Trump Seeks Extradition of Pro-Palestine Activist Amid Crackdown on the US Left

Trump Seeks Extradition of Pro-Palestine Activist Amid Crackdown on the US Left

James “Fergie” Chambers’s arrest in Spain has been condemned by activists, human rights groups, and lawmakers.

Trump seeks the extradition of pro-Palestine activist and donor James ‘Fergie’ Chambers amid a widening crackdown on the U.S. left

Trump seeks to extradite Palestine solidarity funder James "Fergie" Chambers from Spain on "material support for terrorism" charges. Lawmakers and rights groups call it political persecution amid a broader crackdown on the U.S. left.

Solidarity is not terrorism: the persecution of Fergie Chambers - Invent the Future

US activist and philanthropist James ‘Fergie’ Chambers is being held in Spain, facing extradition to the United States for the ‘crime’ of funding humanitarian relief in Gaza. Carlos Martinez examines a coordinated offensive – from Fergie’s arrest to the proscription of Palestine Action and the anticommunist crackdown on both sides of the Atlantic – that seeks to recast solidarity as terrorism. This article was first published in the Morning Star…