A bus from West Michigan will drive to the Democratic National Convention next week with its passengers planning to march alongside thousands calling for Palestinian liberation and the end of US aid to Israel.
On Friday, Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids (PSGR) and its local partners held a press conference about the March on the DNC, which will take place at Chicago’s Union Park “within sight and sound” of Democrat leaders, per its website .
“Both parties have been primarily serving the rich, the billionaire class,” said Danny Celaya of Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids. “Meanwhile, working folks continue to be given a bad deal.”
Celaya and PSGR also marched at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, bringing to the table the demands of the “People’s movements,” which also include LGBTQ and reproductive rights, protections for unions, “community control” of police and funding for education, healthcare and housing.
In recent months, PSGR has also protested the war in Gaza in downtown Grand Rapids, holding signs near Rosa Parks Circle on Wednesday afternoons or evenings.