Myth #4: Zionism is not colonialism
Western settler-colonialism, which colonised the Americas, Southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand, was motivated by the desire to seize territory, marketed by religious right, and carried out by wiping out the indigenous population. Zionism is also a settler-colonial movement, and the Palestinian national movement is anti-colonial.
"That big f--king ogre looking dude that is in those videos he is actually like autistic," an officer says in the clip.
"Then the f--king guys just beat the shit out of him and then he started crying. I felt bad for him, apparently the sergeant grabbed his balls and twisted, I guess. He was on the ground and everyone was just grabbing limbs. He didn't have a limb to grab so he just like grabs his balls like 'You done now? You done resisting?'"
RCMP needs to be disbanded. You can't reform garbage like this.
Ken Sim is Chip Wilson's finger puppet. Every policy ABC puts forward first has to benefit its éminence grise. And the éminence grise is a billionaire libertarian POS.
This is not religion-based. It's about land.
It's about settler colonialism and a US client state that safeguards American oil interests in the region.
"Settler colonialism can be defined as a system of oppression based on genocide and colonialism, that aims to displace a population of a nation (oftentimes indigenous people) and replace it with a new settler population. Settler colonialism finds its foundations on a system of power perpetuated by settlers that represses indigenous people’s rights and cultures by erasing it and replacing it by their own.
Settler colonialism is based on the theft and exploitation of lands and resources that belong to the indigenous. History and current conflicts have shown that this ongoing system of oppression is mainly based on racism and white supremacy."
This was an interesting read. Thanks
A new study indicates that abstinence-based inpatient addiction treatment fails to reduce drug poisoning risk.
Even worse: abstinence-oriented treatment may be associated with higher rates of opioid poisoning than no treatment at all.
actual Vietcong-esque resistance against the occupation
If you are advocating for a war between Israel and Iran, you have lost the plot.
I have tried several times to read your writing but I can't do it. I guess it's great if you're trying for some stream of conscious thing, but I have no idea what you're trying to say and I don't know what your point is. If you can organize your thoughts into some kind of coherency I'd be willing to try again.
You are delusional if you think Israel is going to end.
The best possible outcome is a one state solution with equal rights and citizenship for all citizens. The two state solution is no longer viable.
"The insanity of acting like we all just have to make the right statements to solve this."
That's exactly the point I'm trying to make. She has advocated for direct action and she has advocated for BDS. What other nonviolent tactics would you have her list?
"Literally cursory mention of steady flow of arms is enough for you?"
Everyone even moderately familiar with this issue understands that Israel is the largest recipient of US foreign aid and that the US has always provided political cover internationally.
Do you think she should have to mention that in every single article in order to pass your purity test?
As I pointed out in the previous comment she is embracing a variety of tactics from direct action to BDS. What exactly would you like her to say? What position should she take in your opinion?
"Backs up their narrative just objects to obvious cruelty"
As for this last sentence of yours I have no idea what you're trying to say
Still waiting for you to cite sources outside your own opinion.
In the meantime, let's begin here, "boycotting and moral appeals are acceptable resistance to Klein".
Yes for reasons that she makes clear in the article, but she also writes "So many people have been doing more than ever before: blocking arms shipments, occupying seats of government demanding a ceasefire, joining mass protests, telling the truth, however difficult. The combination of these actions may well have contributed to the most significant development in the history of BDS: South Africa’s application to the international court of justice (ICJ) in The Hague accusing Israel of committing genocide and calling for provisional measures to stop its attack on Gaza."
So obviously she is not opposed to direct action because she rights that it may have contributed to South Africa's application at the ICJ. If you have instances of her opposing direct action I'd like to see them.
What exactly do you mean by "approaching the issue of US aid properly"
She writes "It still wasn’t enough to strip Israel of its impunity, which continued to be protected by the US’s reliable UN veto, plus the steady flow of arms. More corrosive than the lack of international sanctions have been the rewards: in recent years, alongside all of this lawlessness, Washington has recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and then moved its embassy there. It also brokered the so-called Abraham accords, which ushered in lucrative normalization agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco. It was Donald Trump who began showering Israel with these latest, long-sought-after gifts, but the process carried on seamlessly under Joe Biden."
What more would you like her to say on the subject? What do you think she should have included that would have convinced US lawmakers to end the special relationship with Israel?
Israel has not demonstrated a sincere commitment to engaging in negotiations. The Palestinians were prepared to accept a less-than-ideal agreement, but Israel withdrew from it.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240117-ilan-pappes-book-ten-myths-about-israel-challenges-the-propaganda-campaign/