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We have more coming from DC about CBS Journalist Samuel Mena Jr III, who was so disgusted by the “both sides” fake “journalism” his bosses had him peddling that he set his left arm on fire at the Oct 5 DC protest for Palestine. He did so to these words:
“To the 10 thousand children in Gaza that have lost a limb in this conflict, I give my left arm to you. I pray my voice was able to raise up yours, and that your smiles never disappear”
Note that CBS fired him for essentially doing his job by bringing attention to what may be the 21st century’s worst genocide so far. At last report his is still in the hospital for burn treatment. Let’s hope prosecutors don’t try anything nasty in this case.
His full statement has been posted to https://samuelmena.weebly.com/palestine (copy in reserve in case it gets taken down) and it ends with the same words above that he used in public This part of his statement is also critical:
“How many Palestinians were killed that I allowed to be branded as Hamas? How many men, women, and children were struck with a missile cosigned by the American media? Cosigned by “Samuel Mena Jr?” I joined this industry to serve the people of the state of Arizona that I call home. And now, I understand the reality that is maintaining face for the American Empire.
How much more of our history have I swept under the rug because I was told it was in the past? For how much of my life, was I groomed to aid in facilitating settler colonialism?
Does Hawaii see us as her friend, or does she, along with every other coastal Island, see us as their captors? Did we end World War 2 with the Atomic bomb, or did we become the worlds greatest fear? Where are the history books written by Native Americans?
Am I a product of a misinformation campaign? And if I am, what hope is there for the American people?”
As a public hearing inside was cut short to avoid public comment, pro-Palestine activists spoke outside Orlando’s City Hall.
Not in the video below is the unprovoked police attack and arrest of a UCF SDS member on spurious charges.
I was unable to film this in person, as the heavy traffic saturating I-4 had already begun. Thus this video is reposted from the UCF Divestment Coalition Instagram via the imginn.com 3ed party frontend
On the Oct 5 National Day of Action marking 1 year of war in Palestine, protesters at Orlando City Hall issued a statement of explicit support for resistance in Palestine and Lebanon. They also openly called for revolution in the US
On the 5th of October, pro-Palestine marchers took to the streets in Tampa, FL to condemn Israel’s attacks on Palestine and Lebanon, and US aid for that war. This was an expllcitly pro-resistance march. With resistance fighters in Lebanon inflicting serious losses against Israeli ground attacks on to Lebanon, protester added a new chant. This chant (on the video) is “Lebanon make us proud-take another soldier down!” I think we shall hear a lot of that one going forward.
The 5th of October was a national day of action for Palestine and Lebanon. This was the Saturday closest to the Oct 7 anniversary of the start of Israel’s all-out war of extermination against Gaza.
Street marches for Palestine have been less common in both Tampa and Orlando it seems due to vicious police harassment. With the current scandal in Orlando concerning cops being caught on video assaulting protesters w no provocation, they stayed mostly out of sight in Tampa. At the end of the march, bike cops rode past the dispersal point, as though to say “we have been watching you.”
On the 2nd of October, protesters against Israel’s war agaist Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran showed up at Orlando’s City Hall for the second day in a row. City Hall is an appropriate place given that Orlando cops like Tampa cops train with IOF troops.
With rows of tombstones and children’s shoes in front of City Hall, an activist read out the names of some of the martyrs who were only ONE YEAR OLD at the time they were murdered by Israel using US-supplied bombs.
The cops mostly stayed out of sight today. Bike cops rode to City Hall, went inside (out of sight) for short time, then rode away probably to another place of concealment. Ever since those videos proving the cops assaulted protesters without provocation on Sep 21 came out, Orlando cops have seemingly hidden themselves in shame from protesters.
On the first of October, protesters gathered at Orlando City Hall to begin a week of actions culminating on Oct 7 for Palestine. Speakers informed the media about the horrific genocide at Israel’s hands, the well over ten thousand prisoners (HOSTAGES!) taken by the IOF, and the current escalation of the war to Lebanon, Syria, and Iran.
A reporter asked if protesters were concerned about the danger posed to protesters at Saturday’s (Oct 5) event by the Orlando Police Department, and was told activists most certainly are. The brutal behavior of the Orlando Police Department including the violent assaults of May 11 and Sep 21 was discussed, along with the harassment protesters have received all year.
On the river near Bayshore Drive. Floods there had receded 20 hours later, but beached jet-skis showed they went much higher and were more forceful than the 2023 storm’s surge. As the floodwaters went out, some streets received a coating of stinking, slippery mud
Bonus: a MAGA meathead showed up-without Trump’s trademark post-hurricane paper towels
On the 24th of September, protesters gathered at 56th and Fowler in Tampa, FL, not far from USDF(Univ of South Florida). The protest was an emergency protest for Lebanon, facing a brutal Israeli air war. This is just days after the exploding pagers of one of history’s worst terrorist attacks. Unlike Saturday’s protest in Orlando and unlike prior protests in the same spot in Tampa, police did not dare show their faces. Most likely this is because of that FOX video clip from Orlando that proves the cops there were lying, committing perjury in court, and assaulting peaceful protesters. In short, the cops have pulled back after getting caught with their fingers in the cookie jar.
Speakers at the rally in Tampa confidently predicted Lebanese victory over Israel, citing the outcome of the 2006 war. That time around, Israeli troops withdrew in defeat on the last day of the war from the same positions they had occupied on the first day of the war. They had not been able to advance a single inch further in the face of overwhelming resistance.
A Palestinian student member of USF’s SDS chapter warned that USF has gone beyond university punishments and is attempting to get them deported. A similar case exists in Orlando at UCF (University of Central Florida).
By threatening to turn over Palestinian students to Israel, both universities have effectively declared war on Palestine. The same is true for their stubborn refusal to divest from war profiteers who are using the genocide in Gaza to sell more weapons and ammunition to the IOF.
At a press conference at University of S Florida, speakers conference, speakers condemned the university’s work with Lockheed-Martin and other war contractors doing business with Netanyahu’s regime. They condemned the wholesale violation of student’s First Amendment rights when these investments get protested, and one speaker called for both tuition and donation boycotts until the university divests from war profiteers and drops all charges and trespass orders against student protesters.
Speakers condemned the university’s police attack on last semester’s pro-Palestine encampment. They called out the shocking administration decision to charge a student with trespassing and ban them from campus FOR FLIERING.
They also condemned Saturday’s violent assault by Orlando police against what video proves was a peaceful dispersal after an emergency protest for Lebanon.
As the event continued, the sprinkers suddenly turned on. Had this been an alumni event promoting donations to the university-or had it been a “stand with Israel” event, the sprinklers would not have been activated. Had this event taken place anywhere in Occupied Palestine, the sprinkers would not have been loaded with water but rather with “skunk.” Skunk is an israeli chemical weapon, an extreme maloderant even more powerful and persistant than butyric acid, and it has been fired by IOF thugs inside the US at student protesters at Columbia University.
Protest and direct action against capitalism, imperialism, and fascism
