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Statement About Yesterday's "We Stand With Palestine" Contingent in Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade

by Gay Liberation Network


 
Confounding many people’s expectations, our “We Stand With Palestine” contingent in the Chicago Gay Pride Parade yesterday – with its huge 160 sq foot banner, “Israel: STOP killing Palestinians!” – was met with almost universal approval by the approximately 1 million people who lined the four-mile parade route.
 
With the recent killings of over 100 unarmed protesters by Israeli sharpshooters, including children and clearly identified medics and journalists, and the wounding of over 11,000 others, people in this country are waking up to Israel's systematic deprivation of Palestinians’ rights.  

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9PM Tuesday, 6/26/2018 on WBAI (99.5FM and wbai.org):

Tonight we devote the show to coverage and commentary on the NY City Heritage of Pride March, the Dyke March, Trans Day of Action and Drag March. After the news we'll begin with an interview with Brandon Cuicchii from Reclaim Pride.

Below you will find video coverage of the 2000 person Reclaim Pride Contingent in Sunday June 24th's Manhattan March (click lower right for full size). Sound files for all the parts of the show are posted, as is the full show. All are downloadable.

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Members of the Reclaim Pride Coalition have struggled for months to convince Heritage of Pride, the group that runs the LGBTQ Pride march in NY city every year, to make the march reflect the interests and needs of the local queer community.


The struggle has been simmering for decades with many members of the LGBT community outraged at how corporations are using the march for their own branding and the angry the Pride March was becoming less and less progressive every year. Last year a renewed effort was launched in several cities that was critical not only over the large corporate presence but also the increasing police presence. The police have been using barricades to prevent on-lookers from joining the march. In the earlier years