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.
Boston Police and Secret Service agents carry a protester by their arms and legs away from the outside of the Ritz-Carlton hotel ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris’s visit to Downtown Boston on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)
Protesters chant against Kamala Harris outside the Ritz-Carlton hotel during the vice president’s visit to Boston on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Ashlyn Wang/Beacon Staff)
A small group of pro-Israel counter-protesters holds signs in front of the Ritz-Carlton hotel on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)
A crowd of protesters gathers across the street from the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Downtown Boston, where Vice President Kamala Harris is attending a fundraising campaign event on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)
Protesters holding signs and Palestinian fags listen to a speaker across the street from the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Downtown Boson on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)
Protesters marching around the Ritz-Carlton hotel are stopped by police at the corner of Boylston Street and Washington Street on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Ashlyn Wang/Beacon Staff)
Vice President Kamala Harris’s motorcade departs Downtown Boston on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)
Protesters gather outside the Boston Public Library on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (Sofia Waldron for The Beacon)
A protester holds up a sign calling for a ceasefire at the rally on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (Sofia Waldron for The Beacon)
A list of the names of those who have been killed, released by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, is displayed at the rally on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. (Sofia Waldron for The Beacon)
Thousands march down Dartmouth Street and across the bridge to MIT after the rally in Copley Square. (Sofia Waldron for The Beacon)
