> > Jason Call, noted by Charles Keener, a moment ago . > https://x.com/CallForCongress/status/1824587075548524561 In reply to : "After > thoughtful deliberation,the Green Party & I could not agree on terms of > campaign re strategy. This means I will not join their slate as VP. My > priority remains our collective liberation,rooted in ending genocide > facilitated by US cover & relentless arms transfers 2 Israel." > https://x.com/4noura/status/1824515948998693023 Noura Erakat, was 1 of 5 > potential pro-Palestine running mates being considered by Stein and her > team. See, > https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/11/jill-stein-palestinian-americans-vp-pick > , > https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/3/us-candidate-jill-stein-considering-vocal-palestine-advocates-for-vp-spot > , > https://newrepublic.com/post/184751/jill-stein-vp-pick-palestinian-kamala-harris-michigan
"Before people jump to conclusions, I need to clarify this The proposal was that if @4noura <https://twitter.com/4noura> joins the team as VP it would be under the condition that the Stein campaign withdraw from the election should the Democrats secure a permanent ceasefire and offensive arms embargo We rejected it because 1) you cannot trust either the Democrats or Israel to keep their word 2) we would be sabotaging the entire election for the Green Party both now and in 2028, giving up ballot lines we have earned 3) it is not possible to withdraw from most ballots anyway. The best we could do is stop campaigning and tell people not to vote for us. We could not request the names be removed from ballots We do not believe concessions to the empire advance the cause of justice. Of course the highest priority is for a ceasefire in Palestine, we also seek a full dismantling of the apartheid state and the occupation of Palestine by the Zionist regime #FreePalestine <https://twitter.com/hashtag/FreePalestine?src=hashtag_click> " "Calling itself “Delegates Against Genocide,” the pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel group says it will exercise its freedom of speech rights during main events at the four-day Democratic National Convention convening on Monday to formally nominate US Vice President Kamala Harris for president in the November 5 election against Republican former president Donald Trump. Group organizers declined to give details, but said they were encouraging supporters to wear Palestinian keffiyehs, or scarves, and to carry Palestinian flags, and would seek changes in the party platform while urging delegates to speak on the convention floor." https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-israel-delegates-plan-to-disrupt-dnc-and-call-for-arms-embargo-on-israel/ Such plans, given how highly scripted and controlled the DNC will be, will very likely be squelched, counter-acted . https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/08/17/dnc-harris-walz-2024-elections-00174421 And, it was highly unlikely the Harris campaign was going to accede to demands for a permanent ceasefire and arms embargo on Israel, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/19/democrat-platform-israel-arms-embargo-dnc "Signs in the crowd are as old as conventions themselves, but they’re more strategic than you may think. Attendees are not allowed to bring in their own signs. Watch closely, and you’ll see different signs being distributed and collected — as many as 12 different signs over the course of one evening of the convention. What signs the audience holds up is part of the production, sending a message to the media and those at home." "Seating: Keeping rogue delegates out of view Unlike a Taylor Swift concert, the best seats don’t go to the people with the most money or the fastest Ticketmaster trigger finger. Floor seats and the lower bowl are for the delegates, divided by state. Front and center are the candidate’s delegations, California and Minnesota, with other key states working their way out from them. Usually, this is uncontroversial, but as *The New York Times* reported, the largest concentration of the 30 uncommitted delegates, who ran to protest the Biden-Harris administration’s stance on Gaza, are in Minnesota <https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/12/us/politics/democratic-convention-uncommitted.html>, giving them a prime spot to protest. The convention team will be ready, scanning the floor and the stands for rogue signs or protests. Once identified, they can call others to put campaign-friendly signs in front of them to block a camera shot. Look for the guys in bright vests and ear pieces; they are the ones directing the crowd — and solving problems." https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/08/17/dnc-harris-walz-2024-elections-00174421 > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#31710): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/31710 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/107971646/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
