Racist move outrages ‘Uncommitted’ voter movement, ‘hierarchy of human value’ signals no policy change from pro-genocide Biden regime if Harris wins
The US Democratic party has banned Palestinians from speaking at its National Convention (DNC), a slap in the face to Palestinians, Palestinian-Americans and opponents of genocide hoping for an opportunity to voice their case to the gathering of notionally-liberal politicians and activists.
The move, which is no doubt an attempt to appease the powerful US Israel lobby and to avoid embarrassing either ‘Genocide Joe’ Biden or his vice-president and would-be successor Kamala Harris, has provoked fury among the ‘Uncommitted Movement’ of voters who are not registered to vote for either the Democrats or Trump’s fascist Republicans and who had hoped to give Palestinians a say in Democrat policies that would have made voting for Harris in this autumn’s presidential election a more palatable option.
The ban is a clear signal that US ‘ironclad’ commitment to the Israeli settler-colonial, apartheid project and its support for the genocide Israel is perpetrating on two million innocent Palestinian civilians in Gaza is not going anywhere if Harris wins in November. The Uncommitted Movement has issued a statement condemning the Democratic party’s ‘hierarchy of human value, which treats Israeli lives as far more important than Palestinian, and calling for urgent change:
Uncommitted delegates urge the Democratic Party to reject a hierarchy of human value by ensuring Palestinian voices are heard on the main stage. We are learning that Israeli hostages’ families will be speaking from the main stage. We strongly support that decision and also strongly hope that we will also be hearing from Palestinians who’ve endured the largest civilian death toll since 1948.
Excluding a Palestinian speaker betrays the party’s commitment in our platform to valuing Israelis and Palestinian lives equally. Vice President Harris must unite this party with a vision that fights for everyone, including Palestinians.
The difficulty in approving even a single Palestinian American speaker among the dozens of speakers on the convention stage sends a troubling message to our anti-war voters, suggesting they aren’t truly included in this party.
The pain and loss of an Israeli or a Palestinian are no different, but there is an added sting in our communities when we know that it is our tax dollars funding the killing of our loved ones.
We have provided the Democratic Party with a list of names and stand ready to provide more if needed. There is no reason not to get this done.
Protesters outside the convention have seen Democratic party delegates walk past them laughing or with their ears blocked to avoid hearing calls to save Palestinians from Israel’s genocide. With the UK harassing and charging anti-genocide journalists and criminalising anti-genocide protesters and anti-fascists, it remains clear that the end of the genocide remains in the hands of the mass popular movement in support of the Palestinians against Israel’s racism and mass murder and that politicians will only begin treating all peoples equally and justly if they are forced to do so.
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