From the river to the sea Palestine will be free!
More than 2,000 people took to the streets of Manhattan in a
march from Times Square down Broadway to Union Square on March
29. Armed with colorful banners and spirited chants, they
demanded "Free Palestine and stop the war on Iraq!"
The protest was organized by a coalition of Palestinian
organizations including Al-Awda (The Right to Return) NY-NJ
chapters, the Arab Muslim American Federation and the Defend
Palestine Committee.
March 29 has been designated as the "Day of the Land,"
commemorating the murders of six Palestinians at the hands of
Israeli soldiers in 1976. The current, heroic Intifada began in
September 2000 against the apartheid Israeli occupation of Gaza
and the West Bank, where an overwhelming majority of the 1,900
Palestinian people killed by Israeli troops and settlers have
lost their lives.
The demonstration was led by Palestinians of all ages,
particularly the youth. They were joined by other Arab, Muslim
and North American supporters. Many shoppers and bystanders
were visibly moved by this protest.
The demonstration also made strong links to the heroic
resistance that the Iraqi people are putting up against the
U.S. and British military forces seeking to occupy their
country as part of an overall strategy to deepen imperialist
control over the oil-rich region.
--Monica Moorehead
Reprinted from the April 10, 2003, issue of
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