Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): “Pay no attention to that genocide right in front of your face.” That’s the constant message we’re getting from the dominant institutions in this present-day dystopia. From our news media. From our political parties. From our government. From our mainstream culture of diversion and superficiality.
“Over 100 Australian lawyers referred Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to the International Criminal Court as an accomplice to the genocide in Gaza on the basis of his military, intelligence, and political support for the zionist entity under Article 15 of the Rome Statute.
Albanese is the first western leader to be referred to the ICC for being an "accessory to genocide." Australia has provided F-35 warplane parts and military intelligence to the zionist entity since October. Albanese also froze $6 million to UNRWA and deployed Australian military to the region without disclosing their location or role.”
I have started re-reading 1984 by George Orwell, having read it many years ago. It is frighteningly like what you describe in your article, Caitlin, and frighteningly like what we are all going through right now. Big Brother is even referred to as B.B. Remind you of anyone? Someone, somewhere said "the only thing worse than the world ending, is the world ending without a struggle". Let's all keep up the struggle. (and if anyone knows who said that, I would like to know. I can't find that quote online)
If 200 starving dogs were baited by food and then executed by china US and Western media would cover it to no end. Animal rights, animal cruelty Chinese dont value life like West, inscrutable eastern mindset unlike the modern western humane mindset which extends to even animals etc etc. But starving Muslims gathered for food and then executed not a word. Not a word from saudi from sisi from uae or from West.
The Zionist entity seems to think this strategy of 'MSM Information Blockade' will save them... however, the Info Blockade was broken long ago by Fair-minded people of Faith (& no Faith) willing, ready & able to make it known worldwide that Genocide & Ethnic Cleansing is happening LIVE as we speak... so this strategy is DOA. What remains is for Men of the Resistance on the Ground to Repel the Zionist invaders from their Lands using all Kinetic Means at their disposal.
Inshallah/God Willing, we shall see this Vile Apartheid entity meet its Ignoble end Soon!
Dear Caitlin: I'm not a wealthy person. I've managed to send a bit this month, and I will again in April. My failure to provide substantial support aside, please know that your work is vital, and keeps me, at least, somewhat oriented. Keep going. And thank you.
I got onto Substack close to October 7th, 2023, and the genocide Israel is committing against Gaza is all I can bring myself to write about.
It's appalling that our governments are sending money and weapons to Israel, and then pretending that they're made at Netanyahu.
Today I was thinking there's so much more to me than the genocide in Gaza, but I can't bring myself to write about anything else.
Thanks so much for posting this important article, Caitlin. It's so important that the constant discouragement to look at what's going on in Gaza is called out for what it is.
"And most are obeying this command. Society’s still puttering along like everything’s fine and normal. The shows, events, social engagements and small talk is all still happening in more or less the same way it was happening on October 6 2023. Attention is going everywhere but to the screaming, hemorrhaging elephant in the room."
Yes, insouciance is the order of the day. The United States is controlled by avaricious megalomaniacs. Yet, people want to avoid being bothered by facts.
This is all so so true, every day I think about people going about their lives like as if a genocide isn’t happening so much distraction, news that isn’t news and a stupid obsession with Trump.
Thank you....so much. Your writings remind me I am not alone in keeping focussed on this atrocity. Even as 'friends' quietly drop away or worse attack! It can feel lonely, but this abhorrent utterly psychotic and sociopathic behaviour is a massive NO! And needs to be non stopped screamed out loud in every way possible and at evey opportunity.
This could be the title of my memoirs for the past four months. Every day I share blog and article links, tweets, memes, march and protest photos to keep the struggle of the Palestinian people before myself and others. Some days it feels like I'm going uphill, but sometimes it seems to make a difference. We are growing in numbers in our daily protests. The propagandists haven't won. We're beating them. Remain defiant!
Some commentators are suggesting that Israel cannot long survive the storm they have unleashed. I hate to say this, I really do, but I hope that is true. I'll briefly explain.
Israel was never going to succeed, ultimately. It is a modern colony in an era when pretty much all colonies have failed. It is rather an abomination, and is actively displacing and destroying the indigenous people of Palestine.
Yes, I know they are hardly exterminating the people, but they are certainly destroying their homes and infrastructure. And along the way, they are killing tens of thousands of innocent people, and maiming untold numbers of others.
