We held our weekly noon vigil in Brunswick, Maine today for an hour. I used the sign above. Since October of 2023 we've been holding this solidarity protest with a Palestine theme. Today four of us were holding signs (3 on Palestine and mine on Venezuela).
I was very curious to see how the public would respond to Venezuela considering all the BS propaganda coming from Washington and the corporate media about 'drug running into the US'.
I was quite impressed with the large amount of peace signs, thumbs up, honks and 'thank you' to this sign. It was a bit more then we've been getting for Palestine which has actually seen support increasing in the last six months.
On November 20 the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) is organizing a day of protest across the US in solidarity with Venezuela, Colombia, Nicaragua and Cuba. 'Hands off Latin America' so to speak.
So I think I'll keep using this Venezuela sign for awhile but will not drop my heartfelt daily active support for the people of Palestine - Gaza and the West Bank.
Next Thursday we are moving our Brunswick weekly peace vigil to the super busy intersection at 85 Pleasant St - just across from the laundromat and the police station. Our usual spot downtown has seen traffic slow considerably since tourist season has trailed off.
Bruce
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