“White supremacy has infiltrated the Black community with a narrative that Palestine don’t got nothing to do with us. And that’s a lie from the pit of hell.” Community organizer Erica Nanton explains how police repression on the south side of Chicago is connected to the genocide in Palestine. Nanton spoke as part of a press conference following a hearing on HB2723, an Illinois bill that seeks to repeal the 2015 anti-BDS bill signed by then-Governor Bruce Rauner, which effectively made it illegal for Illinois companies to boycott Israel.

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