Student Debtors and Activists Demand Biden “Fund Education, Not Genocide”

Organizers with the Debt Collective rallied at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on May 22, 2024, calling on President Joe Biden to cancel student debt, invest in social spending, and halt aid to Israel during its war on Gaza.A dozen activists were arrested in an act of civil disobedience at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 22, to urge President Joe Biden to “fund education not genocide.

“Our country seems to find funds and money when it comes to endless wars,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib said at a rally at headquarters of the Department of Education before the arrests. “Yet, year after year, my colleagues tell me that there’s no money for life-saving investments in our communities.

Organizers said the action was inspired by the thousands of college students who have been ridiculed and arrested at Gaza solidarity encampments, pressuring their universities to cut ties with Israel. “Colleges constantly raise tuition, then the kids take out more loans, then the government comes by and pays those loans. Okay, so my tax dollars are supporting this Jew hating? I don’t think so.”“We are anti-Zionist, and we want to free Palestine. And in addition to that, we do not want to fund the bombs that are killing babies as we speak right now, we want that money to go to fund a free education in America. And there’s nothing wrong with that.

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