*Uncommitted Voters Sending a Clear Message to Biden About Slaughter in Gaza* by Phyllis Bennis, Albuquerque Journal, June 10, 2024 https://www.abqjournal.com/opinion/opinion-uncommitted-voters-sending-a-clear-message-to-biden-about-slaughter-in-gaza/article_a9266cfe-23b0-11ef-9a52-ff055e1cd29f.html https://portside.org/2024-06-15/uncommitted-voters-sending-clear-message-biden-about-slaughter-gaza
Almost 13,000 people – just under 10% of Democratic voters – across New Mexico cast their primary election votes last Tuesday for “uncommitted.” They weren’t just refusing to choose a candidate – they were sending a clear message to President Joe Biden: we won’t vote for someone who is funding, arming and protecting Israel’s slaughter in Gaza. And they’re not the only ones. Across the United States, in primary after primary, uncommitted voters are shaping a major challenge to Biden’s reelection. From swing states like Michigan and Wisconsin, to deep blue states like Washington and Hawaii, more than 650,000 voters have chosen uncommitted — or its equivalents — rather than Biden. From at least six states, uncommitted delegates will represent voters at the Democratic convention in August. This is unprecedented. In my almost 50 years of working for Palestinian rights, one thing we always assumed was that no one ever lost a U.S. election by being too pro-Israel — but Biden may be the first to end that record. . . . Uncommitted voters, tens of thousands of students protesting in encampments across the country, millions more people protesting in the streets and in the halls of Congress, all demanding an immediate and permanent cease-fire, including massive shipments of humanitarian aid and an end to U.S. arms transfers to Israel, are sending a powerful message to Biden that his actions are not acceptable. Their campaigns have transformed public opinion — 83% of Democrats, 70% of all voters support a permanent cease-fire, media coverage, and even the language of top administration officials. Biden and his aides now acknowledge the need for a cease-fire, but still refuse to take the action that would actually make that happen, cutting off the arms transfers enabling Israel’s war. # # # On Sat, Jun 15, 2024 at 11:13 PM Dayne Goodwin via groups.io <daynegoodwin= [email protected]> wrote: > *An interview with Akbar Shahid Ahmed by Daniel Finn* > Jacobin, June 12 > https://jacobin.com/2024/06/biden-administration-israel-cease-fire-policy > . . . -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#30791): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/30791 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/106699266/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
