Despite protests, UT divestment from weapons unlikely
03-05-2024 22:18 via kxan.com

Despite protests, UT divestment from weapons unlikely

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Recent demands by college protestors ask college administrations to "divest from death" by ending contracts with companies supplying the Israel Defense Force's (IDF) war in Gaza.Divestment is the opposite of investment; to divest means to sell off shares in a company. For example, the U.S. Congress passed a law that requires TikTok's parent company to divest from the app.The student group Palestinian Solidarity Committee (PSC), which organized recent protests at the Univers
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