Union City Demands a Ceasefire

On a frigid evening, January 18th 2024, hundreds of Hudson County residents took to Bergenline Ave to demand a ceasefire and an end to the occupation in Palestine. Less than 3 weeks later the Board of Commissioners of Union City introduced a resolution calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

Because of your efforts, marching, calling Congress, and making clear that from the local to the federal level, the United States has a responsibility to end the massacres, we have won the first resolution in Hudson County. It wont be the last.

Whether local officials like State Senator (33rd District) and Mayor Brian Stack felt the pressure from local community members, mosques like the North Hudson Islamic Educational Center located in Union City, and the many young people, Muslims, and constituencies aligned with 80% of Democrats supporting a ceasefire, or whether the commissioners felt it was the right thing to do, we can say now that Hudson County has a precedent for weighing in on this genocide.

The pressure is all on Rob Menendez Jr. (NJ-08) who as recently as yesterday voted up a failed standalone bill to grant Israel $17.6 billion dollars.