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Even in very cold temperatures #Yellowknife shows up to call on #Canada to honour international conventions. https://www.mynorthnow.com/85965/news/municipal-news/yellowknife-news/yellowknife-group-calls-on-leaders-to-prevent-unregulated-weapons-exports/
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Neighbours for Palestine: Day of Action outside Centra Industries, 1pm on Saturday 3 January 2026
- What: Day of Action outside Centra Industries
- When: 1:00pm on Saturday 3 January 2026
- Where: outside Centra Industries
- Location: 24 Cherry Blossom Road, Cambridge, Ontario Map
- Online: https://nfpwr.my.canva.site/
- Contact: [email protected]
Canada is still complicit in genocide, and Waterloo Region is still arming Israel.
It’s time to act.
Join us as we bring our collective power into 2026. Bring a neighbour. Bring your voice. Liberation is not a moment, it is a practice we return to again and again, year after year.
No more F-35s in our backyards!
Parking: Do not park at Centra Industries. Instead, find parking on Saltsman Drive or nearby businesses that are closed, while avoiding any ‘No Trespassing’ signs.
What to bring: Bring your Palestine flags, posters, signs, megaphones, drums, and anything to make noise. Since we’re meeting in January, be sure to wear warm, comfortable clothing!
Safety guidelines for the day of action
- Marshals will be wearing vests. You can ask them any questions you may have!
- Do not interact with agitators, police, or media. We have trained members assigned to deal with each.
- We will not be interacting with the facility or employees. Our goal is to raise awareness about this manufacturer, not to provoke workers and take away from our message.
Why Centra Industries?
F-35 components made at Centra Industries travel to the assembly line in Fort Worth, Texas, where the F-35s are assembled and then purchased by Israel. Centra Industries is only one of several companies in Waterloo Region contributing weapons to Israel’s genocidal arsenal, but we’re focusing on them because of the exceptionally deadly nature of the F-35 warplane.
Since being elected, Cambridge MP Connie Cody has remained silent on the presence of Centra Industries in her riding and on Bill C-233 (the No More Loopholes Act), which would close the U.S. Loophole. To learn more about the proposed bill, see the Arms Embargo Now website.
#ArmsEmbargoNow #NeighboursForPalestine #Palestine #WaterlooRegion -
Neighbours for Palestine: Day of Action outside Centra Industries, 1pm on Saturday 3 January 2026
- What: Day of Action outside Centra Industries
- When: 1:00pm on Saturday 3 January 2026
- Where: outside Centra Industries
- Location: 24 Cherry Blossom Road, Cambridge, Ontario Map
- Online: https://nfpwr.my.canva.site/
- Contact: [email protected]
Canada is still complicit in genocide, and Waterloo Region is still arming Israel.
It’s time to act.
Join us as we bring our collective power into 2026. Bring a neighbour. Bring your voice. Liberation is not a moment, it is a practice we return to again and again, year after year.
No more F-35s in our backyards!
Parking: Do not park at Centra Industries. Instead, find parking on Saltsman Drive or nearby businesses that are closed, while avoiding any ‘No Trespassing’ signs.
What to bring: Bring your Palestine flags, posters, signs, megaphones, drums, and anything to make noise. Since we’re meeting in January, be sure to wear warm, comfortable clothing!
Safety guidelines for the day of action
- Marshals will be wearing vests. You can ask them any questions you may have!
- Do not interact with agitators, police, or media. We have trained members assigned to deal with each.
- We will not be interacting with the facility or employees. Our goal is to raise awareness about this manufacturer, not to provoke workers and take away from our message.
Why Centra Industries?
F-35 components made at Centra Industries travel to the assembly line in Fort Worth, Texas, where the F-35s are assembled and then purchased by Israel. Centra Industries is only one of several companies in Waterloo Region contributing weapons to Israel’s genocidal arsenal, but we’re focusing on them because of the exceptionally deadly nature of the F-35 warplane.
Since being elected, Cambridge MP Connie Cody has remained silent on the presence of Centra Industries in her riding and on Bill C-233 (the No More Loopholes Act), which would close the U.S. Loophole. To learn more about the proposed bill, see the Arms Embargo Now website.
