About 50 people protested,. on Wednesday, November 1, outside the Long Beach office of Congressman Robert Garcia to show solidarity with the Palestinian population in Gaza and to demand an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.
The organizers of the protest included a large contingent of queer, transgender people of color, the Long Beach Chapter of Democratic Socialist of America and Long Beach Forward and individuals from Justice for Palestine, Long Beach.
Some of the call-and-response chants included: Robert, Robert, you can’t hide we charge you with genocide; from Palestine to Mexico border walls have got to go; no pride in genocide; queer and trans. hear us roar, cease-fire now, and stop the war.
The protesters marched from a church about three blocks from Congressman Garcia‘s Long Beach office, and began chanting about a block from the congressman’s office.
Barry Saks 
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