The DNC Protests: Freedom That Extends Beyond the Platitudes of the Democratic Party

Photo by Steel Brooks.

From a pro-Palestine encampment at my local college in May, I booked a ticket to the DNC. The president of the college had just been forced to resign for “insubordination” for having the audacity to meet with demonstrators and listen to their demands. The student movement to oppose genocide and settler colonialism inspired me to such a degree that I thought the time might have come when radical left forces could unite effectively to pressure the Democratic Party. However, August looked different.