November 12, 2026. The U.S. government supplies Israel with weapons and diplomatic protection as it carries out genocide in Gaza. Domestically, the same government is moving to criminalize political opposition. These are related exercises of state power. One sustains the violence abroad. The other makes it more dangerous for people in the United States to organize against their own government’s role in that violence.
The Trump administration’s National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 (NSPM-7) directs federal agencies to coordinate investigations under the banner of countering domestic terrorism and organized political violence. It draws on investigative and prosecutorial powers that successive Democratic and Republican administrations have built. When those powers are brought to bear in a political climate in which solidarity with Palestine is treated as a security threat, we have serious concerns about the fairness of any judicial proceedings Fergie Chambers would face in the U.S.. We urge Spanish authorities to weigh those concerns as they consider the U.S. extradition request, and refuse to cave in to the pressure the U.S. is surely exerting against a sovereign nation as it moves to act on its attacks on the left.
The public opposition to the genocide in Gaza, to the policies of Trump and Netanyahu, and to the Zionist political forces that sustain Israel’s assault has been made visible in the streets across the world. Those who have organized against the genocide are carrying out a responsibility that belongs to individuals and states alike. No state should criminalize people for acting on that responsibility. A government complicit in genocide, as the U.S. is through its military and diplomatic support for Israel, compounds its own wrongdoing when it uses state power to punish those who oppose it.
The Black Alliance for Peace joins the November 13-14 International Day of Action. We implore the Spanish authorities to grant Fergie Chambers asylum and to refuse to lend Spain’s institutions to the political persecution of people who stand with Palestine and oppose genocide.
Solidarity is not a crime! Grant Fergie asylum now!