Join Students for Palestine
The rich and powerful want us divided. Get involved in collective organising for liberation.
To all those who feel deeply that this genocide: you cannot expect others to end it for you. If you feel sick at the sight of the starvation, the bombings, the slaughter: now is the time to join us.
Joining takes around 17 seconds on average*: https://www.studentsforpalestine.me/join
The ruling class push us off the scent of collective organising because they know that for those who want to resist, our real power comes from our collectivity. Don’t let them isolate you or distract you with their bullshit, individualist ideology. Join Students for Palestine, and get involved in collective organising for liberation.
But we want you to do more than clicking a link and becoming a formal member. Come to a meeting! Attend the major national conference we’re holding, which will feature guest speakers from the Freedom Flotilla and ‘48 Palestine. Help us organise a protest or occupation in your city. Let’s get cooking.
The genocide in Gaza has radicalised a new generation. The complicity of the Australian government in Israel’s genocide has driven many young people to recognise that the system is fundamentally broken. No amount of well-documented war crimes, genocidal statements from Israeli politicians, or polls showing the majority of people want sanctions has stopped our government from supporting Israel. Fighting for a free Palestine means fighting against the structures of imperialism and capitalist domination that normalise this state of affairs.
Hundreds of thousands of people have joined protests in the last two years demanding our government end its complicity in genocide and sanction Israel. But our movement needs to be many times larger and more powerful if we are to force our government to take meaningful action.
Students have played a key part in the Palestine movement in Australia. Our universities, which pride themselves on their supposed contributions to the social good, invest in and partner with the weapons companies supplying Israel with the drones, munitions, tanks, and other military equipment used to murder Palestinians. SfP has responded by demanding our universities cut all ties with weapons companies and other institutions complicit in Israel’s genocide. More than five thousand students voted in the student referendum for Palestine this year. Thousands more have been involved in protests, camps, organising meetings, student union elections, forums and other activist events.
For a long time, SfP has existed as a loose collection of clubs on different university campuses around Australia. But to grow SfP into the type of organisation that can unite all the pro-Palestine students in Australia, we want to make it into something people can officially join. Having official membership structures will help us to do things like hold elections for the convenors of SfP. We also aim to have an online members portal, where you can read and respond to posts by other members. This will make it easier for members to discuss and debate the priorities and perspectives of our group.
These changes will make SfP a stronger and more dynamic organisation. We need to be able to take opportunities as they arise, and respond quickly as the political situation changes. The best way to ensure this happens is if members are actively engaged in discussing what to do next and collectively making decisions.
Joining up online is easy. After signing up, (annual membership costs $5), somebody from your campus or city will get in touch to let you know about any upcoming meetings, protests or other activities. Members will also receive a newly designed membership card.
If you are a student in Australia who reject the system of genocide, and stitch ups between Trump and war criminals, join us. As we continue to witness Israeli cruelty and barbarism in Palestine, we need to be ready to respond and build on our collective power.
Become an official member today by signing up here: https://www.studentsforpalestine.me/join
*According to a recent study with a very small sample size conducted by the authors of this post