This will make your heart sing: a Jewish Voice for Peace video of NYC #StandWithKashmir rally yesterday:
Powerful chanting at the Kashmir solidarity rally in NYC: "From Kashmir to Palestine, occupation is a crime" Jewish Voice for Peace-New York City
Posted by Jewish Voice for Peace on Friday, August 9, 2019
We haven’t received full reports back from the #StandWithKashmir rallies. Videos from one friend show the NYC rally had several hundred protesters & in McAllen we had about 30, which is impressive for an emergency call in an area with relatively few protests. There were Kashmiris, Pakistanis, one activist from the anti-border wall & immigrant rights struggle, one Imam who helped organize the Rohingya solidarity rally, & others who fully understand what is going on in Kashmir. From meeting each other at this protest we may be organizing a public forum for students to understand the importance of the Kashmiri freedom struggle.
There are other protests in Europe & the US today & we encourage others to organize emergency rallies if you can. Once again, if there are mosques or student groups in your area, contacting them is the easiest way. Don’t be afraid to stand alone with a placard since it was one lone Palestinian protester against the 1967 War who drew me into Palestinian solidarity. You never know who you will reach with one placard demanding India get out of Kashmir.
REMINDER of #StandWithKashmir rally today in Berlin:
India’s vision of democracy & “calm” in Kashmir.
Kashmir yesterday when India briefly lifted the curfew: we can see how India’s repressive restrictions have brought Kashmiris to their knees even though they are being shot at with pellet guns & rubber bullets.
Long live #Azaadi!
Kashmir after easing restrictions. Eye opener for the rest of the world. This is just the beginning.
Posted by Manzoor Dar on Saturday, August 10, 2019
Solidarity activists from Ireland #StandWithKashmir.
Not to be vain, but golly I wish I didn’t look like a hundred years old here while being interviewed at the McAllen #StandWithKashmir rally.
#StandUp For Kashmir #RallyDr. Kazim Hussain Chairman of the Emergency Department at Valley Baptist Hospital in Brownsville Tx.#MaryScullyPlease share it!!!
Posted by Diana Maurice on Friday, August 9, 2019
Email response of Ilhan Omar to my request that she speak out for Kashmiris. She has not accepted or declined my request but is considering it. In her letter, she leaves her office phone numbers for any of you who would also like to request she speak for Kashmir.
Reminder of today’s #StandWithKashmir rally in NYC.
India appears to be drawing from the sordid history of the British Raj for its policies in Kashmir. From colonized to colonizer.