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Claudia's avatar

Hamas is NOT A TERRORIST ORGANISATION!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s an ARMED RESISTANCE against a brutal apartheid racist occupation!!!!!! The USA, ISRAHELL, the UK, EU, CANADA, AUSTRALIA are TERRORIST SKUMS! And PHUCK Sanders a zi@ 🐀🤮

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JoeMichel's avatar

Thanks for catching Bernie and holding him to task. Very disappointing but again not that surprising!

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Sean Bodhivajra Scanlan's avatar

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The thing about Bernie is that he is NOT a Jeremy Corbyn. Never was. Never will be. These guys are NOT two peas in a pod. Jeremy has been willing to put everything on the line to face down the British Establishment. And Jeremy, unlike Bernie, has long been, and is, an adamant and stalwart opponent of the genocide.

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As Caitlin has said, in so many words, is that what we have over here that pass as darlings of the Left are faux progressives. Bernie is a lifelong died-in-the-wool Zionist. Even when he makes some milquetoast objection in the senate to what he presumably takes to be an uncomfortably high visibility genocide on the part of the Israelis, he invariably genuflects first to the Knesset, in just the sort of manner that Caitlin described: basically saying, well, of course, the Israelis had to go in there and murder all those people, because, you know: October 7th. Only maybe they’re overdoing it a little now, so, you know, ease up a bit, guys, will you?

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And now he's getting so much push back from his voters that he has to say something, but it ends up just being political theater, because he really doesn't get just how evil this project is – and always has been – that he has been involved in all these years, and still bloody is!

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Despite what some people on the Left may still imagine, Bernie is NOT going to be the savior of the hour. The fact is that Bernie likes his cushy job in congress, which is why he wouldn't step up the plate in 2016, and he wouldn’t front a real challenge to the Dems and the Republicans – even though more than half the country wanted him to. He said, on the record, that he didn't want to happen to him what happened to Ralph Nader. He didn't want the ostracism from the Establishment.

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As I said, NOT a Jeremy Corbyn.

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Raoul Christensen's avatar

Jeremy Corbyn hasn't come out and condemned zionism either. Asked by a reporter if he was an anti-zionist, he refused to answer the question. Subsequently he has been criticized, for not taking a position, unlike Zarah Sultana, who has condemned zionism and stated that she is an anti-zionist. Sounds like the Jeremy of old, new blood needed, I'm afraid. Free free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

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Tom's avatar

Interesting. I wasn't aware of that. Being anti-Zionists has worked out fine for some other British politicians of that age group. Galloway comes to mind.

That said, would it surprise anyone to learn that the Zionists had threatened Corbyn's mortal soul? They sure had no qualms about trying to destroy his livelihood, career, and what he once stood for.

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Avigail Abarbanel's avatar

Don’t forget Jeremy allowed the Labour Party under his leadership to adopt that abominable and fraudulent definition of antisemitism. I tend to think Corby is on the spectrum and can’t handle pressure. He may have good intention but not the emotional resilience to withstand pressure.

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

Well said Sean Bodhivajra Scanlan! Thank you!

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MM's avatar
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Two quotes come to mind after reading Caitlin's post:

"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter"

-British author Gerald Seymour

and

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable"

-JFK

All Zionists and politicians just think that trotting out the term "HAMAS" will automatically absolve and justify any Israeli ̶a̶t̶r̶o̶c̶i̶t̶y̶ "response".

After UK group Bob Vylan chanted "Death Death to the IDF" , who are responsible for the murder of 65,000+++ people, they were vilified and cancelled. Why has no country proscribed the IDF as a terrorist organization?

See also: non-violent group Palestine Action, whose support can cost you up to 14 years in jail.

The fact that Bernie remained silent for so long after October 7th, then trotted out the "Israel has a right to defend itself" hasbara, and then solely blames all the problems on Bibi tells you a lot.

See also: AOC and her pathetic Iron Dome vote

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Sean Bodhivajra Scanlan's avatar

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AOC's NOV 2024 attack-dog take-down assault on Jill Stein's anti-genocide candidacy, at the behest of the Dem Establishment, was unforgivable. From that moment, it was clear that she has been totally co-opted by the Dem Establishment, and cannot be trusted. No genuinely progressive voter should ever vote for her again. We can do better than these charlatans. We must do better!

