“And Now They Want Our Votes” by Eman Abdelhadi

And in this moment of absolute disaster, of absolute crisis.

The American ruling class —the people descending on this city for the Democratic National Convention — have seen fit to spend our money on killing children in Gaza. 

They have provided an infinite supply of bombs to destroy Gaza’s homes, its schools, its hospitals, its playgrounds, its mosques, its churches, its croplands, its infrastructure. 

As the most powerful country on earth, they have bullied the rest of the world in the name of protecting a far-right government openly committing a genocide.

And now …

Now they want our votes.