We spoke with Uncommitted movement cofounder Abbas Alawieh about the movement’s accomplishments at the DNC, the potential disaster of a Trump presidency for Palestine, and Uncommitted’s vision to change the Democratic Party’s support for slaughter in Gaza.
The Uncommitted movement started as a way for voters to register their discontent with the position of the Democratic Party leadership in general, and Joe Biden in particular, with respect to Israel’s current war on the Palestinian people. When the campaign got underway in February 2024, Israel had been bombing the Gaza Strip for months, killing tens of thousands of civilians as well as expanding deadly operations throughout the West Bank, and President Biden had been sending the weapons that allowed them to do so.
Rather than voting for Biden in the presidential primary, the campaign urged voters to choose “uncommitted” or “no preference” in select primaries. The numbers bore out the movement’s contention: given the short amount of time the campaign had to organize before the primaries, the numbers were impressive, reaching double-digit percentages in multiple states. Especially in swing states like Michigan, the Democratic Party is at risk of voters deciding to either sit out the presidential race or vote for a candidate other than theirs.
In the months since, Biden has backed out of the 2024 presidential race, with Vice President Kamala Harris taking his place. But Biden is still sending Israel weapons, and he will remain in the White House until January 2025, by which time many more Palestinians will have been killed by American arms. Harris, while not sharing Biden’s notably ardent Zionism, has not committed to any significant change in the current policy toward Israel should she win the presidency.
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Auteur: Abbas Alawieh
