TV Host and Professor Marc Lamont Hill Gives Fiery Speech During Palestine Solidarity Rally

“I can’t get free until you [Palestine] get free! As long as our police are training Israeli officers and as long as Israeli officers are training our officers, we will live in a hyper security state that treats every brown person, every Black person as an outsider, as a threat, as somebody worthy of death.“ “Tonight, we demand a ceasefire! Tonight, we demand that no more Palestinian children are killed! ... We demand decolonization. We demand an end to the occupation. We demand an end to apartheid.“ Activist, academic, professor and TV Host, Marc Lamont Hill spoke in Philadelphia on October 28, 2023 during a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian people organized by The Philly Palestine Coalition. I dont see a democracy here, said Hill, “Not if students can’t be in STJ [Students for Justice in Palestine] without getting smeared and doxxed and terrorized. Not if you can’t support Palestine without being called an anti-Semite simply because you believe in justice for everybody.“ Hundreds of supporters of Palestinians gathered at Philadelphia City Hall to protest the ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip, part of a larger conflict that escalated on October 7 when Palestinian militant organizations crossed the “Green Line” that serves as the de facto border between the Strip and Israel. Protests have sometimes been tense in the US; a protest was attacked by an older man driving a vehicle in Minneapolis on October 22. Today’s “emergency rally” was called by the Philly Palestine Coalition. Large protests have unfolded in many cities worldwide this week. In recent days Gaza has been extensively bombed and shelled by Israeli forces, while regular rocket and mortar barrages have been directed outwards at Israeli towns and bases. Around 7700 Palestinians have been killed according to reports; communications from the Strip were largely cut off in the last 36 hours. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz 1300 Israelis, both civilian and military, have been killed so far. Full story -- Supporters of Palestinians Rally in Philadelphia: Watch live Part One: Watch live Part Two: Support independent media: