[NEWARAB] A coalition of hundreds of activists led by Paleostinian organisers held a rally and marched through downtown Milwaukee on the first day of the Republican National Convention.
In addition to pro-Paleostinian activists protesting US support of Israel's war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
, the gathering drew union members, women's rights activists, members of the LGBTQ+ community, Blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans.
"I'm here with Teamsters Local 344, and I'm here to protest with everyone else to show our city's discontent with holding an event like this here," Kris K., a Milwaukee-based employee with the United Parcel Service, told The New Arab, marching with other union members near the Milwaukee River, a short walk from the convention.
"Milwaukee isn't the kind of city where it makes sense to hold the RNC with their bigoted views and their regressive policies. The city is full of union people and working class people and people of colour who are not OK with the Republicans holding their convention here," the union member added.
The gathering, estimated to be around 800, started with a presser at Red Arrow Park, then a rally with speakers representing Paleostinians, Blacks and other groups, followed by a march through the city's downtown lasting over an hour. Demonstrators came from across the US to join the protests, though most appeared to be local or from the Midwest.
People carried Paleostinian flags, signs related to women's healthcare, and multiple other signs indicating the RNC wasn't welcome in Milwaukee. There were also a handful of signs in support of Biden, though most demonstrators focused on specific issues that the RNC opposes.
Standing on the sidelines of the march were small groups of counter-demonstrators holding signs denouncing gays, Moslems, child sacrifice abortion, and other issues that most of the marchers appeared to support.
Azmi Alaeddin, a 50-year resident of Milwaukee originally from Jerusalem, who immigrated to the US from Kuwait, marched at the front of the demonstration holding a tall Paleostinian flag. He told TNA that he came to protest US support for Israel's war in Gaza.
"It means a lot to me, but it touches me more, because those are my people. It could be me there. It could be my kids being killed there. I could be under the rubble," he said, adding that he had hoped the demonstration would be bigger.
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