Photo: New York City demonstration at Times
Square
Today was a historic day for the movement in solidarity
with Palestine. In dozens of cities and towns across the
country, tens of thousands took to the streets to support the
Palestinian people's just struggle for liberation with less than 24
hours notice.
While the government that speaks in our name signs the checks that
pay for Israel's massacres, the impressive scale of these emergency
actions made it clear that the people stand with Palestine. The ANSWER
Coalition is proud to have joined with other organizations in helping
to organize and initiate many of these actions. And this struggle is
just beginning -- mobilizations are continuing nationwide.
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Washington, D.C. |
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Los Angeles, California |
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San Francisco, California |
The unrelenting oppression, murder, torture and occupation carried
out by the Israeli apartheid regime has precipitated a
counter-offensive by Palestinian resistance forces. The Israeli war
machine, and its attendant systems of oppression, are bought and paid
for by U.S. imperialism. U.S. tax dollars fund the grinding oppression
of the Palestinian people to the tune of $4 billion each year.
Many of the actions today were slandered and vilified by
politicians who shamefully stand with the apartheid government in
Israel. Protesters refused to be silenced and proudly took to the
streets. We know that we are on the right side of history -- and those
who stand with a racist regime that systematically and horrifically
violates fundamental rights are on the wrong side.
The nationwide protests demanded the U.S. immediately end all aid
to Israel. The actions also raised demands for the freedom of
Palestinian political prisoners and an end to the blockade of Gaza. As
Israel pledges to wage a war of annihilation and the Palestinian
people remain steadfast in their determination to resist, this
movement will continue to take to the streets until Palestine is
free!
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Tampa, Florida |
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Providence, Rhode Island |
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Albuquerque, New Mexico |
Upcoming
demonstrations
Cleveland, OH Monday, October 9 5:30
p.m. Market Square on Lorain & W 25th Sponsored by: Party
For Socialism and Liberation - Northeast Ohio, The Palestinian Youth
Movement, Al-Awda - The Palestinian Right to Return Coalition
Minneapolis, MN Monday, October 9 6:00
p.m. Senator Klobuchar's office @ 1200 S Washington Ave
Minneapolis Sponsored by: Anti-War Committee
Albany, NY Monday, October 9 4:00
p.m. Corner of Wolf Road and Central Ave Sponsored by: Grannies
for Peace
New York City, NY Monday, October 9 2:00
p.m. Zionist embassy (800 2nd Ave.) Sponsored by: Within Our
Lifetime, Samidoun, CUNY School of Law Students for Justice in
Palestine, Decolonize This Place, Existence Is Resistance, CUNY for
Palestine
Ormond Beach, FL Monday, October 9 4:00
p.m. SE corner of Granada & Beach Sponsored by: Daytona
Workers' League
New Haven, CT Monday, October 9 3:00
p.m. New Haven City Hall (165 Church Street) Sponsored
by: Connecticut Democratic Socialists of America; Yalies for
Palestine; Semilla Collective; Greater New Haven Peace Council;
Wesleyan Students for Justice in Palestine; and the Party for
Socialism and Liberation
Albany, NY Tuesday, October 10 4:00
p.m. Townsend Park Sponsored by: Palestinian Rights Committee,
ANSWER Coalition
Des Moines, IA Tuesday, October 10 6:30
p.m. Cowles Commons (221 Walnut Street) Sponsored by: Party for
Socialism and Liberation - Iowa
Manchester, NH Wednesday, October 11 7:00
p.m. Senator Jeanne Shaheen's office (1000 Elm Street) Sponsored
by: PSL Southern NH and ANSWER Southern NH
Indianapolis, IN Thursday, October 12 5:30
p.m. Monument Circle Sponsored by: Students for Justice in
Palestine - Butler University, ANSWER Indiana, Jewish Voice for Peace
- Indiana, Party for Socialism and Liberation - Indianapolis
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