Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): The premise behind this current onslaught and those which preceded it is that you can bomb people into consenting to oppression and apartheid. That you can abuse them into accepting abuse. The whole entire argument is that if you bomb and shoot and teargas and beat and imprison enough Palestinians with enough aggression, eventually they will see the error of their ways and accept the status quo you are trying to impose upon them.
Not sure how MSM and everyone else conveniently overlooks the way the IDF has been abusing the people in Gaza for years. Calling the attack “unprovoked” would be hysterically funny if it wasn’t so blatantly sick. You beat a dog for months and then when it finally bites you, you blame the dog. Clown world.
Spot on as usual. It is heavy work criticizing the empire, being a voice in the wilderness. Thank you for what you do. Make sure you are keeping some balance with your poetry and other forms of expression.
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and Gen. Phil Sheridan of the Union Army had their troops rape, pillage, and burn the South in the American Civil War. If an American complained about these atrocities he was a "Rebel Lover" or a "Nigger Lover".
After the Civil War, Generals Sherman and Sheridan took their Union Troops out into the Great Plains and their troops raped, pillaged, and burned the American Indians. If an American complained about these atrocities he was called an "Injun Lover".
There was a new wrinkle though. The American Indians had their land stolen and were put on reservations.
Adolph Hitler studies all this and copied what Presidents Lincoln and Grant had done.
You are fighting the good fight. It seems like the world has accepted the invasion of Gaza as inevitable. Imagine what it is like for fellow parents in Gaza who have to prepare for death because there is nowhere to hide. Let's keep screaming our opposition to this injustice.
"“Honey I took down the Ukraine flag to put up the Israeli flag, where should I put it?”
I about split my gut laughing when I read this dialogue! I swear, Caitlin, you must have planted a secret mic at some Neoliberal couple's house and recorded them talking. I can see it happening--I may have seen it happen already. Oh... I just can't stop laughing.
Thanks. I needed it after so much stress lately. Off to march in a Free Palestine parade tomorrow. We shall overcome!
Brilliant about the flags. Once visiting the US, when I queried from my host ( pretending to be innocent), why most houses had the the American flag flying, I was told for " life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". Things soured a bit when I asked ' at whose expense?'.
You are priceless Caitlin and I adore you. Thank you for always speaking the truth and for exactly zero sugarcoating of it. These are pills that must go down the throats of clueless empire Muppets dry and bitter. And somehow you're still nicer than I am when I make the same points. Never stop.
My soul and stomach have been churning in disgust this past few days reading and watching the genocide inflicted on the Palestinians of Gaza — questioning whether humanity even exists among the Western leaders. Your prolific writing helps to calm me down. Thank you!
"Israel apologists who are getting frustrated that nobody’s buying their “criticism of Israel is anti-semitic” routine anymore can thank the smear campaign against Jeremy Corbyn a few years ago. It opened a lot of eyes to how cynically that accusation is used."
I would say that the cynical smear campaign opened a lot of people's eyes to how much power the Israel Lobby has and that they dare not cross it.
We are witnessing the death throes of an empire lashing out at a world it no longer controls and is being left behind. It is in the blind rage of an infantile futility trying to avoid the judgments of history-- inevitably served... "whom the gods destroy they first of all make mad."
The question remaining now is how much more collateral damage will it inflict on itself and the world community before it exhausts its rage. The world has never seen such a pitiful and grandiose self-immolation.
Everything blown up will have to be rebuilt, so it is with compulsive human folly.
It is only a matter of time before the sane and just multipolar world rises tall from the ashes of another dead empire.
It would be one thing if online critics were simply Empire simps, but last I knew there were 80,000 CIA agents with online responsibilities.
So I just generally assume that when I see someone out of place in comment sections whose only agenda seems to be to discount, ridicule and/or convince people how wrong or stupid they are to see what can be blatantly seen, that they are a CIA or other government shill.
Government propagandists whose responsibility is to tell us that we are spreading propaganda that is not the accepted propaganda. So easy to spot once you know what you're looking at.
