More than one hundred people publicly denounced the situation in
both Palestine and Ukraine in a demonstration Tuesday on the beachfront
of Fuengirola, Spain. The writer was on the scene, camera in hand.
The event was organized by
La Agenda Roja, an
anti-fascist group
that stands for the social, political and labor movements in Málaga,
Spain, and saw many nationalities joining together to protest, including
Spaniards, Palestinians, Belgians, South Africans, Syrians, Moroccans
and Swiss.
In their handout, the group speaks of “the creation
of the fictional state of Israel,” and how thousands of victims have
been killed in the “Zionist genocide” since then. They mention how the
offensive has intensified during July, leaving more than 400
Palestinians (including women and children) dead and over 1,500 wounded
in the walled enclave, with little medical equipment left and without
electricity in the hospitals.
The handout mentions that unlike
Palestine, the struggle in Ukraine is characterized by internal
conflict. It talks of how in late 2013, the extreme right came into
power and immediately began to outlaw leftist parties and began
persecuting ethnic minorities. Since then thousands have been injured or
killed in what has become an ongoing civil war.
Protesters at
the event denounced both situations as nothing but maneuvers of
international capitalism by NATO, the US and the EU, saying that as they
did in the twentieth century, imperialism continues to safeguard its
interests.
Chants were heard including "This is not war, it is
genocide," and "arise the struggle of the people of Palestine," among
others.
One protester gave an impassioned plea on video (
which can be seen below), the transcript of which is as follows:
“The media is at fault with their fake news, calling the Palestinians
terrorists, but we're not stupid, thanks God and thanks for the social
media. So people can see what's going on now and the truth about what
Israel is doing to kids, to women and to Palestinian people that have no
guns, they have nothing, they are defenseless.
"People who
hear this on the Internet are going to have some love inside of their
hearts and humanity. Because we are here for humanity, we are not here
for religion. This is very important. We are here screaming out and
shouting to the world that they have to stop this genocide and this
massacre because it’s not fair. Absolutely not fair. And I hope people
will see that.”
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