#ArmsEmbargoNow #NeighboursForPalestine #Palestine #WaterlooRegion -
Neighbours for Palestine: Day of Action outside Centra Industries, 1pm on Saturday 3 January 2026
- What: Day of Action outside Centra Industries
- When: 1:00pm on Saturday 3 January 2026
- Where: outside Centra Industries
- Location: 24 Cherry Blossom Road, Cambridge, Ontario Map
- Online: https://nfpwr.my.canva.site/
- Contact: [email protected]
Canada is still complicit in genocide, and Waterloo Region is still arming Israel.
It’s time to act.
Join us as we bring our collective power into 2026. Bring a neighbour. Bring your voice. Liberation is not a moment, it is a practice we return to again and again, year after year.
No more F-35s in our backyards!
Parking: Do not park at Centra Industries. Instead, find parking on Saltsman Drive or nearby businesses that are closed, while avoiding any ‘No Trespassing’ signs.
What to bring: Bring your Palestine flags, posters, signs, megaphones, drums, and anything to make noise. Since we’re meeting in January, be sure to wear warm, comfortable clothing!
Safety guidelines for the day of action
- Marshals will be wearing vests. You can ask them any questions you may have!
- Do not interact with agitators, police, or media. We have trained members assigned to deal with each.
- We will not be interacting with the facility or employees. Our goal is to raise awareness about this manufacturer, not to provoke workers and take away from our message.
Why Centra Industries?
F-35 components made at Centra Industries travel to the assembly line in Fort Worth, Texas, where the F-35s are assembled and then purchased by Israel. Centra Industries is only one of several companies in Waterloo Region contributing weapons to Israel’s genocidal arsenal, but we’re focusing on them because of the exceptionally deadly nature of the F-35 warplane.
Since being elected, Cambridge MP Connie Cody has remained silent on the presence of Centra Industries in her riding and on Bill C-233 (the No More Loopholes Act), which would close the U.S. Loophole. To learn more about the proposed bill, see the Arms Embargo Now website.
#ArmsEmbargoNow #NeighboursForPalestine #Palestine #WaterlooRegion -
Neighbours for Palestine: Day of Action outside Centra Industries, 1pm on Saturday 3 January 2026
- What: Day of Action outside Centra Industries
- When: 1:00pm on Saturday 3 January 2026
- Where: outside Centra Industries
- Location: 24 Cherry Blossom Road, Cambridge, Ontario Map
- Online: https://nfpwr.my.canva.site/
- Contact: [email protected]
Canada is still complicit in genocide, and Waterloo Region is still arming Israel.
It’s time to act.
Join us as we bring our collective power into 2026. Bring a neighbour. Bring your voice. Liberation is not a moment, it is a practice we return to again and again, year after year.
No more F-35s in our backyards!
Parking: Do not park at Centra Industries. Instead, find parking on Saltsman Drive or nearby businesses that are closed, while avoiding any ‘No Trespassing’ signs.
What to bring: Bring your Palestine flags, posters, signs, megaphones, drums, and anything to make noise. Since we’re meeting in January, be sure to wear warm, comfortable clothing!
Safety guidelines for the day of action
- Marshals will be wearing vests. You can ask them any questions you may have!
- Do not interact with agitators, police, or media. We have trained members assigned to deal with each.
- We will not be interacting with the facility or employees. Our goal is to raise awareness about this manufacturer, not to provoke workers and take away from our message.
Why Centra Industries?
F-35 components made at Centra Industries travel to the assembly line in Fort Worth, Texas, where the F-35s are assembled and then purchased by Israel. Centra Industries is only one of several companies in Waterloo Region contributing weapons to Israel’s genocidal arsenal, but we’re focusing on them because of the exceptionally deadly nature of the F-35 warplane.
Since being elected, Cambridge MP Connie Cody has remained silent on the presence of Centra Industries in her riding and on Bill C-233 (the No More Loopholes Act), which would close the U.S. Loophole. To learn more about the proposed bill, see the Arms Embargo Now website.
#ArmsEmbargoNow #NeighboursForPalestine #Palestine #WaterlooRegion -
Neighbours for Palestine: Day of Action outside Centra Industries, 1pm on Saturday 3 January 2026
- What: Day of Action outside Centra Industries
- When: 1:00pm on Saturday 3 January 2026
- Where: outside Centra Industries
- Location: 24 Cherry Blossom Road, Cambridge, Ontario Map
- Online: https://nfpwr.my.canva.site/
- Contact: [email protected]
Canada is still complicit in genocide, and Waterloo Region is still arming Israel.
