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

  • Muad'Dibber@lemmygrad.ml
    38·
    8 months ago

    I saw all those pigs protecting mcdonalds honor from the antifa hordes too lol, nice job.

    PALESTINE WILL BE FREE

  • Majenrobe@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    32·
    8 months ago

    I wasn’t able to go, but I made sure to watch the entire BreakThrough News live stream. I could feel the immense energy of it all through the screen, and I hope to join in on physically being at some of these protests as soon as possible.

    FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA!

    • TeezyZeezy@lemmygrad.mlOP
      13·
      8 months ago

      Yesss they were there. I saw the main male journalist with the glasses there I forget his name but.

      Make it to whatever you can! PALESTINE WILL BE FREE

    • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
      13·
      8 months ago

      The energy was amazing. People of all walks of life, all religions, all ethnicities, all races, all ages, all identities, fighting for the lives of those just like us.

    • TeezyZeezy@lemmygrad.mlOP
      5·
      8 months ago

      My Gma watched the crowd too I sent her the breakthrough news link haha and she’s obviously elderly so it would be dangerous for her to go but she was with us <3 long live that woman

  • Beat_da_Rich@lemmygrad.ml
    32·
    8 months ago

    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.

    • MattsAlt [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      17·
      8 months ago

      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.

      • TeezyZeezy@lemmygrad.mlOP
        16·
        8 months ago

        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.

        • MattsAlt [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          12·
          8 months ago

          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

          • Beat_da_Rich@lemmygrad.ml
            6·
            8 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.

  • Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml
    26·
    8 months ago

    How lovely! I was at the SF sister rally and 50,000 people showed up!!! Not a single mishap! Btw, on the PSL National IG and the breakthrough news IG, reports are saying 300,000 in DC!

    • TeezyZeezy@lemmygrad.mlOP
      9·
      8 months ago

      Crazy. I know it was a worldwide thing, pretty sure there was like 500,000 in London and millions in other Arabic countries. Amazing

    • Muad'Dibber@lemmygrad.ml
      24·
      8 months ago

      They’re saying maybe the largest pro palestine protest in US history, all organized in about 2 weeks.

      Lots of good speakers there too, even Vijay Prashad.

  • CicadaSpectre@lemmygrad.ml
    21·
    8 months ago

    Attended a local protest and it was great. We had way more than we expected there, no counter-protestors, and so many people honking their support and waving flags as they drove by. A guy “thanked” me for protesting and said something about his cousin dying at “the music concert on the 7th,” and I’d never heard of that (and his sarcasm was so poor) I think I just kinda thanked him in confusion, lol. Other than that, there was apparently one guy who flipped us off and that was all the heckling we got. Everyone else was supportive or neutral.

    It’s great to hear the national protest went so well, too!

    • TeezyZeezy@lemmygrad.mlOP
      8·
      8 months ago

      Fuck yes comrade!

      Counter-protestors regarding this issue are cowards and don’t leave their house half the time. Why should they? They can be keyboard warriors and have the state do their bidding.

      There always are a few finger flippers but fuck them they’re outnumbered as hell.

      My small data collection from the protests I’ve been to (4 since October 7) is a very large pro-palestine bias. Tons more honks and supports than negative

      • CicadaSpectre@lemmygrad.ml
        2·
        8 months ago

        Yeah, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by all of this. Considering how things had been going my entire life, I thought our countrymen would’ve largely gone back to supporting Israel as soon as the media told them to, but I’m glad to see I was wrong this time.

  • Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml
    19·
    8 months ago

    Obligatory do not upload media of you partaking in protests unless you take measures to redact any identifying material or else you’re doing the work of the cops for them and you will get people arrested.

  • TeezyZeezy@lemmygrad.mlOP
    16·
    8 months ago

    Okay I can’t even put the pictures in the comments because they’re too big but if you guys want my insta you can low-key dm me on here and I’ll give it idgaf I’m not scared anymore so <3

    • darkcalling@lemmygrad.ml
      10·
      8 months ago

      You could create an imgur album with them or else use imgbb [dot] com. Just be careful to thoroughly censor any photos showing people committing potential criminal acts (for example if a photo shows someone committing a potential crime and they have a very identifiable green patch with a symbol on their right upper arm, even if their face is obscured there, if you or someone else post a photo elsewhere of that same person with the patch visible with their mask off or some other identifying info present it can be used to tie them to that crime and convict). Stay safe and thanks for the report and your efforts comrade.

    • albigu@lemmygrad.ml
      6·
      8 months ago

      Maybe you could post it on pixelfed? I’m not sure how that one works, but it’s supposedly similar to instagram and will probably be slightly less self-doxxing than linking your personal one.

      • TeezyZeezy@lemmygrad.mlOP
        9·
        8 months ago

        Bahh idrc at this point lol I trust yall and if there’s feds here then there’s definitely feds at the protest and the pigs already know who I am. Appreciate your advice but I’m a bit reckless and fearless at the moment maybe I’ll regret it but lol

        My rationalization is if I’m too scared to show myself how do I expect to be courageous enough to fight a real revolution yk? Not bashing being secure at all just that’s how I think thru it

        • albigu@lemmygrad.ml
          10·
          8 months ago

          tbh I also selfishly recommended it because instagram is really annoying to access without an account. For instance, I can’t browse the action coalition page right now because they decided that one must give random server errors. If you’re feeling bold, more power to you!

    • TeezyZeezy@lemmygrad.mlOP
      13·
      8 months ago

      Yes dude! The whole fucking world sees right through it and it’s glorious. The event was soo diverse and I loved it you’d never see that shit at a zionist protest

    • TeezyZeezy@lemmygrad.mlOP
      13·
      8 months ago

      I got trapped under that list. Maybe not that exact one but on the 4th there was one of those and it was so long I got stuck under it lol. That’s not funny it’s actually fucked up that it’s that long that I couldn’t escape from under it but I don’t know how else to deal with it

      • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
        5·
        8 months ago

        It’s a tactic, ya know why the Media in America is so right leaning?

        It’s because back in the 9/11 days, the War Mongering Right learned that all they had to do was accuse the media of having a “Liberal Bias”, and making “Liberal Media” a slur that no Media Company wanted to be accused of… So they created a new standard where no matter what bad is done, the victim was “Even more wrong or just as”, same with oppoisition parties, etc.

        It’s why CNN was branded the “Clinton News Network” until they became Fox News 2.0 during 2016, because the tactic worked the first time.

        Just claim you’re being silenced and “Just want fairness”, and people will shout your message from the rooftop… Unless you’re actually being silenced and just want fairness.