>A Journey To A Denied Homeland
>
>By Elias A. Rashmawi
>
>Abstract: Although he was born in Gaza, Palestine, Elias Rashmawi was
>issued a permanent deportation order by the Israeli High Court because of
>his involvement in Palestinian organizing while a student in the United
>States. In November 2000, as the second Intifada raged on, Elias' father
>passed away, and he was granted a limited permit to his homeland to attend
>the funeral. "How many fathers must die before we are all allowed to
>return," he asks in this essay that reifies the brevity and pain of his
>truncated visit.
Wow! Thanks for helping make this point.
This encapsulates the whole thesis. Here is the up close version of why
and how revolutions get started. This is not some academic exercise, but a
view from the front lines.
But let's look at the background.
1. Capitalism/Imperialism needs oil.
2. Most of that oil is in the Middle East.
3. The only way to assure access is to assure the military capability to
take it, if necessary.
4. Military operations of this scope require a forward-deployed landing and
logistical cpability.
5. That "beach head" so to speak, is Israel.
6. Political expedience requires us to support Israel to maintain access
and assure a reliable ally.
7. So we have to cover for this "settler" regime in thier occupation, often
at great political cost elsewhere, and even prop up their otherwise feeble
economy with massive infusions of economic and military aid. Hey, it's an
investment in our investment.
8. But... the system generates its own resistance.
9. Is socialism the goal of the Palestinians? No. Self-determination, and
an end to externally imposed misery and repression.
10. Should socialists support the Palestinian intifada? I sure as hell do.
11. Can we address the larger issue of environmental meltdown without
dealing with this particular crisis of the system? No. This is necessity.
"If insurrection is an art, its main content is to know how to give the
struggle the form appropriate to the political situation."
-Vo Nguyen Giap
"Rather than seeking comparabilities in statistical terms among what are
all too often superficial features of different situations, comparabilities
must be sought at the level of determinate mechanisms, at the level of
processes that are generally hidden from easy view."
-Eleanor Burke Leacock
"Every day one has to struggle that this love to a living humanity
transform itself into concrete acts, in acts that serve as examples, as
motivation."
-Ernesto "Che" Guevara
"Mask no difficulties."
-Amilcar Cabral
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