It’s time to act.
Join us as we bring our collective power into 2026. Bring a neighbour. Bring your voice. Liberation is not a moment, it is a practice we return to again and again, year after year.
No more F-35s in our backyards!
Parking: Do not park at Centra Industries. Instead, find parking on Saltsman Drive or nearby businesses that are closed, while avoiding any ‘No Trespassing’ signs.
What to bring: Bring your Palestine flags, posters, signs, megaphones, drums, and anything to make noise. Since we’re meeting in January, be sure to wear warm, comfortable clothing!
Safety guidelines for the day of action
- Marshals will be wearing vests. You can ask them any questions you may have!
- Do not interact with agitators, police, or media. We have trained members assigned to deal with each.
- We will not be interacting with the facility or employees. Our goal is to raise awareness about this manufacturer, not to provoke workers and take away from our message.
Why Centra Industries?
F-35 components made at Centra Industries travel to the assembly line in Fort Worth, Texas, where the F-35s are assembled and then purchased by Israel. Centra Industries is only one of several companies in Waterloo Region contributing weapons to Israel’s genocidal arsenal, but we’re focusing on them because of the exceptionally deadly nature of the F-35 warplane.
Since being elected, Cambridge MP Connie Cody has remained silent on the presence of Centra Industries in her riding and on Bill C-233 (the No More Loopholes Act), which would close the U.S. Loophole. To learn more about the proposed bill, see the Arms Embargo Now website.
#ArmsEmbargoNow #NeighboursForPalestine #Palestine #WaterlooRegion -
Last week activists in New Jersey picketed a civilian warehouse which processes over 1,000 tons of military cargo shipped every week to Israel
#newjersey #activism #armsembargonow #freepalestine #jerseycity
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https://linktr.ee/wheeltogaza?lt_utm_source=lt_share_link#504727530
Departing today from Glasgow... . Heading to Gaza via self-propelled wheelchair. Raising money for the Gaza Sunbirds, as well as raising awareness of the genocide.
Please support if you can.
#StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine #ArmsEmbargoNow #BoycottIsrael #EndTheOccupation
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CW: UK Politics, Israeli warmongering
Starmer: condemns Israel’s action in Doha as "completely unacceptable"
Also Starmer: completely accepts it
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#Canada's banker PM #MarkCarney needs to respect the #ruleoflaw. Canada has a legal obligation to act to end #Israel’s starvation of #Gaza https://rabble.ca/human-rights/canada-has-a-legal-obligation-to-act-to-end-israels-starvation-of-gaza/
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Thanks to #Iqaluit's Jerry Cans front-man for this letter. https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/a-call-on-mp-lori-idlout-to-speak-out-in-support-of-gaza/
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ICYMI: Global Affairs Canada’s annual report on military exports was released a few days ago. It shows 164 permits utilized in 2024 for direct exports from Canada to Israel worth $18.9 million. Claims from elected leaders that Canada has stopped arming Israel, are simply not true. #ArmsEmbargoNow
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A handful of us spent an hour today with our MP, Nate Erskine-Smith, to request action now for a true 2-way Israel arms embargo - not just on weapons, but components & vendors supporting Isreal's military. He invited us to his conference room, read our mandate letter, listened, & gave us clear answers.
We were out-numbered by squad cars & uniformed cops on the street outside the office. Nate insisted they move the cars & cross the street.
#ArmsEmbargoNow #StopArmingGenocide #MandateForAction -
A handful of us spent an hour today with our MP, Nate Erskine-Smith, to request action now for a true 2-way Israel arms embargo - not just on weapons, but components & vendors supporting Isreal's military. He invited us to his conference room, read our mandate letter, listened, & gave us clear answers.
We were out-numbered by squad cars & uniformed cops on the street outside the office. Nate insisted they move the cars & cross the street.
#ArmsEmbargoNow #StopArmingGenocide #MandateForAction -
A handful of us spent an hour today with our MP, Nate Erskine-Smith, to request action now for a true 2-way Israel arms embargo - not just on weapons, but components & vendors supporting Isreal's military. He invited us to his conference room, read our mandate letter, listened, & gave us clear answers.
