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Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism. Existence is resistance for Palestinians.

Please refer to Israel as Occupied Palestine, or occupied territories. The IDF is a fascist and ethnonationalist occupying force. Israelis are settlers. We understand however that the imperial narrative (which tries to legitimise Israel) is internalised in the imperial core and slip-ups are naturally expected.

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I can't upload all the pictures and videos because they're too big apparently! But it was fucking awesome. At least 150,000 people were there marching for Palestine and SCREAMING the "Biden, Biden, you can't hide, you're funding a genocide" chants. It was genuinely so hopeful and refreshing. It was made very clear that this was only the beginning of more direct action that will have consequences and force the hand of our dictators of capital. We spray painted a McDonald's window "GAZA" (in minecraft of course) and screamed "Fuck McDonald's" because we're boycotting Starbucks and McDonald's. I met a few pretty relevant tiktokers and Karina Garcia, the PSL's presidential candidate's VP!

Overall a fucking wonderful experience and I'm going to bring this energy back home. Like I said this is only the beginning and it really is showing some serious dedication and revolutionary intent.

Check out answercoalition on Instagram to see the size of the crowd and some of the speeches. I'll see if I can link pictures in the comments below.

FUCK THE AMERICAN WAR MACHINE, WE WILL SEE A FREE PALESTINE AND A SOCIALIST WORLD IN OUR LIFETIME

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I've been noticing more and more people are altering their stance on Hamas with more education. With all the blatant lying the mainstream media has been caught doing regarding Palestine, I'm noticing liberals actually starting to question the US's Ukraine and China narratives now. It feels like another major wave of Americans are finally starting to wake up.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I talked with a few people not in the protest in DC who were curious about the situation and were uneducated on past or current events in occupied Palestine. Even they were aware of the hard Israel slant of the major US media stations and seemed to accept a lot of the reasons why a ceasefire is necessary and that a one secular democratic state solution is the only real option to avoid continued conflict. I even had one guy move from condemnation of Hamas to saying he wouldn't say he condemns them anymore.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's obviously one person but that is huge, it just shows its possible and honestly is a sign to me of a larger turning of tide.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It seems like the contradictions are becoming too much even for the less engaged masses. They may not hold the 'correct' opinion but they're more willing then ever to hear a countervailing opinion to the consent manufacturing machine

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

This next election between career criminal Trump and genocidal Biden is really going to reveal to a lot of Americans just how absurd the American electoral spectacle is. It's been absurd in the recent few cycles, but this just feels different. Feels like decades might be about to happen in weeks.