Not sure how MSM and everyone else conveniently overlooks the way the IDF has been abusing the people in Gaza for years. Calling the attack “unprovoked” would be hysterically funny if it wasn’t so blatantly sick. You beat a dog for months and then when it finally bites you, you blame the dog. Clown world.
War is a racket. General Smedley Butler tried to warn us: https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/smedley-butler-smash-the-war-racket
Spot on as usual. It is heavy work criticizing the empire, being a voice in the wilderness. Thank you for what you do. Make sure you are keeping some balance with your poetry and other forms of expression.
The flag thing is bizarrely Orwellian. I wonder what flag next year people in the US will be obliged to replace the Israeli flag with.
It's the same playbook over and over.
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and Gen. Phil Sheridan of the Union Army had their troops rape, pillage, and burn the South in the American Civil War. If an American complained about these atrocities he was a "Rebel Lover" or a "Nigger Lover".
After the Civil War, Generals Sherman and Sheridan took their Union Troops out into the Great Plains and their troops raped, pillaged, and burned the American Indians. If an American complained about these atrocities he was called an "Injun Lover".
There was a new wrinkle though. The American Indians had their land stolen and were put on reservations.
Adolph Hitler studies all this and copied what Presidents Lincoln and Grant had done.
Now, the Zionists copy Hitler.
It's the same old playbook.
You are fighting the good fight. It seems like the world has accepted the invasion of Gaza as inevitable. Imagine what it is like for fellow parents in Gaza who have to prepare for death because there is nowhere to hide. Let's keep screaming our opposition to this injustice.
"“Honey I took down the Ukraine flag to put up the Israeli flag, where should I put it?”
I about split my gut laughing when I read this dialogue! I swear, Caitlin, you must have planted a secret mic at some Neoliberal couple's house and recorded them talking. I can see it happening--I may have seen it happen already. Oh... I just can't stop laughing.
Thanks. I needed it after so much stress lately. Off to march in a Free Palestine parade tomorrow. We shall overcome!
If being against genocide makes me an antisemite then so be it
Dear Caitlin, hope you are keeping well.
Brilliant about the flags. Once visiting the US, when I queried from my host ( pretending to be innocent), why most houses had the the American flag flying, I was told for " life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". Things soured a bit when I asked ' at whose expense?'.
You are priceless Caitlin and I adore you. Thank you for always speaking the truth and for exactly zero sugarcoating of it. These are pills that must go down the throats of clueless empire Muppets dry and bitter. And somehow you're still nicer than I am when I make the same points. Never stop.
"... and empire simps can’t handle it."
Cue in Jack Nicholson: "You can't handle the truth!"
My soul and stomach have been churning in disgust this past few days reading and watching the genocide inflicted on the Palestinians of Gaza — questioning whether humanity even exists among the Western leaders. Your prolific writing helps to calm me down. Thank you!
Biden totally supports two Nazi-dominated governments -- this will end BAD...
"Israel apologists who are getting frustrated that nobody’s buying their “criticism of Israel is anti-semitic” routine anymore can thank the smear campaign against Jeremy Corbyn a few years ago. It opened a lot of eyes to how cynically that accusation is used."
I would say that the cynical smear campaign opened a lot of people's eyes to how much power the Israel Lobby has and that they dare not cross it.
We are witnessing the death throes of an empire lashing out at a world it no longer controls and is being left behind. It is in the blind rage of an infantile futility trying to avoid the judgments of history-- inevitably served... "whom the gods destroy they first of all make mad."
The question remaining now is how much more collateral damage will it inflict on itself and the world community before it exhausts its rage. The world has never seen such a pitiful and grandiose self-immolation.
Everything blown up will have to be rebuilt, so it is with compulsive human folly.
It is only a matter of time before the sane and just multipolar world rises tall from the ashes of another dead empire.
It would be one thing if online critics were simply Empire simps, but last I knew there were 80,000 CIA agents with online responsibilities.
So I just generally assume that when I see someone out of place in comment sections whose only agenda seems to be to discount, ridicule and/or convince people how wrong or stupid they are to see what can be blatantly seen, that they are a CIA or other government shill.
Government propagandists whose responsibility is to tell us that we are spreading propaganda that is not the accepted propaganda. So easy to spot once you know what you're looking at.