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Tom's avatar
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Holy shit I was not aware of this either. Do you have a link? "Dem establishment" = MIC warpig Zionist sucker capitalist apologist establishment.

Disclaimer: I voted for Jill Stein in the last 3 elections.

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Sean Bodhivajra Scanlan's avatar

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Glad to hear it. The voting for Jill, obviously.

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Tom, you asked for the links on AOC's attempted take-down of Jill Stein last fall. Her video was intially posted to Instagram in September, IIRC. Here are the links to several media reports on that event, including excerpts from AOCs attack-dog video. Here you go. Have at it.

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https://time.com/7017339/not-serious-jill-stein-aoc-green-party-election-democrats-war/

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https://solidarity-us.org/aoc-boosts-jill-stein-by-attacking-her/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFKTIzpFm1Y

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK1VLBV3i2I

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Debbie Beatty's avatar

*688000 victims of this genocide.

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Sean Bodhivajra Scanlan's avatar

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Debbie, "688000 victims of this genocide" sounds about right at this point, since last I heard the numbers were estimated to be close to 700K. Where are you getting your figures from, BTW? Thanks. Sean.

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Franz Kafka's avatar

Hamas and AntiSemite is their entire bag of tricks.

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Tom's avatar

Holocaust, Hitler, Nazis.

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Tom's avatar

Just like trotting out the terms "antisemite" and "bigot" immediately ends all thought in their addled and brainwashed minds.

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Nana Baakan Agyiriwah's avatar

From: gastroillogica, https://substack.com/@gastroillogica/note/c-156997655

"What is happening in Gaza is not only a genocide. Is a late stage capitalistic genocide fueled by gentrification.

We all cry out loud when we see our city centres completely submerged by tourist shop, restaurants turned into private equity chains, and apartments becoming Airbnb and hotels.

Well, in Gaza they are doing the feral trial for “rebuilding” something they want.

And let me tell you, we are next. Just like in the “first they came for the communists, but I want communist so…”

English Translation of image here👇🏾

The West's tragic cynicism has given birth to a real estate genocide. Calling the systematic destruction of Gaza City a "ground operation" is an abomination. A myriad of tanks and an incessant air strikes and shelling against a city inhabited by a defenseless population have the sole purpose of demolishing it for subsequent reconstruction, dominated by businessmen. 350,000 inhabitants have already been expelled from Gaza City, an unspecified number have been killed, and a large number of buildings have been demolished. Now, the "cleansing" and "clearing" operation is being completed; in short, it is a genocide, carefully prepared by real estate plans that force the total destruction of the old and useless buildings of Gaza City. The extermination of the Palestinians does not serve Israel's "security" but rather the implementation of a colossal plan for "urban regeneration," for which genocide is one of the conditions. Thus, the worst face of Western capitalism is revealed, combining traditional colonial methods with the greedy pursuit of a real estate financial bubble. The Palestinians, like the entire city of Gaza, in this perspective become an encumbrance to be removed according to the celebration of the method of the physical and moral demolition of a people and its places. We have truly exceeded all limits. They are committing genocide for gentrification: 11 GENTRIFICIDE as an evolution of capitalist horror.

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Nana Baakan Agyiriwah's avatar

The predator class see themselves separate from the prey. They feel isolated and insolated from the blow back as they have been for decades if not centuries. The useless eaters (hackable human beings) are the frogs in the boiling pot. Slowly but surely it will come to them that the water is cooking them. They use the tactic of divide and conquer to keep the “frogs” fighting amongst themselves so they are distracted from seeing the bigger picture. They’ve studied the human psyche and have become adept at manipulating it such that the boot on the neck translates as your neighbor is your enemy instead of the system that cares not what happens to the crabs in the barrel. They steal and laugh as the psyops after psyops is thrown into the mix keeping the natives restless. They get the biggest laugh of all when these very indoctrinated human resources, sign up and load up to fight their wars of dominion and control. The useless eaters have become so accustomed to their so-called “better way of life” that they lose sight of the fact that they have been manipulated and that this “way of life” will be the ultimate destruction of the planet they depend on. It’s a trick, smoke and mirrors, where the magicians create the illusion that they are there as protectorates when in fact they are capitalistic vampires, sucking the natural life out of everything and everyone they touch.

