New Yorkers demand
'Free Palestine'
Every Saturday for months Al-Awda, the Palestine Right of
Return Coalition, has been holding an afternoon picket line at
Union Square in New York City. Some Saturdays, the picket line
has drawn hundreds of people and marched around the Square, a
traditional site for protests in New York.
There is chanting, leafleting, sometimes a short march and
much discussion with passers-by--some hostile, some merely
curious and some willing to listen. Organizers describe this
weekly demonstration as a chance to capture the current mood in
New York and a regular spot for information about Palestine,
the struggle against Zionism and the U.S. intervention in the
Middle East.
--Photo and story by G. Dunkel
Reprinted from the May 23, 2002, issue of
Workers World newspaper
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