This is disgusting and chilling. This overt targeted assassination of activists must be condemned. Thank you for highlighting this. This needs to be publicly acknowledged and pronounced on all available platforms.
Israel is a terrorist nation , and the statements by Netanyahu’s henchman attest to that! They make no bones about their goal,of annihilating all Palestinians. Their statements are every bit as fascist as any Nazi statements were about annihilating the Jews. You would only need to change a few names ! It’s utterly disgusting!
As someone who has disagreed with *some* of what Greta has said in the past, I thoroughly condemn any insinuations of harm or implied assassination attempts, and I actually wish her success in getting much needed aid to the Palestinians. Regardless of how I feel about someone politically, you have to be a complete douchebag to want someone dead that wants to help those impoverished. Lindsay Graham kissing the zionist ring as a perpetual warmonger!
Oh Susan. In this deplorable thoroughly disgusting and enraging situation, thank you for giving me an unexpected authentic chuckle. Without detracting from any smidgeon of hideousness. That put a few badly needed positive "chemicals" into my system. Those rarities are survival rations.
My posts on the genocide of Palestinians to my Facebook page gets removed and I get a reproval message to re-educate me! Anything put on X brings our disgusting posts from pro-israeli murderers. Some have found their way into substance.
At 85 and riddled with osteo arthritis, it's hard to join street protests, much as I want to, so I join in here and anywhere that allows posts. My latest try is not using names properly.
Also have monthly donations to food and aid for Gazans but don't know if they can get it in, but will continue in hope they will get it soon.
It is so distressing not to be able to do what I wish I could. It won't stop me from posting, though. This is a terrific community. Thank you.
Our weak governments, scared octheir own shadows do not realise that decent people are turning against them and they will be ousted faster than they got in to government.
>>"do not realise that decent people are turning against them..."
I would say the EXACT opposite. The Governments (and TPTB) realize all too well (and have known for quite a while) exactly what they are doing. Hence the increase in intensity in police brutality, suppression of protests, increased surveillance, doxxing, legal retribution, attempting to kick people that disagree with their views out of the country, immigration crackdowns, and so much more...
>>"they will be ousted faster than they got in to government."
Not only do I think that that will NOT be the case, but does it really matter who is kicked out of Govt.? They will simply be replaced by others and CONTINUE to do what they have always been doing - representing the interests of TPTB and maintaining the status quo.
I think our governments do realize that decent people are turning against them and I don't think they care. Voting has never been a substitute for revolution anyway. No matter how they try to brainwash us, voting is not our way out of anything at all. They might get ousted, but others who think exactly the same way will get voted in. As long as they can keep up their bank accounts, governance of the people of wherever they are governing are of little concern to them.
Sending you a lot of appreciation for doing what you can. As for donations, try finding organizations on the ground in Gaza or actual Gazan people campaigns. There is some food in the markets, but it is so expensive. Once they let aid in, we can donate to international organizations.
I put a longer comment with more details elsewhere, but it seems to be relevant to your question. There's a new hunger strike action from CUNY. Eight students, staff, and faculty from across the City University of New York system started an indefinite hunger strike on Tuesday, May 27th.
They are using the hunger strike to raise funds “to send urgent funds to people in Gaza for food and other needed materials.”
No offense meant, but did you just wake up now? And do you really think any of the 'performative actions' that you suggest above will mean much or make any difference when ALL LINES have been crossed?
Maybe you mean well, but what the hell is "The Hague Group needs to issue a statement. Including a petition the South African government." going to do for the Palestinians (and Gazans) currently? Just more BULLSHIT PR and appearing to virtue signal by all these 'entities' that should issue statements and petitions?
Hague at least issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, but every pro-genocide country (USA, Hungary, Brussels itself, to name a few) refused to arrest the bastard.
Any ICC or ICJ arrest warrants for Western leaders are toothless (not to mention unenforceable). The systems/organizations that you mention were created to PROTECT the interests of the Western hegemons and capitalists. If you haven't realized that yet, then I'm afraid you're still thinking with the gaslighted narratives of TPTB.
Unenforceable as the western countries are complicit in the genocide, and therefore won't enact the ICC's arrest warrants. A sad day, but the ICC have exposed how many nations explicitly stand with genocide when it comes down to the wire. Changed my opinion on Orban to one where I despise the man.
I believe what we are seeing goes beyond criminality. Imagine WW2 Germany being supported by the rest of the western nations. This is my definition of evil.
He was but one of many, many American Nazis..remember the German-American Bund? The Madison Square Gardens seig-heil fest?
Germany couldn't have enacted the Holocaust without using the IBM punch-card technology (that was knowingly provided through German subsidiaries such as Hohenzollern) to count, classify, track, ship and exterminate the Jews, Roma, homosexuals, disabled and other groups that were victimized.
It is imperative that the global working class unite, dismantle capitalism, invest the working class with all power and authority, and put the ruling class criminals responsible for these disasters on trial.
>>"It is imperative that the global ruling class unite, dismantle capitalism, invest the working class with all power and authority, and put the criminals responsible for these disasters on trial."
What reality are you living in, I really wonder...🤔 where you expect the people that have the MOST to gain by all this to stop their OWN behaviors and actions? You must be high for making such a statement, that is the only possibility I can come up with.
Yes, I was wondering why you worded your original comment the way you did, because I've liked many of your comments and they have made sense to me before. 🙂
"It is imperative that the global working class unite, dismantle capitalism, invest the working class with all power and authority, and put the ruling class criminals responsible for these disasters on trial."
At the national level, that's been tried many times before. Please, tell us which nirvanas have resulted.
Note, I have nothing against the idea, and once supported it. But I now understand it fails not solely from outside forces, but because in numerous ways it conflicts with human nature and its distribution within societies. It's long past time now to think smarter.
Yes, but the real problem is one, that they are psychopaths/sociopaths, and two, that we can barely identify them before they act, much less do anything about containing them.
As someone who who speaks with friends in Gaza daily, I can tell you they feel utterly abandoned by Arab nations. They expect this from the West, but it seems to be extra painful to be slighted by those countries they’re surrounded by.
The tension over Kashmir is also spurring more cooperation between Iran and Pakistan, so we'll see how that plays out across west asia with Egypt, Lebanon, Kurdistan, and occupied Syria.
Very ambitious, Charles. There once was a time that the Arab populations could have done this as a group, but it was long time ago. Since then things have changed, One example; Saudi Arabia as the biggest purchaser of US weaponry (profit for the US, ongoing) and all the others mentioned controlled in varying degrees, one way or another.
