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On October 14th 2024, the world watched as 19 year old engineering student Sha’ban Al-Dalou was burned to death in a hospital bed with IV’s still attached by the “israeli” occupation forces in Deir Al-Balah.
On May 5th 2025 he was honored with an act of fierce resistance. At approximately 5pm students and their accomplices descended on the newly constructed “Interdisciplinary Engineering Building” (IEB). This building was funded by Boeing with the agreement that UW [University of Washington] would create a pipeline of students to assist with Boeing’s warmongering endeavors. Barricades were constructed outside the building as doors were sealed from the inside. Preparations were also made for the event that the occupation of Sha’ban Al-Dalou Hall became a longterm project. More and more supporters began to arrive as the day went on and a public call to join the action was released.
A feeling of unity spread throughout the crowd as a diversity of tactics was upheld and respected. Barricade builders were offered support and supplies and community members cooked meals. A rebellious joy filled our hearts as speeches and chants filled the air. Posters praising the Palestinian resistance were plastered on every wall and window available. Almost immediately the area was swarming with cameras as reporters and fascist grifters heard about the action, these were quickly blocked with umbrellas to protect the identities of the crowd.
As the sun began to set, the energy of the crowd shifted as it became clear that the police would attempt to remove the students in the coming hours. Many tactics for defending the building were considered with the bulk of the students electing to move into the street to block the police advance. Large barricades were built in every adjacent street to stop or delay the police regardless of their approach. As the multi-agency police force began to materialize, an officer from each agency approached the crowd in a failed attempt to facilitate our surrender. This exchange was captured in a now-viral video of black-clad and shield-wielding militants forcing them down the hill and back to their lines while chanting “Move Back”, mocking a common police dispersal tactic. From this point on, every hostile actor was forced out of the area including private security and individual agitators, including one man who repeatedly threatened to murder the students. However, the occupation received much support from passersby and motorists. At around 10pm, a completely unintelligible dispersal order was given over a malfunctioning LRAD. In response, a massive fire was started at one of the barricades. This fire forced the police to entirely reroute their advance, delaying them severely. This delay gave more than enough time for many within the group to disperse as staying at the barricades would only result in arrest and injury. The fire was slow to extinguish and effectively crippled the police advance. Over the next 1-2 hours a highly militarized group of SPD, WSP and UWPD broke into the building and cut students from their lockdowns, causing even further damage as doors were broken down and windows had to be broken to access the students. At the time of writing, 32 students were violently arrested inside the building causing concussions, damage to limbs and joints, with at least 1 arrest of the group outside. Sha’ban Al-Dalou Hall and the surrounding area was occupied for a total of almost 7 hours, and police response time was incredibly sluggish, allowing for a significant amount of direct action to take place resulting in at least $1 million in damage according to the university. A frankly embarrassing show of force by SPD, WSP, and UWPD.
This resumption of the student intifada reflects the beginning of what must be done for the people of Palestine and all those affected by western imperialism. A zionist twitter comment read “These are not protesters, these are soldiers ready for war.” At first glance this comes of as run of the mill right wing dramatics, but it echoes what our approach must be. We can no longer afford to be simple protesters. We must become combatants, an untraceable whirlwind of resistance that strikes at the heart of our enemy and vanishes into the night to fight another day.
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On October 14th 2024, the world watched as 19 year old engineering student Sha’ban Al-Dalou was burned to death in a hospital bed with IV’s still attached by the “israeli” occupation forces in Deir Al-Balah.
On May 5th 2025 he was honored with an act of fierce resistance. At approximately 5pm students and their accomplices descended on the newly constructed “Interdisciplinary Engineering Building” (IEB). This building was funded by Boeing with the agreement that UW [University of Washington] would create a pipeline of students to assist with Boeing’s warmongering endeavors. Barricades were constructed outside the building as doors were sealed from the inside. Preparations were also made for the event that the occupation of Sha’ban Al-Dalou Hall became a longterm project. More and more supporters began to arrive as the day went on and a public call to join the action was released.
A feeling of unity spread throughout the crowd as a diversity of tactics was upheld and respected. Barricade builders were offered support and supplies and community members cooked meals. A rebellious joy filled our hearts as speeches and chants filled the air. Posters praising the Palestinian resistance were plastered on every wall and window available. Almost immediately the area was swarming with cameras as reporters and fascist grifters heard about the action, these were quickly blocked with umbrellas to protect the identities of the crowd.
As the sun began to set, the energy of the crowd shifted as it became clear that the police would attempt to remove the students in the coming hours. Many tactics for defending the building were considered with the bulk of the students electing to move into the street to block the police advance. Large barricades were built in every adjacent street to stop or delay the police regardless of their approach. As the multi-agency police force began to materialize, an officer from each agency approached the crowd in a failed attempt to facilitate our surrender. This exchange was captured in a now-viral video of black-clad and shield-wielding militants forcing them down the hill and back to their lines while chanting “Move Back”, mocking a common police dispersal tactic. From this point on, every hostile actor was forced out of the area including private security and individual agitators, including one man who repeatedly threatened to murder the students. However, the occupation received much support from passersby and motorists. At around 10pm, a completely unintelligible dispersal order was given over a malfunctioning LRAD. In response, a massive fire was started at one of the barricades. This fire forced the police to entirely reroute their advance, delaying them severely. This delay gave more than enough time for many within the group to disperse as staying at the barricades would only result in arrest and injury. The fire was slow to extinguish and effectively crippled the police advance. Over the next 1-2 hours a highly militarized group of SPD, WSP and UWPD broke into the building and cut students from their lockdowns, causing even further damage as doors were broken down and windows had to be broken to access the students. At the time of writing, 32 students were violently arrested inside the building causing concussions, damage to limbs and joints, with at least 1 arrest of the group outside. Sha’ban Al-Dalou Hall and the surrounding area was occupied for a total of almost 7 hours, and police response time was incredibly sluggish, allowing for a significant amount of direct action to take place resulting in at least $1 million in damage according to the university. A frankly embarrassing show of force by SPD, WSP, and UWPD.
This resumption of the student intifada reflects the beginning of what must be done for the people of Palestine and all those affected by western imperialism. A zionist twitter comment read “These are not protesters, these are soldiers ready for war.” At first glance this comes of as run of the mill right wing dramatics, but it echoes what our approach must be. We can no longer afford to be simple protesters. We must become combatants, an untraceable whirlwind of resistance that strikes at the heart of our enemy and vanishes into the night to fight another day.