During the Pumpkin Festival, a major public event and tourist attraction in Damariscotta, Maine, Palestinian solidarity activists staged a blockade of the bridge into town. The main organizer was arrested within minutes but other activists lined the bridge, holding up banners and signs for Palestine. Their leaflet read, in part,
“This Indigenous Peoples’s Day we stand in solidarity with all indigenous people whose lands were violently stolen… Don’t let history repeat itself. Stand up for Palestine. …”
…. and listed several demands.. with only the first one checked off:
Ceasefire
Lift the Siege
End the Occupation
Dismantle Israeli Apartheid
Recognize Palestinian Statehood
Hold Perpetrators Accountable…