They could have been a powerful bloc but obviously the historic and geographic allegiances were not strong enough to overcome the US dollar and the graft and corruption that this brings to the world.
However, for International trading, there is an alternative called BRICS. The current status..........
Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, UAE, Indonesia.
First discussed in 2009 but expanding far too slowly.
Come on, world. Time to change the International trading arrangements forever.
Too many nations straddle the fence between the Anglo-Zionist hegemon and the BRICs believing in cutting a deal with the Trump slave master to save their ass. The love of pleasure and the fear of pain as Adam Smith knew expressed in his Theory of the Moral Sentiments.
>>"However, for International trading, there is an alternative called BRICS."
I would hate to pour acid on your illusions of BRICS, C33, but it needs to be done - The BRICS are another Capitalist trading block that ALSO resorts to much of the same methods as the Western alliance does - exploitation, oppression, etc. for profits.
It's ONE Capitalist trading block against ANOTHER Capitalist trading block (like Microsoft vs. Apple, or Google vs. Facebook, etc. - you get the idea).
Too many 'independent media' personalities have been hyping up BRICS and misleading viewers and opponents of the U.S. Empire alike.
I recommend watching the following EXCELLENT videos on the subject ->
(4) And this one is my FAVORITE -> BRICS: The End of US Global Dominance? (India & Global Left) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ605CKPG-o] -> "In this in-depth conversation, leading economists Prabhat Patnaik and Richard Wolff explore whether the BRICS alliance (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) offers a viable alternative to Western hegemony and neoliberal globalization." An absolute MUST WATCH!
Folks should really watch # 4. Wolff makes it so clear in his opening. BRICS challenges the G7, European and US Hegemony, but NOT the structure of the employer-employee relationship defining Capitalism. If that doesn't change, all the planet has is a new Massa and denuder of the Biosphere.
YES! That's what I'm talking about Vin. Too many people are misled by mainstream and independent journalists (each having their own biases) to objectively analyze the geopolitics and systems of capitalism (in all its varied forms) competing against each other in their own ways.
The 'working people' of the world are NOT going to be the beneficiaries of such 'capitalist trading blocks'. It's more like a battle of the 1% from some regions/nations with the 1% from other regions/nations.
I watched it some weeks ago and found it extremely interesting. However, it struck me that the relationship he describes is likely the natural outcome of primate dominance hierarchies present in humans by instinct and genetics, and that attempting to remove it would be working against human nature. The latter has generally not proved to be a good idea.
"likely the natural outcome of primate dominance hierarchies present in humans by instinct and genetics".
And conceding that primates experience such hierarchies -- and as a molecular biologist who thinks the molecular evidence is oversold I probably give its effect less influence over our behavior than you -- we should just concede to those hierarchies nonetheless? -- Why?
Because we're just slightly -- imperceptibly -- evolved sociologically beyond our primate forebears? If so, then what's the point of any of this; genetic determinism. I know enough about the vagaries and nondeterministic behaviors possible from complex systems that I'd rather go elsewhere for my determinism.
Biologically and Socially we're close to the matriarchal baboons than anything else, and according to archeological studies of 'pre-history' homo-sapien communities the current mostly-patriarchal system is an abnormality for the roughly 12-20,000 years of human history.
Certainly. Lenin urged all Marxists to fight against imperialism at home. However - this is my personal opinion - better more blocks (albeit capitalist) - rather than one that dominates the world.
Yes, I am against Western Imperialism (and all other forms of imperialism). I am also against Western hegemony (and hegemony by other parties).
So I definitely AGREE with you that something like BRICS is NEEDED in some contexts, though it is far from the solution needed in other MORE important contexts (IMO).
From the perspective of a biologist defending the Biosphere, I must add a note of caution, Tony. Capitalist engines competing to denude the planet. And yeah, I know I'm being hyperbolic. But it's a reaction to their inability to mimic natural systems in establishing feedback controls on consumption and un-recyclable waste generation (in truth, natural systems generating no un-recyclable waste). See anyone doing anything about the nanoplastics inside your cells? Have any info about whether they'll, for example, alter the fully functional longevity of your cerebral neurons? Yeah, me neither. I see more Capitalist engines as a crapshoot.
But they won't (i.e. extremely small probability). Do you not think that they have advantages and gains to be had by normalizing with Israel and the U.S. Empire? A history of the Abraham Accords should deprive you of such illusions.
They damn well should because if they don't they will be next in the greater israhell spread, and we all know by now what that means. Not just the land but the oil fields and slavery by the Satan worshipers.
Meanwhile Israel lures in starving Palestinians with false offers of food aid, and then shoots the people who turn up. I wrote an article on it and I would link here but I find Substack is a bit off about cross-posting Substack article content.
I hope Lindsay Graham owns enough Bibles to fend off all the horrifically negative energy coming at him and his Zionazis from anyone sane. I hope that any illness or other malfeasance you wish on anyone else rebounds back at you triple, Lindsay. And you can blame it on your retributive god if you like, you Christianized Fascist.
Sadly, actual Revolution seems the only route to any hope of eventual sanity. Those votes which are not suppressed don't count for very much; political parties are bought and paid for by war profiteering, money laundering, polluting corporations and top-down are run by their lackeys. Corporatists and faux liberals cry "terrorist" at any Hamas or Luigi while their own deadly ongoing machinations involving millions of victims are considered the normal business of capitalism and reputed democracies.
I believe it’s the ONLY route. We cannot allow these psychopaths to continue on their destructive paths. Real, actual human beings need to take this country back, if it’s not already too late.
We cannot be afraid to die. Many will. It would certainly help to have the military on our side; I believe that any further declarations of war would do it.
The Vietnam War, which fittingly the Vietnamese call the American War, soured me forever on this country, since it never learned the lesson for good. America is a bully, and now we have a bully President with his bully cronies in charge. Doubtless some of their minions are monitoring this site.
All wars since the year 1939 have been very profitable for US private corporations in the military industrial defense complex. That includes all of the US automotive and aircraft manufacturers, plus many more that many folks would never consider to be defense contractors.
Food Machinery Corporation (FMC) has always fascinated me because its name is so incongruous with its military contracts including the obscure design and manufacture of naval gun turret drive mechanisms. Also, there are companies such as the Cadillac Gage company that originally designed and manufactured measuring instruments for the automotive industry morphed into a huge manufacturer of machine guns and heavy duty mobile weapons systems. Several years ago, I saw a pair of WWII-Era binoculars that were manufactured for the US military by Square D corporation -- an electrical components manufacturer. The Singer sewing machine company was another defense contractor that might surprise some people.
