On December 1, roughly a thousand rallied in NYC, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza after Israel's announcement to resume attacks, resulting in 700+ casualties since it broke the ceasefire. The demonstrators highlighted that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US President Joe Biden effectively authorized Israel to commit the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Source: People Dispatch
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00:00 We fight for those who have gone and those who are still with us.
00:03 And we fight for the future and we fight for the present.
00:07 We fight for our own souls.
00:09 >> [APPLAUSE]
00:12 >> Because if we abandon Palestine,
00:14 then we have to abandon our own selves.
00:17 >> There is a blackout on the fact that the majority of the world and
00:21 actually the majority of this country does not want to see this war continue.
00:25 >> [APPLAUSE]
00:26 >> And so that's why we are here in the rain.
00:29 And we will be here in the snow and we will be here in the ice.
00:33 And then we'll be here as long as we need to be,
00:35 because we are not just fighting for a pause.
00:38 We are not fighting just for a ceasefire,
00:41 we are fighting for an end to the occupation
00:44 and an end to all US-backed
00:46 and US-driven wars across the world.
00:49 -It is right to rebel! -It is right to rebel!
00:53 -It is right to rebel! -It is right to rebel!
00:57 -Israel, go to hell! -Israel, go to hell!
01:01 -Say it loud, say it clear! -Say it loud, say it clear!
01:06 -Liberation is here! -Liberation is here!
01:11 -Thousands of people demonstrated
01:13 at the New York Public Library
01:15 and marched to the New York Times office on December 1st
01:18 to demand a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
01:22 The protests come following Israel's announcement
01:24 that it would resume its genocidal attacks on the enclave.
01:28 The protests also demanded an end to all USAID to Israel,
01:33 the release of all Palestinian prisoners,
01:35 and freedom for Palestine.
01:38 At least 700 have been killed by the Israeli forces
01:42 since they broke the ceasefire.
01:45 Israel resumed its widespread bombing of Gaza
01:48 following US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Israel,
01:52 wherein he reiterated the US backing
01:54 of Israel's right to self-defense.
01:57 The protesters pointed out that Blinken
01:59 and the US President Joe Biden
02:01 essentially have given the green light to Israel
02:04 to continue carrying out a genocide in Gaza.
02:07 The protest demonstration was organized
02:09 by the Palestinian Youth Movement,
02:11 the Answer Coalition, the People's Forum,
02:14 Al-Awda New York, and other progressive organizations.
02:18 We charge the US with genocide.
02:22 The last two months has made the terms of our struggle
02:26 crystal clear.
02:28 Our struggle, the Palestinian struggle,
02:31 is one that is at the forefront
02:33 of fighting against global imperialism.
02:36 And with this clarity, the US role in the genocide on Palestine
02:41 has never been more obvious to everyone around the world.
02:46 [crowd cheering]
02:48 But the US wants the best of both worlds.
02:52 It wants to drench its hands in blood
02:54 in order to achieve its regional interests,
02:57 and at the same time, pretends its hands are clean.
03:02 We are here to tell them
03:03 that there is no hiding their crimes.
03:06 We gathered in love and rage and mourning,
03:09 and we gather again today in rage
03:12 at the continued genocide of our people.
03:15 We'll never become numb to this genocide.
03:19 We'll never become numb to the numbers of martyrs rising.
03:23 We won't become numb to the genocide of 1948,
03:27 the genocide of the last 75 years,
03:30 or the genocide happening right now.
03:32 -Never! -Never!
03:35 -And we won't because our people bring us life.
03:38 Our martyrs bring us life.
03:41 And we're here to honor that and to carry the struggle forward.
03:45 We are here to fight, to fight for those martyrs,
03:49 but to also fight for the living and the liberation of the living.
03:53 We fight for those who have gone and those who are still with us,
03:56 and we fight for the future, and we fight for the present.
04:00 We fight for our own souls.
04:03 [crowd cheering]
04:06 Because if we abandon Palestine,
04:08 then we have to abandon our own selves.
04:10 -We live in the legacy of the Black Liberation Movement.
04:14 [crowd cheering]
04:15 And Malcolm X said it really, really well.
04:18 The Palestinian struggle is a struggle for humanity,
04:22 is a struggle for integrity,
04:24 for the dignity of everyone
04:27 who has any inch of humanity in their bodies.
04:32 That is the struggle that we're waging,
04:35 the struggle for human dignity.
04:38 And we will not let off.
04:41 We will not let off.
04:43 We are not going to sit idly by.
04:46 The fact is, is that like every bully,
04:49 the Zionists, Israel,
04:51 and the United States White House are weak.
04:54 They are afraid of children.
04:56 They are afraid of women.
04:58 They are afraid of families.
04:59 They are afraid of a people who are standing up
05:02 for their fundamental rights of self-determination.
05:06 And they are afraid of this group of people.
05:08 They are afraid of their own population
05:11 that knows the difference between right and wrong.
05:13 [crowd cheering]
05:16 They don't want us to see each other.
05:19 There is a blackout on the fact that the majority of the world
05:23 and actually the majority of this country
05:26 does not want to see this war continue.
05:29 And so that's why we are here in the rain,
05:31 and we will be here in the snow,
05:33 and we will be here in the ice,
05:35 and then we'll be here as long as we need to be
05:38 because we are not just fighting for a pause.
05:41 We are not fighting just for a ceasefire.
05:43 We are fighting for an end to the occupation
05:46 and an end to all US-backed
05:49 and US-driven wars across the world.
05:52 ♪♪
06:01 (dramatic music)