Hi, it’s Rashida Tlaib.
University repression of pro-Palestine protests is starting again.
This week, University of Michigan students held a peaceful “die-in” protest while holding photographs of dead Palestinian children, chanting “Israel bombs, U of M pays, how many kids have you killed today?”
In response, the university sent police to violently arrest protesters. It’s a shameful resurgence of repressive tactics to come at schools this semester nationwide. These attacks on students send a message to silence dissent and stop people from speaking up against our country’s role in this genocide.
The U.S. supplies 70% of the Israeli military’s weapons. Our government has the power to end the flow of weapons and stop this genocide immediately. Instead, the Israeli military is now launching its biggest attack on the West Bank in 20 years.
We must stop innocent children from being shot in the head by snipers, dismembered by U.S. bombs, and deliberately starved to death.
We must stop the repression of student protests. These students understand our country cannot continue arming war crimes and violations of international law.
Tell U.S. college and university administrators, and the boards that oversee them: Listen to students demanding divestment from genocide, rather than criminalizing them. Protect students and their First Amendment rights now.
Sign on: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/student-protests
We must listen to students demanding an end to this ethnic cleansing.
In solidarity, Rashida
Rashida For Congress
Wisconsin Bail Out the People Movement 
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