The reason why students of every generation by & large (with minuscule exceptions to this rule) fight the reactionary status-quo is very simple.
Unlike many of us who learnt to make an uneasy peace with statusquo — even tho we hate it — students are not yet fully corrupted by the rotten written & unwritten rules/conventions shitlibs legitimized & impose on everyone, where every element of societal domination accompanies an obfuscatory & gaslighting rhetoric with legalism backing it. Since shitlibs are broadly the brains of statusquo (write the laws or have a major influence in written laws), legalism is not such a challenging task for them.
For some of us — either from personal experience (or) read experiences of others (or) know others who are forced to see the true face of status quo (not the one main-stream peddles or even alt-stream peddles, but the real face we see in radical-stream), we know that the most effective evil force backing statusquo is shitlibs.
Some of us made our peace with statusquo knowing it's too big & too hard to influence as the enemy is too powerful, even tho we express our anger at regular intervals. For some of us, the pain from the wound is always there, even tho we chose to distract ourselves with other activities — else we will have no peace of mind & no life.
Everyone understands the thuggery of fascists quite easily without much effort, as fascists are brutally honest about who they really are — Evil. They will have lot of dogshit accompanying their imaginary — and bigoted — grievances, but atleast they revel in their devilry openly. But shitlibs are the upholders & enablers of this system of ever present fascist thuggery, masterminds who build legitimacy to this rotten system which fascists can always threaten with barely any effort.
Since the threat from fascists is ever present — thanks to shitlibs who build legitimacy & are co-beneficiaries of this rotten system, shitlibs feign ignorance about the help they provide fascists, tell everyone that the moustache twirling fascists (who are friends of shitlibs) are evil, claim they are fighting fascists & force everyone else into making concessions to them. Their argument is: If you dont support us, you are supporting our friends (fascists) i.e they threaten everyone with fascist violence. The thing is, both fascists & shitlibs threaten with fascist violence, in two different ways.
Fascists: We abuse viciously.
Shitlibs: You take our abuse, or else (threat being: our friends Fascists will abuse you)
Fascists definitely attack with even more viciousness than shitlibs, but fascists show the devilry of statusquo openly & everyone in society can easily comprehend whats going on. Whether fascists force most in society into submission (or) they wakeup the dormant contempt & outrage in rest of society, which forces fascists to back off is something only time will tell — depending on how society reacts to fascists*.
In the case of students, statusquo has not yet forced them into submission like it did our generation & all past generations. They still have a purer heart than us for that exact reason. They will be corrupted just like us if statusquo prevails, but lets hope the web of lies statusquo weaves are exposed by many of us — in our own tiny ways, reach enough people who are willing to critically examine the underlying forces rather than doing surface level analysis, such that students (next gen) have a better chance to save their souls from corruption unlike us.
In our shithole, as of now, fascists have no force opposing, thanks to shitlib criminality who enabled fascists long enough & centralized power in the hands of State & Capital, with us reduced to mere button-pressing (voting) machines who can be subjected to semi-organized Fascist & organised State "constitutional" thuggery.
I visited the University of Michigan Gaza solidarity encampment again last Sunday. With all of the distorted media coverage, I thought it might be helpful to post some photographs. Jewish students are playing a major role in the Gaza protests.
The crackdown on Columbia University students by the NYPD was spearheaded by Rebecca Weiner, who is a faculty member of the school. Weiner, a Columbia professor, heads an NYPD intelligence division that operates an office in Tel Aviv.
Weiner attributed the need for the violent raid to the students' rhetoric.
During his intense interview with journalist Yama Wolasmal, Israeli Government Spokesman David Mencer highlighted that "Jews face an unreasonable burden of proof" regarding the journalist's request for evidence of Israeli bombings of hospitals in #Gaza.
from #NewYorkTimes [gift article below]
University of California Workers May Strike After UCLA Raid
A union representing academic workers said it would file unfair labor charges against #UCLA, and potentially walk out over the handling of protests this week.
from #Facebook
From #Cuban students to the students of the United States: All our solidarity!
Our total support to the cause of Palestine. End the US government’s complicity.
from #WashingtonPost [gift article below]
Israel s offensive is destroying Gaza’s ability to grow its own food
More than six months into #Israel ’s invasion of #Gaza the Strip’s ability to produce food and clean water has been severely hampered. #StarvationIsGenocide
from #NewYorkTimes [gift article below]
How Counterprotesters at #UCLA Provoked Violence, Unchecked For Hours
The #NYT used videos filmed by journalists, witnesses and protesters to analyze hours of clashes — and a delayed police response — at a pro-#Palestinian encampment on Tuesday.
#US / The Most Influential Protest You’ve Never Heard Of: May Day, 1971
[…] Fifty years ago today, on May Day 1971, thousands of #antiwar protesters descended on Washington, DC, to protest the Vietnam War. The ensuing three days of disruptive actions directly confronted the Nixon administration — and resulted in the largest civil disobedience–related detentions in US history.
#Israel / 25,000 Israelis not broadcast the Independence Day ceremonies of the right-wing government
Around 25,000 Israelis signed an online petition in the last day published by the "Victims of Terrorism" organization, in which they demand that the CEOs of channels 11, 12 and 13 do not broadcast the Independence Day ceremonies of the right-wing government. This comes after Transport Minister Miri Regev's announcement yesterday (Thursday) about changes to the 76th Torch-Lighting Ceremony for the State of Israel.
The petition states, "The captives are still in Gaza, and we, the survivors of the massacre, have not returned to our homes. The hollow torch-lighting ceremony of the failed government is an insult to us and the families of the captives. We demand that the media channels do not broadcast the government ceremony. Instead, broadcast the ceremonies of the evacuees and the families of the captives."
As mentioned, Minister Regev announced yesterday that there will be a ceremony without an audience, without fireworks, which will be pre-recorded. According to her, she will approach the Prime Minister: "I will approach Netanyahu and ask that he film a video message for the torch-lighting ceremony in which he will address the public."
#UK / Students begin new wave of protests against Gaza war after US arrests
“now is the time to act”
Protests were held at least six universities, including Sheffield, Bristol, Leeds, and Newcastle, with others expected to follow suit.
Some universities, such as the University of York, have already taken steps to address students' concerns by announcing that they no longer invest in companies that primarily make or sell weapons and defense-related products.
[cont’d] #Gaza / Campus protests over the war in Gaza have gone international
[…] Student groups in the #UK, #France and #Mexico — among others — have sought to erect what many of them are terming "solidarity encampments," prompting a variety of responses from university authorities and local law enforcement.