Ferguson Anti-Police Brutality Protesters Take Historic Trip To Palestine

Including this post to help readers understand the intersections of the the anti-police, anti-Jew and anti-Israel movements—there is troubling overlap.

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by Moreh B.D.K., Reagan Ali and M.A. Hussein
January 10, 2015

Recently, a number of representatives from the Dream Defenders, Black Lives Matter and various Ferguson anti-police brutality protesters made history through a solidarity trip to Palestine. The purpose of last week’s trip was to connect with activists living under Israeli occupation. The 10-day trip to the occupied Palestinian Territories, specifically in the West Bank, was organized to show a link between oppression emanating from the Israeli State as well as that which victims of police brutality are experiencing in America….“The goals were primarily to allow for the group members to experience and see first hand the occupation, ethnic cleansing and brutality Israel has levied against Palestinians, but also to build real relationships with those on the ground leading the fight for liberation,” Abuznaid said. READ MORE

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