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Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in scores of U.S. cities in response to the National Day of Action to support the people of Palestine. The call was issued 72 hours ago by a number of organizations including the ANSWER Coalition, Muslim American Society Freedom, the National Council of Arab Americans, Free Palestine Alliance, Al-Awda - International Palestine Coalition for the Right of Return and others. Thousands demonstrated in Washington DC, Los Angeles, New York City with t...

Over 10,000 protestors filled the sidewalks in front of and across the street from the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco and marched. In New York City, thousands demonstrated at the Israeli Consulate located on 2nd Avenue and 43rd St. Between 4,000 and 5,000 marchers took to the streets in Los Angeles. In Dearborn, Michigan, thousands braved below-freezing weather to demonstrate. In San Diego, 500 people protested....

At 5pm there were already several thousand people in front of the Israeli consulate on Montgomery Street; there were close to a thousand pro-Palestine protesters and several hundred pro-war protesters waving American and Israeli flags. As the sun went down more and more people showed up until the crowd of proPalestine protesters eventually poured into the streets for a march towards Civic Center. [Most of these photos are from around 5pm since my camera doesn't take pictures very well in l...

Interview with Nora Barrows Friedman Senior producer with Flashpoints on Gaza Attacks on Free Radio Santa Cruz....

As SF Police stand guard in the back ground Protested took to the street stopping traffic for hours in front of Feinstein's Office, one of San Francisco’s busiest intersections, on Market and Montgomery....

Radio interview with Tracie Deangelis from protest in San Francisco at Diane Feinstein's office. Several hundred people attended this demo against Israel's all out assault on the people of Gaza....

At 5:30 PM meet at the corner of Market and San Carlos, at the south end of Cesar Chavez Park. Our demonstration will be from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM. 5:30 to 6:30 PM....

These are pictures from the emergency protest at Powell and Market today. Speakers included people from the ANSWER coalition, student groups, Chicano/Latino activists from the Mission, and the International Jewish anti-Zionist network. Nora Barrows-Friedman reported with the devastating news updates, and Nadeen Elshorafa urged us to think about what it would be like "to see your family dead in the street." The crowd chanted, 2,4,6,8, Israel is a Terrorist State, 3,5,7,9, Free, Free Palesti...

The Arab Organizing and Resource Center ( AROC) holds emergency protest in downtown San Francisco against the Israeli bombing of Gaza....

The ANSWER Coalition, Muslim American Society Freedom, Free Palestine Alliance, National Council of Arab Americans, and Al-Awda, International Palestine Right to Return Coalition are calling for Tuesday, December 30 to be a National Day of Action to show solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza and to demand an immediate end to the murderous attacks carried out by the Israeli military against the people of Gaza. In San Francisco, 5:00 pm Israeli Consulate:456 Montgomery St. For more ...