Progressives must walk a fine line: end the war in Gaza and elect Harris | Judith Levine
It’s sounds like an impossible dilemma for activists and organizers, but it isn’t. Progressives can and must do both
The war in Gaza is not high among most voters’ concerns. But for many Arab Americans and protesters of the war, it is. As election day nears and the margins tighten – and with the critical swing state of Michigan, home to the largest Arab American community in the nation, up for grabs – these people are among the small, scattered constituencies that could determine the results. This makes their political strategies crucial to the US’s – and, by extension, Palestine’s – future.
Some activists working to end the genocide are putting that urgent cause ahead of the other urgent cause: electing a Democrat, if only to prevent a Trump presidency. “If I’m going to be a one-issue voter and that issue is genocide, I’m okay with that,” a Dearborn, Michigan, woman told NPR’s Code Switch.
Judith Levine is a Brooklyn journalist and essayist, a contributing writer to the Intercept and the author of five books
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