Sarah Kunstler

Lawyer, filmmaker, writer, mother of 2 NYC public school students. Director, w/ @emily_kunstler, of @Who_We_Are_19. Watch now:

[Sarah Kunstler @skunstler]

Guess what’s on @netflix starting tomorrow? @Who_We_Are_19! Thank you @sonyclassics for believing in this film on the legacy of slavery and helping us to reframe the narrative. And remember, it’s not just a film - it’s a movement. Visit: https://t.co/4ehoBxY4OE

[Dr. Ezzideen @ezzingaza]

In the photo, you see Dr. Hani Badran, a cardiologist known not only for his medical expertise but for the boundless warmth and kindness he extended to everyone around him. He had a smile that could soften even the hardest day, a laugh that brightened his patients’ spirits, and a heart so open that it seemed as though he held the weight of others’ suffering as his own.

Dr. Badran was the kind of doctor who treated everyone like family. He was as gentle as he was strong, as compassionate as he was wise. To him, medicine wasn’t just a profession; it was a way to bring relief, hope, and dignity to others. He often spoke of his dream of one day living peacefully with his family, free from the shadows of war, a simple wish, really, to feel safe, to watch his children grow in a world where they didn’t have to fear the sky above.

On the first day of the ground invasion in northern Gaza, he sent a quiet message to a private group of fellow doctors. He asked if any ambulances or international organizations were evacuating trapped civilians. He wanted to protect his family, to take them somewhere safe. But no one could answer. In Gaza, we don’t have the luxury of escape.

Today, that same sky he had hoped would one day be peaceful came crashing down on his home. An airstrike targeted his house, killing 17 members of his family. Seventeen people. Gone. In one moment.

The image you see now is a still from a video showing Dr. Badran mourning the ones he held dearest. His face bears the look of a man who has given all of himself to others, only to have the most precious pieces of his life taken from him. His grief is a grief that no words can capture, a pain so vast it feels as if the world itself might break.

Seeing him like this, it shatters the heart. There’s no justice in this, no logic, no sense. Dr. Hani Badran was a healer, a friend, a father, a husband. He wanted nothing more than to live in safety. And yet, safety is the one thing that remains out of reach for so many in Gaza.

This isn’t just his story; it’s the story of thousands who only wish for a chance to live and love in safety.

#SaveNorthernGaza #GazaGenocide‌

[Sarah Kunstler @skunstler]

My former client is in the hospital staring down cancer with two upcoming brain surgeries...please help this single mom get well and get back to her kids. https://t.co/qrgiY9PGwj

[Margaret Kunstler @granmarga]

Bill Kunstler and Dylcia Pagan. PRESENTE

[Margaret Kunstler @granmarga]

Marty kept people in the streets. We owe him. https://t.co/JwkjvSY6NZ

[Abier @abierkhatib]

this has reduced me to tears till a biiiich showed up the last second. I choked.

My Goodness! That speech was remarkable. Probably the best graduation speech I’ve heard..

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Israeli army intensifies bombardment of Rafah, months after declaring it 'safe zone'. Last night it reportedly killed dozens of Palestinians. This morning it issued another mass evacuation (ergo: expulsion) order affecting hundreds of thousands of already displaced Palestinians.

Meanwhile #AlJazeera - the only media company reporting on those massacres - has also been definitely banned from Israel. Is there any red line left that Israel cannot cross?

The West must intervene and impose an immediate arms embargo, sanctions and divestments, unless it wants to risk being complicit in Israel's crimes in Gaza.

[jeremy scahill @jeremyscahill]

Israel has been repeatedly attacking Rafah and killing large numbers of civilians. And now they are pledging to unleash "extreme force" against the people they have trapped in a killing cage. Once again, Israel is using Palestinians in their own sick version of Squid Game.

[Astra Taylor @astradisastra]

The charge that movements contain “outside agitators” is a way of denying activists the right to share lessons, learn from movement elders, and collaborate across communities — in other words, to properly and effectively organize.

