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Often the situation in historic Palestine is referred to as a conflict, but this obscures the huge difference in power between the two sides. One side has the latest in military and surveillance technology, and the other side is being pushed out of their homes and under legal restrictions on where they can go. The struggle in Palestine is an indigenous struggle of liberation against an ongoing settler-colonial project.
BDS – Boycott, Divest, Sanctions is a set of strategies and demands that come from Palestinian civil society, and they are a way that we can help support. They demand equal rights under the law, an end to the occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Golan Heights, and the right to return to their old homes.
Folks may have heard some controversy around DSA member and Representative Jamaal Bowman, and his votes and actions in support of Israel. The East Bay chapter passed a resolution in support of DSA BDS & Palestine Solidarity Working Group’s statement to expel Bowman. Please join us to learn more about this history and why the support of this struggle is so important for socialists.