University of missouri and brought solidarity protests on campuses around the country, a similar protest has erupted at Ithaca College in upstate new york. All over the nation, both on and off College Campuses, we have seen young and old fighting against injustice. We stand here in solidarity stop our hearts are heavy with the pain of mizzou and yale in every person on college canvases simply because of the color of their skin, the texture of their hair. However, how can a cap is dedicated to preparing us for the real world not actively foster growth . Amy on wednesday, thousands of faculty, students and staff staged a walkout to call for the resignation of president tom rochon. The protesters, led by students of color, lay down on the rainy walkways in a mass diein. Well get an update from Ithaca College student body president Dominick Recckio, and peyi shoyinka irawele, professor of international and african politics at Ithaca College. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Student protests are sweeping the nation. On thursday, students on more than 100 College Campuses rallied from coast to coast as campuses railed against institutional racism, as well as against mounting student debt. Students gathered at Columbia University in new york city, Smith College in massachusetts, Ithaca College in upstate new york, and the university of kansas, among others, declaring solidarity with the university of Missouri Students and demanding their own campuses address racism. This comes as students on more than campuses also rallied for a 100 day of protest called the million student march. The demonstrations took place at Rutgers University in new jersey, university of texas in austin, university of utah in salt lake city, Portland State university in oregon, and campuses across the university of california system. The students demands include the cancellation of all student debt, tuitionfree Public College and a 15 minimum wage , for campus workers. This comes as the university of missouri has named a black law professor to serve as interim president of the university system, following the resignation of former president tim wolfe earlier this week amid massive protests over racism on campus. The new president , michael middleton, spoke about the need to learn the nations history of racism. I dont blame white people who dont understand. I blame our ugly history and i think it is important that we learn that history and understand it so that we can get the on that history. And build the institution in the country that we imagine and the country that we imagine, rather than the institution or country that is. Amy meanwhile, in california, the dean of Claremont Mckenna college has also resigned amid protests over racism on campus. Dean Mary Spellman stepped down thursday after two students declared hunger strikes. Tensions over racism on campus have been rising for months. In april, 30 students of color wrote to the president Claremont Mckenna, saying they felt excluded, isolated and intimidated. Last month, a student wrote an oped describing her discomfort as a lowincome latina student at claremont. The former dean responded by saying she would help students who dont fit the cmc mold, a response which trigger protests and calls for her ouster. The students demands include funding for multicultural clubs, more diverse hiring, a mentoring program and an administrator to , oversee diversity. Meanwhile, some professors have canceled classes at the historically black college of Howard University in washington, d. C. , thursday, after someone claiming to be a university of Missouri Student made a violent threat against howard students. The author said on an online comment board he would kill any , black students on howards campus thursday, writing, after all, its not murder if theyre black. In an email to students, Howard University president Wayne Frederick said the university is aware of the threat and that security has been increased around campus. The threats came one day after two White College students were arrested for allegedly posting social media threats against students of color at the university of missouri. The threats included, im going to stand my ground tomorrow and shoot every black person i see and im gonna shoot any black people tomorrow, so be ready, they wrote. In lebanon, the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for one of the worst attacks to hit beirut in years. On thursday, at least 43 people were killed and more than 200 wounded in a double Suicide Attack on a stronghold of the lebanese Political Movement hezbollah. The bombers struck during rush hour in an apparent bid to maximize the civilian death toll. Well have more on the beirut bombings later in the broadcast. The pentagon says it is assessing whether a u. S. Airstrike killed mohammed emwazi, a prominent britishkuwaiti member of isil who is often called jihadi john. An unnamed official told fox news he was 99 sure the airstrike near raqqa, syria, killed emwazi. A former it student in london, emwazi is believed to have appeared in the videos showing the killing of u. S. Journalists james foley and steven sotloff, in burma the prodemocracy party , of nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has won 348 seats in parliament, giving her Democracy Movement a majority and the power to select the countrys next president. Sundays National Election ousted myanmars militarybacked ruling party, which won a mere 40 seats. When the new parliament meets in january, it will mark the First Time Since 1962 that the military establishment does not control burmas government. University of illinois has agreed to an 875,000 financial settlement with professor steven salaita, whose job offer for a tenured position at the campus at urbanachampaign was withdrawn last year after he posted tweets harshly critical of the 2014 israeli assault on gaza. Salaitas case caused a firestorm, with thousands of academics signing petitions calling for salaitas reinstatement and the American Association of University Professors calling the schools actions inimical to Academic Freedom and due process. In august, university of illinois at urbanachampaign chancellor phyllis wise resigned after she was implicated in a scandal that involved attempting to hide emails detailing salaitas ouster. In a statement, salaita said this settlement is a vindication for me, but more importantly, it is a victory for Academic Freedom and the first amendment. Amnesty international is calling for a probe of the killing of a palestinian man by undercover israeli agents during a raid on a hospital in hebron thursday, saying the killing may amount to an extrajudicial execution. The Palestinian Ministry of health said undercover commandos shot abdullah alshalaldeh five times after he allegedly attempted to stop them from questioning his cousin, who was receiving treatment after being injured by Israeli Security forces. Philip luther of Amnesty International said the fact that Abdullah Shalaldah was shot in the head and upper body suggests this was an extrajudicial execution, adding to a disturbing pattern of similar recent incidents by Israeli Forces in the west bank which warrant urgent investigation, he said. In Palm Beach Gardens, florida, a Police Officer who shot and killed a local musician after his car broke down along interstate 95 has been fired. On october 18, plainclothes officer nouman raja was driving an unmarked van when he stopped by the car of 31yearold corey jones, who was waiting for a tow truck at about 3 00 in the morning. His r had brok down. The Palm Beach Gardens police chief says jones confronted officer raja, who was not in uniform. The officer then fired six shots, killing jones. Police say jones had a registered gun, which was never fired. City Officials Say a criminal investigation is ongoing. In