went to my first protest today! big support to the socialist alternative party and other union groups that organized it. im so glad to see so many amazing people here and be a part of something truly important. make sure to support your local socialist parties and unions as much as you can. we must stand against the Palestinian genocide and force our representatives to divest the billions of hard-working peoples’ dollars away from the cycle of violence and use it to actually benefit our society. think of all the housing, education, and healthcare that could be funded with all that war money! shame on you, state representatives. you do not reflect the values of working people, our unions, and our comrades in Palestine and the greater word.🇵🇸
hey um are you guys seeing that columbia is threatening to bring in the national guard?
for those of you who don’t know, there were protests in the 1970s on us college campuses against the Vietnam War. At Kent State University, they called in the national guard, who massacred the protesting students.
This is an eerily similar chain of events. It’s mind-boggling that the US is so committed to imperialism that they would rather kill their own citizens than stop killing foreigners. More than that, that they would do so multiple times over, decades apart.
I hope I’m wrong and that the students will be okay. My thoughts are with them, just as my thoughts are always with the people of Palestine.
Barricaded doors at the occupation of a campus administration building in California State Polytechnic University Humboldt.
The occupation of Siemens Hall was established after a violent clash with campus and local police in Monday night. The students and community members occupying the building have stated that they have no plans to leave until campus leadership supports a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and divests from companies that support the Israeli military.
Cal Poly Humboldt joins several college campuses across the U.S., including Columbia University in New York City, University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Southern California to occupy campus spaces in support of Palestine.