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Facing Repression at the U-M Encampment & Movement Lessons: Interview w/ Sammie
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A #RepressionWatch upload to The Dugout.
For this RepressionWatch episode, I talk with organizer Sammie (they/them) about the 2024 Gaza solidarity encampment at the University of Michigan, the police raid that broke it up, and the lasting toll of being sprayed with a chemical agent called Deep Freeze. We get into the felony charges that followed, misogynoir in organizing spaces, and what it means to keep showing up for a movement after the state has already come for you.
EPISODE CORRECTION: Sammie refers to a co-defendant as an "Arab person", but meant to say he's "Pakistani".
GUEST: Sammie (they/them) is a Michigan-based community organizer whose work spans the George Floyd 2020 protests, housing organizing, and Palestine solidarity activism.
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Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvkmlEmy8Z8
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Resources Mentioned
The Guardian, Oct 2024 — "Michigan attorney general Dana Nessel pushed to prosecute campus Gaza protesters"
The Guardian, May 2025 — "Michigan drops charges against pro-Palestinian protesters"
The Guardian, Apr 2025 — "Lawyer's phone searched at US border" —
The Guardian, Sep 2025 — "Teargas and menstruation: the health effects of protest policing"
EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) — statement of material facts, Alasaad v. Mayorkas
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