The Chicagoland area is home to the biggest Palestinian diaspora in the U.S. The presence of over 85,000 Palestinians has caused the village of Bridgeview to be dubbed “Little Palestine.”
Chicago is also the host of the 2024 Democratic National Convention. To many in the community it means organizing together to march on the DNC and demand that Kamala Harris stop sending weapons to Israel and do more to end the genocide in Gaza.
Tens of thousands are expected to march during the convention, echoing the protest against the Vietnam War during the 1968 DNC in Chicago. Police injured and arrested hundreds of protesters, all while the crowd chanted, “the whole world is watching.”
Organizer Hatem Abudayyeh says the entire world is watching now too - “They’re going to see the biggest protest for Palestinian rights ever in the history of Chicago.”
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