Our contingent showed up with giant poppy and lotus flowers to remind us of our collective struggle. Together, the flowers represent our resilience and will to fight against imperialism and injustice.

The struggles of immigrants, workers, and the Palestinian people are one. Since Trump’s inauguration, American corporations and weapons manufacturers have accelerated their profit-seeking agenda by escalating xenophobic rhetoric (which divides the working class) and attempting to deport dissenters.

It is unacceptable that our taxpayer dollars go to weapons manufacturers like Lockheed Martin who design and manufacture death, instead of going to meet human needs here in St. Paul.

We recognize that the movement for liberation unites all colonized and oppressed peoples and that Palestinian resistance has been fundamental to the Asian American liberation struggle.

Our struggle for Free Palestine will free us all.

We unequivocally condemn the genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people committed by the settler-colonial state of Israel.

As Asian Americans, we are connected by our shared struggles against U.S. imperialism, colonization, and the U.S. war machine.