2025 Convention Theme

Beyond Survival: Resisiting genocide

Never in the history of the Palestinian people have we faced such annihilation. Not during the great revolt of 1936. Not during the Nakba of 1947-49. Not during the Naksa of 1967. This is something entirely different. Never have the Palestinian people been so devastatingly abandoned by the powers that be or the organizations and international mechanisms designed to prevent the crime of genocide.

But the Palestinian people have been facing genocide for more than a century. They’ve not only developed ways to survive but also to thrive under the most difficult circumstances. Resisting genocide has become part of the culture, politics, and being of the Palestinian people. It is what has prevented our complete erasure despite the efforts of the American empire and Zionist colonization.

That is why our convention theme this year is Beyond Survival: Resisting Genocide. As we relentlessly work to end the genocide in Gaza, we commit ourselves to thinking beyond the survival of our people and our cause.

From November 27-29, 2025, thousands will gather, to not only discuss the ongoing genocide, but also how we come out of it as a people, a movement, and a cause.
In the end, we know Palestine and the Palestinian people will prevail. That is why we must look beyond survival and prepare for what lies ahead.