As children of post‑1965 immigrants enter leadership and voter ranks, the left’s moral center of gravity is shifting from U.S. slavery legacies to a global anti‑colonial narrative with Palestine as the emblem. This helps explain why 'Free Palestine' has displaced BLM as the dominant progressive cause in streets, campuses, and primaries.
— It highlights a coalition realignment that will reshape messaging, policy priorities, and intraleft conflicts over race, immigration, and foreign policy.
Matthew Schmitz
2025.10.07
100% relevant
The article cites a 2013 ACS finding (¼ of children with an immigrant parent), the chant 'From Palestine to Mexico, all the walls have got to go,' and Mamdani’s mayoral primary support skew (lower among Black voters) as evidence.
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