We were out-numbered by squad cars & uniformed cops on the street outside the office. Nate insisted they move the cars & cross the street.
#ArmsEmbargoNow #StopArmingGenocide #MandateForAction -
A handful of us spent an hour today with our MP, Nate Erskine-Smith, to request action now for a true 2-way Israel arms embargo - not just on weapons, but components & vendors supporting Isreal's military. He invited us to his conference room, read our mandate letter, listened, & gave us clear answers.
We were out-numbered by squad cars & uniformed cops on the street outside the office. Nate insisted they move the cars & cross the street.
#ArmsEmbargoNow #StopArmingGenocide #MandateForAction -
A handful of us spent an hour today with our MP, Nate Erskine-Smith, to request action now for a true 2-way Israel arms embargo - not just on weapons, but components & vendors supporting Isreal's military. He invited us to his conference room, read our mandate letter, listened, & gave us clear answers.
We were out-numbered by squad cars & uniformed cops on the street outside the office. Nate insisted they move the cars & cross the street.
#ArmsEmbargoNow #StopArmingGenocide #MandateForAction -
https://chuffed.org/project/131641-help-pal-actionists-pay-their-legal-fees
#FreePalestine #EndTheGenocide #ArmsEmbargoNow"We know that a lot of people are horrified about what is happening in Palestine, but not everyone is able to put themselves at risk by taking direct action, but this movement needs more than just actionists, it needs people helping to sustain it. By donating even as low as £5, you're taking a small part in telling the powers that be that we won't be complicit in ethnic cleansing and colonisation..."
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The Israeli government has been blocking VITAL aid to Gaza, fuelling famine and starvation, while Benjamin Netanyahu is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court.
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Key figures from the Israeli government are threatening ethnic cleansing in Gaza - saying it will be completely destroyed and Palestinians will have to leave in great numbers. This is ethnic cleansing.
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Not even snow storms can chill the people
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Every human right has been repeatedly and relentlessly violated in Gaza and in Palestine.
Sometimes I pop my head up for air in my real world where we open presents and say happy new year.
And sometimes I go underwater again to witness the silent screams. Of children and doctors and whole families being killed by bombs and snipers and starvation and cold.
Yet people survive, and live and dream and crave warmth, and we have a duty to help them.
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We scream for a ceasefire, we finally get a ceasefire after Hezbollah give up on any leverage points, and guess what. They 🇮🇱 don't cease firing.
Who woulda thought amirite?
#freepalestine #freelebanon
#apartheidisrael #lawlessisrael
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There’s a Ceasefire in Lebanon, but Israel Keeps Gaslighting Palestinians About Ending the Assault on Gaza
Palestinians from Gaza feel relief for the people of Lebanon. We are also heartbroken that we are still being slaughtered.
#letgazaandwestbanklive #armsembargonow
#FreePalestine https://theintercept.com/2024/11/27/lebanon-ceasefire-gaza-palestinians-hope/ -
#toronto #canada #codepink All out for #Gaza #Palestine #armsembargonow #permanentceasefirenow #stopgenocide
WHEN
October 20, 2024 at 3:00pm - 6:00pm (CDT)WHERE
360 University Ave,
Toronto, ON M5G 1S4, Canada, -
The Biden-Harris regime is a genocidal terrorist regime!
#AbandonHarris #HolocaustHarris #HarrisWalz #FreePalestine #ArmsEmbargoNow
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The Biden-Harris regime is a genocidal terrorist regime!
#AbandonHarris #HolocaustHarris #HarrisWalz #FreePalestine #ArmsEmbargoNow
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CW: UK Politics, Israel-Lebanon war
"Appalled"
Would that be appalled enough to actually do something about it, like stop sending Israel the bombs it needs to keep doing it?
Or not quite that appalled?
#ArmsEmbargoNow #Israel #Lebanon #UNIFIL #IsraelLebanonWar
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn0ew4egegpt?post=asset%3Abfa40346-18e1-4e99-a65e-cfe9b7a356ed#post
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CW: UK Politics, Israel-Lebanon war
It's good that the UK government has stated on the record that it's unacceptable for Israeli troops to attack UN peacekeepers.
But I fear it's just empty words. What's the good of saying it's unacceptable if they just carry on accepting it?
