As the existential danger for the population of Gaza grows to unbearable levels, a few governments — because their people are protesting — are pressing Israel not to occupy Gaza again, at least to allow food in as authorities warn 14,000 babies are in immediate danger of dying of starvation.
And people in the U.S. are still protesting — especially college students… though you might not see it on the ruling class media. At NYU, Columbia and Barnard, brave protests were made at graduations. Students are hunger-striking in California to stop genocide:
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Among those protesting the war on Gaza today outside the Columbia University graduation were Stephanie and our friend Ann Wright, joined by Carl Dix of the Revcoms, a resister going back to 1969 when he did two years in Leavenworth military prison rather than go to fight the people of Vietnam. Last night a moving vigil for Mahmoud Khalil, still in ICE detention after 10 weeks, drew Columbia professors.
Tomorrow, Ann will join the Veterans & Allies Fast for Gaza who will be outside the UN for 40 days of protest over the Israeli destruction of Gaza, the U.S. support making it possible, and the utterly dangerous plans of Trump and Netanyahu to remove the people of Gaza from their homeland and force them into exile.
Earlier this month, Ann was in Malta organizing for and about to board the Gaza Flotilla when it was struck by Israeli drones and prevented from delivering humanitarian aid to people there. Later, she spoke to the prestigious Oxford Union on the side of “This House Regrets Western Intervention in the Middle East.” (You can see the full debate here.)
It is people like Maya, Logan, Mahmoud, Ann, Carl, Stephanie and the hundreds of thousands who have stepped beyond routine protest to act in the interests of humanity to stop genocide and war over decades that we think of today.
It’s going to take all of us — and millions more — to step into the struggle to stop a fascist regime here, and the havoc it’s wreaking on the planet.
That’s all for now, folks. See you in the streets, or on the support teams.