On Saturday, November 4, thousands of demonstrators traveled to the nation’s capital for the National March on Washington: Free Palestine. Throughout the morning and early afternoon, protesters carrying Palestinian flags and signs made their way through Freedom Plaza and around the White House. During the demonstration, several activists, leaders and public figures took to the stage and shared a few words. Among those in attendance was Grammy Award-winning musician Macklemore.
“They told me to do my research, that it’s too complex, to be silent…In the last 3 weeks, I’ve gone back & I have done some research, I don’t know everything, but I know enough to know that this is a genocide,” he said.
The National March on Washington: Free Palestine was one of several demonstrations to take place on Saturday. Pro-Palestine demonstrations were organized in New York, Seattle, London, Berlin, Paris and several other cities around the world.
“We’re sending a strong message, a very strong message to Joe Biden: if you stand with genocide, we hold you guilty of genocide,” said Brian Becker, the director of Answer, an anti-war and social justice coalition with organizing centers across the country.
“When you kill 10,000 Palestinians not because of what they’ve done but because of who they are, when you commit genocide against a people, and destroy a people in whole or in part, you are guilty of genocide and that’s why we’re going to the White House.”
