Joe Biden needs to know that this anti-war movement is not going away.

Today's Washington, D.C., march
captured on CNN, 1/13/2024

Those of us who lived through and participated in the anti-[Vietnam]war movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s know that this anti[Gaza]-war movement of 2023-24 will have an effect on the 2024 election, at least at the margins. Joe Biden, who was a politically-aware young adult finishing law school in 1968 when L.B.J. dropped out of the presidential race a little more than seven months before the election, should know this better than most.

Joe Biden needs to take this movement, which immediately brought thousands of students out on college campuses in October and hundreds of thousands of people of all ages to the streets of Washington, D.C., in November, December, and today, as seriously as Johnson took the demonstrators protesting "Johnson's war." For many of these protestors, the bombing of Gaza's civilians is as much "Biden's War" and the product of U.S. foreign policy and weapons as it is the fault of Benjamin Netanyahu.

The people in this march today -- these people and organizations posting on Twitter/X about the #March4Gaza today -- will not be voting for Donald J. Trump in November, but a significant number of them won't be voting for Joe Biden either. He certainly can't take young voters for granted in this cycle.

NOW: We've brought Biden's atrocities to his front lawn.

Since October 7th, US-backed Israeli forces have killed over 10,000 children in Gaza. The blood is on Biden's hands!#March4Gaza #LetGazaLive pic.twitter.com/rM8UlFRcUl

— CODEPINK (@codepink) January 13, 2024

Watch a time lapse video showing the enormous size of the historic National #March4Gaza! Organizers estimate that 400,000 attended

Initiated by the American Muslim Task Force for Palestine with ANSWER as National Partner, the action demanded: end the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza! pic.twitter.com/1fxevLzn3r

— ANSWER Coalition (@answercoalition) January 13, 2024

#GenocideJoe makes surprise appearance at #March4Gaza pic.twitter.com/fmB7fgR1pD

— #StopCopCity (@ChuckModi1) January 13, 2024

🇵🇸 It’s official! ✌🏼 400,000+ marched on Washington for Gaza today demanding President Biden end the genocide in Gaza and stop all funding to #ApartheidIsrael. #LetGazaLive #FreePalestine #March4Gaza pic.twitter.com/WkeAEPPY7Y

— American Muslims for Palestine (@AMPalestine) January 13, 2024

📣BIDEN, BIDEN YOU CAN’T HIDE! YOU’RE SUPPORTING GENOCIDE!

A beautiful crowd standing in solidarity with Palestine is now forming on Freedom Plaza for the #March4Gaza 🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/LlDPXvioxx

— Party for Socialism and Liberation (@pslnational) January 13, 2024