I feel like a lot of us who were leftists before bernie have always understood that being pro Palestine is an essential part of being a leftist. A lot of younger "leftists" have never really had to wrestle with this issue before and are falling for the bullshit
All of us who were critical of Sanders' lack of anti imperialism were told to shut up because it would turn off these new budding "leftists". If you're trying to build a leftist movement in the Belly of the Imperial Beast and all you're doing is fighting for a more equal distribution of imperial plunder, you're not creating leftists, you're creating Succdem Imperialists.
Imagine knowing literally nothing about the topic and suddenly a major world event happens and you believe the first pro israel infographic/tweet you see on instagram because it's clothed in 'woke' language.
Spread Finkelstein's Gaza. When I was first wanted to learn more about the conflict, I'd feel so overwhelmed due to ongoing nature of the conflict and the lack of truly objective sources writing about years and years of history.
People on any part of the political spectrum who want to learn more about the conflict simply don't know who to trust. They don't want to talk out of their ass when discussing the topic. So you give them Finkelstein who gives a strong historical overview of the conflict.
I feel like a lot of us who were leftists before bernie have always understood that being pro Palestine is an essential part of being a leftist. A lot of younger "leftists" have never really had to wrestle with this issue before and are falling for the bullshit
All of us who were critical of Sanders' lack of anti imperialism were told to shut up because it would turn off these new budding "leftists". If you're trying to build a leftist movement in the Belly of the Imperial Beast and all you're doing is fighting for a more equal distribution of imperial plunder, you're not creating leftists, you're creating Succdem Imperialists.
OMG if I could give you a thousand more upvotes I would.
leftism is when you loot the third world so the imperial core can have universal health care
Marching outside wall street with a sign reading:
"SHARE THE 3RD WORLD'S SURPLUS VALUE WITH ME!"
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The word "terrorist" seem to be a major factor in doing this. People are extremely easy to turn against anything labelled as terrorism.
Remind them that Nelson Mandela's org was called a terrorist irg and placed on official terrorist org lists.
Libs actually don't know this and get pissed about comparisons to Mandela. They think he was Gandhi or something.
Gandhi really was the perfect liberal sheepdog for the Brits, wasn't he?
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If the US calls you a terrorist it means you're cool, if Parenti or leftists call you a terrorist, you have US funding.
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Nope. If the PRC does it, they don't care.
It hasn't. Most college-aged people I know refer to Israel as terrorists regularly. Is it more of a US/EU thing?
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Israel is to Judaism what Ghislaine Maxwell is to Believe all Women
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Thinking specifically of that account her brothers made actually doing this.
I can't imagine any sort of activist position that didn't include Palestinian solidarity.
Imagine knowing literally nothing about the topic and suddenly a major world event happens and you believe the first pro israel infographic/tweet you see on instagram because it's clothed in 'woke' language.
This is precisely why it's so important to combat propoganda.
If I could give you a hundred more upvotes I would.
Spread Finkelstein's Gaza. When I was first wanted to learn more about the conflict, I'd feel so overwhelmed due to ongoing nature of the conflict and the lack of truly objective sources writing about years and years of history.
People on any part of the political spectrum who want to learn more about the conflict simply don't know who to trust. They don't want to talk out of their ass when discussing the topic. So you give them Finkelstein who gives a strong historical overview of the conflict.
This is pretty good for a quick link drop
I can, man. I was a dumb lib kid not that long ago.
i saw one getting reposted that was literally like framing the whole conflict as just antisemites versus Israel. really disgusting
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