• 2 months ago
Hundreds rally in Chicago ahead of Democratic convention

Pro-Palestinian activists hold a rally in Chicago, where the Democratic National Convention is set to begin on Monday, with one protester saying they “want to let the Democrats know that their vote is not something that is a given from the people, it's something that is earned”.

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00:00Not another nickel, not another dime, not another nickel, not another dime, not another
00:27dime.
00:28My soldiers, that are America's sons and daughters, sent to kill the sons and daughters.
00:59And I'm all for Kamala Harris going to an abortion clinic, or saying that she's for
01:05caring about the civilians on the ground in Gaza.
01:09The problem is, is that 50 years of Democratic Party administrations among them, we have
01:17still lost ground on our bodily autonomy in this country.
01:21So words alone, promises, they're not enough.
01:25We need action.
01:27We want to let the Democrats know that their vote is not something that is a given from
01:32the people, it's something that is earned.
01:34They have to show us that they're here to support our interests and not that of their
01:38corporate donors.
01:39On top of that, any rights activist, I don't care what field you are in, if you are not
01:44in solidarity with people of Gaza and Palestine right now while a genocide is going on, then
01:51you are totally bankrupt as a rights activist.
01:56You cannot be in favor of your own liberation if you are not in favor of other people's
02:00liberation.

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