United States
Movement Using Vote to Denounce Genocide Is Growing
Across the U.S. organizations are uniting and mobilizing to use the vote to express their stand against genocide and Genocide Joe's refusal to secure a Ceasefire Now! and end military aid and political support to the Israeli Zionists. Biden just recently sent 2,000-pound bombs that wipe out city blocks, and added another $26.4 billion to the unending arming, funding and unconditional political support of the Zionists, showing that the U.S. is guilty of genocide in Gaza.
In the protest using the vote during the primaries, Michigan set the tone, with more than 101,000 people voting against genocide by voting "uncommitted." Autoworkers, youth, Muslims and Jews, Arabs and Black people, those from all walks of life joined in saying Count Me Out for Genocide. The organizing was done in a brief amount of time by a force that is multi-racial, multi-faith and multi-generational.
The movement spread across many states, including seven of the Super Tuesday states on March 5, then Washington, and on April 2, Wisconsin, and New York. For the Super Tuesday states, in Minnesota more than 45,900 voted uncommitted, or about 20 per cent of the vote. In North Carolina it was 12.7 per cent, more than 88,000 votes; Alabama 11,213; Tennessee 10,450; Colorado had 43,439 and Massachusetts 58,462 votes. Most states got between 7 and 10 per cent of the vote. In Hawaii, 29.1 per cent voted against genocide.
Washington saw nearly 90,000 vote uncommitted, with the demand to end U.S. funding for Israeli war crimes prominent. Missouri had more than 11.7 per cent say No to Genocide, with 36 per cent of voters in St. Louis doing so. Wisconsin had more than 48,000 and New York more than 40,000, about 12 per cent.
Mobilizing in the many states involved is going forward. The main demands for Gaza remain Ceasefire Now! End the Siege, Stop Military Funding and Provide Humanitarian Aid as part of organizing for an anti-war, pro-peace agenda.
Prominent is the firm stand against genocide and anger with the continuing U.S./Israeli impunity to carry it out. Many are rejecting the existing electoral set-up that produces such hated candidates that stand against the demands of the majority. Large numbers of people are looking for alternatives and part of this is organizing to meet, discuss and demonstrate at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, August 19-22. Consciousness is building to reject Genocide Joe, the Democratic Party and Trump and a campaign of #NoVotes4Genocide! is underway.
This article was published in
Volume 54 Number 3 - April 2024
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https://cpcml.ca/Tmlm2024/Articles/M5400313.HTM
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