The reemergence of the student movement raises echoes of the past that help to articulate key aspects of the direction of the movement against the genocide in Palestine. Here we consider a few links between today and the movement against the war in Vietnam.
Daniel Alfonso
May 12, 2024Towards the elections in November, Biden and Trump have both made immigration a central issue for their campaigns, showing the central role the crisis at the southern border is for U.S. imperialism – and the necessity for the American working class to reject the chauvinist divisions it imposes.
Sou Mi
May 10, 2024New York City schools Chancellor David Banks testified in the series of McCarthyist congressional hearings of educational administrators, which are falsely conflating the pro-Palestinian movement with antisemitism and pressuring administrators to take harsh measures against their students and staff.
Emma Lee
May 9, 2024We interviewed a participant of the student encampment for Gaza at the National Autonomous University of Mexico about democratic assemblies, anti-imperialism, and how Mexican workers and students are fighting to free Palestine.
Samuel Karlin
May 9, 2024Amid Israel’s genocide in Gaza, many pro-Palestine activists, leftist organizations, and Democratic politicians are urging people to “Vote Blank.” But to free Palestine, we need a direct confrontation with the capitalist state, and a political force independent of the capitalists.
Carmin Maffea
May 9, 2024The student movement in the United States has inspired encampments globally to denounce repression and support the fight for Palestinian liberation.
Kyle Thibodeau
May 9, 2024For the past two weeks, the encampment at the University of Michigan has been a site for collective learning and broad public information campaigns.
Ryan McCarty
May 8, 2024On Tuesday, Israel began its ground assault on Rafah, where over 1.5 million Gazans are sheltering after being displaced from their homes. The United States is continuing to enable Israel’s violence. The movement for Palestine still has the power to resist.
Sou Mi
May 8, 2024