Summary
The August 2014 uprising in Ferguson, Missouri, after a white police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, treated in Chapter 9 of Palestine: A Socialist Introduction as simultaneous with Israel’s assault on Gaza and as a breakthrough moment for Black–Palestinian solidarity (Palestine: A Socialist Introduction, lines 1598-1635).
Details
- Local authorities deployed four police departments, including Missouri state troopers, against a nonviolent gathering; Black residents rebelled and the National Guard was mobilized (lines 1611-1620).
- Palestinians marched in Ferguson from the early days, Palestinians in Palestine sent words of encouragement and advice about tear gas, and the BDS National Committee wrote: “We recognize those tactics being used in Ferguson and the mentality behind them.” (lines 1613-1625)
- Grand jury decisions not to indict the officers who killed Brown or Eric Garner, taken in the same week, sparked nationwide protests under the Black Lives Matter banner (lines 1618-1630).
Related pages
Palestine: A Socialist Introduction, Black–Palestinian solidarity, Black Lives Matter, Gaza