Talking With Lexis Figueroa About Organizing and the Political Climate

On Thursday March 27th a protest organized by Saratoga Black Lives Matter, Upper Hudson Valley code pink, the Palestinian Rights Committee, PSL Albany, and Skidmore for Palestine marched through Saratoga Springs from congress park to City Hall. The demonstration was a show of solidarity among the groups demanding a Palestinian liberation, an end to ICE deportations, the release of detained pro Palestinians organizer Mahmoud Khalil, and justice for Robert Brooks among other things. Benno Greene spoke with Saratoga BLM Organizer Lexis Figueroa about the demonstration and his thoughts on the current political climate.