history.”