No, Mr. Mayor, Outside Organizers Are Not Responsible for Student Radicalism

While there are malevolent outside actors doing what they can with universities, the influential corruption is internal.

Columbia University students protest the Israel/Gaza conflict at Columbia University in New York City on April 27, 2024. Emel Akan/The Epoch Times

Commentary

In his May 1 press conference on the university student demonstrations, occupations, and riots, New York City Mayor Eric Adams blamed outside professional organizers for radicalizing our young people in universities in New York, on campuses throughout the country, and around the world. Exactly who these sinister outside forces are, the mayor did not specify.