Gaza and the Democratic Party

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A Teach-In on September 9

Following up on the historic challenge to automatic pro-Israel politics at the Democratic National Committee meeting in late August, this nationwide forum will hear from leading activists and map out strategies to stop the methodical killing of Palestinian people.

Speakers:

  • Sunjay A. Muralitharan - As National President of the College Democrats of America, he spearheaded organizational growth into seven new states, transformed the group's media presence, and secured public commitments from all major 2025 DNC Chair candidates to bolster CDA’s visibility and impact.
  • Lily Greenberg Call - A political activist and former Biden administration appointee, she became the first Jewish political appointee to resign over U.S. policies in Gaza.
  • Allison Minnerly - As a Democratic National Committee member, she authored a resolution calling on the party to support an arms embargo on Israel, advocate for a ceasefire in Gaza, and recognize Palestinian statehood.
 

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A Teach-In on September 11

Speakers: 

  • Norman Solomon - Author, Activist, National Director of RootsAction and founder and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. His latest book is War Made Invisible.
  • Jeffrey Sterling - Former CIA Iran Task Force. Served prison time for supposedly violating the Espionage Act. He is the author of Unwanted Spy: The Persecution of an American Whistleblower.
  • Jeremy Varon - Professor of history at the New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College. He is the author of the books Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and Revolutionary Violence in the Sixties and Seventies (2004) and The New Life: The Jewish Students of Postwar Germany (2014). He cofounded and coedits The Sixties: A Journal of History, Politics, and Culture.
 

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