The global Palestine solidarity movement is at a crossroads as traditional forms of advocacy have become too easy for governments to ignore. Moving forward, the movement must shift from reactive protests to building lasting political power.
Author Sarah Schulman’s “The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity” combines reflections on historical movements, figures, and texts to present a timely discussion on how to act in solidarity, a pressing question amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
In the face of genocide and global inaction, the Tribunal recognizes that the challenge of justice falls to people, to legitimate resistance, to acts of solidarity, to civil society, to social movements, and to people of conscience everywhere.
More than 1,000 activists, intellectuals, and writers have signed a letter against the crackdown on Palestine solidarity in France, including the targeting of union organizer Anasse Kazib.
On the eve of May Day, the General Federation of Trade Unions in Gaza calls on workers in the U.S. to translate their solidarity into effective actions that go beyond statements and create real pressure to stop the Gaza genocide.
On April 17, the one-year anniversary of the Columbia University Gaza encampment, academic workers, students, and activists are calling for a coordinated national direct action to protest the ongoing genocide and escalating repression in the U.S.
The first months of the Trump administration have been an assault on everything that those who work for justice hold dear. Yet, it is in times like these that our movements have brought down mighty systems, freed people, and changed history.
Universities are serving as staging grounds for the Trump regime’s attacks on immigrants, people of color, trans and queer people, and critics of Zionism. Universities and campus communities must refuse to cooperate with this fascist agenda.
Three Columbia University students filed a lawsuit against the school, citing dozens of instances where the school targeted the plaintiffs over their pro-Palestine activism, including suspension and housing eviction.
As social movements in the U.S. plan ahead for the Trump administration, we should look to the campus Palestine movement for lessons on how to organize under the repressive conditions we will all soon face.