08/24/2026
It was the great pleasure of PSL Upstate to co-sponsor Gianni Notaro and the People's Classroom's lecture on the History of Palestine at Pita Dream in Syracuse on Friday night. Gianni took all of us through the history, human toll, and ramifications of the Zionist occupation of Palestine from before the Balfour Declaration to the current day. His brilliant and uncompromising perspective destroyed the iron wall of imperialist propaganda constructed to keep us from seeing the simple realities of the dispossession, oppression, and genocide of the Palestinian people. Most importantly, we learned about the indefatigable and righteous resistance of the nation of Palestine through it all. The erasure of the Palestinian people is the deliberate project of the same Western Imperialism whose capitalists ignited two world wars and who for centuries have pillaged the global majority across every hemisphere of the earth. Palestine's struggle against subjugation must inspire us to fight for a socialist future everywhere.
Special thanks to Pita Dream for hosting the event.
Watch the recording on the People's Classroom's YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqNmkfZcjfQ