issues.

thanks very much.

>> Great to be here.

>> As with the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last month, there were protests outside the DNC in Chicago.

This week.

But as “Here& Now” reporter Steven Potter explains, the DNC protests were not only different and bigger, they carried a stronger, more direct message.

Free, free Palestine.

>> Free free Palestine.

>> While some 50,000 attendees gathered at the Democratic National Convention inside the United Center this week, a few patients shut it down.

Several thousand protesters, including many from Wisconsin, marched through the streets of downtown Chicago.

happening on a national stage.

If Chicago is really just a short walk away from Milwaukee, there's no reason why people should not be here if they have a conscience.

organizer who was one of the protest leaders in Milwaukee last month during the Republican National Convention.

Back at the DNC in Chicago, protests over ending U.S. aid to Israel are larger and louder.

>> There's currently a genocide happening that the U.S. is supporting.

giving Flores and others from Wisconsin hope that their voices are being heard.

>> The Democrats are really feeling the pressure.

They can't just ignore a movement like they used to.

It gives me a lot of encouragement knowing that we are going to win an end to the genocide.

organization listened to Wisconsin, also made the trip to Chicago.

>> We are one of many busses that rode down from Wisconsin.

It's a whole range of folks who are interested in this.

There are Palestinians on the bus.

Of course, peace advocates who've been doing this work for decades now.

Young folks, students who are all coming together to send the same message to the nominees to the Democratic Party.

>> And that message, Mohammad says, is crystal clear.

The United States needs to stop supporting Israel financially and force a weapons embargo that would bring an end to the Israeli-hamas conflict in Gaza.

>> We're sending billions of dollars abroad to murder people.

We're neglecting our communities at home.

That money could be better spent here.

While the majority of protesters attending the two major permitted events in Chicago this week kept things peaceful.

>> Others who participated in smaller, unsanctioned protests in the city did clash with police, leading to dozens of arrests.

Hold the line and everyone back.

>> Down on the floor.

Put your hands behind your back.

>> Today's war opposition is different, but deeply held.

Behind the line now.

And it tears at Democratic Party unity.

>> DNC Malvitt Terrence Flores and Mohammad say if the United States does not respond to their demands, there could be a major impact on the presidential election during April's presidential primary in Wisconsin, nearly 50,000 voters marked Uninstructed on their ballot, meaning they voted for no presidential candidate at all to send a message to then Democratic primary candidate Joe Biden.

because in the 2020 election, Joe Biden only beat Donald Trump by just more than 20,000 votes in Wisconsin, and those voters who feel so strongly in their support of Palestine could refuse to vote again unless they enact a ceasefire through an arms embargo immediately.

>> We cannot guarantee our votes for them in November for Halah Ahmad also from listen to Wisconsin the changing tides in the Democratic presidential election could pave a new way with the new nominee.

>> Do you think common ground can be found for those Uninstructed voters before November?

You know, I think the Biden-Harris administration has had one policy, but Vice President Harris has the opportunity to stake out a different path.

>> Ahmad says if the Harris Walls ticket listens and acts on the protesters demands, it will give the Democrats an opportunity to really, meet voters where they're at and secure a win in November by