Waleed Shahid is the director of the Bloc and the former spokesperson for Justice Democrats. He has served as a senior adviser for the uncommitted campaign, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Jamaal Bowman.
The perpetual advice to Democrats is that moving rightward will solve all their problems. But look where the party is at the moment: already embracing Republican affect and policies, yet still losing.
One year after the Democratic National Convention refused to allow a Palestinian American onstage, it’s clear that the Democrats have paid a steep price in ignoring voters opposed to Israel’s brutal human rights abuses in Gaza, writes Waleed Shahid.
Despite all our expressions of moral outrage at Israel’s horrors in Gaza, we have yet to build a movement that can stop the genocide, writes Waleed Shahid. Building such a movement should be our top priority.
Political strategist Waleed Shahid explains why the Uncommitted movement’s organizing at the Democratic National Convention should be seen as successfully moving the needle within the Democratic Party toward justice for Palestine.
Over nine months since October 7, Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza continues — and the US is still aiding and abetting it. Jacobin spoke with two pro-Palestine activists about the movement for Palestine in the US and its prospects for changing American policy.
Cynthia Nixon did not defeat Andrew Cuomo. But her policy director argues in an interview that her campaign opened up new spaces for progressives and the Left in New York politics.