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Margaret Vail Palmquist
Margaret Vail Palmquist participated in two anti-Israel events in New York City in 2023, including one in October 2023. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) chapter in the city (NYC-DSA) organized the event, and Palmquist participated in other NYC-DSA activism in 2024.
As of February 2026, Margaret Vail Palmquist’s Instagram showed a rose emoji,🌹.
The rose emoji indicates a person is "part of the DSA movement."
As of September 2025, Margaret Vail Palmquist’s LinkedIn profile said Palmquist was an "Artist, writer, organizer" located in Queens, New York.
Ceasefire Now Rally For Gaza
View EventDate: Oct. 20, 2023
Organizers: JVP NYC, NYC-DSA, Adalah-NY
Location: Bryant Park, New York, NY
The event was in support of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. The outcome of the movement's goals would result in Israel's destruction. Within hours of the October 7, 2023, terror attacks, the BDS movement renewed its call for an anti-Israel boycott.
Shut It Down On New Years Eve
View EventDate: Dec. 31, 2023
Organizers: Bay Ridge Solidarity
Location: Columbus Circle, New York, NY
The Instagram post that organizers used to promote the event said: "Shut it Down! On New Year’s Eve! We want to see a free 🇵🇸 [Palestine] now, and going forward into 2024!..."
“Free Palestine” is a chant that has been described as a "battle cry for the death of Jews.” In May 2025, two Israeli diplomats in Washington, D.C., were murdered by a gunman shouting “Free Palestine!” In June 2025, one pro-Israel activist was killed and over 25 were injured in Boulder, Colorado, when a man yelling “Free Palestine” firebombed them.
NYC-DSA Events 2017-2025
View EventOrganizers: NYC-DSA
Location: New York, NY
NYC-DSA organizes pro-terror and anti-Israel rallies and disruptions, including an October 8, 2023, rally one day after Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis.
NYC-DSA uses social media to celebrate Hamas by using the 
symbol. In a speech posted to Instagram, co-chair Gustavo Gordillo said [00:01:41]: "They make figures like Hamas and, quote unquote, terrorists into effective enemies...The terror comes from the capitalists and their pawns...the terror comes from the fascist governments and their ICE squads."
NYC-DSA's social media also features activists promoting antisemitism and explicit calls for Israel's destruction. They have called to "dismantle" the entire "U.S. capitalist economy" and have promoted hatred of the police, along with demands that police be abolished and disarmed.
NYC-DSA has expressed support for violent criminals and promoted Marxist ideology. As early as 2016, NYC-DSA referred to the U.S. as the "United $nake$ of AmeriKKKa."
NYC-DSA has organized against the "U.S. war machine and imperialism" and expressed support for America's enemies, including Yemen under Houthi rule in 2024 and Iran during America and Israel's war in 2025. NYC-DSA has called to defund the police and U.S. prisons, as well as "dismantle capitalism" as part of its vision for a socialist revolution in America.
NYC-DSA has also canvassed and campaigned for NYC-DSA member and mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
Mamdani has called for dismantling capitalism and promoted hatred of the police. He has also justified Hamas terrorism and glorified terror supporters. On his first day as mayor, he revoked executive orders designed to combat antisemitism, including increased police protection at synagogues, and nullified a ban on city officials to boycott Israel.
