Damn! I'm glad I re-subscribed to your Substack, Paul Street. This is a good piece, especially (for me) to highlight the reactionary nature of Hamas and the necessity of internationalist progressive (at a minimum) movement. Motivating writing.
The clarity of this piece is astounding and the in-depth analysis of all the complicated factors at play as this nightmare unfolds is greatly appreciated. I'll be reading this one again many times.
And btw just yesterday on Iowa Public Radio I heard a local Palestinian American activist cite South Africa as a positive role model. Very depressing it was to hear that.
Go back and become friends with that woman Paul. First off, Genocide Joe never supported the Two State solution. It was always just lip-service and nothing was done to actualise it permanently. Instead, they allowed the ultra apartheid regime to just do as it pleases.
I can’t rubbish the South Africans for the action they took but you are correct in your round up on South Africa. As to the imperialist spread of evil, war and destruction in Ukraine, Haiti, Congo, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and the smouldering China, we have to pick our fights or we will make no sense and get tired.
The psychopathic genocide and slaughter of Palestinians by the Ultra Apartheid regime of Israel sticks out like a gargantuan sore thumb and has exposed everything else the US Empire has a hand in and the extent it can enable in this TikTok age.
In my view, the US has reached critical mass and has no where to go but further ruin. I couldn’t care less who wins because nothing good has ever come from an evil corrupted system that sits in the cold heart of the Empire. We have to stop this evil Genocide and ultra apartheid regime first!
Our main fight is with the US capitalist Empire, which has its fingers in many horrible crimes, of course. We don't accuse it only of oppressing Palestinians; it oppresses all of humanity.
Damn! I'm glad I re-subscribed to your Substack, Paul Street. This is a good piece, especially (for me) to highlight the reactionary nature of Hamas and the necessity of internationalist progressive (at a minimum) movement. Motivating writing.
The clarity of this piece is astounding and the in-depth analysis of all the complicated factors at play as this nightmare unfolds is greatly appreciated. I'll be reading this one again many times.
A splendid raft of serious questions and clarion calls for real, profound changes that goad this octogenarian. 🙏
I agree (and I'm only 76!)
Thanks for this clear-headed piece of writing. You are providing a much-needed larger perspective.
And btw just yesterday on Iowa Public Radio I heard a local Palestinian American activist cite South Africa as a positive role model. Very depressing it was to hear that.
You nailed it good on this one and I hope this goes viral!
Go back and become friends with that woman Paul. First off, Genocide Joe never supported the Two State solution. It was always just lip-service and nothing was done to actualise it permanently. Instead, they allowed the ultra apartheid regime to just do as it pleases.
I can’t rubbish the South Africans for the action they took but you are correct in your round up on South Africa. As to the imperialist spread of evil, war and destruction in Ukraine, Haiti, Congo, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and the smouldering China, we have to pick our fights or we will make no sense and get tired.
The psychopathic genocide and slaughter of Palestinians by the Ultra Apartheid regime of Israel sticks out like a gargantuan sore thumb and has exposed everything else the US Empire has a hand in and the extent it can enable in this TikTok age.
In my view, the US has reached critical mass and has no where to go but further ruin. I couldn’t care less who wins because nothing good has ever come from an evil corrupted system that sits in the cold heart of the Empire. We have to stop this evil Genocide and ultra apartheid regime first!
Our main fight is with the US capitalist Empire, which has its fingers in many horrible crimes, of course. We don't accuse it only of oppressing Palestinians; it oppresses all of humanity.
There's some common ground but no the disrespect for revolutionaries I know was too much. That's how the cookie crumbles.