"Workers Have Power": Thousands Rally in NYC for May Day, Call for Solidarity with Palestine

[Uncle Joe]

Workers around the world rallied Wednesday to mark May Day, with many calling on the labor movement to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian cause. In New York, Democracy Now! spoke to demonstrators who demanded that U.S. unions apply political pressure for a ceasefire in Gaza and to stop their government's arms trade with Israel. "Workers do have the power to shape the world," said Palestinian researcher Riya Al'sanah, who was among thousands gathered at a May Day rally in Manhattan.

Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET.

[Steven Maurer]

1. There are dozens of us.... dozens!

Scream the anti-Democratic (and antidemocratic) hard left.

Meanwhile, the vast majority of Democrats, while not exactly signing on to Bibi's every action, don't want to replace a democracy with a murderous theocratic dictatorship in the mold of Iran. Nor do we think that blame for the lack of a cease-fire belongs on Israelis, when it is Hamas that continues to reject it.