In my time it has always been Left. I covered the Columbia riots in ‘68 for Fordham’s WFUV.FM. Cops wouldn’t let me on campus, station had only one NYPD Press Card and it was at some other location. But I interviewed a lot of students, Columbia and others. The supposed cause was a new gum Columbia wanted to build off campus in Harlem which would displace couple dozen families. But the reality was the SDS and the goal of Revolution. So this is nothing new.
What kind of gum?