#Israel #ArmsEmbargoNow #Lebanon #IsraelLebanonWar #WarCrimes
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#codepink in #NewYork #nyc as the #warcriminal arrives to the #UN #palestine #lebanon #armsembargonow #permanentceasefirenow
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On September 26, Benjamin Netanyahu is slated to come to #NewYork #nyc and speak on the floor of the #un #UnitedNations The people of New York won't let a war criminal carrying out a genocide against the #Palestinian people peacefully walk the streets of our city. We say: arrest Netanyahu for #genocide and crimes against #humanity #gaza #palestine #congress #usa #uspol #uspolitics #armsembargonow #permanentceasefirenow #codepink https://www.codepink.org/nyc927
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These organizations are true #humanRights defenders and #peace #activists AND they do their homework. https://pbicanada.org/2024/09/19/pbi-canada-and-cfsc-quakers-hold-webinar-on-arms-exports-to-israel-and-the-call-for-an-arms-embargo/
#ArmsEmbargoNow #FreePalestine #Israel #ArmsManufacturers #WarCriminals
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🇵🇸🚨 UPDATED LOCATION! On THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 at 3PM people will take to the streets and rise up against the genocide whole war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu is slated to come to #NewYork and speak on the floor of the #UN United Nations. We say: arrest Netanyahu for genocide and crimes against #humanity #palestine #gaza #uspol #armsembargonow #nyc #permanentceasefirenow
Join us!
📆 Thursday, September 26
🕙 3PM
📍Bryant Park • New York Public Library Steps -
The simple truth is that Kamala Harris should be promising an arms embargo on Israel because Netanyahu is conducting a nearly year-long genocide in Gaza, he's doing it with U.S. funded and supplied weapons he couldn't accomplish this goal without, and said arms embargo seems like it's the only way to get Israel to stop bombing hospitals and sniping children in broad daylight. There can be no question about these facts, and America's continued material support for Israeli's militarized campaign of extermination makes U.S. leaders culpable for these crimes against humanity. As I've also pointed out repeatedly however, the fact that the Democratic Party probably can't beat Trump without winning my home state of Michigan, and that state has an extremely large population of Muslim Americans who may not just "shut up and vote" for a government actively helping to exterminate Palestinians, is also another pretty good damn reason for an immediate arms embargo by the U.S., on Israel.
Muslims Were Reliably Democratic Voters. With US Gaza Policy, That’s Changed.
"Vice President Kamala Harris and Green Party candidate Jill Stein are virtually tied, with about 29 percent of Muslims planning to vote for each candidate, according to a survey of 1,159 voters conducted shortly after the DNC. Another 4 percent plan to vote for Cornel West, the unaffiliated antiwar candidate who is still fighting to be on the ballot in multiple states.
Just over 11 percent plan to vote for Republican Donald Trump, and 16 percent remain undecided. Only 8 percent said they are not planning to vote in November.
“This is showing that Muslim voters who traditionally in the last election voted over 60 percent for Biden, that 60 percent has evenly split now between two candidates who have two very different messages that are addressing their concerns,” said Robert McCaw, CAIR’s director of government affairs, during a press conference Thursday."
Look, I know some people (including "progressive" political darlings like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) are going to read that quote and reflexive start bitching about what a fraud Jill Stein is, and I'm certainly willing to concede that she's no friend of mine. By that same measure however, if you give people a choice at the ballot box between genocide, and more genocide, you probably shouldn't be at all surprised when folks whose friends and relatives you're helping to exterminate start casting around for another option.
If you read this whole article, it's clear that these folks are not committed Stein voters, so much as outraged at the crimes against humanity Harris is effectively refusing to take action against even if she wins the election. The Democratic Party hasn't lost Michigan yet, and inexplicably there's still time to turn this around; but given the paper-thin margins polling in the state is presenting, Muslim Americans in Michigan probably aren't a constituency Harris can simply ignore. The best time to slap an arms embargo on Israel was over ten months ago; the second best time is right now, and even if Biden refuses, Harris can promise that she'll do so if and when she wins the 2024 U.S. Presidential election. Refusing to do that is not only criminally inhumane, but a staggering example of political malpractice by a campaign that keeps swearing up and down that *the* most important thing to save America is stopping Trump, as well.
