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Protesters Shut Down Los Angeles Highway to Demand Ceasefire in Gaza (truthout.org)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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No more business as usual," the organization leading the protest said on social media.

Dozens of Jewish protesters and their allies were arrested on Wednesday morning after they blocked rush hour traffic on a busy Los Angeles highway to demand a ceasefire in Israel’s war on Palestinians in Gaza.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I'm not really asking you to look it up or anything, but this gets parroted around a lot, and I wonder if there's actually any data to really support it or if it's just a statement that kinda sounds nice.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

I mean maybe not data but it's telling that almost every successful movement goes beyond the "quietly protest on the side of the road" step.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What does a non-disruptive protest even look like? The entire purpose of protest is to be disruptive, and every protest is disruptive in some way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Adding a flag to your profile pic.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

I wouldn’t consider that a form of protest personally. Just a way of expressing support.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

This post itself provides a new data point as a piece of evidence to support that claim. There is a news article written about it, and we are talking about it.