“Politics is more like chess than boxing. Sometimes the answer isn’t to react quickly through mobilization, but to slowly build in the key areas of political power and influence–to occupy the center of the board…. The pro-Palestine movement needs to focus on out-organizing AIPAC within the Democratic Party.”
Organizers of the successful Students For Gaza encampment at San Francisco State University set their protest in the long arc of the Palestine struggle for freedom. It built on decades of prior work and “it doesn't stop here. We are a part of something bigger than ourselves, and we need to continue to keep each other strong and united.”