{"id":1315138,"date":"2023-11-06T16:57:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T16:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dissidentvoice.org\/?p=145491"},"modified":"2023-11-06T16:57:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T16:57:11","slug":"marching-with-the-multitudes-protesting-the-siege-on-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/11\/06\/marching-with-the-multitudes-protesting-the-siege-on-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Marching with the Multitudes Protesting the Siege on Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"
Tens of thousands rallied in San Francisco on October 28 to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and then marched to disrupt traffic on the freeway to get the attention of an otherwise inattentive press. That demonstration joined multitudes globally protesting the on-going\u00a0genocide<\/a>.<\/p>\n Signs read, \u201cYou can\u2019t hide genocide.\u201d \u201cGenocide Joe\u201d placards connected the dots to the White House\u2019s complicity with the\u00a0collective punishment<\/a>\u00a0of civilians.<\/p>\n <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe are all Palestinians\u201d signs voiced a message of solidarity and common humanity.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n \u201cUS Jews say ceasefire now!\u201d signs were prominent. A clear distinction was drawn between cultural Judaism and political Zionism. The latter weaponizes religion in service of settler colonialism and is an adjunct of US imperialism. The slogan \u201cnever again,\u201d a reaction to the original genocide committed against the Jews, has taken on new meaning to anti-Zionist Jews protesting the current holocaust being perpetrated in their name.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Chants declared, \u201cFree, free, free Palestine!\u201d The streets echoed with \u201cFrom the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n A lone hand-drawn sign captured the collective consciousness: \u201cI thought a world would not allow a genocide \u2013 I was na\u00efve.\u201d Today, no illusions remain. The joined-at-the-hip US imperial\/Zionist project is a scourge on humanity.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Signs of our times: \u201cStand with Palestine \u2013 End the Occupation NOW!\u201d<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Photographs and captions are by Roger D. Harris who is with the human rights group, <\/em>Task Force on the Americas<\/em><\/a>, founded in 1985. <\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u201cFree Palestine!\u201d signs proliferated. Another sign said, \u201cAmerica\u2019s 9\/11 is Palestine\u2019s 24\/7.\u201d<\/p>\n