The Battle Begins

Meanwhile, what the mainstream media did not cover were all the protests in Philadelphia. They erected unscalable fences to keep them away from the convention and the TV cameras. The City of Philadelphia had to approve four massive protests but they ensured such events would not be near the convention. For the largest of the four pro-Sanders rallies approved, more than 30,000 people attended weeklong demonstrations called “March for Bernie at DNC.” Then there was the group called Black Men for Bernie who held a “We the People Restoration Rally” at Thomas Paine Plaza across from City Hall on July 27-28. The purpose of the rally was “to address economic inequality, human rights, poverty, criminal justice reform and lack of ownership,” according to the city’s permit approval document.