Friday, April 19, 2024

the kids are better than alright

I love how the the student protests on Columbia University's west lawn have grown despite the 100 arrests yesterday. I'm so moved by their celebrations of both Shabbat and Jumma this evening and exhilarated by the way the repression by school authorities is inspiring students on other campuses (UNC, Boston, CUNY, Yale, Princeton, Harvard, OU) to protest in solidarity.

Our own At is away in Chicago as an invited speaker at the Labor Notes conference. One panel is about "building a multigenerational movement for democratic unionism" and another is on "rebuilding the worker movement" by "salting" from the inside. At the Labor Notes conference, two anti-genocide protestors were arrested and then "de-arrested" after other protestors stood around the police vehicle and chanted for over two hours.

Pic: In the meantime, I attended (boo!) a fairly corporate event, but it was necessary and they were earnest and made me this personalized charcuterie board. (I don't eat salami (if that's what it is), but everything else was delicious.)

5 comments:

Nance said...

How exciting that At was invited to present at a conference! You have to be incredibly proud and thrilled.

StephLove said...

Good luck to At at his conference.

Beth was excited this morning about the UAW victory.

Nicole said...

Wow, At!!! That's so exciting. Your charcuterie board is so pretty.

Gillian said...

Nice.

maya said...

Nance--So proud! (+ a bit relieved, to be honest.)

Steph--We're excited about the UAW victory too. I've been meaning to find a video clip online to see and share the joy.

Nicole--Thanks! I've never had something like this before.

Gillian--thanks!

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