📝🇵🇸 DEAR PALESTINE: We are excited to invite you to our next “Dear Palestine” event, where we write letters to friends of ours in Gaza right now, sending them words of encouragement and strengthening the bonds between Bakersfield and Palestine: 🗓️ Sunday, April 27th @ 4:00PM 📍 House Of Jerusalem (inside Yasmeen Lounge) 1002 Wible Rd. Bakersfield, CA Please RSVP (link in bio) so that we can account for supplies. We look forward to seeing you all then!

🇵🇸 JUSTICE FOR PALESTINE: On April 15th, we—the United Liberation Front for Palestine—alongside several organizations from across the Central Valley took the streets of Bakersfield to march in solidarity with Gaza and to call out the hypocrisy of liberal Zionism. At first we could tell, the crowd was confused. Defensive. But from across the street, with nothing but a megaphone, we called to them: “Join us. March back.” And there were people who did…one after another. In that moment, something broke open. A line was drawn—and crossed. We marched back to the park—our numbers tripling in size—with members of our Indigenous community, their drums echoing through the streets, holding us in rhythm and resistance. We returned back to where we started—and gathered in community to explain and speak truth: Bernie Sanders’ liberal Zionism is not just a political position. It is a threat to our community’s safety. To speak of “both sides” while our people are being massacred is not neutrality—it is betrayal. We are not confused. We know who our enemies are. We know who hides behind progressive slogans while upholding settler colonialism. And we will not allow the face of our liberation movement to be co-opted by those who normalize the occupation of our land and the disposability of our people. This is not about division. This is about direction. We are not marching toward false saviors—we are marching toward freedom. Uncompromising. Unapologetic. Unafraid. If you care about Palestine, don’t just chant for it. Don’t just march for it. Stand with those who are willing to tell the truth, even when it’s uncomfortable. We’re not here to play politics. We’re here to win liberation. “Join us. March back.” United Liberation Front for Palestine Statement — April 17th 2025 ——- 📸 credit: @ironicsaintphotos

🇵🇸 JUSTICE FOR PALESTINE: This post won’t say too much other than a sincere thank you to all those who joined us to rally and those who marched back with us. There will be more on this coming soon. Stay tuned.

FREE MOHSEN MAHDAWI — ULFP STATEMENT Only just a few hours ago, Mohsen Mahdawi—a Palestinian student attending Columbia university was abducted by ICE after showing up for a routine interview to finish the process of obtaining US citizenship. He wasn’t questioned. He wasn’t processed. He was thrown in handcuffs and disappeared. When witnesses demanded answers, these agents refused to identify themselves or say where they were taking him. This wasn’t an arrest. This was a state-sanctioned kidnapping. Mohsen has been organizing relentlessly for Gaza on Columbia’s campus, refusing to stay silent in the face of the israeli-American genocide on Palestine. His abduction is not an isolated incident—it is part of a coordinated campaign to crush pro-Palestinian organizing and terrorize noncitizens into silence. First they came for Mahmoud Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, and Yunseo Chung. Now they’ve come for Mohsen Mahdawi. This is the same police state machinery, strengthen under Biden, that Trump is now using to execute his will. This is the same machinery that is trained by the israeli army, the same army killing our brothers and sisters in Palestine. Once again, we’ve seen this before. Just last year—here in Bakersfield, California—Pro-Palestinian youth activists were abducted by local police after organizing mass protests for Gaza. They were disappeared into jail cells for days, subjected to physical and psychological torture, and released only after massive public pressure. What happened in Bakersfield is happening again—same playbook, different city. The goal? Suppress any resistance against this genocide. We demand the immediate and unconditional release of Mohsen Mahdawi. We demand freedom for every organizer disappeared by this regime. Our movement will not be broken by police raids, ICE vans, or masked thugs working for the state. We know exactly what this is. And we are not afraid. From Columbia to Bakersfield—from the cell blocks to the checkpoints—our struggle is one. Free Mohsen. Free Mahmoud. Free Rumeysa. Free them all. Free Palestine. The United Liberation Front for Palestine Statement — April 14th 2025

🎨🇵🇸 ART BUILD: Thanks to everyone who showed up and participated in yesterday’s art build ahead of our “JUSTICE FOR PALESTINE” march. We look forward to seeing you all there!

📚🇵🇸 BERNIE SANDERS AND THE POLITICS OF LIBERAL ZIONISM: A look into how Bernie Sanders and AOC use liberal Zionism to uphold israeli colonialism, disguising it with progressive rhetoric — A resource guide by the United Liberation Front for Palestine In the midst of genocide and brutal military occupation, many in the United States/Imperial Core are turning to so-called progressive politicians for some level of moral clarity. Politicians like Bernie Sanders and AOC are seen as voices of conscience—critics of endless war, defenders of human rights, champions of the working class. But when it comes to Palestine, their politics reveal their limits of their progressivism—bound by the borders of Zionist ideology. Behind carefully worded statements and calls for “peace,” they reinforce the very structures that uphold israeli apartheid and colonial violence. This isn’t about individual failings—it’s about how liberal Zionism functions as a political tool to neutralize genuine resistance and give cover to a genocidal settler-colonial regime. Sanders and AOC, through their alignment with liberal Zionism, offer the illusion of dissent while actively maintaining the status quo. They condemn “extremism” but uphold israel’s “right to exist”; they mourn civilian casualties but reject the language of genocide; they oppose occupation in name but vote to fund it in practice. This guide breaks down how liberal Zionism operates under the banner of progressivism—and how figures like Sanders and AOC become gatekeepers for an empire that depends on Palestinian dispossession. _______ Learn more at unitedliberationfront.com

🎨🇵🇸 ART BUILD: Join us to make art and posters in preparation for our “Justice For Palestine” rally and march on April 15th: 🗓️ Sunday, April 13th 2025 —- 11:00AM - 3:00PM 📍 The Park at River Walk, 11298 Stockdale Hwy. See you then!

🇵🇸✊ JUSTICE FOR PALESTINE — RALLY AND MARCH IN BAKERSFIELD: Join us as we make it clear to the nation, that the Central Valley has become a strong voice for Palestinian liberation. Zionists of any kind are not welcome here! 🗓️ Tuesday, April 15th @ 12:00PM 📍 Central Park - 2020 R. Street, Bakersfield, CA Take the day off. Take a long lunch. Bring your flags. Bring your kuffiyehs. Bring your friends and family. No issue right now is more important than the Palestinian cause. This genocide is only possible due to this country’s active complicity, and no kind of tepid response or liberal Zionist takes will wash the blood off the hands of this empire. Join us. Stand with Palestine. Stand against genocide and the Zionist entity. Thank you to those joining us and endorsing: @ulfpalestine @cvbipocc @palirev.web @centralvalleybrownberets @sjp.csustan @sjp.ucm @stocktonstands