No more business as usual," the organization leading the protest said on social media.
Dozens of Jewish protesters and their allies were arrested on Wednesday morning after they blocked rush hour traffic on a busy Los Angeles highway to demand a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Palestinians in Gaza.
Please, someone tell me how the fuck these protests get organized? I’ve been scouring IG for upcoming demonstrations in LA and nobody’s registering their actions on Shut It Down For Palestine. For months I’ve tried to get involved and it feels impossible for any full time worker to help take action for Palestine. Best case scenario is I find out about an event a few hours beforehand when I’m already in the office and it’s too late for me to be there.
Xitter probably. Easy to retweet and get the word out, big community, lots of political guys
accomplishing absolutely fuckall
The fact that it made news enough to be posted on social media is quite an accomplishment.
Not a very high standard. If it was in middle of Tel Aviv maybe had a bigger impact.
I don’t think they live in Israel. Tel Aviv is also protesting.
I don’t disagree that the conflict has to stop, but I don’t see how anyone can force a ceasefire between two separate independent countries. What action do they think the US can take to force this situation? No matter what you offer or withhold it’s still ultimately up to the individual parties involved.
True, though the US is one of the biggest suppliers, if not the biggest, for Israel’s military.
The US just vetoed a ceasefire agreement in the UN security council.
America only cares about money. This shit costs them HUGE money.
This is exactly how you stop the war by shutting down infrastructure.
Ok, but this war is between Israel and Hamas, what can America do about it other than what they’ve always done and bomb the shit out of both sides?
It’s like protesting in Toronto because they don’t like a new policy in Tokyo.deleted by creator
Regardless of your feelings on the conflict, blocking freeways is beneficial even if done for no reason at all. Urban highways were a mistake and never should have been built. Every minute they continue normal operation is a minute they continue destroying our neighborhoods, poisoning the innocent and vulnerable who live nearby, and destroying the future for our descendants.
So I commend these activists and hope we see more of this.
Great initiative.
The peaceful protests are over.
Next phase is nonviolent disruption. Block infrastructure.
Instead of going to their local government, they deside to close a road… if they want to be branded as idiots, this is a good way of doing that.
Yeah, why didn’t the American’s go to their government instead of protesting with the Boston Tea Party?
Rhe issue is that doing protests that way is not going to win sympathy from the people who is using the road.
Why didn’t the Americans protests differently to get sympathy from the British?
There are ways to protest, but this is not efecive especially for the people using the road
History says otherwise.
It was Hamas that broke the ceasefire that was already in place. And it’s Hamas’s war on Israel not the reverse
Brand new account shilling for Israel…not sketchy at all
