Palestine is in Chicago both on and off the Democratic National Convention.
The cries of protesters on the streets of Chicago demanding an end to US government support for Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza were heard as far away as the United Center, where members of the Democratic Party leadership, including presidential candidate Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden, gathered for the first day of the Democratic National Convention on Monday.
“Long live, long live, long live the Palestinian struggle,” Latinos and immigrants in this bilingual city chanted in Spanish during the mile-long march outside the convention venue. Others shouted “Stop the U.S. war machine” and “Free Palestine,” waving Palestinian flags and wearing keffiyehs, expressing the anger of a broad mosaic of constituencies, led by young people and highlighted by an alliance of progressive Muslims and Jews.
More than 5,000 protesters gathered at the call of a coalition of more than 250 organizations dedicated to the struggle for civil rights of minorities, women and the gay community, the defense of immigrants, environmental justice, peace and international solidarity. They decided to put the issue of the Israeli war in Gaza and the American complicity in that genocide at the center of their demands.
But the demand for Harris to support an immediate ceasefire and end arms sales to Israel is not just being voiced outside. Inside the convention, leaders of a group of 30 “uncommitted” delegates — those who have not cast their votes to endorse Harris’s candidacy — are demanding that the candidate support a ceasefire now.
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– 2024-08-24 11:58:14
