Protests around the world mark the Global Day of Action for Gaza this Saturday (2). More than 100 protest actions have been confirmed for March 2. Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Jamaica, South Africa, El Salvador, Lebanon, Hawaii, Morocco, Spain, Puerto Rico, Malaysia, South Korea, Indonesia, Canada, Sweden, the United States and Japan are among the countries where there will be mobilizations.
Brazil has confirmed protests in São Paulo (SP), Ribeirão Preto (SP), Brasília (DF), Fortaleza (CE), Salvador (BA) and Porto Alegre (RS).
The Front in Defense of the Palestinian People and dozens of organizations from Brazilian Arab and Muslim society will hold this Saturday (2), at 2pm, at Praça Osvaldo Cruz, in São Paulo.
In Ribeirão Preto, the demonstration takes place at 10am at Praça XV, in Fortaleza (CE) at 10am at Praça do Ferreira, and in Salvador (BA) the event also takes place at 10am at Farol da Barra. In Porto Alegre at 3pm at Arco da Redenção and in Brasília at Esplanada dos Ministérios.
Schedule of protests this Saturday (2) in Brazil / RBA Reproduction
The Palestinian Youth Movement, International Assembly of Peoples, Progressive International, ALBA Movements, Pan-Africanism Today, Via Campesina, World March of Women – Latin America, Trade Union Confederation of the Americas and International League of Popular Struggle are part of the call for protest. .
While gathering to receive humanitarian aid, 100 Palestinians were massacred by Israeli forces, who shot at civilians this Thursday (29). The organizers highlight that this fact made the mobilization for armistice even more necessary. “The moment is urgent – and we must show up with full force to demand an immediate ceasefire,” emphasized the Party for Socialism and Liberation of the United States in its call for protests.
In the US, more than 200 organizations endorsed the day of action, including the Answer Coalition, Codepink, People’s Forum, Al-Awda, Palestine Right to Return Coalition, American Muslims for Palestine and Friends of the Congo.
Lula calls for Celac motion against end of genocide
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called for a motion from the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) for the “immediate end of the genocide in Gaza” this Friday (1). “The humanitarian tragedy in Gaza demands from all of us the ability to say enough is enough to the collective punishment that the Israeli government imposes on the Palestinian people. People are dying in line for food. The indifference of the international community is shocking,” he said Lula at the 8th Celac Summit.
The Brazilian president also appealed to the five members of the UN Security Council to “put an end to this killing”, and classified the Israeli attacks against the Palestinian population in Gaza as “carnage”.
“I want to ask the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to put aside their differences and put an end to this slaughter. There are already more than 30 thousand dead, 80% women and 8 thousand children. In addition to the number of children and a missing woman. The lives of the Hamas hostages are also at stake and they must be freed. I want to end by telling you that our dignity and humanity are at stake. Therefore, we must stop the carnage in the name of survival of humanity, we need a lot of humanism.”
Editing: Matheus Alves de Almeida
Source: www.brasildefato.com.br
