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Protesters gather in the Loop for downtown march on eve of DNC
Protesters have gathered in downtown Chicago Sunday afternoon ahead of the Democratic National Convention.
The protest was set to begin at 5 p.m. near Michigan and Wacker. Chopper 7 was over the scene, and demonstrators could still be seen gathered at the intersection around 5:20 p.m.
The permitted protest will take demonstrators from Michigan to the Logan Statue by East 9th Street into Grant Park. The demonstration will be about 1.5 miles from their starting point.
The protest is called the March for Bodies Outside Unjust Laws. Demonstrators said they are protesting the Democratic Party's failure to live up to its rhetoric in favor of reproductive and LGBTQ rights. They plan to rally along with those calling for an end to the conflict in Gaza.
March for Bodies Outside Unjust Laws will walk from Michigan Avenue to the Logan Statue by East 9th Street into Grant Park for the DNC on Sunday
originally posted by: RickinVa
Normally, you couldn't pay me to watch the DNC.....
originally posted by: RickinVa
Normally, you couldn't pay me to watch the DNC....
Odds are too high of some interesting crap going down. Have popcorn ready.
Sunday
A pre-convention march will take place at 5 p.m. Sunday at the intersections of Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive. The protest is being put on by Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws, a self-described "new coalition of feminist, LGBTQ and pro-Palestinian organizations."
The march will start with a rally in the street near the Chicago River before heading south down Michigan Avenue.
Among the demands of the march are:
National reproductive rights legislation
LGBTQ+ rights
An immediate and lasting ceasefire in Palestine
The U.S. to divest funds from Israel
originally posted by: FlyersFan
originally posted by: RickinVa
Normally, you couldn't pay me to watch the DNC.....
They won't cover it.
They want it to look like they are all unified under the new Obama 2.0.
They want her to look perfect.
So no ... I doubt they'll even mention what's going on.
originally posted by: FlyersFan
originally posted by: RickinVa
Normally, you couldn't pay me to watch the DNC.....
They won't cover it.
They want it to look like they are all unified under the new Obama 2.0.
They want her to look perfect.
So no ... I doubt they'll even mention what's going on.
originally posted by: Sisavran
Anybody see that the dems are having walls put up around the DNC?
Oh the irony
Protesters paused to reconsider opposing Harris at the DNC. They decided on full steam ahead.
“We all came to a consensus that it’s not going to make a difference, that [Harris] represents this administration,” said Hatem Abudayyeh, chair of the U.S. Palestinian Community Network. “We’re going to stay full steam ahead.”
And he noted, his organization referred to Harris as “Killer Kamala” even before she topped the ticket and continues to push for harsher restrictions on the Israeli government, like an arms embargo — something that a top Harris adviser has said she doesn’t support.
politico