The Democrats’ stubborn refusal to learn from the campus protests for Palestine
The Democrats’ stubborn refusal to learn from the campus protests for Palestine
In Philadelphia and across the U.S., progressive young voters rejected that domestic priorities must be tied to a destructive policy abroad.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/23689894
from #972Magazine [published in Israel]
By Ahmed Moor
December 17, 2024
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Democrats and university admins just ran a standard PR playbook. They depend on students' naivete to succeed at it, and that worked. Several encampmentd accepted mere promises of consideration to disband while others got stronger concess but without them actually being in hand, which were easy to renege on.
For campus protest to work against something as entrenched as Zionism, these lessons need to be learned and consistently passed on and there need to be strong ties to orgs outside the university that can provide seasoned advice.