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[-] Idliketothinkimsmart@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 10 months ago

A year ago, it would be a marvel if 1000 people showed up to a Palestine rally. Now, a rally can be called and 400k people turn out. 300k was the largest Palestine rally some weeks ago in US history, and this is even larger.

[-] Beat_da_Rich@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The protests for Palestine have also persisted for over two months now, similar to the 2020 George Floyd protests. They may be slowing some, but they are still happening. If anything, people are likely being recruited into actual organizational and educational work and finding sustainable levels of involvement, which while less sexy, is on the whole more crucial than chanting in the street.

[-] urshanabi@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 10 months ago

I wonder how much of it is more regional (i.e. say at present the number marching/protest are similar and they are distributed rather than concentrated, I'd need to see rough total counts for time periods to get a good idea, stuff the appropriate authorities have I'm sure...)

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