At University at Buffalo’s North Campus last evening, police initiated an unprovoked attack on peaceful Palestinian solidarity protestors. In a clear violation of student’s first amendment rights nearly two dozen protestors were violently arrested without justification.
The Buffalo chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America condemns these arrests and the erosion of Buffalonians’ civil liberties they represent.
This unnecessary escalation was an obvious attempt to stifle free speech, nothing more.
We call for an end to the siege of Gaza and an end to the occupation by the IDF. We demand our educational institutions disclose their ties to the apartheid state of Israel and defense contractors and, where such relationships exist, immediately divest and disassociate.
End the occupation. Stop the genocide. Boycott, divest, and sanction Israel. Drop the charges against protestors. Uphold our First Amendment rights.