The Students Resist

Reports from Student Activists fighting for Palestinian Liberation

Concept
Learnings from student activism for Palestinian Liberation through first hand accounts by student representatives at campuses around the world.

The panel will explore how students have risen up to answer Gaza's call and how their activism is shaping and being shaped by their local contexts. Universities have become front lines of capitalist, imperialist violence, as state sanctioned repression reaches heights last seen during the global 1968 student protests.

Student representatives speak on their movements' motivations, actions, successes, set backs and goals. By hearing diverse reports from around the world, we gather valuable lessons and form connections between our fights against university administrations, police forces and state propaganda in our shared struggle for Palestinian Freedom.

Time & Location
July 26th
8pm CET
Online

Activist Inputs
We will invite around 3-4 Student Representatives. The inputs should be around 10 minutes (max. 15 minutes) long. Below are some guiding questions we would like you to broadly structure your input around.
We would also like to introduce each panel with a short 30-60 second clip of your groups work, for example a part of a speech, or demonstration or occupation.

Guiding Questions

+ Where are you located, what is the local context in which you are active?

+ Why has Gaza become a rallying cry for students at your University?

+ How does the fight for Palestinian liberation connect with local struggles (Indigenous rights, systematic racism, economic exploitation, etc.)?

+ How has your activism looked in the last 8 months (protests, direct action, etc.)?
What have you achieved ? What difficulties have you faced?

+ How has your student group changed in the last 8 months?

+ What are your goals for the near future?

+ What have you personally learnt? What has the struggle for Palestinian Liberation taught you?

Format
1h30min in Total
Introduction
10 min introduction by moderator
Student Representatives
10-15minute Reports
each introduced by 30-60s video clips of actions/speeches/protests/etc.
Outro/Q&A
10-15min

Please let us know if you or your group would like to join as a speaker
Either through the person who sent you this link or by email:
Speakers@palaestinakongress.de

Palästina Kongress im Exil
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