Furthermore, with recent polling showing that as many as seventy-five percent of Democrat voters now oppose Israel’s war on Gaza, there would appear to be no political downside at the ballot box for Harris if she promised to end it; if anything she'd likely attract more voters by doing so, particularly young and nonwhite voters who were a vital and likely irreplaceable part of the coalition that stopped Trump and got Biden over in 2020. If Harris is serious about winning this election and stopping Trump from potentially ending what passes for American democracy, the choice here could not be clearer; she needs to side with everyday voters, and against fascist apartheid states, Biden's ongoing support for a genocide, and weapons contractors - not just because it's the right thing to do, but because she's not going to win in 2024 without Michigan and other former "blue wall" states in the Midwest, and they demand action.
If you don't want to see a second Trump presidency that will almost certainly result in a right wing attempt to install a permanent, overtly fascist political order in America, you need to stop yelling at people online to "shut up and vote" and start telling Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party that you demand they do what it takes to actually win this election; and they can start by promising an arms embargo on Israel that will come into effect on day 1 of her presidency at the latest.
#USPol #Harris #Election2024 #Trump #Gaza #Genocide #Israel #Biden #ArmsEmbargoNow #MuslimAmericans #Michigan #Imperialism #Colonialism
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The simple truth is that Kamala Harris should be promising an arms embargo on Israel because Netanyahu is conducting a nearly year-long genocide in Gaza, he's doing it with U.S. funded and supplied weapons he couldn't accomplish this goal without, and said arms embargo seems like it's the only way to get Israel to stop bombing hospitals and sniping children in broad daylight. There can be no question about these facts, and America's continued material support for Israeli's militarized campaign of extermination makes U.S. leaders culpable for these crimes against humanity. As I've also pointed out repeatedly however, the fact that the Democratic Party probably can't beat Trump without winning my home state of Michigan, and that state has an extremely large population of Muslim Americans who may not just "shut up and vote" for a government actively helping to exterminate Palestinians, is also another pretty good damn reason for an immediate arms embargo by the U.S., on Israel.
Muslims Were Reliably Democratic Voters. With US Gaza Policy, That’s Changed.
"Vice President Kamala Harris and Green Party candidate Jill Stein are virtually tied, with about 29 percent of Muslims planning to vote for each candidate, according to a survey of 1,159 voters conducted shortly after the DNC. Another 4 percent plan to vote for Cornel West, the unaffiliated antiwar candidate who is still fighting to be on the ballot in multiple states.
Just over 11 percent plan to vote for Republican Donald Trump, and 16 percent remain undecided. Only 8 percent said they are not planning to vote in November.
“This is showing that Muslim voters who traditionally in the last election voted over 60 percent for Biden, that 60 percent has evenly split now between two candidates who have two very different messages that are addressing their concerns,” said Robert McCaw, CAIR’s director of government affairs, during a press conference Thursday."
Look, I know some people (including "progressive" political darlings like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) are going to read that quote and reflexive start bitching about what a fraud Jill Stein is, and I'm certainly willing to concede that she's no friend of mine. By that same measure however, if you give people a choice at the ballot box between genocide, and more genocide, you probably shouldn't be at all surprised when folks whose friends and relatives you're helping to exterminate start casting around for another option.
If you read this whole article, it's clear that these folks are not committed Stein voters, so much as outraged at the crimes against humanity Harris is effectively refusing to take action against even if she wins the election. The Democratic Party hasn't lost Michigan yet, and inexplicably there's still time to turn this around; but given the paper-thin margins polling in the state is presenting, Muslim Americans in Michigan probably aren't a constituency Harris can simply ignore. The best time to slap an arms embargo on Israel was over ten months ago; the second best time is right now, and even if Biden refuses, Harris can promise that she'll do so if and when she wins the 2024 U.S. Presidential election. Refusing to do that is not only criminally inhumane, but a staggering example of political malpractice by a campaign that keeps swearing up and down that *the* most important thing to save America is stopping Trump, as well.
Furthermore, with recent polling showing that as many as seventy-five percent of Democrat voters now oppose Israel’s war on Gaza, there would appear to be no political downside at the ballot box for Harris if she promised to end it; if anything she'd likely attract more voters by doing so, particularly young and nonwhite voters who were a vital and likely irreplaceable part of the coalition that stopped Trump and got Biden over in 2020. If Harris is serious about winning this election and stopping Trump from potentially ending what passes for American democracy, the choice here could not be clearer; she needs to side with everyday voters, and against fascist apartheid states, Biden's ongoing support for a genocide, and weapons contractors - not just because it's the right thing to do, but because she's not going to win in 2024 without Michigan and other former "blue wall" states in the Midwest, and they demand action.
