WASHINGTON—Braving frigid winds, tens of thousands of protesters packed Freedom Plaza Jan. 13, chanting “Free, Free Palestine” and “Ceasefire NOW.

Members of the Communist Party USA march through the streets of Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Jan. 13, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. | Photo courtesy of CPUSA

  • ██████████@lemmy.worldOP
    6·
    10 months ago

    “We brought 1,000 people from Detroit on 30 buses and 100 cars,” he told People’s World. “We are here to demand a ceasefire in the war on Gaza. We want this 70-year occupation of Palestine to end now. We want a free Palestinian State. The genocide must stop. Too many children, too many women and men have died.”

  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
    54·
    10 months ago

    Centrist Democrats have spent decades caving to Republicans at the very first hint of pushback. Now, for the very first time, we get to see what position centrist Democrats won’t abandon.

  • sugarfree@lemmy.worldEnglish
    65·
    10 months ago

    Nobody in the region cares, but I’m sure the “Communist Party USA” felt great about themselves.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    32·
    10 months ago

    Members of the Communist Party USA march through the streets of Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Jan. 13

    All five of them or was Bob out sick again?