OAKLAND, Calif — The Socialist Workers Party and its candidates in the 2024 elections are urging the largest possible turnout for the March 3 protest against antisemitism in San Francisco, starting at 1:30 p.m. at Embarcadero Plaza. Since Oct. 7, when Hamas death squads invaded Israel, massacring over 1,200 men, women and children, there has been a sharp increase in attacks on synagogues, businesses owned by Jews and individuals who defend Israel’s right to exist. The march is a response to these acts of Jew-hatred in the Bay Area.
Recently, graffiti was spray painted around Lake Merritt here saying, “Long live Hamas,” and “Our blood will defeat your airstrikes and massacres, O Zionist.” In December, vandals destroyed an 11-foot menorah at the lake, with nearby graffiti saying “Free Palestine.”
SWP vice presidential candidate Margaret Trowe and her campaign supporters are getting out the message that the fight against Jew-hatred is a labor issue as they campaign at plant gates and in working-class neighborhoods. SWP presidential candidate Rachele Fruit will join them at the March 3 action.
It is vital to oppose every act of Jew-hatred and intimidation by pro-Hamas, pro-Tehran forces who shout down and threaten those they disagree with.