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On the 16th of November, protesters in Tampa, FL marched on City Hall. This protest organized by Tampa Community Action Committee demanded that Mayor Jane Castor CUT ties with Israel, and meet six demands listed in the article below
On the 15th of November, an IfNotNow/JVP blockade of the DNC's doors was met with overwhelming police violence and pepper spray. At least one person was thrown down the stairs. Online trolls and pro-Israel members of Congress claimed that protesters were storming not blockading the building, video evidence says otherwise. Some even claimed this was an "insurrection." as MTG did a month ago, With Dems believeing their own hype, the DNC was evacuated.
On the 11th of November, protesters horrified by Israel's wholesale slaughter in Gaza held a die-in at the White House, complete with what appeared to be dead children in burial shrouds. This was on the day the death toll in Gaza(population is 1/2 children!) passed 11,000.
On the 9th of November, Palestine solidarity protesters gathered at the Boca Raton, FL offices of Israeli arms maker Real Time Laboratories. Supporters of the IDF (some in IDF T-shirts) counterprotested. The entire rally was very tense, sparking several partial running charges down the block and four arrests. All arrestees are now out, one of them without charges.
On the 5th of November, one of a great many Gaza solidarity protests was held in Rockville, MD. Extremist supporters of Israel showed up to counterprotest. They tried to shout down the rally, called for the extermination of all Gaza residents and called for turning Gaza into "a parking lot." Not satisfied with hate speech and open calls for genocide, they got physically pushy with at least one of the pro-Palestine protesters.
7 PM: The big march has wound through the streets around the streets near the White House. As the march ended, a crowd lingered near the White House until cops pushed them back. Not far away, the McDonald's closest to the White House got graffiti and a smashed window. McDonald's is on the list of top US corporations targetted for boycotts by the BDS (Boycott/Divestment/Sanctions) movement for their involvement in Israel's apartheid regime. Video of the march and some of the intensity afterwards 1 min 45 seconds
On the 29th of October, antiwar and pro-Palestine activists including many Palestinians gathered in Tampa for a die-in followed by a big march that dominated the Tampa Riverwalk
On the 28th of October, DC's antiwar and pro-Palestine communities again took to the streets, for the third Saturday in a row of big marches in solidarity with beseiged Gaza. This march went to the State Dept's 22nd st entrance Note that as this is written, Israel has invaded Gaza with ground troops, and the ground war has begun.
