This week, Professor Jodi Dean was dismissed from Hobart and William Smith Colleges over her article in support of Palestinian armed resistance. This is just the latest in a series of attacks on student and academic supporters of Palestine in the US as the ruling class defends the genocidal status quo.
This article is adapted from a speech delivered by a Firebrand member and Iraq War veteran at a vigil for Aaron Bushnell, organized by the Denver Communists. It describes his harrowing experiences in Iraq and how they led to a life of resistance against imperialism and capitalism.
The profound courage and shocking power of Aaron Bushnell’s self-martyrdom has electrified the movement for a free Palestine, while the bourgeois media obfuscates his protest against genocide and questions his mental health. It is vitally important to honor Bushnell’s sacrifice for its political and moral clarity, and to contextualize it within the mass radicalization of workers and the oppressed.
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