A new political diagonal: how students in the United States constructed internationalist solidarity with Palestine.
Thousands of students across the United States participated in campus protests, building occupations, and encampments during their Spring 2024 semesters. This was done in response to the US-backed Israeli Genocide in Gaza, Palestine, that began in October 2023. However, these anti-genocide, pro-Pale...
| Publicado en: | Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 401 - 431 |
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