Author: CJAllies
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Rally – Harris introduces Walz
6Aug2024 Temple University’s Liacouras Center. Took awhile to fill all the seats, but it was eventually filled to capacity. Interestingly, one big difference between the Kamala Harris campaign and the Hillary Clinton campaign is that Clinton talked about herself as a woman, while Harris has refused to do so. During her first mainstream media interview…
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Rally for Vice-President Harris with Governors Shapiro and Whitmer
29Jul2024 Arriving at the rally for Vice-President Kamala Harris, featuring Governors Shapiro (PA) and Whitmer (MI). As of July 1st, the decision of President Joe Biden to step aside and to be replaced as the 2024 Democratic presidential candidate by someone or another was pretty much a done deal. By July 23rd, Vice-President Kamala Harris…
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Duck Race 2024
19Jul2024 Bridge over the canal where the box full of plastic toy ducks was dropped from. Mmore crowded as the drop time gets closer. Bridge seems a lot smaller than it did when I was young. It’s a two-lane road that goes across it. They’re dropped! Still bunched together at this point. A look at…
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Pro-Palestinian Demonstration
26Apr2024 Our usual line-up on the sidewalk in front of Senator Fetterman’s office. The Friday@Fetterman’s group has a website here. There was indeed some civil disobedience on April 11th that resulted in a dozen arrests. There were about 50 people in the demonstration as a whole, but only a dozen were arrested fo their action.…
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Rally at Fetterman’s office over Gaza
23Feb2024 Another rally at the office of Senator Fetterman. The Fridays @ Fetteran’s group has a Teach-in scheduled for March 8th. It’s free, but they require registration. It begins at the Arch Street Friends Meeting House at 8:30Letter from Fridays @ Fetteran’s (PDF) concerning how to write a letter to the Senator. to press him…
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Rally over Gaza
2 Feb 2024 Our usual line in front of the office of Senator Fetterman (D-PA), protesting his position on Gaza. On his press release, his first paragraph is a good one. But the second paragraph, which speaks of the need to eliminate Hamas, really needs updating to acknowledge that Palestinian residents of Gaza are on…
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Pro-Palestian Protest
8 Mar 2024 Fridays at Fetterman’s enhances its usual protests in front of Senator Fetterman’s office by adding a teach-in at the local Friends Center and by then making a march to his office. We boosted our usual attendaence by many times our usual number. We used the sidewalk most of the way. Senate Majority…
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Pro-Palestinian March
9 Mar 2024 From the Philadelphia Inquirer: “The Philly Palestine Coalition, an activist network that has promoted more than 100 demonstrations in the Philadelphia region, billed Saturday’s event as its largest to date.” RLGardner.net
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Pro-Palestinian Rally 240113
13Jan2024 Washington DC Approaching the rally.Estimate of people at the rally was 400k. Sounds about right. The crowds demanded a ceasefire and insisted that Mr. Biden force Israel into one. They also called for the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is absolutely crystal clear towards those…