Rallies in the Boston area last week drew large crowds calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to U.S. aid to Israel.
Hundreds gathered outside the Ritz-Carlton for an emergency rally on Avery Street on Thursday, Nov. 9, as Vice President Kamala Harris was at the hotel to be a part of a discussion with members of Boston’s registered apprenticeship programs.
Protesters marched around the hotel and were stopped by police at the corner of Washington Street and Boylston Street, where they continued to chant.
In the same week, another rally took place in Copley Square on Sunday, Nov. 12, aiming to build momentum from the largest pro-Palestinian rally in U.S. history in Washington D.C. the previous weekend.
After the rally concluded, the protesters were organized to march down Dartmouth Street and across the bridge to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
