‘Resistance is life’: Protesters in Los Angeles commemorate Palestinian Land Day

On March 29, Los Angeles saw a significant gathering to commemorate Palestinian Land Day, as protesters rallied against the ongoing genocide in Gaza and escalating violence by U.S.-armed Zionist forces. 

The march and demonstration channeled the growing global outrage over the U.S.-backed Zionist entity’s systemic efforts to erase Palestinian sovereignty and identity. 

Amid chants and banners, participants underscored the urgency of international solidarity.

Initiated by the Palestinian Youth Movement, and endorsed by Unmute Humanity, Unión del Barrio, ANSWER Coalition, Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice, and other organizations, the demonstration saw more than a thousand Palestinians and supporters begin at LAPD headquarters and then take over two lanes of traffic winding through busy downtown streets to hold a closing rally in Pershing Square.

In their coverage of this important demonstration, corporate media marched in lockstep with the Trump administration’s campaign to stamp out the U.S. Palestine solidarity movement. Fox-affiliated radio and TV stations in Los Angeles gave a crowd estimate of “dozens,” while the Los Angeles Times did not report on the event.

From the back of the flatbed truck that led the march, Fatin of Unmute Humanity thanked PYM for “always being organized.” She said that no one should think that protests don’t matter, because “we are in constant contact with our people in Palestine and this means so much to them.” 

Fatin went on to list some examples of the circumstances around the deaths of many martyrs, with the crowd shouting “Shame!” after each case. She concluded, “This is the moment — we speak, we write, we fight … Refusing extermination is resistance! We are living proof that resistance is life. Long live our martyrs! Long live our people! Free Palestine!”