The Solidarity Question: Why is Palestine Important to Antiracist Student Organizing?

During the spring semester, AU’s Antiracist Research and Policy Center hosted a Lunch and Learn event titled The Solidarity Question: Why is Palestine Important to Antiracist Student Organizing? The event focused on pro-Palestine student organizing through an academic perspective, bringing in experts in history, social movement theory, and decolonial theory to engage in dialogue together and with students in attendance. This transcription is intended to be used as an archive for those who are interested and were not able to attend.

AU's Communication Crisis

The administration’s lack of clear communication before committing actions that harm our community shows that AU admin does not care about fostering the community that our students, staff, and faculty have built. Until the administration starts taking our demands seriously, they better expect to be reminded of who this campus really belongs to: the people.

Campus, CurrentJoey MalaczewskiApril 30, 2024administration, American University, Student Organizations

AU Students Advocating for “World Peace” Can’t Stop Fighting in Their Own Friend Groups

For these “open-minded” closed-hearted individuals, friends are just like their internships: stepping stones for a greater scheme. The slightest infraction from friend group policy is often totally unforgivable and must be punished, even by so-called prison abolitionists. Maybe I have an idealized view of the past, but I feel like during the Vietnam War, radical politics were about loving human life and connecting with your like-minded peers (and smoking weed). Now, it’s about getting mad at people for hanging out with someone that didn’t say hi to you once.

Campus, Culture, CurrentMatt RomanoFebruary 26, 2024American University, Student Organizations, activism