Practically every machine shop in the metropolitan Detroit and metropolitan Chicago areas were temporary defense contractors during WWII. After the end of WWII many of those were absorbed into permanent weapons manufacturers.
Right, '33. I've said before that people will have to put their lives on the line, in the literal sense, at some point.
By the way, apropos Arsen Ostrovski, alleged 'think' tanker. Is he just Arsen about, or did he deliberately leave the 'IC' off the end of his name as he pursues his poisonous ways.
The geopolitics are truly frightening now, with resurgent Russia and China ever closer to meeting the USA in aggressiveness. And, in military parity. There's no safe bet on what happens if the PRC blockades or invades Taiwan, but it's hardly likely that USA will be savoring any victory. A defeat or stalemate might tip domestic politics either way.
I don’t agree at all about China being aggressive. They aren’t a warmongering country, as they haven’t been in a war since the 70’s. The US is forcing their hand, though. It’s a desperate attempt to keep US and Western European hegemony. They are willing to blow up the world to keep it.
The only revolution that would take the power away from our controllers (who have full energy, health and food dominance) is one involving renewables, plant based diets and communities looking after each other.
This would also go some way to avoid the worst of climate change but billions are still going to suffer the effects of agricultural failures and mass migrations.
I'm all for down-up movements, which once or twice have worked in a sic democratic society. But as Lenin and Bonaparte recognized, gotta have the military front and center in your square for anything resembling revolution.
We will never let them forget that we know. We know that the ruling class is committing a live-streamed genocide. We may not be organised enough yet to stop them. But we will hold them to account. There is no statute of limitations on crimes against humanity.
"You can negotiate an end to a war, but you can’t negotiate an end to a genocide. Israel has openly declared that the killing will continue until there are no more Palestinians left in Gaza — either by death or by ethnic cleansing. Israel wants to eliminate all Palestinians from Gaza more than it wants the remaining hostages. It wants to eliminate all Palestinians from Gaza more than it wants peace. Hamas has nothing to offer Israel that it wants more than it wants to purge Palestinians from a Palestinian territory."
And I love how people supported Greenwald. Syria -- unbelievable that the west has removed sanctions with this bunch just because it backs the west.
And I often wonder how stupid that class of people thinks we are to believe that objecting to genocide is anti-semitic. I'm so glad people are still outraged, and I want to see this stopped.
Whatever the outcome, those in power have lost all credibility and validity to govern the rest of us.
Are you sure? There's a video online somewhere that shows a bunch of 11 year olds at computer camp having a race who can hack into an electronic voting machine the fastest. it's really that easy to mess with the results and install whoever you want into office.
I think it's entirely possible that Musk et al did that in the swing states last November. Drumpf has alluded to it. I would hate for that be true. How can we trust these cons?
TRC, not to pull rank or anything of the sort, but I am a Software Engineer, Data Analyst, and a Computer Science researcher.
I understand the technology. And I understand narratives. And I understand the GAP between the two. And I also understand 'how little media understands' about these topics, and how little non-tech people understand about many of the technologies invloved (including AI).
That is WHY it is SO EASY for 'tech people like tech-bros, etc.' to GASLIGHT ordinary people with their narratives. And I would NEVER believe mainstream (or independent) media without due diligence on my part and skeptical thinking.
So, voting machines can't be hacked is what you're saying? I guess when a the box with the already marked voting slips goes missing, that doesn't affect the outcome of a race, either?
A side note about Syria -- the countries now known as Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,Turkey, India, Pakistan and possibly more, were creations of the British Empire with some collusion with the French and American ones, all within the past 100 years or so. The divisions in the Middle East and North Africa were largely about controlling access to the petroleum and gas fields therein.
As the world inevitably will transition away from the extraction and burning of fossil fuels, the Middle East will become less economically significant to the Western Empires.
I agree with your first point, but I utterly reject any inclinations to demoralisation on the second or third. Humans have shown they can act *if* they want to, we just need to find the bloody on-switch.
CJ>>"Israel has openly declared that the killing will continue until there are no more Palestinians left in Gaza — either by death or by ethnic cleansing."
Caitlin - as difficult as it is to admit (and even harder to imagine), the Gaza (and Palestine) Genocide seem to be the 'opening salvo' to a CHANGED WORLD - a more dystopian future, a more immoral (and amoral) DARK AGE that has come upon us.
Too many people (all over the world) are STILL ASLEEP, thinking that TPTB won't come for them. But they ARE coming...it is only a matter of time. As 'end-stage capitalism' nears, the TPTB will become more desperate to maintain their STATUS QUO - hence the oppression, exploitation, repression, police state, surveillance, murder (of any living organism standing in their way), ethnic cleansing, genocide, and MUCH WORSE (you're probably wondering what can be worse, right?) is going to reach higher levels of intensity than at present...
I don't say the above to sound pessimistic or defeatist - NOT IN THE LEAST - I say this because WE, THE PEOPLE, need to WAKE THE FUCK UP ASAP, unite, organize, build solidarity with people we wouldn't have considered to be allies with before. IMHO, I feel that it is THE ONLY WAY that we might be able to keep humanity (and the planet with all its species) alive and prepared for an uncertain future...
My suggestion to wake those who still have their heads in the sand, is to recommend the following trailer for this Black Mirror episode, and then tell them to watch the episode if they have access to Netflix, so they will know what is coming if they don’t get off the couch and out of the culture war bubble.
Good idea! Though, I question if that will work. The indoctrination seems to be too deeply ingrained into the psyche. The systems we have are ALL designed to perpetuate the injust status quo and system of capitalism that puts TPTB on the top of the human hierarchy with everyone else below. Here's one depiction -> (https://images.app.goo.gl/qSHLnHhxvwgt6U3W6)
The 'Black Mirror' Netflex series may just predict MANY things about our future and what is to come. People still seem to be in a slumber too deep to realize that this FUTURE depicted in the series may not be an illusion afterall, but a prescient assessment of things yet to come...
Black Mirror is a terrifying series with its realness - any one of those scenarios could really happen. I can't say I "enjoy" the series and I'm not even sure I'm glad I watched it (especially the first episode, eww I almost couldn't watch any more) but I think it serves as an important warning to people to wake the f up. Of course, since the genocide began, no series or movie will ever scare me again like the hell that Palestinian people are living in right now.
Yes, Hollywood (or Bollywood or whatever wood) is no longer able to compare/compete with REALITY - the reality is orders of magnitude WORSE than anything the entertainment industries could churn out (IMHO).
