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Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism. Existence is resistance for Palestinians.

Please refer to Israel as Occupied Palestine, or occupied territories. The IDF is a fascist and ethnonationalist occupying force. Israelis are settlers. We understand however that the imperial narrative (which tries to legitimise Israel) is internalised in the imperial core and slip-ups are naturally expected.

We always take the sides of Palestine and Palestinians and are unapologetic about it. Israel is an occupying power whose "defence force"'s (note the contradiction) sole purpose for existing is to push Palestinians out so they can resettle their rightful land. If you have anything positive to say about Israel we do not care.

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Uncommitted delegates launch sit-in to protest Palestinian exclusion from DNC lineup (www.peoplesworld.org)

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CHICAGO—On the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 22, a handful of delegates to the Democratic National Convention launched a sit-in just steps away from the entrance to the United Center, where Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to give her acceptance speech Thursday evening.

The sit-in was sparked by the DNC’s refusal to include a Palestinian speaker on the stage line-up at any point during the four-day meeting. The Uncommitted Movement released a statement that read, in part:

“Uncommitted delegates urge the Democratic Party to reject a hierarchy of human values 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.”

The United Auto Workers (UAW) released a statement Thursday morning strongly backing the delegates were are sitting in and supporting their demand.

“If we want peace, if we want real democracy, and if we want to win this election, the Democratic Party must allow a Palestinian-American speaker to be heard from the DNC stage tonight,” the UAW said.

Here's hoping for the best, but I don't expect much from the DNC here...

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can someone explain what a delegate exactly is?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's a bunch of different categories so I'll keep it general.

A delegate is someone who votes at the national party convention on behalf of the people who voted in the state or district party primary election for a given presidential candidate.

It's basically the electoral college but for the party.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yep, and they can even be faithless electors, as demonstrated in this convention.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Until 2018 the Democrats even allowed their "superdelegates" (typically elected officials from the state levels) to vote for whoever they wanted, no faithless action required. That could (and maybe did?) swing candidate selection, as superdelegates make up 15% of the total.