Bennett Shoop

Bennett Shoop is a Washington, D.C.-based activist for the LGBTQ+ community and the Claudia Jones School for Political Education. He is the author of Half The World, a story of radical women whose determination built and led a century of working-class struggles, published by International Publishers of NY.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Bennett Shoop

Politics

D.C. Palestinians and allies demand Gaza ceasefire resolution from Council
January 29, 2024 By Bennett Shoop And Jamal Rich
Residents of the nation’s capital describe horrors experienced by people in Gaza, including having to watch as family members bleed to death in the streets.
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Politics

‘Ceasefire or genocide’: D.C. activists give Mayor Bowser and Council a choice
January 3, 2024 By Bennett Shoop
D.C. Palestinian solidarity activists disrupt mayor’s 5K, stress importance of D.C. ceasefire resolution.
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Labor

Union leaders demand Gaza ceasefire, call out Biden’s ‘complicity in war crimes’
December 15, 2023 By Bennett Shoop
UAW President Shawn Fain sounds internationalist message: Labor movement has to “fight for all workers and suffering people around the world.”
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News

Ceasefire vigil at DNC headquarters met with police violence
November 17, 2023 By Bennett Shoop
11,000 candles were lit to represent Palestinians killed in the current war, but police trampled them and attacked demonstrators.
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Culture

How Lenin (and International Publishers) changed my mind about Marxism
November 15, 2023 By Bennett Shoop
A young worker reflects on how International Publishers books altered the course of his political journey.
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Politics

Drag against fascism: D.C. LGBTQ+ community raises funds for Club Q workers
December 2, 2022 By Bennett Shoop
Fundraiser is third installment of Revolution!, a political education series hosted by Claudia Jones School and As You Are club.
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