[Marxism] 1000+ in San Jose: "Free, free Palestine" (video)

[Eli Stephens]

Yesterday more than a thousand people (personally counted by me, and,
as usual, grossly underestimated by the media) turned out at the
busiest corner in San Jose, CA to demonstrate their outrage at the
ongoing Israeli massacre of the people of Gaza. Situated between the
immense Valley Fair Mall and the tony Santana Row shopping district,
the corner of Winchester and Stevens Creek receives a steady flow of
traffic. What was perhaps most remarkable about the demonstration
wasn't the outrage-fueled spirit of the demonstrators, but the
continual sound of solidarity honking and thumbs up from the cars
passing by.

After an hour and a half of spirited chanting and
marching from corner to corner of the four-cornered intersection, the
crowd had become too big for the location, and too restless as well,
and so we marched, straight through Santana Row, past the crowd of
shoppers, diners, and farmers market patrons, chanting (not caught on
the video) "No shopping while bombs are dropping!"

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvsZtIB4-IM


Eli Stephens
 Left I on the News
 http://lefti.blogspot.com


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