Germán Gonzalez of The Stanford 11 on Pro-Palestine Protests, Felony Charges, and Campus Repression

In this episode of The Dugout, we talk to Germán Gonzalez, one of the Stanford 11 and one of five students facing felony charges after intense repression during the pro-Palestine encampment movement at Stanford University. We break down how Gonzalez’s family background in El Salvador radicalized them to be in solidarity with Palestine, the rising tide of 2023/2024 student encampment movements, the university and local repression leading to trumped up charges, and what it means to hold your ground in the face of genocide, war profiting, and censorship.To stay up to date on Stanford 11 case….To support the Stanford 11 and folks going on trial, there is a support/action tool-kit:https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRlHj6fh3wc7nmMaaXppZetvYG4A0gqCH8IIlht8XuPs8yTMtc39zPOw-MXXn3ndgON9_Id6zhceblx/pubStanford Students for Justice in Palestine: https://www.instagram.com/stanfordsjp/-----------------------------------------To learn more about resources mentioned in the episode:Bay Area for Gaza Mutual Aid Linktree: https://linktr.ee/bayarea4gazaTrial begins for Stanford students for occupying offices in pro-Palestinian protest:https://apnews.com/article/propalestinian-stanford-protesters-trial-c62bba681be05a52cc50b5bd78f8ec58Pro-Israel Advocates Are Weaponizing “Safety” on College Campuseshttps://theintercept.com/2024/03/28/safety-college-columbia-stanford-antisemitism-israel-palestine/One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El AkkadOne Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This is a 2025 non-fiction book by Omar El Akkad that serves as a memoir and manifesto, exploring Western hypocrisy, imperialism, and the disillusionment of marginalized communities, particularly in the context of the Gaza genocide.https://www.nationalbook.org/books/one-day-everyone-will-have-always-been-against-this/The Battle of Algiers (dir. Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) A searing, semi-documentary account of Algeria’s anti-colonial struggle against French occupation, showing how urban insurgency and state repression feed each other. Long treated as a manual by both revolutionaries and counterinsurgents, it exposes how “security” becomes a language of colonial control.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpn4Htfrv88&pp=ygUVVGhlIEJhdHRsZSBvZiBBbGdpZXJz0gcJCU0KAYcqIYzvThe Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi (2020) [affiliate link] A sweeping political history of Palestine told through lived experience, tracing a century of settler colonialism, dispossession, and resistance from 1917 to the present. Khalidi frames Palestine not as a “conflict,” but as an ongoing colonial war backed by Western power.https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781250787651Morning in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa (2010) A multigenerational novel following a Palestinian family displaced by the Nakba, capturing how loss, memory, and love survive under occupation. The book humanizes Palestinian life beyond headlines, showing how violence reverberates across decades.https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781608190461Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (“The Little Red Book,” 1964) A collection of Mao’s writings on revolution, discipline, and mass struggle that shaped 20th-century liberation movements worldwide. Widely read by anti-imperialist and Black radical organizers, it emphasized political education, collective discipline, and resistance to imperial domination.https://bookshop.org/a/109212/9781088280515Want to read books we’ve covered or have been talked about on THE DUGOUT? Check out our affiliate link Reading List to support the podcast: https://bookshop.org/lists/what-we-re-reading-at-the-dugout