In many countries in Europe and in the United States, the student movement has been taking over university campuses for weeks and mobilizing against Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip. They demand that universities cut off the financing they receive from companies that invest and collaborate with Israel and denounce governments for the support they give to that colonialist State.
This May 15 in several countries a day of support for the Palestinian people was held, on the 76th anniversary of the Nakba (catastrophe in Arabic), which constituted a process – of disappearance of villages, expulsion of more than a million people and murders – which the Palestinian people commemorate one day after the creation of the State of Israel. It is not just another anniversary, this year the world is witnessing a genocide perpetrated live against the Gaza Strip.
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In the Spanish State, demonstrations were held in Madrid, Barcelona and other cities, demanding the breaking of relations and the support of the Spanish government towards Israel. Camps were set up at several universities, following the example started by American students.
MADRID | Right now at the rally called in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in commemoration of the 76th anniversary of the Nakba
For the end of the genocide, for the breaking of relations
Long live Free Palestine π£π΅πΈπ₯@acampadamad @BDSMadrid @RESCOP1 pic.twitter.com/TJv3PbLu6e
β IzquierdaDiario.es (@iDiarioES) May 15, 2024
The camps that began at the University of Valencia multiplied strongly at the University of Barcelona and the Complutense University of Madrid, which this Wednesday were part of the demonstrations along with other social organizations in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
Hundreds of university, secondary and vocational students arrived at the Delegation of the Spanish Government to demand the breaking of relations and arms trade with the genocidal state of Israel. π£ Enough complicity! #Nakba #15M π΅πΈπβπ½ pic.twitter.com/a15lBUx1fV
β Countercurrent Catalonia #OrganitzarLaRΓ bia (@Contrac_Cat) May 15, 2024
Thousands of people arrive at the esplanade of Bilbao City Hall in the demonstration ‘Palestine askatzeko, Israeli boikota!’ on the 76th anniversary of the Nakba pic.twitter.com/T7Vf2mgGvB
β El Salto (@ElSaltoDiario) May 15, 2024
In France, mobilizations were held in Paris, Touluose and other cities. In the French capital, an event was held at the Sorbonne in which social leaders in the fight against racism Assa TraorΓ©, renowned intellectuals such as FrΓ©dΓ©ric Lordon and workers participated, including Anasse Kazib, a railway union leader.
π΄FRANCE | More than 30 railway, metallurgical and aeronautical workers, along with intellectuals, teachers and students at the event at the Sorbonne for Palestine 76 years after the Nakba.
Our railway colleague speaks @AnasseKazib of @RevPermanente pic.twitter.com/S45JQ7fVpWβ Juan AndrΓ©s Gallardo (@juanagallardo1) May 15, 2024
This Wednesday’s mobilization takes place in the context of camps and protests in several universities and a policy of repression and persecution by the French government, which maintains its support for Israel.
[DIRECT] 76 YEARS OF THE NAKBA: THE PLACE DE LA SORBONNE IN SUPPORT OF THE π΅πΈ
For the anniversary of the Nakba, Assa Traoré, Frédéric Lordon, Anasse Kazib, Salah Hamouri, many researchers and academics are present alongside the students at the Place de la Sorbonne against their⦠pic.twitter.com/SgM0w01dVh
β Permanent Revolution (@RevPermanente) May 15, 2024
π΅πΈ Β« FREE FREE PALESTINE! LONG LIVE PALESTINE! Β»
On the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, several hundred people in Toulouse to denounce the genocide in Palestine and the repression against the supporters of the Palestinian people, at the call of the student organizations of⦠pic.twitter.com/yIOfdVkZXy
β Permanent Revolution (@RevPermanente) May 15, 2024
In Chile, hundreds of students from different universities (University of Chile, USACH, Autonomous University, among others) demonstrated this afternoon in front of the Central House of the University of Chile with a giant banner of the Palestinian flag and a camp inside of the University. This, due to the commemoration of the Nakba, the day of the great catastrophe of the Palestinian people after their diaspora and genocide at the hands of the State of Israel.
In Argentina, the “Argentine Committee of Solidarity with the Palestinian People” carried out political-cultural activities in the City of Buenos Aires in Plaza Hussay, a square in the center of the city that is surrounded by several faculties: Medicine, Pharmacy and Biochemistry, the Hospital teaching clinics and tertiary establishments.
#PalestinaLibre the deputy gave his greetings @vilcalejandro to coordinated actions in many parts of the country and the world. pic.twitter.com/oGQyFng6dI
β sel sg (@sel_sgg) May 15, 2024
In the action carried out in Buenos Aires, in which social and left-wing organizations participated, the role of the Argentine government and its support for the genocide carried out by Israel in Gaza was denounced.
#PalestinaLibre In Argentina we say Milei not in our name. We stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and with the youth who are rising up around the world. @ptsjuventud @chipicastillo @NicolasdelCano @myriambregman pic.twitter.com/y6X6PgKzNe
β sel sg (@sel_sgg) May 15, 2024
In Mexico, a march was held in Mexico City where thousands of young students and workers, with political, social, women’s and union organizations, demanded the severing of relations between the Mexican government and Israel, a ceasefire in Gaza, and solidarity with the students who protest around the world in defense of the Palestinian people and are repressed.
In Latin America there were also rallies and solidarity actions in countries such as Costa Rica, Venezuela or Bolivia.
Protest, #Caracas on the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, “catastrophe”, the great Palestinian exodus of 1948. They demand a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the genocide of the Palestinian people. They take to the streets like thousands in the world who demand: “From the river to the sea” Palestine will be free. pic.twitter.com/5dVRebSOQl
β La Izquierda Diario Venezuela (@LaIzqDiario_VE) May 16, 2024
In the United States, France, Spain, Germany, Mexico and Brazil, the colleagues who are part of the organizations that promote the International Network La Izquierda Diario actively participated in the actions and Camps in solidarity with Gaza that spread around the world. .
The genocide being carried out by the State of Israel against the Palestinian people, supported by the main imperialist powers and with the complicity of technology and weapons companies, has awakened an international movement of repudiation that has its maximum expression in the solidarity camps with Gaza installed in hundreds of universities around the world.
Students and youth, in many cases together with teachers and university workers, have stood up as an overwhelming social force that is putting Netanyahu’s Government in trouble and damaging the legitimacy with which the Zionist State carries out its massacres. , but also to governments like that of Biden, Macron and all of Israel’s allies in different countries.
Source: www.laizquierdadiario.com