Montpelier: Statehouse Lawn @History Museum, 11:30am

Burlington: April 5th, City Hall, 11:30am

Brattleboro: Post Office, 11:30am

All Other Sites: Look for Palestinian Flags and Signs

All out in Vermont! Organizers in Indivisible have announced Hands Off! protests in cities and towns throughout Vermont on midday on April 5. Find your protest here: https://www.mobilize.us/handsoff/?from_map=true&lat=44.00557405141511&lon=-74.0490180276567&zoom=6.5585188208829575. Join Palestine contingents in Montpelier, Burlington, Brattleboro, and other towns!

Organizers are calling for the Trump administration to take their hands off everything from Social Security to unions and immigrants. Palestine, however, is not included in their list of demands. That is a mistake.

Why? Because Trump is using the attack on Palestinians and Palestine solidarity activists to carry out his war on higher education, unions, and our first amendment rights to speech, assembly and protest. The new resistance must stand up for all under attack and without exception, especially Palestine. If we leave any chink in our armor of solidarity, Trump will exploit it to all our detriment.

We are calling on all supporters of Palestinian liberation to join VCPL contingents, bring Palestinian flags, and make signs saying, “Hands Off Palestine!,” “Hands Off Palestine Solidarity Activists!,” and “Hands Off the First Amendment!” While the organizers have excluded Palestine, we know that the people support our slogans! The votes throughout the state against Israeli apartheid prove that beyond a shadow of a doubt.

We have an opportunity and responsibility to make sure that the Palestine solidarity movement merges into the broader resistance Trump’s war on all of us. Palestine will not be excluded. All out on April 5th!