The Green Party of Philadelphia City Committee (GPOP, www.gpop.org) continued its support for Divest Philly from the War Machine by calling on people to join a campaign to divest the Philadelphia Board of Pensions from the nuclear weapon industry.

By Justin Bell, member of the Green Party of Philadelphia City Committee

I was sitting in traffic today on Roosevelt boulevard when the verdict came in: Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murdering George Floyd.  When I heard it I had trouble processing it.  It wasn’t until my wife called me crying because she couldn’t believe it was real, that I started to believe it was real.  After I got off I looked around to see if any other cars were listening or having reactions.  I was disappointed that everyone looked miserable and wasn’t honking.  For a moment I felt victorious.  Overwhelmed by the power of the people who refused to get out of the way when the police told them to move.  I saw two older ladies flanked by the National Guard during the height of COVID.  One pushing the other in a wheelchair.  They had put themselves in a situation of great risk and they had won.