DNC’s Virtual Nomination of Biden Won’t Affect Our Plans to March on the DNC

Coalition to March on the DNC

For Immediate Release: May 30, 2024

Preparations for the March on the DNC are well underway, with tens of thousands of people slated to march within sight and sound of United Center to demand that the Democratic Party helmed by Genocide Joe Biden end the genocide on Gaza and end US aid to Israel. Recently, the Democratic Party announced that it will virtually nominate Biden before the convention, meaning that, by the time the DNC comes to Chicago, he will already be the Democrats’ choice for president. 

The news of Biden being virtually nominated before the convention will not change the protest plans of the Coalition to March on the DNC. We will still bring tens of thousands of people from all over the country to march within sight and sound of the United Center on August 19th and 22nd – to tell the Democratic machine and the ruling class it represents that we’ve had enough of its genocide. 

A May 28 Chicago Tribune article read, “DNC in Chicago will lose some luster as Democrats plan to virtually nominate President Joe Biden before convention.” 

Evidently, the Democrats are more concerned about how the loss of the pageantry around the roll call of states announcing their support for the incumbent will spoil their convention – rather than its support of a genocide and occupation with US weapons that, since October 7, 2023, has killed over 36,000 Palestinians in Gaza.

“The Israeli occupation with US weapons has killed over 36,000 people in Gaza. Meanwhile, the leaders of the Democratic Party are sad because their convention won’t be the sensation needed for the uninspiring candidates,” said Hatem Abudayyeh, national chair of the United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN). “Genocide doesn’t upset them; bad TV ratings does. It makes my stomach turn.

“It makes no difference to us if their convention is partly virtual,” said Kobi Guillory, co-chair of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. “The Democratic Party leadership and their billionaire backers will all still be here, so we will make it a point to march on Genocide Joe, Killer Kamala, and the rest.”

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The Coalition to March on the DNC Coalition represents many organizations that fight for the rights and liberation of oppressed people and against the exploitation of workers. The coalition will march and protest on August 19th, the first day of the DNC, and August 22nd, the last day of the DNC, to lift up seven demands, with the principle one being, Stand with Palestine and End U.S. Aid to Israel. The coalition’s other demands include 1) Money for Jobs, School, Healthcare, Housing, and Environment, Not for War; 2) Immigrant Rights and Legalization for All ; 3) Defend LGBTQ & Reproductive Rights; 4) Defend the right to unionize and strike; 5) Stop police crimes and support community control of the police now; and 6) Justice, peace, and equality for all.