US elections 2024: Pro-Palestinian protesters denounce Democrats in New York City

On election night on Tuesday, protestors in New York City came to reject the US presidential election, calling it a farce. 

Hundreds of people assembled under the towering skyscrapers of JP Morgan and Newscorp in Midtown Manhattan. 

An ensemble performed and the crowd chanted and sang rhythmically. 

The buoyant scenes betrayed the outrage and urgency for which they had assembled.

“Remember Hiroshima. Remember Vietnam. Democratic Party, we know what side you’re on!” 

Organisers said that they came to remind voters that while they waited in the queue to vote for their next president, several Israeli air strikes in the occupied West Bank and Gaza killed several dozen Palestinians.

Organisers added that they had come to remind Americans that no matter who they elected tonight - Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump - the country would still be complicit in the long war against the Palestinians.

For those considering Harris as “the lesser evil,” Nerdeen Kiswani, one of the organisers of the protest, said, “We should not be voting for the Democrats. We should be charging them with war crimes.”

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