Israel once got a defacto pass because muh hitler. But they've crossed the Rubicon, and are now beyond the pale. They deserve to have their erstwhile state dismantled, and to be dispersed into the wind. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. So mote it be, I command Israel to cease to exist henceforth, and let it be dismantled starting now. Thus is my judgement before the world.
Loved the narrative... Although it may seem as if some of us are led to believe the official denials of the genocide occurring right in front of our noses, the unconscious rumbling in our heart is a sign that all is not well in our collective soul. How can we allow such an atrocity to occur in this day and age... how can we stare in the face of genocide and pretend it's something else, how can we let ourselves be led into the same darkness from which genocides are generated? The answer is much rawer, clearer and much more devastating that the silence suggests... It's the repeated murder of children that haunts our soul, and does so every day ... Something is very wrong with with our species....
Thanks, Caitlin. I recently found your page and read you regularly. I appreciate you continuing to call attention to this issue.
There are so many people putting their fingers in their ears, willfully defiant of reality, asserting quite vocally that there isn't a genocide because they don't believe it. That's their burden of proof: their own belief. It's a strange world in which such people live. There's a legal definition, but because they believe that the ICJ is biased, they don't believe the provisional ruling of "plausible genocide." Never mind that the definition can be matched to conditions on the ground.
But besides that, there are these other indicators of genocide that Israel is displaying that we can examine and make comparisons. Medhi Hasan, on Pod Save America, relayed that the pace of death in Gaza is the worst of any conflict since Rwanda. That's a clue.
As someone whose background is in social science, I can't turn away from what's going on. Gaza commands our attention. You and I have different styles, to be sure, but I am doing my best to uncover the sociological dimension of this genocide. Because Israel is doing _all_ of the things.
For one, it's fallen into reversal of morality, where their citizens think they're doing god's work by blocking aid trucks so as to starve Gazans. They think they're doing the highest good. They don't see how wretched and sadistic their actions are. That's how far Israeli society has descended. I wrote about it here: https://novapsyche.substack.com/p/israels-inversion-of-reality-linked
Thanks again for your keen eye and your acid tongue. We need more people willing to say what they see.
“Over 100 Australian lawyers referred Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to the International Criminal Court as an accomplice to the genocide in Gaza on the basis of his military, intelligence, and political support for the zionist entity under Article 15 of the Rome Statute.
Albanese is the first western leader to be referred to the ICC for being an "accessory to genocide." Australia has provided F-35 warplane parts and military intelligence to the zionist entity since October. Albanese also froze $6 million to UNRWA and deployed Australian military to the region without disclosing their location or role.”
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I have started re-reading 1984 by George Orwell, having read it many years ago. It is frighteningly like what you describe in your article, Caitlin, and frighteningly like what we are all going through right now. Big Brother is even referred to as B.B. Remind you of anyone? Someone, somewhere said "the only thing worse than the world ending, is the world ending without a struggle". Let's all keep up the struggle. (and if anyone knows who said that, I would like to know. I can't find that quote online)
If 200 starving dogs were baited by food and then executed by china US and Western media would cover it to no end. Animal rights, animal cruelty Chinese dont value life like West, inscrutable eastern mindset unlike the modern western humane mindset which extends to even animals etc etc. But starving Muslims gathered for food and then executed not a word. Not a word from saudi from sisi from uae or from West.
Never again means never mind
The Zionist entity seems to think this strategy of 'MSM Information Blockade' will save them... however, the Info Blockade was broken long ago by Fair-minded people of Faith (& no Faith) willing, ready & able to make it known worldwide that Genocide & Ethnic Cleansing is happening LIVE as we speak... so this strategy is DOA. What remains is for Men of the Resistance on the Ground to Repel the Zionist invaders from their Lands using all Kinetic Means at their disposal.
Inshallah/God Willing, we shall see this Vile Apartheid entity meet its Ignoble end Soon!
Dear Caitlin: I'm not a wealthy person. I've managed to send a bit this month, and I will again in April. My failure to provide substantial support aside, please know that your work is vital, and keeps me, at least, somewhat oriented. Keep going. And thank you.
So true.
I got onto Substack close to October 7th, 2023, and the genocide Israel is committing against Gaza is all I can bring myself to write about.
It's appalling that our governments are sending money and weapons to Israel, and then pretending that they're made at Netanyahu.
Today I was thinking there's so much more to me than the genocide in Gaza, but I can't bring myself to write about anything else.