If you don't want to see a second Trump presidency that will almost certainly result in a right wing attempt to install a permanent, overtly fascist political order in America, you need to stop yelling at people online to "shut up and vote" and start telling Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party that you demand they do what it takes to actually win this election; and they can start by promising an arms embargo on Israel that will come into effect on day 1 of her presidency at the latest.
#USPol #Harris #Election2024 #Trump #Gaza #Genocide #Israel #Biden #ArmsEmbargoNow #MuslimAmericans #Michigan #Imperialism #Colonialism
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The simple truth is that Kamala Harris should be promising an arms embargo on Israel because Netanyahu is conducting a nearly year-long genocide in Gaza, he's doing it with U.S. funded and supplied weapons he couldn't accomplish this goal without, and said arms embargo seems like it's the only way to get Israel to stop bombing hospitals and sniping children in broad daylight. There can be no question about these facts, and America's continued material support for Israeli's militarized campaign of extermination makes U.S. leaders culpable for these crimes against humanity. As I've also pointed out repeatedly however, the fact that the Democratic Party probably can't beat Trump without winning my home state of Michigan, and that state has an extremely large population of Muslim Americans who may not just "shut up and vote" for a government actively helping to exterminate Palestinians, is also another pretty good damn reason for an immediate arms embargo by the U.S., on Israel.
Muslims Were Reliably Democratic Voters. With US Gaza Policy, That’s Changed.
"Vice President Kamala Harris and Green Party candidate Jill Stein are virtually tied, with about 29 percent of Muslims planning to vote for each candidate, according to a survey of 1,159 voters conducted shortly after the DNC. Another 4 percent plan to vote for Cornel West, the unaffiliated antiwar candidate who is still fighting to be on the ballot in multiple states.
Just over 11 percent plan to vote for Republican Donald Trump, and 16 percent remain undecided. Only 8 percent said they are not planning to vote in November.
“This is showing that Muslim voters who traditionally in the last election voted over 60 percent for Biden, that 60 percent has evenly split now between two candidates who have two very different messages that are addressing their concerns,” said Robert McCaw, CAIR’s director of government affairs, during a press conference Thursday."
Look, I know some people (including "progressive" political darlings like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) are going to read that quote and reflexive start bitching about what a fraud Jill Stein is, and I'm certainly willing to concede that she's no friend of mine. By that same measure however, if you give people a choice at the ballot box between genocide, and more genocide, you probably shouldn't be at all surprised when folks whose friends and relatives you're helping to exterminate start casting around for another option.
If you read this whole article, it's clear that these folks are not committed Stein voters, so much as outraged at the crimes against humanity Harris is effectively refusing to take action against even if she wins the election. The Democratic Party hasn't lost Michigan yet, and inexplicably there's still time to turn this around; but given the paper-thin margins polling in the state is presenting, Muslim Americans in Michigan probably aren't a constituency Harris can simply ignore. The best time to slap an arms embargo on Israel was over ten months ago; the second best time is right now, and even if Biden refuses, Harris can promise that she'll do so if and when she wins the 2024 U.S. Presidential election. Refusing to do that is not only criminally inhumane, but a staggering example of political malpractice by a campaign that keeps swearing up and down that *the* most important thing to save America is stopping Trump, as well.
Furthermore, with recent polling showing that as many as seventy-five percent of Democrat voters now oppose Israel’s war on Gaza, there would appear to be no political downside at the ballot box for Harris if she promised to end it; if anything she'd likely attract more voters by doing so, particularly young and nonwhite voters who were a vital and likely irreplaceable part of the coalition that stopped Trump and got Biden over in 2020. If Harris is serious about winning this election and stopping Trump from potentially ending what passes for American democracy, the choice here could not be clearer; she needs to side with everyday voters, and against fascist apartheid states, Biden's ongoing support for a genocide, and weapons contractors - not just because it's the right thing to do, but because she's not going to win in 2024 without Michigan and other former "blue wall" states in the Midwest, and they demand action.
