This time, Palestine Solidarity Swept the U.S.

This time, Palestine Solidarity Swept the U.S.: By Shane Burley | - ( Waging Nonviolence) - In mid-May, hundreds gathered in Terry Schrunk Plaza in downtown Portland, Oregon with signs denouncing the violence that is now crushing the Gaza Strip’s over two million residents. At this storytelling rally, Palestinians — who are so often rendered invisible in discussions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — spoke about their experiences of displacement. These centered on talking about how the forced expulsion of Palestinian Arabs in 1948 (known as the Nakba, or “disaster” in Arabic) affected them and their families. “While the Nakba is popularized as a singular event, the Nakba