Best ‘you are here’ graphic ever. You’re right about the system known as capitalism. We move on to something else, or continue to circle the drain.
“Someone once said that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism. We can now revise that and witness the attempt to imagine capitalism by way of imagining the end of the world.” – Frederic Jameson
What in the world?? If they try to do it, that will be the last nail in their coffin!! The world will not tolerate anymore. It will grow the resistance. Even if it is attempted and sold as an “accident” - the world will not buy the lie.
>>"If they try to do it, that will be the last nail in their coffin!! The world will not tolerate anymore."
Wouldn't that be a good thing if "the world will not tolerate it anymore"?
Unfortunately, as someone that has been observing this Genocide closely (and has tried to read-up on as much of Palestine-Israel history as time permits), I believe the world would not only 'tolerate' it, but seems to be able to tolerate a lot more and a lot worse...(just my observation and opinion).
It seems like every day, some right winger says something outrageous (so and so should be assassinated, more death, destruction, and genocide for Gaza, etc..) and yet there is never a political price to be paid. It just normalizes the rhetoric and makes it even easier for someone to say something even more reprehensible the next time.
Meanwhile, on the left, you bad mouth Israel and advocate for peace and justice, and you get called an anti-semite and the Zionists make sure you get cancelled.
Some time ago, I read the following motto on the bridge of a ship: "Deeds, not words." That motto should be the motto of every institution and politician who claims to want to stop the genocide.
Whenever an Israeli is attacked or wounded or kilked I rejoice in the same way that I would rejoice if a Nazi were attacked. For me there is no separation between an Israeli supporter of his country's policies and those Germans who were Nazis
I love Electronic Intifada! I get to see content from them that I usually don't get to see elsewhere. Very informative (and dare I say uplifting) to see the resistance FIGHT BACK even under their present circumstances!
Israel isn't fighting a war, not by any definition I'm familiar with. It targets and assassinates people who cannot escape. Everyone is a target. It uses tech to find and kill entire families. It seeks out anything that might be good and needful for the Palestinians to survive. It leans on politicians and journalists to "report" only what it approves. It has killed more than 200 journalists in Gaza. It demands curtailment of free speech not only on campuses but also wants everyone silenced. Breaking the silence is what Israel is most afraid of.
The only hope lies in breaking through the lies with news and videos and pictures of what it is doing so that no one can claim ignorance.
Greta is in great danger if she goes ahead with this. Her life means nothing to Israel. It doesn't worry about repercussions as it controls all narratives.
Israhell does not control the narrative. The world condemns them along with the USA for these war crimes. The ICJ has called this a genocide. Most of the world is not buying zio products anymore. Everyone sees them for the real monsters they are. The only thing they control is the mortal lives of Palestinians. Israel is done.
It controls the narrative here in America and it is America that supplies the weapons. Sure, there are cracks in that, but they have not affected the politicians in Washington, DC.
I'm glad to see pushback and condemnation from other countries. I'm glad to read the ICJ ruling but until the narrative shifts HERE the genocide will continue unabated.
One way is to primary the incumbent blockheads so they really have to worry about their tenures. Write Trump to focus on the possible damage this genocide is doing to his worldwide reputation and affecting those he feels are loyal to him. Impose a conditional ban on shipments of military aid to Israel unless they back off from the continuous violence . Threaten AIPAC and other Israeli pressure groups with investigations into their accountability to the sovereignty of the US . Trump really cares on how he’s perceived by the world , and if this obsession can be magnified by intensity of world opinion , he may consider a policy change toward Israel .
This is disgusting and chilling. This overt targeted assassination of activists must be condemned. Thank you for highlighting this. This needs to be publicly acknowledged and pronounced on all available platforms.
Israel is a terrorist nation , and the statements by Netanyahu’s henchman attest to that! They make no bones about their goal,of annihilating all Palestinians. Their statements are every bit as fascist as any Nazi statements were about annihilating the Jews. You would only need to change a few names ! It’s utterly disgusting!
As someone who has disagreed with *some* of what Greta has said in the past, I thoroughly condemn any insinuations of harm or implied assassination attempts, and I actually wish her success in getting much needed aid to the Palestinians. Regardless of how I feel about someone politically, you have to be a complete douchebag to want someone dead that wants to help those impoverished. Lindsay Graham kissing the zionist ring as a perpetual warmonger!
guess there are a lot of douchebags in the world. Most living in the USA and Israel right now.
Oh Susan. In this deplorable thoroughly disgusting and enraging situation, thank you for giving me an unexpected authentic chuckle. Without detracting from any smidgeon of hideousness. That put a few badly needed positive "chemicals" into my system. Those rarities are survival rations.
And wherever the fuck you’re from. Moron
obviously. just as there are whereever the fuck you are from cutie pie.
Oh thank you so much 😊, you know just what to say to stroke my ego. You are so sweet 🥲
Good to see how badly Lindsay got ratio’s for his tweet. Twice as many were against him.
Sickening excuse for a human being.
He does not care.
They have some good dirt on Graham and he is jumping through the hoops
They may have but he is a thoroughly disgraceful old fart!
Guaranteed they have Epstein videos of Graham with Ukronazi rent-boys 😉
Who? Auntie Lindsay? Perish the thought. I am absolutely positive they've never found him in a compromised position with a teenage escort.
Where can we post to make a difference?
My posts on the genocide of Palestinians to my Facebook page gets removed and I get a reproval message to re-educate me! Anything put on X brings our disgusting posts from pro-israeli murderers. Some have found their way into substance.
At 85 and riddled with osteo arthritis, it's hard to join street protests, much as I want to, so I join in here and anywhere that allows posts. My latest try is not using names properly.
Also have monthly donations to food and aid for Gazans but don't know if they can get it in, but will continue in hope they will get it soon.
It is so distressing not to be able to do what I wish I could. It won't stop me from posting, though. This is a terrific community. Thank you.
❤️ I empathize with you, Davina, and share many of your same concerns. 🙏
Thank you.
Our weak governments, scared octheir own shadows do not realise that decent people are turning against them and they will be ousted faster than they got in to government.
>>"do not realise that decent people are turning against them..."
I would say the EXACT opposite. The Governments (and TPTB) realize all too well (and have known for quite a while) exactly what they are doing. Hence the increase in intensity in police brutality, suppression of protests, increased surveillance, doxxing, legal retribution, attempting to kick people that disagree with their views out of the country, immigration crackdowns, and so much more...
>>"they will be ousted faster than they got in to government."
