#Uncommitted movement activists and delegates are speaking out to criticize movement leaders for prioritizing party loyalty and media optics over confronting the #DemocraticParty

by Saleema Gul: https://mondoweiss.net/2024/10/inside-the-uncommitted-movements-failure-to-move-the-democratic-party-on-the-gaza-genocide/

Waleed Shahid talked in June 2024 about US politics

"The strategy of building a faction both inside and outside the party is responding to the laws of gravity of our political system, but it’s becoming a lot harder, especially electorally, and especially because of this massive amount of spending from AIPAC, from cryptocurrency, and so on. When your candidate is unknown, elections are often built around how much money you can raise to increase your name recognition and to defend yourself from attacks."

"The youth wing of the ceasefire moment is pretty opposed to, or ambivalent about, party politics and electoral politics, and is much more focused on mobilization and disruption in a way that is similar to Occupy Wall Street."

"My hypothesis is that Muslim partisan loyalty to the Democratic Party is much thinner than it is with Jewish Americans, who are part of the Democratic Party for many reasons that have nothing to do with Israel – liberal and democratic values, social justice values.
• Over the years, polls have shown that Jewish voters generally do not list Israel among their top five issues.
• Many Muslims are part of the Democratic Party for its anti-racist values, so when the Gaza war is in contradiction with those values, it’s easy for them to leave."

https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/uncommitted-biden-harris-primary/