David North answered questions about the Gaza genocide at a public event held at Wayne State University (WSU) in Detroit, Michigan, hosted by the WSU chapter of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE).
This lecture relates the foundational principles of the International Committee of the Fourth International to the present struggle against the imperialist-Zionist genocide in Gaza.
This lecture by David North provides a political and historical analysis of the genocidal war now being conducted by the Zionist regime in Israel against the Palestinians.
The raids were executed across Ann Arbor, Canton and Ypsilanti. No one was arrested or charged during the raids, but police and FBI agents seized electronic devices and personal belongings and briefly detained 11 individuals for interrogation.
Anti-genocide protests which have taken place regularly in Morocco escalated to coincide with the arrival of the US-flagged Maersk Detroit and another container ship involved in the onward transit of the components to Israel, the Nexoe Maersk.
More than 1,500 student visas have been summarily revoked, including at least four at Wayne State University. Campus workers who have spoken out against genocide are having their jobs terminated at the University of Michigan.
•International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at Wayne State University
On Monday, Harvard University sued the Trump administration and demanded an injunction against the government’s cutoff of over $3 billion in grants that are vital to the ongoing research and educational work of the oldest university in the US.
On Tuesday, Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attended a meeting with leading members of Congress at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club where he pledged to bomb food and aid distribution centers, claiming his proposals met with support on the part of the lawmakers.
This attack is part of U-M’s efforts to placate Trump in order to avert his threat to block billions in government grants, bowing in the process to the government’s drive to carry out an American version of Hitler’s Nazification of higher education.
•International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at U-M
When he speaks before a national audience, Adam Bandt avoids even mentioning Gaza for fear that the mass slaughter of Palestinians will get in the way of the Greens’ aspirations for a coalition government with Labor.
Fifteen international students have had their visas revoked and terminated at George Mason, as part of the Trump administration’s assault on democratic rights.
•International Youth and Students for Social Equality at George Mason University
Around 50 students and workers demonstrated in front of Berlin’s Humboldt University last Thursday against the impending deportation of four pro-Palestine activists.
The Dortmund Labour Court found that the sacking of Ahmad Otham, who had supported Palästina Solidarität Duisburg (PSDU), by the state of North Rhine-Westphalian was unlawful. The Duisburg Regional Court stayed the proceedings against Jamal A, who was accused of “condoning criminal offences,” in reference to the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023
On Thursday, 17 April, the rally “Defend the #Berlin4! Stop the deportation of genocide opponents!” took place in front of the main building of Berlin’s Humboldt University.
Days after she filed a lawsuit against the university administration, police seized Laaila Irshad’s phone with a warrant that purportedly authorized an unrestricted search of all the data on it.
All the parties of the political establishment, including the Greens, are doing everything they can, with the assistance of the corporate media, to bury all mention of the historic crimes being committed by the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) demands the immediate release of Mohsen Mahdawi and calls for the broadest possible resistance among workers and youth to this further assault on democratic rights.
•International Youth and Students for Social Equality (US)
On Saturday, around 400 demonstrators protested at Leopoldplatz in Berlin’s working-class district of Wedding against the deportations of refugees, including Palestinians, to Greece.