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

👏👏

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Nancy's avatar
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“ . . . we paid a lot of money for this war.” Bezalel Smotrich. So now Israel is entitled to cash in. This statement would be unbelievable if we hadn’t already witnessed nearly two years of the worst that humanity has to offer.

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Jim's avatar

Even more unbelievable considering the U.S. completely funded this atrocity. He didn’t pay for shit.

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Francis/Clare's avatar

The US paid.

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unwarranted's avatar

Bernie Sanders had a moment where he was the center of the universe, and like some tragic figure in the mind of Shakespeare, the would be hero choked on his inability to imagine the day after. His decision to try to continue his schtick, assailing the bad guys and fighting for crumbs for the people, has sealed his legacy as an irrelevant phony.

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PyrLove's avatar

Bernie is not even worth talking about anymore. He’s proven over and over to be a front for Zionist propaganda.

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charles leone's avatar

Democrats Sanders, Obama, Pelosi, Clintons, Biden have ZERO credibility. They are no different than Trump. They always stood with the Nazi-inspired, U.S. Military Industrial Complex and the Endless War policies since the Kennedy Assassinations.

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John M. McGuire's avatar

It takes a depraved, degenerate bastard to kill a kid in cold blood.

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

Unfortunately, the world is full of them...

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The Revolution Continues's avatar

Bernie Sanders has always been one big disappointment. He can actually pronounce the word "genocide" now? Good for him. It doesn't make him any less of a Zionist sympathizer, IMO. (And Bernie--you owe me money still from your 2016 grift!)

Who exactly is going to want to buy "real estate" in Gaza? People who don't mind walking on the graves of hundreds of thousands of people? Those ghoulish Zionists really should be rounded up in one place with a high wall around it. And we should lock them in there and keep all food and aid from getting through for two years or more. Turn about's fair play, right?

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

Caitlin, all I can say about this article is -> I agree with everything you said and loved how you said it 🎯💯❤️🙏

NEVER FORGET, NEVER FORGIVE (all the supporters of this Genocide).

FREE PALESTINE, FREE US ALL!

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Greg Robb's avatar

all the American elite politicians and deep state CIA, FBI, Democrats and Republicans, cheering this on and supplying bombs, munitions, targeting information, training, protection, planning and US bombing support are psychopathic Gouls. Real life Psychopaths, not hollywood obviously scarry psychopaths--psychopaths that smile and pretend to be normal and say nice things. What they do shows they are psychopathic.

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Susan T's avatar

From K. Klippenstein's article "Today, Donald Trump Jr. summarized the mood of his father’s circle, saying on X: “What is the greatest domestic terror threat facing America: ANTIFA or TRANTIFA?”" In this article he talks about how Trump wants to declare trans people "violent extremists".

"Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich described Gaza as a “real estate bonanza”

we paid a lot of money for this war. We need to work out how we share percentages on the land."

There are so many crazy things like this coming out of the insane Trump dictatorship. If only that insanity would stay in the Whitehouse and leave the rest of the world alone. Sadly Trump and his lackeys travel around infecting other parts of the world with their diseases. Maybe a vaccine could be developed against insanity and they could be the first ones to get it.

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The Revolution Continues's avatar

If there were a vaccine that could keep the insanity from spreading, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. would outlaw it. He doesn't believe in vaccines.

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Susan T's avatar

hold him down and vaccinate him. He needs it very badly.

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Chang Chokaski's avatar

He needs it very, very, badly - like urgently - like right this minute! The health of the world is at stake...

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Peter Giaschi's avatar

Excellent piece, Caitlin. The headline alone was worth the price of admission.

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Antonio Brownlowe's avatar

A Zionist is ALWAYS a Zionist. there can be and is no liberal, leftist, Centric, or moderate Zionist, the bottom line is the same Preserve Israel at the expense of the GENTILE World, Zionist are Deadly and Poisonous to All Gentiles.

(*ISRAEL Belongs to "THE WHITE MAN. says Racist JEWISH supremacist ISRAELI Interior Minister ELI YISHAI

in April 2023

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Spunty's avatar

They're deadly and poisonous to lots of Jews too.

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hierochloe's avatar

"Ask a zionist..." LMAO yeah he did the thing, fucking Bernie

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