Sam Lowry said:EatMoreSalmon said:
Norman Finkelstein: Before we get into this conversation, I do want to acknowledge that [last week] President Biden announced a significant revision in US policy towards Israel. He stated that the United States would not make available certain weapons as Israel launches a ground assault on Rafah. There's no doubt in my mind that this decision was made primarily because of the student movement that began a few weeks ago. Those young people courageously and consistently went out day after day and put their futures on the line for the people of Gaza. This should weigh very heavily on the conscience of those university presidents contemplating suspending and expelling those students.
Norman Finkelstein: When Trotsky gave advice to his followers in Spain during the Spanish civil war, he said that in a revolutionary period, political consciousness changes very rapidly. What yesterday seemed impossible today seems possible, because the worldview of the masses, so to speak, has changed. So Trotsky would say that you have to constantly be alert and attuned to the public consciousness, and change your slogans accordingly.
Quotes are from an interview in The Guardian covering student protests over Gaza.
Cool. What's your point?
Just putting the other thoughts of your source of ideas out there for context.