Students participating in the Gaza Solidarity Encampments at universities across the country are being taught to become militants, according to nine manuals obtained by The Free Press.

Many of the manuals, which are being shared via phone group chats with students across the country, encourage “militancy” and instruct protesters to break laws, seize buildings, vandalize them, and then use tactics to evade police detection and arrest. One guide, called “De-arrest Primer,” teaches protesters to physically resist arrest or, in some cases, assault police officers or throw projectiles at them to protect fellow “comrades” from arrest. “Each de-arrest,” the guide states, “is a micro-intifada which can spread and inspire others until we may finally shake off this noxious ruling order all together.” ...

“The Do-It-Yourself Occupation Guide,” which was shared 24 hours after Columbia protesters broke into Hamilton Hall, was written by organizers of the Occupy Wall Street movements from 2009 to 2012. According to an editor’s note, it was updated in 2024 “in light of a nationwide resurgence of student occupations.” Another guide is produced by Palestine Action US, a radical organization closely tied to Fergie Chambers, the multimillionaire communist heir who has advocated for making “people who support Israel actually afraid to go out in public.”