Friends,
Joe Biden would be a disaster as president, as he is a corporate
Democrat. And he is a disaster as a candidate, claiming he has
accomplished everything, passing every bill and meeting all of the movers and
shakers. And who can forget his vote for the Iraq War?
Kagiso, Max
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Jewish
Activists Demanding 2020 Democrats #SkipAIPAC Arrested at Biden Headquarters
"Biden
wants to lead the Democratic party, even as he plans to attend AIPAC's annual
conference and perpetuate this broken status quo. We won't stand for
that."
Seven young Jewish Americans were arrested Tuesday for
demonstrating at former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign headquarters in
Philadelphia over the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate's support for
AIPAC. (Photo: @IfNotNow/Twitter)
Seven young Jewish Americans were arrested Tuesday at former
Vice President Joe Biden's campaign headquarters in Philadelphia, where they
staged a public action demanding Biden skip the annual conference held by
right-wing anti-Palestinian rights lobbying group AIPAC.
The protest was part of the #SkipAIPAC campaign led by IfNotNow,
MoveOn, Indivisible, and the Working Families Party ahead of the annual
meeting, which will take place from March 1-3 in Washington, D.C. The groups
are calling on all Democratic candidates in the presidential race to skip the
conference and condemn AIPAC's longtime support for the Israeli military
occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, and the ongoing subjugation of
Palestinians.
RIGHT NOW: young
Jewish activists and their allies are shutting down Joe Biden’s headquarters in
Philadelphia.
We're here to show Biden that supporting AIPAC and the Israeli occupation comes with consequences. #SkipAIPAC
We're here to show Biden that supporting AIPAC and the Israeli occupation comes with consequences. #SkipAIPAC
At Joe Biden’s
campaign office this morning protesting Biden’s and AIPAC’s support for endless
occupation. #SkipAIPAC
IfNotNow activists
were just arrested for protesting Joe Biden and AIPAC's support of the endless
occupation.
Can you chip in a little to make sure we can continue to hold Biden, AIPAC and all other supporters of the occupation accountable? Donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/skipaipac …
Can you chip in a little to make sure we can continue to hold Biden, AIPAC and all other supporters of the occupation accountable? Donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/skipaipac …
At the demonstration, IfNotNow members held signs reading
"Biden and AIPAC's Destructive Legacy" and spoke about the impact of
the Israeli occupation on Palestinians, including children.
"Hundreds of Palestinian children are arrested, often in
the middle of the night," one member said. "In many cases neither
they nor their parents are told why they're being arrested. The soldiers who
carry out these abuses the military detention centers where these children are
held—the U.S. government writes the checks: $10 million a day."
IfNotNow leaders explain
one of the many ugly facets of what the money going towards the occupation
really supports: the unlawful arrests of Palestinian children #SkipAIPAC
Biden has rejected calls to boycott the meeting this year,
claiming he would go to "convince them to change their position."
"Biden and AIPAC have built a shameful, destructive legacy
of permanent occupation in Israel/Palestine," said Philadelphia IfNotNow member Theo Toler in a statement.
"It's time to end that legacy and work towards a new vision."
Contrary to Biden's claim that he aims to steer AIPAC and the
Israeli government away from their position on Palestinian rights, the former
vice president has a long history of vocal support for the occupation.
He has regularly attended the AIPAC conference and said at the 2013 meeting that he "did more fundraisers for AIPAC
in the '70s and early '80s than just about anybody." Last November,
Biden tweeted, "Israel has a right to defend itself against terrorist
threats" after the Israeli military launched dozens of missile strikes
into Gaza, killing dozens of people including children.
IfNotNow said Biden has joined AIPAC in leaving "a legacy of
destruction and violence in Israel/Palestine."
"For decades, establishment leaders like Joe Biden have aligned
themselves with AIPAC and parroted AIPAC talking points—with no accountability
or political consequences," said Becky Havivi, a Philadelphia IfNotNow
member who was arrested at the action. "Now Biden wants to lead the
Democratic party, even as he plans to attend AIPAC's annual conference and
perpetuate this broken status quo. We won't stand for that."
So far, only Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders
(I-Vt.) have committed to skip the AIPAC conference.
Sanders said he was "concerned about the platform AIPAC provides
for leaders who express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights."
IfNotNow is also planning an action at Sen. Amy Klobuchar's
(D-Minn.) presidential campaign headquarters in Minneapolis on Friday, and will
demonstrate against AIPAC in Washington during the conference next week.
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has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles.
The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject
class has had nothing to gain and everything to lose--especially their
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