Not only do I think that that will NOT be the case, but does it really matter who is kicked out of Govt.? They will simply be replaced by others and CONTINUE to do what they have always been doing - representing the interests of TPTB and maintaining the status quo.
I think our governments do realize that decent people are turning against them and I don't think they care. Voting has never been a substitute for revolution anyway. No matter how they try to brainwash us, voting is not our way out of anything at all. They might get ousted, but others who think exactly the same way will get voted in. As long as they can keep up their bank accounts, governance of the people of wherever they are governing are of little concern to them.
Sending you a lot of appreciation for doing what you can. As for donations, try finding organizations on the ground in Gaza or actual Gazan people campaigns. There is some food in the markets, but it is so expensive. Once they let aid in, we can donate to international organizations.
I hope this helps.
Thank you, so much. I will find someone, it must be unbearable not find food for your children. Israel must be the cruellest people on earth.
There is the Sameer Project that like to follow, but there are other local on the ground initiatives. Best of luck.
Thank you, I appreciate the information, I'll look into that. 🇪🇭
I put a longer comment with more details elsewhere, but it seems to be relevant to your question. There's a new hunger strike action from CUNY. Eight students, staff, and faculty from across the City University of New York system started an indefinite hunger strike on Tuesday, May 27th.
They are using the hunger strike to raise funds “to send urgent funds to people in Gaza for food and other needed materials.”
https://chuffed.org/project/131840-cuny-hunger-strike-fundraiser-for-gaza
Thank you, that's a wonderful way to show support for starving people... and to raise funds. I wish them great success, super fast (pun unintended).
Let’s please share this post everywhere possible —to the absolute maximum.
No offense meant, but did you just wake up now? And do you really think any of the 'performative actions' that you suggest above will mean much or make any difference when ALL LINES have been crossed?
Maybe you mean well, but what the hell is "The Hague Group needs to issue a statement. Including a petition the South African government." going to do for the Palestinians (and Gazans) currently? Just more BULLSHIT PR and appearing to virtue signal by all these 'entities' that should issue statements and petitions?
Hague at least issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, but every pro-genocide country (USA, Hungary, Brussels itself, to name a few) refused to arrest the bastard.
Any ICC or ICJ arrest warrants for Western leaders are toothless (not to mention unenforceable). The systems/organizations that you mention were created to PROTECT the interests of the Western hegemons and capitalists. If you haven't realized that yet, then I'm afraid you're still thinking with the gaslighted narratives of TPTB.
Unenforceable as the western countries are complicit in the genocide, and therefore won't enact the ICC's arrest warrants. A sad day, but the ICC have exposed how many nations explicitly stand with genocide when it comes down to the wire. Changed my opinion on Orban to one where I despise the man.
Sociopaths care nothing for condemnations.
Rather, they say "Yeah, we killed her. What are you going to do about it?"
The Freedom Flotilla needs protection from zionist drone attacks on their ships. The aid MUST be delivered!
Israel has been assassinating people since 1948, why would they view "celebrities" any differently? Goyim are goyim.
We are ruled by criminals.
I believe what we are seeing goes beyond criminality. Imagine WW2 Germany being supported by the rest of the western nations. This is my definition of evil.
So, about Henry Ford being given a medal by Hitler and the US praising Nazi Germany...
He was but one of many, many American Nazis..remember the German-American Bund? The Madison Square Gardens seig-heil fest?
Germany couldn't have enacted the Holocaust without using the IBM punch-card technology (that was knowingly provided through German subsidiaries such as Hohenzollern) to count, classify, track, ship and exterminate the Jews, Roma, homosexuals, disabled and other groups that were victimized.
Very true!
It is imperative that the global working class unite, dismantle capitalism, invest the working class with all power and authority, and put the ruling class criminals responsible for these disasters on trial.
>>"It is imperative that the global ruling class unite, dismantle capitalism, invest the working class with all power and authority, and put the criminals responsible for these disasters on trial."
What reality are you living in, I really wonder...🤔 where you expect the people that have the MOST to gain by all this to stop their OWN behaviors and actions? You must be high for making such a statement, that is the only possibility I can come up with.
Dear CC:
Every so often, someone says something that seems completely out of character.
When that happens, it’s always a good idea to explore what is happening.
In my case, it’s been plenty. I’m guessing ai set down my device just long enough to lose my place.
I trust the edit I proceed to make will clarify my perspective.
Thank you for bringing this error to my attention.
Yes, I was wondering why you worded your original comment the way you did, because I've liked many of your comments and they have made sense to me before. 🙂
Much going this weekend. A daughter dislocated a shoulder twice, etc. people coming and going.
I’m sure I was interrupted somewhere in the process, didn’t read carefully, and picked up mid sentence.
Stuff always happened in life. The important thing is that we work together carefully to discover intention. Take care!
PS: daughter doing better.
I understand. No issues. Take care (of yourself and your daughter) and hope things get back to normal soon.
"It is imperative that the global working class unite, dismantle capitalism, invest the working class with all power and authority, and put the ruling class criminals responsible for these disasters on trial."
At the national level, that's been tried many times before. Please, tell us which nirvanas have resulted.
Note, I have nothing against the idea, and once supported it. But I now understand it fails not solely from outside forces, but because in numerous ways it conflicts with human nature and its distribution within societies. It's long past time now to think smarter.
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Yes, but the real problem is one, that they are psychopaths/sociopaths, and two, that we can barely identify them before they act, much less do anything about containing them.
The Arab populations of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, UAE, Qatar, Syria could help the Palestinians by not kissing Trump's Big Ass.
As someone who who speaks with friends in Gaza daily, I can tell you they feel utterly abandoned by Arab nations. They expect this from the West, but it seems to be extra painful to be slighted by those countries they’re surrounded by.
Not sure why this surprises anyone? The rulers of the various Arab states crave American carrot and fear American stick.
The transition away from burning petroleum and natural gas will reduce the size of the American carrot.
The tension over Kashmir is also spurring more cooperation between Iran and Pakistan, so we'll see how that plays out across west asia with Egypt, Lebanon, Kurdistan, and occupied Syria.
Very ambitious, Charles. There once was a time that the Arab populations could have done this as a group, but it was long time ago. Since then things have changed, One example; Saudi Arabia as the biggest purchaser of US weaponry (profit for the US, ongoing) and all the others mentioned controlled in varying degrees, one way or another.
They could have been a powerful bloc but obviously the historic and geographic allegiances were not strong enough to overcome the US dollar and the graft and corruption that this brings to the world.
However, for International trading, there is an alternative called BRICS. The current status..........
Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, UAE, Indonesia.
First discussed in 2009 but expanding far too slowly.
