The Pro-Palestine Movement Has Been Chained

The pro-Palestine movement has been chained to the Democratic Party—the very party responsible for enabling the genocide. Rashida Tlaib, the sole Palestinian-American in Congress and a DSA representative, has put herself at the forefront of the movement and directed its energy into a campaign to get Biden to broker a “cease-fire.” What differences existed in the DSA over the role of their Congressional representatives have been set aside to unite around Tlaib and this liberal movement. The rest of the left has either welcomed this liberal Democratic leadership or left it unopposed. As such, the strategy of the movement has remained one of impotent moral suasion directed at elected officials.