300,000 People Make History for
Palestine
Yesterday’s 300,000-person march through the streets of Washington,
DC was a political earthquake that shook the Biden administration to
its core. The National March on Washington was historic — but even
that does not go far enough. In a country where support for Palestine
was an absolute political taboo not so long ago, it is almost
unthinkable that in the midst of wall-to-wall media demonization
people from all across the country would demonstration in
unprecedented numbers.
The clear majority of people want a ceasefire now. Biden wants to
dramatically step up the military aid to Israel with billions of
additional taxpayer dollars, but the people say end all aid to Israel
now! Biden wants Gaza to be strangled under a state of indefinite
blockade, but the people say end the siege now!
The giant crowd that came together yesterday was the result of
tireless work by a broad coalition involving hundreds of organizations
representing a wide range of communities united in their opposition to
occupation and apartheid. The co-sponsors were: Palestinian Youth
Movement, ANSWER Coalition, American Muslim Alliance, The People’s
Forum, National Students for Justice in Palestine, Al-Awda: The
Palestine Right to Return Coalition, U.S. Palestinian Community
Network (USPCN), U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR),
Maryland2Palestine, Palestinian Feminist Collective and the
Palestinian Amerian Community Center. Hundreds of buses traveled from
cities as far as Tampa, Florida and Chicago. Other transportation
centers arranged travel from even further distances. People of
conscience nationwide understood that this was the time to stand up.
And a massive sister action in San Francisco drew
50,000.
The next step in making these demands a reality is to Shut It Down For Palestine this Thursday, Nov.
9. There will be no business as
usual as long as the Palestinian people are being subjected to a
genocide – a genocide paid for with our tax dollars. We will shut it
down for Palestine all over this country and around the world. From
walk outs to pickets at Israeli embassies to protests at
companies that profiteer from Israeli apartheid -- or symbolic actions
like wearing kuffiyehs or black armbands -- we will keep this people's
movement growing from strength to strength.
Please make an urgently
needed donation to support solidarity work with Palestine in this
pivotal moment
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