#march4gaza

[kethabali]

went to the national march in dc for gaza and i was disappointed to see maybe 5% of people wearing a mask.. you can’t protest against a genocide while putting peoples health in risk especially immune compromised and disabled people especially knowing covid will affect black and brown communities the most

[uncleghostt]

March for Palestine this weekend in the nation's capital. So many people are FLYING to attend. Wear masks, bring signs, support your friends, and wear smart clothes. If you can't go, please post on social media and connect with folks who might be able to go!!! More bodies the better.

[jyndor]

@miraclesabound okay friend you reminded me of something funny. so I took a 6am train to get into DC by like 7:30, so I was there from the jump, and yes it was cold but I dressed appropriately so I didn't really have a hard time with it. and later on, like if anyone has ever been to a big protest you know that when you're in a massive crowd like that you do heat up because you're all close together (and marches are supposed to be close, you're not supposed to let a bunch of space build up between marchers because it's easier for cops for instance to fuck shit up if you get separated, etc) but when you're just standing around for ages your feet will not understand that you are surrounded by other people and will get super cold, which is rude of them 🤬

so anyway when I got to dc I got something quick to eat at a wawa lol and then made my way over to the rally area at around 8:30, where it was basically just organizers starting to trickle in. and yes, it was freezing.

it was also beautiful out, but very chilly and windy. around 10:30-11 or so the sky CHANGED (I cropped this photo bc PEOPLE DONT KNOW HOW TO COVER THEIR FACES)

the wind was rolling. it did clear up after a bit of a sprinkling, which I was like lmao oh god no please not this, rain makes americans want to stay inside but it passed quickly because of the wind thankfully. also I forgot which americans we're talking about - Arab americans show up for palestine no matter what, and of course the crowd was super diverse and full of all people but this is a movement that is driven by Arab americans, Muslim americans, Palestinian americans, Black americans (edit: cannot believe I forgot Jewish americans im dumb) etc. they show up no matter what.

later, in the rally which started at around 12 for six palestinian americans to speak on their families' traumas in the war and then at 1 or so the official rally began, yeah it was windy as hell and it was kind of funny, there were these massive palestinian flags all over the crowd (I experienced two of them - one in the front and later during my phone issues towards the center back - I didn't see the end of the crowd but it stretched over blocks and streets, it was massive for the united states which sadly doesn't get protests like this often) and they had handles for people to hold onto them and pass them around the crowd - kind of like all of us holding onto palestine, at least thats how I took it - but the wind was WINDING and so we were all kind of struggling to keep it from flying away

fucking wind working for genocide joe jk

anyway at protests there are organizers who have supplies and I saw some people with hand warmers, but when we got to the white house hours later i was next to a man who was blowing into his hands bc they were so cold. I had an extra scarf (i had my keffiyeh and then another scarf which is wool and very warm, my keffiyeh is a fake bitch so it is not super warm like a real hirbawi one, i used to have one of those like ten years ago but i lost it in a move i think 😭😭😭) so I lent it to him to wrap his hands.

here's me with my fake bitch keffiyeh and my new cat finn btw

cats say free palestine

but let's be real it was in the high 30s or low 40s, even with the wind it wasn't like... the worst I've experienced. here in Delaware we don't get winters like we used to but last December there was a night that dropped to 8° Fahrenheit or -13° Celsius so I've had worse. but some discomfort is nothing compared to what gaza is going through, and even if the temperatures aren't like that in gaza* it's still cold at night and going through starvation, dehydration, the trauma of war, disease etc is made even worse by dealing with cool nights in a tent.

it was cold but we were all warmer together.

*my cousin's israeli friend literally had the gall to say that it's ridiculous for people to worry about the cold nights in gaza bc it doesn't get that cold like ??? bitch??????

[scbhtvbtggt]

MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR GAZA ON JANUARY 13!!! SPREAD THE WORD!!!

[thefolktoyourlore]

[justnews420]

Watch a time lapse video showing the enormous size of the historic National #March4Gaza! Organizers estimate that 400,000 attended

Initiated by the American Muslim Task Force for Palestine with ANSWER as National Partner, the action demanded: end the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza!

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Baltimore: Why do we say US HANDS OFF VENEZUELA!

Join us for a film showing of Oliver Stone’s “South of the Border” to learn about the revolutionary movements in Latin America and what the U.S. has done to suppress them.

Stay for an open forum which will include eyewitness reports from Venezuela’s elections.

Friday, August 23, 6-8pm

Harriet Tubman Solidarity Center, 2011 N Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21218

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#venezuela #vivamaduro #fromtherivertothesea #OpenRafahCrossing #shutitdown4palestine #internationalsolidarity #March4Gaza #CeaseFireNow #baltimore #baltimorestandswithpalestine #Maryland #orioles #camdenyards #imperialism #antiimperialism #resistnato #nato

[irisatdawn]

10,000 children

[jyndor]

btw at the train station all of the fast food joints were PACKED, the lines were outrageous...

...except McDonalds. I think there was ONE person at the whole thing. People were waiting twenty minutes for food but we're not spending our money at McDonald's, are we? fucking proud.

[jyndor]

one thing about protesters is that they're gonna climb on shit 😂 okay so funny thing from the rally in DC. there was a satellite van to broadcast the rally, and idk some folks kept climbing up on it to see or just to climb? I'm not them I didn't see them but I was close enough to the front for a time that I could see the van (until I stopped getting signal bc dc blows and I had to go to a different street to change my train ticket because the rally was FOUR HOURS anyway). well the organizers kept telling people to get off of it, and I guess they either wouldn't or kept hopping back on it, so one of the guys I forget who was like "alright now we're gonna chant at these guys, GET OFF THE VAN" and they had the whole crowd chanting GET OFF THE VAN lmao

if estimates are right that this was a crowd in the hundreds of thousands, can you imagine having that many people chanting at you to stop interrupting a rally 😭😭😭 I'd have died on the spot

[jyndor]

if any mutuals will be in DC today lmk babes 🍉

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Join us Monday, April 8, 5pm at Baltimore City Hall.

It is high time that every level of government ACT.

Infrastructure crumbles and collapses while Biden funds a genocide in Gaza. Baltimore City Council has an opportunity to take action.

DIVEST FROM ZIONISM AND APARTHEID. End the deadly exchange with the IDF.

DEMAND A CEASEFIRE. Pass a resolution for federal action.

We say STAY IN THE STREETS. No peace during a genocide.

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#freepalestine #fromtherivertothesea #OpenRafahCrossing #shutitdown4palestine #internationalsolidarity #March4Gaza #CeaseFireNow #baltimore #baltimorestandswithpalestine #Maryland

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Baltimore: Palestine in the Park, a teach-in on the basics of Palestine’s history and why we fight for its freedom

Saturday June 1, 2pm

Calvert Street Park

2201 N. Calvert Street

Baltimore, MD 21218

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#freepalestine #fromtherivertothesea #OpenRafahCrossing #shutitdown4palestine #internationalsolidarity #March4Gaza #CeaseFireNow #baltimore #baltimorestandswithpalestine #Maryland