news from the campaign trail, republican president ial candidate donald trump has issued a scathing 95minute critique of his rival ben carson during a speech in iowa. Trump seized on passages from carsons autobiography, in which the retired neurosurgeon describes himself as pathological. If you are pathological, there is no cure for that, folks. Ok . There is no cure for that. One of the shows today, and i dont want to say what i said, but i will tell you anyway. If you are a child molester, a sick puppy, you are a child molester, theres no cure for that. Theres only one cure. We dont want to talk about that cure. That is the ultimate cure. Well, there is death and the other thing. Molester, are a child theres no cure. They cant stop you. Pathological, theres no cure. Now, he said was pathological. Amy president obama has criticized republican president ial candidate Donald Trumps plan to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants, and spoke to George Stephanopoulos on abc. Wants to bring back operation went back from president eisenhower and a deportation force. I think the name of the operation tells you something about the dangers of looking backwards. Imagine the images on the screen flashed around the world as we were driving parents away from their children and putting them in Detention Centers and then systematically sending them out. Nobody thinks that that is real estate, but more important, that is not who we are as americans. Amy president obamas criticism of trump comes despite the fact that obama has overseen the deportation of more than 4 Million People during his presidency more than any other president in u. S. History. Democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders has secured the backing of the american postal workers union. Its the Second National union to back sanders, after National Nurses united also came out in support of sanders. His main rival, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, has won endorsements from the major publicsector unions the American Federation of teachers, the National Education association, and the American Federation of state, county and municipal employees. And those are me of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman with juan gonzalez. Juan welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the cntry and around the world. We begin in lebanon, where the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for one of the worst attacks to hit beirut in years. On thursday, at least 43eople were killed d more than 200 wounded in a double Suicide Attack on a stronghold of the lebanese Political Movement hezbollah. The bombers struck during rush hour in an apparent bid to maximize the death toll. Amy this marks the second time in two weeks the Islamic State has taken credit for targeting its enemies outside syria with deadly attacks on civilians. Isils egypt affiliate says it was behind the downing of a russian passenger plane that killed over 224 people in the sinai last month. Both russia and hezbollah back syrian dictator bashar alassad, who counts the Islamic State among his many foes. For more on the beirut bombings we are joined by rami khouri, founding director and senior policy fellow of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of beirut. Hes also a syndicated columnist at the beirutbased daily star newspaper and a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy schools belfer center. Welcome back to democracy now can you talk about what took place yesterday . What took place is a continuation of a trend or process that has been going on for some years now, and it has several different concentric circles, the most immediate one is the fighting in syria between the Syrian Government of us are alassad and his foes were trying to bring them down, including Islamist Groups like isis or alnusra and dozens and dozens of militants, many of whom are islamists and some are nationalists and secular in syrians. Hezbollah has joined the fight and so have the iranians. Your singer continuation of battles between hezbollah and lebanon and also hezbollah in syria against some of these Islamist Groups like isis, alnusra, and others. And there have been titfortat bombings and killings going on between these two groups for about the last two years, maybe more. The troubling thing is, this is now coming back into the center of beirut. And in the area that is heavily shiite in the Southern Suburbs of beirut, which is very have been traditionally a red zone come off limits for people to attack hezbollah. But that was shattered about two years ago when several bombings in that area took place, including an attack on the irian embassy. There were titfortat attacks then, People Killed the lebanese former minister, an ally of another group in lebanon. The killing was done in the heart of western beirut. The symbolism two years ago was very clear that no area in lebanon is out of bounds, nobody is safe. Then there was an agreement in lebanon which pretty much called things down from the last year and a half. This is a resumption of that process. The immediate issue is hezbollah versus the militant Islamist Isis and others, but there are other concentric circles, wider syrian conflicts, many different conflicts that converge in syria and the most troubling, the third one, how isis apparently targetseting outside of syria and iraq, whether they brought down the russian airplane and sinai is possibly one issue we have to look at now this bombing in lebanon. It is possible that isis is looking to carry out more such attacks against targets. They threatened to go after russia now and communicate and acumen a k a few days ago. Rejuvenated al qaeda and isis, the two fastestgrowing brand names and islamic islamist militancy and terror in the region. Allr growing with groups over the place, pledging allegiance to them, granting more territory. Isis has established in iraq and syria. You have to look at all of these things together. The russian involvement in syria opens up new dimensions of isi retaliation against the russians, against the americans and french and british and others for their attacks against isis, against hezbollah for its attacks against isis. What were getting is more widespread warfare using terror tactics, but this is targeted warfare so people are bombing each other it is like mafia warfare in chicago years ago when some it would take out somebody in some deals would take them out and revenge. They had not reached the stage debt were there indiscriminately arming hotels and beaches and places all over lebanon, but that is a fear that people have. , what you makeri of the increasing involvement of russia in the region and in these conflicts . What has been the reaction, among the lebanese, but also across the arab world from what you have been able to see . Lebanon and the entire airborne, they are very pluralistic societies with a wide range of views. Theres no single view. People have very ideological views, political views that are linked to their positions within their own country or regionally and globally. So you have some people who are very happy that russia is involved in supporting the alassad regime in syria, and other people are much more critical of that. But the fascinating thing is even traditional foes of russia and the soviet union before, like for instance, to Saudi Arabians are the iranians or the egyptians, are getting closer toputin [captioning made possible by democracy now ]. Ist was announced thatutin going to make a visit to iran. The saudis and egyptians have been meeting regularly with russian officials, highlevel Foreign Ministers and others. The russians clearly are prime to use syria to expand their contacts, their leverage, the relationships all around the middle east in political, military, and Nuclear Energy terms. And