Come on, world. Time to change the International trading arrangements forever.
Too many nations straddle the fence between the Anglo-Zionist hegemon and the BRICs believing in cutting a deal with the Trump slave master to save their ass. The love of pleasure and the fear of pain as Adam Smith knew expressed in his Theory of the Moral Sentiments.
It's how the Empire controls humanity.
🎯🎯 Well said Charles Leone!
>>"However, for International trading, there is an alternative called BRICS."
I would hate to pour acid on your illusions of BRICS, C33, but it needs to be done - The BRICS are another Capitalist trading block that ALSO resorts to much of the same methods as the Western alliance does - exploitation, oppression, etc. for profits.
It's ONE Capitalist trading block against ANOTHER Capitalist trading block (like Microsoft vs. Apple, or Google vs. Facebook, etc. - you get the idea).
Too many 'independent media' personalities have been hyping up BRICS and misleading viewers and opponents of the U.S. Empire alike.
I recommend watching the following EXCELLENT videos on the subject ->
(1) India: BRICS’ Weak Link? Kashmir Occupation, Israel & West Ties w/ Sana Saeed (MintPress News) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqQ4Kl1KcIo]
(2) Prabhat Patnaik: Is BRICS the FUTURE of Global Economy? (India & Global Left) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZvGl7lWl2s]
(3) Are the BRICS an alternative to US imperialism? With Yassamine Mather (Labour Left Alliance) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7LpMFeNUck]
(4) And this one is my FAVORITE -> BRICS: The End of US Global Dominance? (India & Global Left) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ605CKPG-o] -> "In this in-depth conversation, leading economists Prabhat Patnaik and Richard Wolff explore whether the BRICS alliance (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) offers a viable alternative to Western hegemony and neoliberal globalization." An absolute MUST WATCH!
Folks should really watch # 4. Wolff makes it so clear in his opening. BRICS challenges the G7, European and US Hegemony, but NOT the structure of the employer-employee relationship defining Capitalism. If that doesn't change, all the planet has is a new Massa and denuder of the Biosphere.
YES! That's what I'm talking about Vin. Too many people are misled by mainstream and independent journalists (each having their own biases) to objectively analyze the geopolitics and systems of capitalism (in all its varied forms) competing against each other in their own ways.
The 'working people' of the world are NOT going to be the beneficiaries of such 'capitalist trading blocks'. It's more like a battle of the 1% from some regions/nations with the 1% from other regions/nations.
I watched it some weeks ago and found it extremely interesting. However, it struck me that the relationship he describes is likely the natural outcome of primate dominance hierarchies present in humans by instinct and genetics, and that attempting to remove it would be working against human nature. The latter has generally not proved to be a good idea.
"likely the natural outcome of primate dominance hierarchies present in humans by instinct and genetics".
And conceding that primates experience such hierarchies -- and as a molecular biologist who thinks the molecular evidence is oversold I probably give its effect less influence over our behavior than you -- we should just concede to those hierarchies nonetheless? -- Why?
Because we're just slightly -- imperceptibly -- evolved sociologically beyond our primate forebears? If so, then what's the point of any of this; genetic determinism. I know enough about the vagaries and nondeterministic behaviors possible from complex systems that I'd rather go elsewhere for my determinism.
Biologically and Socially we're close to the matriarchal baboons than anything else, and according to archeological studies of 'pre-history' homo-sapien communities the current mostly-patriarchal system is an abnormality for the roughly 12-20,000 years of human history.
Certainly. Lenin urged all Marxists to fight against imperialism at home. However - this is my personal opinion - better more blocks (albeit capitalist) - rather than one that dominates the world.
Yes, I am against Western Imperialism (and all other forms of imperialism). I am also against Western hegemony (and hegemony by other parties).
So I definitely AGREE with you that something like BRICS is NEEDED in some contexts, though it is far from the solution needed in other MORE important contexts (IMO).
From the perspective of a biologist defending the Biosphere, I must add a note of caution, Tony. Capitalist engines competing to denude the planet. And yeah, I know I'm being hyperbolic. But it's a reaction to their inability to mimic natural systems in establishing feedback controls on consumption and un-recyclable waste generation (in truth, natural systems generating no un-recyclable waste). See anyone doing anything about the nanoplastics inside your cells? Have any info about whether they'll, for example, alter the fully functional longevity of your cerebral neurons? Yeah, me neither. I see more Capitalist engines as a crapshoot.
It's happening.
BRICs is but a glorified dorm room bull session.
Increasingly sounds like NATO
>>"...could help..."
But they won't (i.e. extremely small probability). Do you not think that they have advantages and gains to be had by normalizing with Israel and the U.S. Empire? A history of the Abraham Accords should deprive you of such illusions.
They damn well should because if they don't they will be next in the greater israhell spread, and we all know by now what that means. Not just the land but the oil fields and slavery by the Satan worshipers.
Meanwhile Israel lures in starving Palestinians with false offers of food aid, and then shoots the people who turn up. I wrote an article on it and I would link here but I find Substack is a bit off about cross-posting Substack article content.
Here's the link to your article -> https://thedailybeagle.substack.com/p/pure-evil-israel-baits-starving-palestinians
Thank you!
I hope Lindsay Graham owns enough Bibles to fend off all the horrifically negative energy coming at him and his Zionazis from anyone sane. I hope that any illness or other malfeasance you wish on anyone else rebounds back at you triple, Lindsay. And you can blame it on your retributive god if you like, you Christianized Fascist.
As a homosexual, Graham should know better.
When the Revolution begins, I got dibs on Lady Lindsay. Do not anyone DARE deprive me of this satisfaction!
Sadly, actual Revolution seems the only route to any hope of eventual sanity. Those votes which are not suppressed don't count for very much; political parties are bought and paid for by war profiteering, money laundering, polluting corporations and top-down are run by their lackeys. Corporatists and faux liberals cry "terrorist" at any Hamas or Luigi while their own deadly ongoing machinations involving millions of victims are considered the normal business of capitalism and reputed democracies.
Hi MF
I believe it’s the ONLY route. We cannot allow these psychopaths to continue on their destructive paths. Real, actual human beings need to take this country back, if it’s not already too late.
No argument there. But revolutions are immensely tragic, and only won if the military comes around politically.
MF,
We cannot be afraid to die. Many will. It would certainly help to have the military on our side; I believe that any further declarations of war would do it.
The Vietnam War, which fittingly the Vietnamese call the American War, soured me forever on this country, since it never learned the lesson for good. America is a bully, and now we have a bully President with his bully cronies in charge. Doubtless some of their minions are monitoring this site.
