We interviewed Em Cohen on the state of the movement, and a question that is often our minds: why do we keep doing the same thing over and over, even when it's clearly not working? Where is the so-called u.s. left going wrong? workshops4gaza.substack.com/p/a-rethinki...
Scratch a "non-zionist," a zionist bleeds.
stop saying "zionism doesn't actually keep Jews safe."
this ridiculous line de-centers the victims of zionism and centers Jewish people and "Jewish safety."
It doesn't fucking matter whether zionism "keeps Jews safe" or not. It's a genocidal ideology.
"Thirty-three survey respondents, and others interviewed — including former prison staff — say it is well known that the staff of Mule Creek State Prison do not drink water from the tap"
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The mandate for academics in this moment is to 1) figure out how their knowledge and skills can be made useful and applicable to the movement to end colonial violence at home and abroad and 2) move as many resources out of the university as possible
the shift in white euro-america from hegemonic antisemitism to hegemonic philosemitism has created a dynamic where “fighting antisemitism” doesn't mean working towards a world that's safe for Jews but pushing forward zionism in particular and colonial white supremacy in general.
What is philosemitism?
Philosemitism is the basis of post-Holocaust white euro-american identity formation where white euro-america forgives itself for the Holocaust (and for all of its past/present/future racist colonial crimes) and resurrects itself as the “protector of Jews.”
a lot of self-proclaimed radicals, socialists, progressives, communists, etc etc etc have allowed pandemic denialism to lead them into clear alignment with the far right.
"You can’t build a mass movement that forces everyone to mask in 2024. It’s not where the people are"
Effective communist orgs don't craft their line around what they assume people (inc reactionaries) will agree with.
They develop a principled line and fight to make it reality.
rates of mask wearing at left org meetings would go up if masks were provided and the people who set up the meeting wore them.
lots of people would show up, see everyone else masking, see the masks at the front, and put one on without a fuss.
it's very simple.
liberal fascists are also "single issue voters," with the single issue being "preserving the untenable neoliberal colonial status quo for just a little bit longer."
(actual) leftists should be really careful, over the coming months, of the liberal fascists who made clear that genocide was not a red line for them who try to join leftist organizations, groups, and direct action efforts now that trump is the president again.
they are not safe.
liberals wanted four more years of maintaining the untenable neoliberal colonial status quo when the reality of the situation facing us could not be any clearer: our options are socialism or barbarism.
reminder that the ADL supported the Rosenbergs' executions.
Reminder: you should be wearing a well-fitting N95, KN95, or KF94 whenever you are in shared public spaces to protect yourself and the people around you from COVID-19.
the world's nazis are all gloating and celebrating, as if their precious zionist entity is not closer to collapse than it ever has been.
and this is exactly what is happening when "liberal" and "progressive" zionists specifically craft their rhetoric to place the blame on netanyahu rather than zionism and the very existence of the zionist state itself..
if someone in the middle of the holocaust was saying that the problem wasn't nazism itself but hitler, and that the solution was to 'hold hitler accountable' while maintaining the third reich, you would have very little trouble recognizing that person was still just a nazi.
i don't think there is any one singular 'litmus test' for having 'good' politics.
we are always seeing who people are, what their goals are, what their focus is, and what they are ignoring or unaware of.
there is no end or 'passing the test.'
They both want to preserve and protect the white supremacist world. They both reinforce the perpetual Jewish 'other.' They both fundamentally agree with the 14 words. They both believe in the nazi project of ‘western civilization.’
The seeming 'disagreements' between the philosemitic fascists and the antisemitic fascists are over method and timeline, not program.
The antisemitic fascists use these efforts as proof that the world is secretly ruled by Jews, justify nazi race science, and simultaneously obfuscate white euro-american colonialism.
The philosemitic fascists use the existence of the antisemitic fascists to justify expanding the police and surveillance apparatus, strengthen repression efforts, legally codify zionist ‘antisemitism’ definitions, and make rhetorical connections to the anti-zionist movement.
The philosemitic fascists (like the ADL, Biden, Douglas Murray, and Trudeau) and the antisemitic fascists (like David Duke, Richard Spencer, and Lucas Gage) work together and benefit from the existence of each other.
Screenshot of the google trends search results for the term "beheaded babies" that shows a huge spike in the term right after October 7 that dropped to almost nothing in the weeks after and since.
when your genocidal blood libel served its purpose so you can stop talking about it.
is the call 'not in our name' or 'not with our tax dollars' or is the call 'the zionist genocide must be stopped by any means necessary and all those who enabled or participated in it must be held responsible'