Successful movements have radical, progressive & moderate flanks. We need ppl working inside the Democratic Party & we need grassroots organizers & we need protesters. Find your position & play it, but don’t fight your teammates bc they play a different position. Social media convinces people that unless everyone is playing the same position, you aren’t on the same team. It’s like a soccer game with all goalies or a chess game with all pawns. I wish we didn’t have to play this cursed game at all. But..

Had a long conversation with my mom about the potential implications for my career of my Palestine activism, particularly on campus and in direct confrontation with my university’s racist administration.

My mother is a person who has lost a lot of status in her life… she was a doctor in Egypt, top of her class. But her license didn’t translate and she worked low wage jobs, like home health aid, for years while raising us.

Here are the demands of the UChicago Popular University for Gaza 🧵 1)we demand that UChicago acknowledge scholasticide and genocide in Palestine, including the destruction of every university in Gaza, the targeted killing of Palestinian intellectuals, and the destruction of heritage. Further, we demand that UChicago DIVEST, DISCLOSE, and REPAIR.

Here’s why it matters for a city like Chicago to pass a ceasefire resolution: 🧵

It helps solidify the growing consensus that the American public wants a ceasefire. Why does that matter? Because the US is Israel’s biggest financial and political backer. And Israel receives $3.9BN/year of US aid, making it our biggest foreign aid recipient. We want that money HERE. Israel is not a foreign issue, it’s a domestic one.

We need you functioning through the despair.
We owe Gaza endurance.

Here's what's helped me stay something close to sane and ensured I can sustain my livelihood, advocate and organize.

I am not a mental health expert, take this with a grain of salt or leave it! 🧵 1) Do something: Go to a protest. Call a representative. Attend a workshop. Put up flyers in your neighborhood. Go from helpless witness to activist, even if the actions are small. Try to routinize action--I have friends who call their representatives over breakfast every day.

People in Gaza want a ceasefire and are not getting our humanitarian relief. If your capacity right now is only for donating, I suggest one of the following: 🧵 1) Donate to politicians demanding a ceasefire. AIPAC and its superpac, the United Democracy Project, spend enormous amounts on congressional races to sink anyone critical of Israel.

Here's a list of the house reps who bravely called for a ceasefire. congress.gov/bill/118th-con…