{"id":24865,"date":"2024-04-12T12:25:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T12:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/12\/how-the-war-in-gaza-mobilized-the-american-left\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T12:25:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T12:25:20","slug":"how-the-war-in-gaza-mobilized-the-american-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/12\/how-the-war-in-gaza-mobilized-the-american-left\/","title":{"rendered":"How the War in Gaza Mobilized the American Left"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Support for Palestinians, a cause once largely championed on college campuses<\/a> and in communities with ties to the region, has transformed into a defining issue of the Democratic left, galvanizing a broad swath of groups into the most significant protest movement of the Biden era.<\/p>\n

Through daily organizing sessions on Zoom and grass-roots campaigning in battleground states, a sprawling new iteration of the pro-Palestinian movement is now propelled both by longtime \u2014 and sometimes hard-line \u2014 activists and by mainstream pillars of the Democratic coalition.<\/p>\n

Organizations that are usually focused on climate<\/a>, housing or immigration<\/a> are regularly protesting Israel\u2019s military campaign in Gaza, which followed the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack and has killed more than 33,000 people<\/a>, according to local officials.<\/p>\n

Labor activists are calling for a cease-fire. Black clergy leaders have appealed directly<\/a> to the White House. Young Americans are using online tools to mobilize voters and send millions of missives to Congress. And an emerging coalition of advocacy groups is discussing how to press its case at the Democratic National Convention this summer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n