All wars since the year 1939 have been very profitable for US private corporations in the military industrial defense complex. That includes all of the US automotive and aircraft manufacturers, plus many more that many folks would never consider to be defense contractors.
Food Machinery Corporation (FMC) has always fascinated me because its name is so incongruous with its military contracts including the obscure design and manufacture of naval gun turret drive mechanisms. Also, there are companies such as the Cadillac Gage company that originally designed and manufactured measuring instruments for the automotive industry morphed into a huge manufacturer of machine guns and heavy duty mobile weapons systems. Several years ago, I saw a pair of WWII-Era binoculars that were manufactured for the US military by Square D corporation -- an electrical components manufacturer. The Singer sewing machine company was another defense contractor that might surprise some people.
Practically every machine shop in the metropolitan Detroit and metropolitan Chicago areas were temporary defense contractors during WWII. After the end of WWII many of those were absorbed into permanent weapons manufacturers.
Hi MF
Even though we weren’t yet born it goes back sooooo much further; the decimation of our Native populace, and the unspeakable horror of slavery.
This country always has and always will be an abomination.
Again, agree to your first statement. But Americans love war, especially from their armchairs. If there is a new draft, resistance is certain.
Right, '33. I've said before that people will have to put their lives on the line, in the literal sense, at some point.
By the way, apropos Arsen Ostrovski, alleged 'think' tanker. Is he just Arsen about, or did he deliberately leave the 'IC' off the end of his name as he pursues his poisonous ways.
I'm not afraid to die: far worse to die uselessly, or ignorantly.
AGREE 100% MF!
The geopolitics are truly frightening now, with resurgent Russia and China ever closer to meeting the USA in aggressiveness. And, in military parity. There's no safe bet on what happens if the PRC blockades or invades Taiwan, but it's hardly likely that USA will be savoring any victory. A defeat or stalemate might tip domestic politics either way.
I don’t agree at all about China being aggressive. They aren’t a warmongering country, as they haven’t been in a war since the 70’s. The US is forcing their hand, though. It’s a desperate attempt to keep US and Western European hegemony. They are willing to blow up the world to keep it.
The only revolution that would take the power away from our controllers (who have full energy, health and food dominance) is one involving renewables, plant based diets and communities looking after each other.
This would also go some way to avoid the worst of climate change but billions are still going to suffer the effects of agricultural failures and mass migrations.
I'm all for down-up movements, which once or twice have worked in a sic democratic society. But as Lenin and Bonaparte recognized, gotta have the military front and center in your square for anything resembling revolution.
We will never let them forget that we know. We know that the ruling class is committing a live-streamed genocide. We may not be organised enough yet to stop them. But we will hold them to account. There is no statute of limitations on crimes against humanity.
This is such an important point.
"You can negotiate an end to a war, but you can’t negotiate an end to a genocide. Israel has openly declared that the killing will continue until there are no more Palestinians left in Gaza — either by death or by ethnic cleansing. Israel wants to eliminate all Palestinians from Gaza more than it wants the remaining hostages. It wants to eliminate all Palestinians from Gaza more than it wants peace. Hamas has nothing to offer Israel that it wants more than it wants to purge Palestinians from a Palestinian territory."
And I love how people supported Greenwald. Syria -- unbelievable that the west has removed sanctions with this bunch just because it backs the west.
And I often wonder how stupid that class of people thinks we are to believe that objecting to genocide is anti-semitic. I'm so glad people are still outraged, and I want to see this stopped.
Whatever the outcome, those in power have lost all credibility and validity to govern the rest of us.
They have lost all credibility. But the voters keep them in power.
Are you sure? There's a video online somewhere that shows a bunch of 11 year olds at computer camp having a race who can hack into an electronic voting machine the fastest. it's really that easy to mess with the results and install whoever you want into office.
I think it's entirely possible that Musk et al did that in the swing states last November. Drumpf has alluded to it. I would hate for that be true. How can we trust these cons?
>>"it's really that easy to mess with the results and install whoever you want into office."
No its not TRC. I hope you're not falling for such narratives (and possible conspiracy theories).
If you can hack a computer or a smartphone, why can't you hack a voting machine?
Just watch a few of these videos: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hacking+voting+machine
TRC, not to pull rank or anything of the sort, but I am a Software Engineer, Data Analyst, and a Computer Science researcher.
I understand the technology. And I understand narratives. And I understand the GAP between the two. And I also understand 'how little media understands' about these topics, and how little non-tech people understand about many of the technologies invloved (including AI).
That is WHY it is SO EASY for 'tech people like tech-bros, etc.' to GASLIGHT ordinary people with their narratives. And I would NEVER believe mainstream (or independent) media without due diligence on my part and skeptical thinking.
So, voting machines can't be hacked is what you're saying? I guess when a the box with the already marked voting slips goes missing, that doesn't affect the outcome of a race, either?
A side note about Syria -- the countries now known as Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia,Turkey, India, Pakistan and possibly more, were creations of the British Empire with some collusion with the French and American ones, all within the past 100 years or so. The divisions in the Middle East and North Africa were largely about controlling access to the petroleum and gas fields therein.
As the world inevitably will transition away from the extraction and burning of fossil fuels, the Middle East will become less economically significant to the Western Empires.
"Syria -- unbelievable that the west has removed sanctions with this bunch just because it backs the west."
Does not surprise me in the least. If the West did anything else, that would surprise me.
Tl;Dr Thunberg is no longer useful to the Empire.
Anyway, the point is to demonstrate that Israel and its American sponsor can commit any crime they wish with total impunity.
And nobody will do a thing about it.
As I have posted before here "One empire, under surveillance, with deceit and oppression for all!" Until . . . . .
I agree with your first point, but I utterly reject any inclinations to demoralisation on the second or third. Humans have shown they can act *if* they want to, we just need to find the bloody on-switch.
Good luck, and I say that without a hint of snark.
CJ>>"Israel has openly declared that the killing will continue until there are no more Palestinians left in Gaza — either by death or by ethnic cleansing."
Caitlin - as difficult as it is to admit (and even harder to imagine), the Gaza (and Palestine) Genocide seem to be the 'opening salvo' to a CHANGED WORLD - a more dystopian future, a more immoral (and amoral) DARK AGE that has come upon us.
Too many people (all over the world) are STILL ASLEEP, thinking that TPTB won't come for them. But they ARE coming...it is only a matter of time. As 'end-stage capitalism' nears, the TPTB will become more desperate to maintain their STATUS QUO - hence the oppression, exploitation, repression, police state, surveillance, murder (of any living organism standing in their way), ethnic cleansing, genocide, and MUCH WORSE (you're probably wondering what can be worse, right?) is going to reach higher levels of intensity than at present...
