Tag: Palestinians

  • A Fiction of War

    To continue its genocide Israel must first convince the world that it is fighting a war. It targets civilians and claims they are “human shields” who have become collateral damage. It leaves Palestinians with no choices, demanding of them the impossible, and then claims that they are choosing war. Israel simulates war to commit genocide. […]

  • Plea in Defense of a Trade Unionist Facing Expulsion for Supporting Palestine

    For initiating a petition denouncing the French CGT Confederation’s stance on Palestine after October 7, Salah was defamed and expelled from the union. This troubling case, part of a global witch-hunt against supporters of Gaza, deserves some attention. Interventions and comments by Professor Bruno Drweski, who defended Salah L. during the proceedings for his permanent […]

  • Does Your Feminism Include Palestine?

    Women’s Marches are being planned across the country ahead of Election Day to “show the strength of our feminist movement.” However, curiously missing from the talking points around the strength of the feminist movement is the women of Palestine – who have endured the brutality of anti-feminist policies for decades under the illegal occupation by […]

  • Unraveling the Mystery of the Middle East Crisis

    There are other issues I would prefer to write about; all are affected by the Middle East crisis. Economics Economics is a “dismal science” that has a postulate ─ all money is debt. This postulate leads to the realization that the capitalist economy grows and survives with mounting debt and only the government can carry […]

  • Zionism Pursues Its Attempted Hold-up on Jews the World over

    The Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France (CRIF), French Zionist Consistory, and their members and allies called for a demonstration on Sunday 6 October in the following terms: “Next Sunday 6 October, with a group of Zionist institutions, community organizations and citizen groups, we are organizing a large scale demonstration at Paris; we will […]

  • One Year of Genocide, 100 Years of Colonization

    One Year of Genocide, 100 Years of Colonization

    Never in history has violence been initiated by the oppressed…There would be no oppressed had there been no prior situation of violence to establish their subjugation. Violence is initiated by those who oppress, who exploit, who fail to recognize others as persons… – Paulo Friere,  Pedagogy of the Oppressed This week marks one year of […]

  • UN’s High Ideals Brought down by American Legislation

    After a full year of unbridled genocide in Gaza, escalating slaughter in the West Bank, and now similar crimes inflicted on the Lebanese, Britain’s brand-new prime minister Keir Starmer made this astounding announcement the other day: “We stand with Israel.” He also has the UK military helping to protect Israel from Iran’s rockets while doing […]

  • The Meaning of October 7: An Oppressed People Will Always Find a Way to Resist Oppression

    Peace is not the absence of conflict, but rather the achievement by popular struggle of … the defeat of global systems of oppression that include colonialism, imperialism, patriarchy, and white supremacy. — (BAP Principle of Unity) Today, October 7, 2024, the world commemorates – some in horror, others in celebration – a full year of […]

  • A God Ordered Theft of Land and Genocide

    “On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates.” Genesis 15:18 “You must not let any living thing survive among the cities of these people the Lord your God is giving you as an […]

  • The End Game in Palestine

    I’ve appended an excellent article by Mike Whitney, which I read as I was starting to write this. It makes mine much shorter because it says much of what I intended, and better, with good references. It’s worth reading carefully, even if you find that much of it simply confirms what you suspected, with more […]

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