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 [neocolonialism’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.

Washington, D.C.

Los Angeles, California

San Francisco, California

The unrelenting oppression, murder, torture and occupation carried out by the [neocolonial] apartheid régime has precipitated a counter-offensive by Palestinian resistance forces. The [neocolonial] war machine, and its attendant systems of oppression, are bought and paid for by U.S. [neo]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 [the Middle East]. 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 [the neocolony]. The actions also raised demands for the freedom of Palestinian political prisoners and an end to the blockade of Gaza. As [the apartheid government] 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!

Tampa, Florida

Providence, Rhode Island

Albuquerque, New Mexico

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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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(From an email by the ANSWER coalition. Emphasis original.)

  • Kusimulkku
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’m not sure what you mean. Are you blaming the Israelis for the rapes?

    I don’t think this clarified if rape is part of the resistance

    • spiderplant
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’m blaming Israel for the situation.

      Everything stems from that.

      The liberal is so preoccupied with stopping confrontation that he usually finds himself defending and calling for law and order, the law and order of the oppressor. Confrontation would disrupt the smooth functioning of the society and so the politics of the liberal leads him into a position where he finds himself politically aligned with the oppressor rather than with the oppressed.

      Kwame Ture

      I’ll also leave this here, the ending message is relevant: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyPKELigsZF/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

      • Kusimulkku
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’m sorry for insisting on this but I still don’t get if rape is part of the resistance. I think that’s the question here.

        • spiderplant
          1·
          1 year ago

          Does it matter?

          From the end of a BBC article on a crime by the French resistance:

          "The guardians of the memory of the Resistance were fearful it would harm their name. But today no-one wants to cast judgment. People understand that in war all acts become possible.

          “You can be on the side of the righteous, and still carry out what is morally wrong.”

          Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66608891

          • Kusimulkku
            1·
            1 year ago

            Of course it matters. If rape is part of the resistance and all acts in resistance are justified, that means rape is justified. So I would just really like a clear answer to that.

            • spiderplant
              1·
              1 year ago

              I’ve said resistance to oppression is always justified not individual acts.

              I’ve also explicitly said rape is never justifiable.

              Again this quote sums it up:

              “You can be on the side of the righteous, and still carry out what is morally wrong.”

                • spiderplant
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  In the sense that when anything happens it becomes part of the wider story then yes.

                  In the sense that rape is justifiable if it’s done by those fighting a righteous cause then no. I’ve already explicitly said rape is never justifiable.

                  Edit: latest i’ve seen is that apparently no evidence the rapes happened, no evidence that 250 people were killed(in fact Israeli witnesses claiming the fighters were kind to them), and the 40 beheaded babies claim was just a journalist overhearing a soldiers conversation.

                  Watch out for atrocity propaganda.