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Just some thoughts… The pro-Palestine movement hasn't gone as far as it should because people have completely watered it down into popular slogans instead of actual material action. There is this constant, exhausting reliance on focusing on liberal tactics like follower counts, slogans, people who do not align with anti-imperialist politics, or people doing something for the cause just to turn around and launch a new podcast or brand instead of joining forces with organisations that already exist. People only focus on influencers who have zero political theory, just lines that sound good and look popular. But education is the most important thing, not slogans that just get you more likes. What should have been a serious coordination of material aid and political pressure has turned into a sort of celebrity culture atmosphere and influencer network. If we only focus on them, then the people actually fighting for their lives on the ground get completely demonised and labelled as "extremists" by default because they aren't using the sanitised language of what you deem to be acceptable. This is exactly what we see with certain figures who support Palestinian liberation conceptually but demonise those who are literally killing themselves for it. Have your opinion on resistance groups, but not acknowledging how they’re risking their lives to liberate their country should be the moment where we stop giving these speakers such a huge platform. Under neoliberalism, everything—even a literal genocide or a liberation struggle—is treated as a business opportunity. Capitalism is incredibly good at taking radical liberation movements, stripping away their theory, and turning them into trends for Western liberals. A pop concert, a viral hashtag, or an unfollow campaign doesn't threaten anyone or stop a single bomb (doing these things is a moral response, but it isn’t radical or revolutionary). We need to stop treating an anti-colonial struggle like a digital subculture and give the same amount of support to the Axis of Resistance who are actually on the ground.