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DESCRIPTION:The just concluded DNC was an occasion for speeches, postures and positions 
 on the inside, and large protests, marches and rallies on the outside. 
 Thousands of people gathered in Chicago’s Union Park and the streets to 
 make their voices known on the pressing topics of concern to the ordinary 
 citizens of the country. No topic was more important though than the 
 concern to stop the war in Gaza and above all to stop the US weapons 
 shipments that fuel and perpetuate the massacre of innocent civilians. 
 Inside the convention, the speakers and luminaries were not impervious or 
 unaffected by the war and a number of positions were taken and promises 
 made.\n\nBut at the moment to embrace the Palestinian voice and have a 
 Palestinian Speaker, they balked — none was permitted.\n\nWhat was the 
 reaction in the street to the promises made by the politicians and 
 luminaries? What was the response of the hundreds of Palestinian and other 
 Arab Americans and allies among the thousands of demonstrators in Chicago? 
 We’ll hear from MAPA’s own Brian Garvey and Keith Harvey and have a 
 chance to discuss the convention, the protests, and how we see the next 7 
 weeks of the campaign, what we can expect and what we can 
 do.\n\nSpeakers:\n\nKeith Harvey  is the Regional Director for the 
 Northeast Region of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a 
 position he has held since 1992. \n\nBrian Garvey is the incoming Executive 
 Director of Massachusetts Peace Action. Brian served as assistant director 
 for five years after joining MAPA as a volunteer.\n\nKeith and Brian 
 recently returned from the Democratic Convention in Chicago where along 
 with Lee Casstevens, MAPA intern, they set up a 75 yard banner representing 
 through its length the size of the US military budget in relation to 
 domestic spending programs and the military budgets of other nations.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/09/02/18869068.php
SUMMARY:Webinar: Report from the Streets at the DNC!
LOCATION:Online\nhttps://masspeaceaction.org/event/report-from-the-streets-at-the-dnc/
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/09/02/18869068.php
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