UNLOCK 2.1 Gaza Encampment w/ Sara Rasikh Fox Pt.2

Part 2 with Sara Rasik opens with my reflections on Part 1 (how UofT organizers timed the encampment to convocation, why student testimony was patronized as a “mental-health” issue) and on how movement memory travels from 1980s anti-apartheid organizing to Gen Z. Then Sara and I work through the hard stuff: “students should be studying,” “supporting terrorism,” safety claims, the meaning of “from the river to the sea,” movement discipline, gatekeeping and rules, and what was built even after tents came down. We end on globalize the intifada as a transnational language forliberation—and a closing story about the Macklemore “Hind’s Hall” moment with my kids.

Guest
Sara Rasikh — organizer/spokesperson, UofT Occupy for Palestine; PhD student (UofT).

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Content notes
State violence, encampments, doxxing, police, genocide/famine, antisemitism/anti-Palestinian racism (discussion), explicit lyric quoted (“FTP”) in Macklemore section.

References

• UofT encampment—injunction & dismantling (July 2–3, 2024): University’s official notice and Reuters same-day coverage confirm the court order to clear by 6:00 p.m., July 3 and the camp’s removal. Office of the President

• Campus encampment wave scale (May 2024): AP reported rapid spread across Europe and the U.S.; The Chronicle’s tracker packages recap scope and arrests through 2024–25. AP News

• Greta Thunberg—deportation & Athens remarks (Oct 6, 2025): On-the-ground AP and Reuters pieces (plus AP video) document the deportations and her statement at Athens airport. AP News

• Hannibal Directive on Oct 7, 2023: Haaretz investigation (with summary reporting by Al Jazeera) details the order’s use on Oct 7. Haaretz

• “Imperial boomerang” (Césaire): Primary text from Monthly Review Press / NYU Press (JSTOR book page) for Discourse on Colonialism. Monthly Review

• UK role in F-35 supply chain (~15% workshare): UK government and BAE sources (plus NAO summary) reaffirm ~15% UK content on every F-35. National Audit Office (NAO)

• Palestine Action—RAF plane damage & subsequent arrests after proscription (2025): Timeline covered by AP and Reuters from June–Oct 2025, including charges over RAF Brize Norton and mass arrests for “support for a proscribed organisation.” AP News

• Canada—status of arms export permits to Israel & contested “freeze”: Reuters on the March 2024 freeze on new permits; full NGO report (Arms Embargo Now, July 29, 2025) with shipment/bullets figures; Canadian government response; additional Reuters context on lawsuits and supplier overviews. Reuters