But if your hatred/ disgust of those countries moves you to oppose the people of #Iran while they are mass murdered by theocratic #authoritarianism, fuck you too
You are not on the left if you don't understand that
@benroyce Guy who lashes out with tribalism accusations who is too chickenshit to distance himself from the #antizionist hate mob, which outright supports Iran btw, is kind of a funny motif. Thanks for that, #GenocideLibeler.
The #antizionist gaze is truly something to behold. See image.
The way #antizionism reflexively guards itself against falsification is remarkable. Your typical antizionist will constantly invent new rules and standards for why no one must be allowed to criticize the things they say (with cult fervor and quasi religious dogmatism) which just goes to show one thing as clearly as possible:
Antizionists are afraid of you criticizing their hate movement.
One thing I'll say for that #Nazi rally in front of #parliament house - the utter cunts were #arrogant and #stupid enough to go without masks this time, and now, one by one, they are being #identified and #ostracised. #Jobs are being lost, #relationships destroyed, and one guy has just been #deported. You just. You love to fucking see it. Eat shit, #Nazis. Sorry to your family members.
On 13 October, Tommy Robinson and his entourage of far-right, racist meatheads descended on London for his trial. The event has turned into something of a circus, with Robinson getting into heated rows with journalists and revealing that Elon Musk bank rolled his defence. ...
1/5 None of these papers of record can uncover any proof of Hamas affiliation. "Israel says" is not proof of anything or journalism in any sense. Papers have great taglines - "democracy dies in darkness" and "all the news that's fit to print" - but are content to leave us in the dark...
NYT headline
What to Know About Al Jazeera, the Broadcaster Targeted by Israel
Al Jazeera, five of whose reporters the broadcaster said were killed by an Israeli strike, has angered governments across the region that claim it gives a voice to terrorists. The outlet denies that.
2/5 ...and print only what authoritarians want. Israel says this and Al-Jazeera denies it. So what? You'd think there would be some details, more of a story, more to hold power to account. Are there no facts or background we could mull over? Where are the journalists?
3/5 The role of newspapers was supposed to be "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable." Yeah, I know - capitalism, monopolies, etc. But where TF is that afflict-the-comfortable energy??
(And if they were involved in the resistance to occupation, apartheid and genocide...
4/5 ...I would argue, you should ask yourself -- SO WHAT??? Wouldn't you be resisting in their situation? Or would you just watch your land and life savings get confiscated and everyone you know murdererd and hand your family over to be raped and tortured like good obedient nonviolent captives?
5/5 If you do object to dying, they've got plans for a concentration camp in Antarctica waiting for you. But that is another issue. I am demanding proof and journalism and there is nothing but crickets and stenographers for those in power.)
A new and old pick:
📚Genocide Bad by Sim Kern
📚On Zionist Literature by Ghassan Kanafani
Contrary to logic/facts, why are the Democratic Party, US, and Labor Party like that on Palestine??
📚Except For Palestine by Marc Lamont Hill
📚To Stand With Palestine by Karam Dana
📚Weaponising Anti-Semitism: How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Jeremy Corbyn by Asa Winstanley
History:
📚The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé
📚The One Hundred Years War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi
Fiction helps us empathize, so:
📚Mornings In Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
📚Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
📚Minor Detail by Adana Shibli
📚Book of Disappearance by Ibtisan Azem
"A short documentary about the life of Yael Kahn, a Jewish Israeli pro-Palestine activist.
Yael was born in Israel to German parents who escaped Nazism in the 1940's. Upon learning about the Nakba and the ongoing colonisation of Palestine as a young woman, she became an activist and an outspoken advocate for the Palestinians. Her lifetime of activism has been relentless, to the point that she can no longer return to Israel as the state would imprison her. She tells us about the 1973 and 1982 wars, the first intifada and her ongoing activism since she moved to the UK. Earlier this year Yael was arrested for speaking out against the state of Israel and now faces charges for her activism which she will be fighting in the UK courts..."
“I realise it can make some #media outlets nervous, but what we're seeing here is #genocide” - #JamesSmith, an emergency doctor who has worked in #Gaza, says newborn babies dying of starvation is a 'deliberate policy' by #Israel.
Alot of #news and #videos pertaining to the ongoing atrocities in #Gaza are being shared on subs, but I think this belongs here so more people can see this.
My review in Storygraph of One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
The author weaves in his own experience as he, often through the lens of the Palestinian struggle against settler colonialism, discusses the failures of the American capitalist war machine and political system designed to grind us all down.
If you're conservative Republican, maybe you'll enjoy the critiques of liberals. If you're a Democrat, this could unmoor you in the best way. If you're neither, idk -- everyone needs to read it. See if your moral compass holds up to scrutiny.
"I do not want to audition before the reader; I want to address the reader as if they are a guest in my living room. I should also mention that the tonal shifts throughout the book (lyricism to anaysis, sorrow, sarcasm, indignation, and vice versa) also reflect that intimacy and sovereignty of this kind of narration, which addresses the reader not as a judge but as a curious stranger or better yet a familiar visitor, without fear, jargon, or pretenses."
Tommy Robinson heading to Israel following Elon Musk-backed ‘terrorism’ trial ( www.thecanary.co )
On 13 October, Tommy Robinson and his entourage of far-right, racist meatheads descended on London for his trial. The event has turned into something of a circus, with Robinson getting into heated rows with journalists and revealing that Elon Musk bank rolled his defence. ...