🇵🇸DISPATCH (5/10/2024)🇵🇸

Images from Rafah and across occupied Palestine flood our screens with fresh horror — mangled babies, bodies crushed under concrete, some vaporized by US-made bombs. Today: concentration camps in the desert, where kidnapped Palestinians are held hostage, humiliated but steadfast.

Do not let these horrors anesthetize our hearts; feel the grief in its totality—but let it fuel you.

The student intifada continues its forward march: a slow trickle of schools across the globe have begun committing to divestment from Israeli apartheid, including the Columbia-affiliated Union Theological Seminary and California State Sacramento. Seventy-six universities in Spain cut ties with “Israeli” universities, while Trinity College in Dublin nears total divestment.

The end of the semester is near: the fall will bring new opportunities for organizing and escalation, built on the foundation constructed over the past weeks.

But the summer must remain hot; our movement, re-ignited on campus, must spread to the streets, apartments and factories. It demands that we continue to shout fuck the police—and act accordingly. As the liberators of Hind’s Hall wrote today: “In the eyes of this occupying force on stolen land, we are all outside agitators. We wear this as a badge of honor.”

Palestine in our heart; revolution on our mind; fire in our belly and steadfast, concrete commitment in our feet. Onwards, comrades!

📍University of Alberta

This morning, Edmonton police violently swept the University of Alberta Gaza solidarity encampment, making at least 2 arrests while wielding and swinging batons at students.

📍Virginia Commonwealth University

Students at VCU walked out of their commencement in protest of their schools complicity in the genocide of Palestinians. Solidarity!

📍UC Berkeley

Students formed the words “UC DIVEST” with their shirts in a protest at the UC Berkeley Law commencement.

📍Pitzer College

Graduates waved Palestinian flags at the Pitzer College graduation today, demanding full divestment from the Israeli apartheid regime.

📍Hiroshima

In an act of anti-imperial solidarity heard round the world, students and workers in Hiroshima marched in opposition to the zionist invasion of Rafah today.

📍University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras🇵🇷

The U.S. flag is removed from the UPRRP and a Palestinian flag is raised. We continue to reaffirm our commitment and demand that our university not be complicit in genocide.

Long live free Palestine! 🇵🇸 Down with the empire!

📍New York City

In the process of arresting hundreds of students, workers and community members on the Manhattan Bridge this afternoon, senior NYPD officer James McCarthy pepper sprayed himself. He was seen weeping as he left the scene supported by two officers. Drop a 😂 react to support this poor injured soul.

Jail support at 1 Police Plaza. Bring friends, warm clothes and energy — it’s going to be a long night.