Thanks so much for posting this important article, Caitlin. It's so important that the constant discouragement to look at what's going on in Gaza is called out for what it is.
"And most are obeying this command. Society’s still puttering along like everything’s fine and normal. The shows, events, social engagements and small talk is all still happening in more or less the same way it was happening on October 6 2023. Attention is going everywhere but to the screaming, hemorrhaging elephant in the room."
Yes, insouciance is the order of the day. The United States is controlled by avaricious megalomaniacs. Yet, people want to avoid being bothered by facts.
This is all so so true, every day I think about people going about their lives like as if a genocide isn’t happening so much distraction, news that isn’t news and a stupid obsession with Trump.
Great article
Thank you....so much. Your writings remind me I am not alone in keeping focussed on this atrocity. Even as 'friends' quietly drop away or worse attack! It can feel lonely, but this abhorrent utterly psychotic and sociopathic behaviour is a massive NO! And needs to be non stopped screamed out loud in every way possible and at evey opportunity.
"A daily act of defiance."
This could be the title of my memoirs for the past four months. Every day I share blog and article links, tweets, memes, march and protest photos to keep the struggle of the Palestinian people before myself and others. Some days it feels like I'm going uphill, but sometimes it seems to make a difference. We are growing in numbers in our daily protests. The propagandists haven't won. We're beating them. Remain defiant!
At a certain point a lack of empathy is not a moral issue but one of mental illness. Zionists aren’t just bad people, they are bad broken people.
Some commentators are suggesting that Israel cannot long survive the storm they have unleashed. I hate to say this, I really do, but I hope that is true. I'll briefly explain.
Israel was never going to succeed, ultimately. It is a modern colony in an era when pretty much all colonies have failed. It is rather an abomination, and is actively displacing and destroying the indigenous people of Palestine.
Yes, I know they are hardly exterminating the people, but they are certainly destroying their homes and infrastructure. And along the way, they are killing tens of thousands of innocent people, and maiming untold numbers of others.
Israel once got a defacto pass because muh hitler. But they've crossed the Rubicon, and are now beyond the pale. They deserve to have their erstwhile state dismantled, and to be dispersed into the wind. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. So mote it be, I command Israel to cease to exist henceforth, and let it be dismantled starting now. Thus is my judgement before the world.
Loved the narrative... Although it may seem as if some of us are led to believe the official denials of the genocide occurring right in front of our noses, the unconscious rumbling in our heart is a sign that all is not well in our collective soul. How can we allow such an atrocity to occur in this day and age... how can we stare in the face of genocide and pretend it's something else, how can we let ourselves be led into the same darkness from which genocides are generated? The answer is much rawer, clearer and much more devastating that the silence suggests... It's the repeated murder of children that haunts our soul, and does so every day ... Something is very wrong with with our species....
Thanks, Caitlin. I recently found your page and read you regularly. I appreciate you continuing to call attention to this issue.
There are so many people putting their fingers in their ears, willfully defiant of reality, asserting quite vocally that there isn't a genocide because they don't believe it. That's their burden of proof: their own belief. It's a strange world in which such people live. There's a legal definition, but because they believe that the ICJ is biased, they don't believe the provisional ruling of "plausible genocide." Never mind that the definition can be matched to conditions on the ground.
But besides that, there are these other indicators of genocide that Israel is displaying that we can examine and make comparisons. Medhi Hasan, on Pod Save America, relayed that the pace of death in Gaza is the worst of any conflict since Rwanda. That's a clue.
https://youtu.be/qqpnfimEMb8?si=0s2g5zwnTAb2kPRW&t=575
As someone whose background is in social science, I can't turn away from what's going on. Gaza commands our attention. You and I have different styles, to be sure, but I am doing my best to uncover the sociological dimension of this genocide. Because Israel is doing _all_ of the things.
For one, it's fallen into reversal of morality, where their citizens think they're doing god's work by blocking aid trucks so as to starve Gazans. They think they're doing the highest good. They don't see how wretched and sadistic their actions are. That's how far Israeli society has descended. I wrote about it here: https://novapsyche.substack.com/p/israels-inversion-of-reality-linked
Thanks again for your keen eye and your acid tongue. We need more people willing to say what they see.
And what of the rumored 8000 Palestinians held in Israeli jails?
I love you Caitlin. What would we do without you in the middle of all this madness ! You’re the only voice of sanity .