If you don't want to see a second Trump presidency that will almost certainly result in a right wing attempt to install a permanent, overtly fascist political order in America, you need to stop yelling at people online to "shut up and vote" and start telling Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party that you demand they do what it takes to actually win this election; and they can start by promising an arms embargo on Israel that will come into effect on day 1 of her presidency at the latest.
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The simple truth is that Kamala Harris should be promising an arms embargo on Israel because Netanyahu is conducting a nearly year-long genocide in Gaza, he's doing it with U.S. funded and supplied weapons he couldn't accomplish this goal without, and said arms embargo seems like it's the only way to get Israel to stop bombing hospitals and sniping children in broad daylight. There can be no question about these facts, and America's continued material support for Israeli's militarized campaign of extermination makes U.S. leaders culpable for these crimes against humanity. As I've also pointed out repeatedly however, the fact that the Democratic Party probably can't beat Trump without winning my home state of Michigan, and that state has an extremely large population of Muslim Americans who may not just "shut up and vote" for a government actively helping to exterminate Palestinians, is also another pretty good damn reason for an immediate arms embargo by the U.S., on Israel.
Muslims Were Reliably Democratic Voters. With US Gaza Policy, That’s Changed.
"Vice President Kamala Harris and Green Party candidate Jill Stein are virtually tied, with about 29 percent of Muslims planning to vote for each candidate, according to a survey of 1,159 voters conducted shortly after the DNC. Another 4 percent plan to vote for Cornel West, the unaffiliated antiwar candidate who is still fighting to be on the ballot in multiple states.
Just over 11 percent plan to vote for Republican Donald Trump, and 16 percent remain undecided. Only 8 percent said they are not planning to vote in November.
“This is showing that Muslim voters who traditionally in the last election voted over 60 percent for Biden, that 60 percent has evenly split now between two candidates who have two very different messages that are addressing their concerns,” said Robert McCaw, CAIR’s director of government affairs, during a press conference Thursday."
Look, I know some people (including "progressive" political darlings like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) are going to read that quote and reflexive start bitching about what a fraud Jill Stein is, and I'm certainly willing to concede that she's no friend of mine. By that same measure however, if you give people a choice at the ballot box between genocide, and more genocide, you probably shouldn't be at all surprised when folks whose friends and relatives you're helping to exterminate start casting around for another option.
If you read this whole article, it's clear that these folks are not committed Stein voters, so much as outraged at the crimes against humanity Harris is effectively refusing to take action against even if she wins the election. The Democratic Party hasn't lost Michigan yet, and inexplicably there's still time to turn this around; but given the paper-thin margins polling in the state is presenting, Muslim Americans in Michigan probably aren't a constituency Harris can simply ignore. The best time to slap an arms embargo on Israel was over ten months ago; the second best time is right now, and even if Biden refuses, Harris can promise that she'll do so if and when she wins the 2024 U.S. Presidential election. Refusing to do that is not only criminally inhumane, but a staggering example of political malpractice by a campaign that keeps swearing up and down that *the* most important thing to save America is stopping Trump, as well.
Furthermore, with recent polling showing that as many as seventy-five percent of Democrat voters now oppose Israel’s war on Gaza, there would appear to be no political downside at the ballot box for Harris if she promised to end it; if anything she'd likely attract more voters by doing so, particularly young and nonwhite voters who were a vital and likely irreplaceable part of the coalition that stopped Trump and got Biden over in 2020. If Harris is serious about winning this election and stopping Trump from potentially ending what passes for American democracy, the choice here could not be clearer; she needs to side with everyday voters, and against fascist apartheid states, Biden's ongoing support for a genocide, and weapons contractors - not just because it's the right thing to do, but because she's not going to win in 2024 without Michigan and other former "blue wall" states in the Midwest, and they demand action.
If you don't want to see a second Trump presidency that will almost certainly result in a right wing attempt to install a permanent, overtly fascist political order in America, you need to stop yelling at people online to "shut up and vote" and start telling Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party that you demand they do what it takes to actually win this election; and they can start by promising an arms embargo on Israel that will come into effect on day 1 of her presidency at the latest.
#USPol #Harris #Election2024 #Trump #Gaza #Genocide #Israel #Biden #ArmsEmbargoNow #MuslimAmericans #Michigan #Imperialism #Colonialism
