By Bill Hackwell on September 24, 2024 from San Francisco
Emergency protests broke out today in cities across the US calling for the immediate end to the US sending billions upon billions of military weapons to Israel as the world witnesses in horror the ongoing genocide in Gaza and now, with the green light from Washington, the new front that has been opened against Lebanon by the Zionist military. At the moment the situation in the Middle East is extremely fluid and there is a lot of speculation but the only tangible results now is a new theater with the same scenario of destruction and death of hundreds of innocent men, women and most especially children who are the ghastly disproportionate victims of this growing genocide. It cannot be stated enough that none of this could happen without the full blessing of the US government, Republican and Democrat alike, cheering on the endless flow of modern weapons of mass destruction into the region.
Tonight in San Francisco in front of the federal building at twilight there was a quickly organized demonstration that was large with an outpouring of Lebanese living in the Bay Area joining with the Palestinians and their supporters who have been to this spot many times since October 7 and before. Personally I was glad to be there with long time comrades and the new wave of youth who have been leading the struggle for humanity with urgency; once again in the streets.
The tone tonight was different. It was defiant but somber as the movement takes stock of this new development with anticipation of what could possibly happen next and how we will combat it.
photos: Bill Hackwell