As universities across the country are colonized (or decolonized, depending who you ask) by tent-cities of anti-Israel protesters, Stanford has rekindled its “sit-in to stop genocide.”
The sit-in 2.0, a tent city in Stanford’s White Plaza, is about 500 feet closer to Stanford’s Main Quad and has
Locally we were specifically invited by SJP because we have been leaders in Palestine organizing here for years, since well before 10/7. Since 10/7 that’s only become even more entrenched and we are seen as the only non Palestinian/Jewish org with a serious role in the movement.
I would imagine it’s the same for most branches because that’s the standard MO of the party. We were organizing Palestine rallies and educational events for years, and that meant Palestinians trusted us before the current crisis began.