Black Lives Matter Activists Declare Solidarity with Palestine
The statement revives the internationalism of the 60s and 70s, when black activists saw themselves as part of a global fight against Western colonialism.
Solidarity statement:
"Out of the terror directed against usfrom numerous attacks on black life to Israels brutal war on Gaza and chokehold on the West Bankstrengthened resilience and joint struggle have emerged between our movements."
More than 1,000 black scholars, activists, students and artists and nearly 50 organizations have signed. Among them are names like Angela Davis, Cornel West, Mumia Abu-Jamal and Talib Kweli, and groups like the Dream Defenders.