United States
CUNY Students Occupy Campus in Solidarity with Palestine, Building on the University’s Legacy of Radical Organizing
Students at the City College of New York have a vibrant history of protests and occupations. This week’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment explicitly references and honors that legacy.
Olivia Wood
April 27, 2024Unite the Encampments Against Repression and for a Free Palestine
Student encampments in solidarity with Gaza are cropping up across the country and are facing intense repression by police acting on behalf of university officials. Defending the occupations requires uniting outrage with these attacks on the right to protest with broad support for Palestine across the student movement and the labor movement.
Left Voice
April 25, 2024Call for Submissions: Students, Staff, and Faculty Against the Genocide and Against the Repression of Pro-Palestine Movement
Are you a member of the student movement against the genocide in Gaza or a staff member/faculty supporter? We want to publish your thoughts and experiences.
Left Voice
April 25, 2024To Defend Palestine and the Right to Protest, We Need the Broadest-Possible Unity
The past week has seen a marked escalation in the repression of the pro-Palestine movement, particularly on university campuses. In the face of these attacks, we needs broad support across all sectors.
Charlotte White
April 25, 2024Faculty, Staff, and Students Must Unite Against Repression of the Palestine Movement
As Gaza solidarity encampments spread across the United States, faculty and staff are mobilizing in solidarity with their students against repression. We must build on that example and build a strong campaign for our right to protest.
Olivia Wood
April 23, 2024All Eyes on Columbia: We Must Build a National Campaign to Defend the Right to Protest for Palestine
After suspending and evicting students and ordering the repression of a student occupation, Columbia University has become the ground zero for attacks against the pro-Palestine movement. What happens at Columbia in the coming days has implications for our basic democratic rights, such as the right to protest.
Maryam Alaniz
April 19, 2024Student Workers of Columbia Union Call for Solidarity Against Repression and in Defense of the Right to Protest
In response to the suspensions and arrests of students at Columbia, the Student Workers of Columbia is circulating a call for solidarity against the repression. We re-publish their statement here and urge organizations, unions, and intellectuals to sign.
Student Workers of Columbia - UAW Local 2710
April 19, 2024Detroit Police Escalate Repression of Pro-Palestinian Protests
On April 15, Detroit Police cracked down on a pro-Palestine car caravan. This show of force was a message to protestors and an attempt to slow the momentum of the movement by intimidating people off the street and tying them up in court.
Brian H. Silverstein
April 18, 2024The Movement for Palestine Is Facing Repression. We Need a Campaign to Stop It.
In recent weeks, the movement in solidarity with Palestine has faced a new round of repression across the U.S. We need a united campaign to combat this repression, one that raises strategic debates about the movement’s next steps.
Tristan Taylor
April 17, 2024Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Has No Place at Labor Notes
The Labor Notes Conference will have record attendance this year, but it’s showing its limits by opening with a speech from Chicago’s pro-cop Democratic mayor, Brandon Johnson. Instead of facilitating the Democratic Party’s co-optation of our movement, Labor Notes should be a space for workers and socialists to gather and fight for a class-independent alternative.
Emma Lee
April 16, 2024