For over a year, we have watched as Israel has carried out a genocide in Gaza with the backing of the American government, and we have been unable to stop it. Now, mere days away from the U.S. election, we find ourselves teetering on the verge of fascism yet again — in large part because Vice President Kamala Harris has refused to distance herself from President Joe Biden’s disastrous, unconditional support for Israel’s slaughter of Palestinians.
Four years ago, I was working as an organizer in Arizona for the Biden campaign. Biden was not my choice in the primary, but I felt like we were making a necessary compromise: Biden, a moderate Democrat, would stave off a second term under Donald Trump. Many of my colleagues and I imagined that, by 2024, we would be in a very different position. The Democratic presidential candidate would run on a bold platform that included climate action, Medicare for All, and progressive foreign policy — not dissimilar from Vice President Harris’ original 2019 campaign, and that of several other candidates in that year’s primary. ….more
