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Special Report (5/9/2024)
In addition to news updates this special includes two important elements. The first is a speech from Sasmit Rahman from University of Minnesota Students For a Democratic Society (SDS) that was given at the May 1st March for Immigrants & Workers Rights in Minneapolis (raw video of this event is available from Urban Cabin Studios here: https://youtu.be/IrHQrWbbtiE?si=wVOHHYNhllJQ9MIX). The second is an interview with Bara Adwan a filmmaker and entrepreneur who had a startup in Gaza but was recently forced to flee to Egypt and who has so far been unable to bring the rest of his family across the Rafah border.
Links to news items covered in this special:
UMN Divest Demand Wins: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6hNOR5JL3d/?hl=en&img_index=1
The Student Revolt for Palestine: https://www.leftvoice.org/the-student-revolt-for-palestine/
Hands Off Rafah!: https://www.socialistalternative.org/2024/05/06/hands-off-rafah/
Is Biden really against Israel’s invasion of Rafah?: https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/05/06/is-biden-really-against-israels-invasion-of-rafah/
Class nature of violence against the student Intifada: https://www.workers.org/2024/05/78509/
How the United States militarised its police: https://socialistworker.co.uk/international/how-the-united-states-militarised-its-police/
Israel seizes key Gaza border crossing as it launches assault on Rafah: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/7/israel-seizes-gazas-vital-rafah-border-crossing
Tlaib Says 'No Coincidence' Israel Invaded Rafah After Congress Approved More Military Aid: https://www.commondreams.org/news/rashida-tlaib-rafah
Defending the Camp - A Report from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Gaza Solidarity Encampment: https://crimethinc.com/2024/05/01/defending-the-camp-a-report-from-the-university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign-gaza-solidarity-encampment
US student socialists discuss building Gaza solidarity encampments: https://www.greenleft.org.au/video/us-student-socialists-discuss-building-gaza-solidarity-encampments
French students protest for Palestine: https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/french-students-protest-for-palestine/
