with Mohammad AG, Palestinian Youth Movement organizer

The opening session of the course will focus on broad themes of geopolitics, oligarchic ideologies, and grassroots struggle for self determination at home and abroad. The centrality of Palestinian liberation will be asserted as a unifying demand within a larger constellation of liberatory visions. And a significant portion of our time will be focused on tactical methods of grassroots struggle - such as  boycotts, divestment campaigns; electoral politics (inc calling or otherwise pressuring current representatives); direct action (inc people’s embargo); personal and community education (countering propaganda, changing the narrative); local and/or labor organizing - that enable us to leverage our collective power for change. 

The world order is changing. Which forces will win out? What methods do we employ to assert our vision and desires? 

with Yoseph H, Palestinian Youth Movement Organizer, & Suad Abdel aziz of Decolonize Sudan

This session will consist of a Palestinian Youth Movement led teach-in on the Arab and regional dimension to the Palestinian struggle within the framework of sovereignty, followed by a conversation with Suad Abdel aziz of Decolonize Sudan about the role of the UAE as a sub-imperial power in subjecting Sudan, and other African countries, to colonial violence - as well as the struggles of Sudanese for self determination in the face of genocide.

with anti-imperial Iranian activist & advocate, Joubin Khazaie

This session will focus on propaganda, US hegemony, a multi-polar world and the Iranian assertion of sovereignty in the face of multilateral assaults. Action oriented areas of focus include building the anti-war movement in the US and opposing war on Iran.

This session will include an introduction to Lebanon history, culture and ongoing assertion of sovereignty and resistance to Israeli imperial ambitions and violence. We will also focus on the relationship between Palestine and Lebanon; the current Israeli campaign of genocide, ecocide and ethnic cleansing in southern Lebanon; the development and role of Hezbollah in resisting Lebanese subjugation; Western propaganda; and actions you can take in solidarity with the Lebanese people.

Guest teacher line-up forthcoming

with Diana H., independent researcher, popular educator and organizer with PYM

Our fifth session will take stock of Gaza, West Bank, East Jerusalem resistance and Israeli destruction; Palestinian civilian & military resistance / survivance strategies; an overview of developments in the international Palestinian solidarity movements, including changing public opinion and the role of support for Israel as a negative factor in domestic elections; and actions you can take to contribute the realization of a Free Palestine and a liberated world.

co-lead with Izzy Mustafa of Adalah Justice Project

In our closing session of the course, the focus turns to domestic politics here in the United States. Broad themes include organizing across political and cultural differences; uniting for a better life at home and an end to genocidal ruling class adventures abroad. Specific areas of focus include: Big Tech, surveillance and state repression; the Israelification of US systems of state power; grassroots struggle against the influence of the Israel lobby within US electoral politics; rejecting and resisting the US-Israeli military merger drafted into the 2027 NDAA; and the local uprisings against data centers that are uniting Americans across ideological divides.