Weingarten, a member of the Democratic National Committee with close ties to the Clintons, “Genocide Joe” Biden and other war criminals, personifies the role of the AFL-CIO bureaucracy as a mouthpiece for US imperialism abroad and austerity at home.
The fight against world war raises the most serious and fundamental political issues. This is already demonstrated by the more than five months of bombings, executions, and deliberate starving of the people of Gaza.
The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at the University of Michigan (UM) condemns the latest moves by the administration to intimidate and silence opposition to the US/Israeli genocide in Gaza.
On February 6, the U-M Central Student Government voted to investigate the university's halting of a student referendum on a resolution condemning Israeli genocide in Gaza.
The criminal charges against New Orleans students and community members are part of the broader campaign to criminalize opposition to genocide on US campuses.