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CHICAGO u2014 About 300 anti-war activists crowded into the basement of the Teamsters Unionu2019s headquarters on Saturday to hear organizers from all over the country describe their plans to disrupt the Democratic National Convention this August. Joe Bidenu2019s backing of Israel since Hamasu2019s October 7 attack has turned these left-wing radicals against their own party.

u201CItu2019s really inspiring to see that people are just as enthusiastic, and maybe even more enthusiastic, to march on the DNC as they are to march on the RNC,u201D says Omar Flores, a Milwaukee-based activist. u201CWe can thank Genocide Joe and our movement for that.u201D  

But then a man stumbles to the podium, wiping sweat from his forehead. He grabs the microphone to announce that the Islamic regime of Iran has launched missiles and drones heading straight toward Israel.

u201CThey believe that they will be in Palestinianu2014I donu2019t call it Israeliu2014airspace between two and four a.m., which means about two to four hours from now,u201D he says. u201CIn addition, there are reports of drones having been fired on Israel from Yemen and Iraq.u201D

The crowd, all wearing black N95s, erupts into applause. Someone in the back lowers their mask to send a celebratory whistle soaring throughout the room.  

The man at the podium, Hatem Abudayyeh, heads the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, u201Ca purported community group which, on information and belief, is an affiliate of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a designated terror organization based in Gaza,u201D according to a

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