[Jake Offenhartz @jangelooff]

Link here: https://t.co/VLT1niTs1h

[Sarah Kunstler @skunstler]

@jeremyscahill writes, “It was Nahla’s presence, according to Mayor Eric Adams, that was the ‘tipping point’ in his decision to authorize the military-style raids on the campus.” These raids took place 5 days after her brief visit to Columbia. More here: https://t.co/QW3AJg5mKa

[Sarah Kunstler @skunstler]

Thank you, @NPRMichel, for bringing @jangelooff on @MorningEdition to help undo the damage done by your softball interview of @NYCMayor last week, which gave Adams an unchecked platform to smear a grandmother as an “outside agitator” to justify the NYPD’s assault on Columbia.

[Jake Offenhartz @jangelooff]

I'll be on NPR's @MorningEdition in 10 minutes to talk about @NYCMayor's "outside agitator" narrative and this story specifically. Tune in! https://t.co/qrk2DOcwC8

[Sarah Kunstler @skunstler]

Getting this right matters. Nahla Al-Arian was on the campus with her daughters for less than an hour - on April 25. She listened to a teach-in. She felt hopeful. And she left. And then she became an exemplar of the dangerous “outside agitator” who was training Columbia students.

[Astra Taylor @astradisastra]

A 🧵about the “outside agitator" trope, inspired by our book SOLIDARITY, which looks at why “outsiders” are so threatening & so vital.

Outside support matters to movements. Not everyone denounced as an outside agitator is an outsider. But outside agitators are good, actually.

[Sarah Kunstler @skunstler]

@BrianLehrer did you catch @NPRMichel giving @NYCMayor an unchecked platform to lie about “outside agitators” at the Columbia protests? I expect better. Article on PBS unmasking this lie here: https://t.co/cNt9NOvmBr

[Sarah Kunstler @skunstler]

In other news, my mother, flying under the radar (!?!) with her lawsuit against the CIA. Despite the government's efforts, U.S. District Judge John Koeltl has ruled the case can proceed. Article with link to the decision here: https://t.co/SaSFByu1fV

[Omar Baddar عمر بدّار @OmarBaddar]

This is incredibly insightful about how desperate life in Gaza is right now:

[Defense for Children @DCIPalestine]

GAZA UPDATE: At least 4,008 Palestinian children have been killed during the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip that began on October 7, and an additional 1,270 children are reported missing under the rubble of destroyed buildings.

[John Schmid @GlobalMilwaukee]

Actor @tomhanks narratives a clever 7-minute historical documentary about the most corrupt and rigged election in U.S. history.
NOTE: It wasn’t 2016 or 2000.
WARNING: #banned in many states & school districts.
@Who_We_Are_19 @jeff_robinson56 @skunstler
https://t.co/8OFgdcUJyT

[Sarah Kunstler @skunstler]

Thank you, @kwoodsome and @PostOpinions! Watch “How to Rig an Election” and read @jeff_robinson56 and @tomhanks’ terrific op-ed. And tune in on April 6 at 3pm EST for Robinson & Hanks LIVE on their collaboration and the ongoing work of @Who_We_Are_19 https://t.co/JfIWiQWw6M

[Washington Post Opinions @PostOpinions]

Recent efforts to erase Black history have a lot in common with the slogan in George Orwell’s “1984,” @tomhanks and @jeff_robinson56 of @Who_We_Are_19 write.

Take the presidential election of 1876, which was resolved by the Compromise of 1877. https://t.co/QWDztvGcHO

[Sarah Kunstler @skunstler]

Love this, @macfathom. Beautiful journalism telling it like it is.

[Nick Pinto @macfathom]

I too was IN THE ROOM as a judge presided over arraignments in Manhattan Criminal Court today. Read all about it here: https://t.co/kELUtBaTsz