US Elections : the Democratic National Convention and the Palestinian question

The Democratic Party convention invested Kamala Harris for the presidential election on November 5, while demonstrations, petition and press conferences followed one another at the initiative of Uncommitted delegates, in reaction to the genocide of the Palestinian people.
UK: « We want to stop arming Israel. We want no increase in defense spending. »

Interview with Lindsay German, convener of the Stop the War coalition, at the demonstration against arms supplies to Israel and for the end of the genocide in Gaza, held on Saturday August 3 in London.
London : « Stop providing arms to Israel ! Lift the blocade ! »

Speech by Jérôme Legavre, LFI MP and POI member, at the demonstration against arms deliveries to Israel and for the end of the genocide in Gaza, on August 3 in London.
USA : « Doctors against Genocide »

Interview with hospital doctor Jasmeet Sanzu, conducted in New York on July 9. She shares her outrage at the massacre in Palestine, and also tells us about her struggle as a trade unionist against the collapse of New York’s public hospitals.
« The march toward war certainly seems like it’s on the move. »

Ann Wright was a co-organiser of the No to NATO, Yes to Peace conference held in Washington, July 6 and of the rally that took place in front of the White House on July 7
« Organizing black people is recognizing that a lot of the systems that have historically oppressed us has not gone anywhere »

Interview of Krys Cerisier, member of the Black Alliance for Peace, Haiti America’s team, based in the Bronx, New York
USA : « We can’t be stopped »

Nathan Gibbs is an organizer with the International Committee of the Democratic Socialists of America. He is co-chair of the Anti-War Subcommittee and active in the New York City chapter, where he is mostly involved with the anti-war working group.
USA : the vote uncommitted, a mass campaign of DSA

Interview with DSA members Nell Geiser and Anlin Wang on the uncommitted campaign in protest against Biden’s support of the genocide of the Palestinians
USA : « We are out here today to say no to NATO »

Interview with Joshua Shurley, national vice-president of Veterans for Peace, Washington, July 7, during the gathering against NATO, in front of the White House
USA : « Goodbye Genocide Joe ! »

Statement on the End of Joe Biden’s Presidential Campaign