I don't say the above to sound pessimistic or defeatist - NOT IN THE LEAST - I say this because WE, THE PEOPLE, need to WAKE THE FUCK UP ASAP, unite, organize, build solidarity with people we wouldn't have considered to be allies with before. IMHO, I feel that it is THE ONLY WAY that we might be able to keep humanity (and the planet with all its species) alive and prepared for an uncertain future...
My suggestion to wake those who still have their heads in the sand, is to recommend the following trailer for this Black Mirror episode, and then tell them to watch the episode if they have access to Netflix, so they will know what is coming if they don’t get off the couch and out of the culture war bubble.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xejjA2AFO5I
Good idea! Though, I question if that will work. The indoctrination seems to be too deeply ingrained into the psyche. The systems we have are ALL designed to perpetuate the injust status quo and system of capitalism that puts TPTB on the top of the human hierarchy with everyone else below. Here's one depiction -> (https://images.app.goo.gl/qSHLnHhxvwgt6U3W6)
The 'Black Mirror' Netflex series may just predict MANY things about our future and what is to come. People still seem to be in a slumber too deep to realize that this FUTURE depicted in the series may not be an illusion afterall, but a prescient assessment of things yet to come...
Black Mirror is a terrifying series with its realness - any one of those scenarios could really happen. I can't say I "enjoy" the series and I'm not even sure I'm glad I watched it (especially the first episode, eww I almost couldn't watch any more) but I think it serves as an important warning to people to wake the f up. Of course, since the genocide began, no series or movie will ever scare me again like the hell that Palestinian people are living in right now.
Yes, Hollywood (or Bollywood or whatever wood) is no longer able to compare/compete with REALITY - the reality is orders of magnitude WORSE than anything the entertainment industries could churn out (IMHO).
Best ‘you are here’ graphic ever. You’re right about the system known as capitalism. We move on to something else, or continue to circle the drain.
“Someone once said that it is easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism. We can now revise that and witness the attempt to imagine capitalism by way of imagining the end of the world.” – Frederic Jameson
Fantastic quote by Frederic Jameson! Thank you!
What in the world?? If they try to do it, that will be the last nail in their coffin!! The world will not tolerate anymore. It will grow the resistance. Even if it is attempted and sold as an “accident” - the world will not buy the lie.
Watch them try to spin the narrative on a direct attack on Greta's flotilla craft as anti-semitism... They'll do it. We've gotta keep refuting them.
Of course they will BUT there will be an outcry.
>>"If they try to do it, that will be the last nail in their coffin!! The world will not tolerate anymore."
Wouldn't that be a good thing if "the world will not tolerate it anymore"?
Unfortunately, as someone that has been observing this Genocide closely (and has tried to read-up on as much of Palestine-Israel history as time permits), I believe the world would not only 'tolerate' it, but seems to be able to tolerate a lot more and a lot worse...(just my observation and opinion).
It seems like every day, some right winger says something outrageous (so and so should be assassinated, more death, destruction, and genocide for Gaza, etc..) and yet there is never a political price to be paid. It just normalizes the rhetoric and makes it even easier for someone to say something even more reprehensible the next time.
Meanwhile, on the left, you bad mouth Israel and advocate for peace and justice, and you get called an anti-semite and the Zionists make sure you get cancelled.
Some time ago, I read the following motto on the bridge of a ship: "Deeds, not words." That motto should be the motto of every institution and politician who claims to want to stop the genocide.
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Best long-form writing I have read on Gaza as of late, about the man who threw a stick.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/30/but-hamas/
That is excellent. CP puts out some great articles.
Here’s another one.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/05/30/when-the-dead-speak-and-the-living-refuse-to-listen/
This touched the core of me.
Yep. St. Clair’s weekly Roaming Charges articles are also stellar.
Agree about CP.
Thank you for the link, Tom High - looks interesting.
Whenever an Israeli is attacked or wounded or kilked I rejoice in the same way that I would rejoice if a Nazi were attacked. For me there is no separation between an Israeli supporter of his country's policies and those Germans who were Nazis
Imagine if Germany got America to cancel free speech during the holocaust. Or America made it illegal to criticize Germany or the Nazis.
That’s basically what we have now. The genociders shutting down criticism of their genocide.
What a silly timeline.
👏 Well said and poignantly expressed Sam!
Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/E2gcED0iGs4
I love Electronic Intifada! I get to see content from them that I usually don't get to see elsewhere. Very informative (and dare I say uplifting) to see the resistance FIGHT BACK even under their present circumstances!
Thank you Darren, I DID enjoy it! 😁
Israel isn't fighting a war, not by any definition I'm familiar with. It targets and assassinates people who cannot escape. Everyone is a target. It uses tech to find and kill entire families. It seeks out anything that might be good and needful for the Palestinians to survive. It leans on politicians and journalists to "report" only what it approves. It has killed more than 200 journalists in Gaza. It demands curtailment of free speech not only on campuses but also wants everyone silenced. Breaking the silence is what Israel is most afraid of.
The only hope lies in breaking through the lies with news and videos and pictures of what it is doing so that no one can claim ignorance.
Greta is in great danger if she goes ahead with this. Her life means nothing to Israel. It doesn't worry about repercussions as it controls all narratives.
Israhell does not control the narrative. The world condemns them along with the USA for these war crimes. The ICJ has called this a genocide. Most of the world is not buying zio products anymore. Everyone sees them for the real monsters they are. The only thing they control is the mortal lives of Palestinians. Israel is done.
It controls the narrative here in America and it is America that supplies the weapons. Sure, there are cracks in that, but they have not affected the politicians in Washington, DC.
I'm glad to see pushback and condemnation from other countries. I'm glad to read the ICJ ruling but until the narrative shifts HERE the genocide will continue unabated.
One way is to primary the incumbent blockheads so they really have to worry about their tenures. Write Trump to focus on the possible damage this genocide is doing to his worldwide reputation and affecting those he feels are loyal to him. Impose a conditional ban on shipments of military aid to Israel unless they back off from the continuous violence . Threaten AIPAC and other Israeli pressure groups with investigations into their accountability to the sovereignty of the US . Trump really cares on how he’s perceived by the world , and if this obsession can be magnified by intensity of world opinion , he may consider a policy change toward Israel .
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>>"Most of the world is not buying zio products anymore."
I would beg to disagree with you on that.