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Is your friend's post public? Although everything on this list is public via the latest 100 messages page, still in this case explicit permission might be desirable. I have to add that an intertwined phenomenon is the domination of one wing of the solidarity movement by PFLP types. When the knife attacks began - which were universally recognized as a product of youth militancy and independence - there was hope that a new more revolutionary politics would arise or at least be widely discussed rooted in those youth. Unfortunately to date the result instead has been a joint PFLP/bourgeois liberal joint election slate. All the more reason for us to find and cherish young Palestinians who are revolutionary on both questions (on the region and world as a whole for that matter). On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 11:38 PM, Michael Karadjis via Marxism < [email protected]> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > Regarding the fascist-tyrant groupie Eva Bartlett, here is what a FB > friend, a Palestinian from Gaza recently moved to Australia, had to say > about her: > > Mohammed Sulaiman > February 14 > > When I previously stated that support for the Assad regime and Russia is > not a coincidental or a minor issue among Palestine solidarity groups but > rather represents the mainstream line, I hesitated and thought I might have > exaggerated, but since then, I haven't stopped stumbling upon more and more > of them. This is the latest example of a journalist who was once a teacher > of mine when I was 17 years in Gaza. About time Palestine solidarity groups > seriously examined their moral and intellectual degeneration embodied by a > baffling range of people that includes the unthinking ideologues, the > do-gooders, the pro-imperialist fascists, and the anti-Semites. I think > Palestine is a higher cause of justice that deserves better than this. > PS: I couldn't listen beyond the first couple minutes. I have no time for > this nonsense. (he is referring to a link below his post: 'Journalist Eva > Bartlett: "I'm Back From Syria. The Media Is Lying To You!" » The Event > Chronicle') > > This was his original post on White "solidarity activists" who have a > special affection for capitalist tyrants who rule over all those barbarous > brown people who are not ready for democracy: > > Mohammed Sulaiman > January 22 · > There are (white, mostly British and American) people who have so much > affection for the Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Assad in a way that leaves me > genuinely baffled. The extent to which they are so fond of Al-Assad is > shocking; they are so preoccupied with defending, whitewashing and > propagandising in defence of the Syrian genocidal dictatorship in a way > that reminds me of the Zionist propagandists on social media during the > past three onslaughts on Gaza-- particularly the last one in 2014. I was > surprised by how many they were, and how many of them were friends with me > on Facebook. Most of them are people I have never met, and seem to have > become my Facebook friends because I am a Palestinian from Gaza. They do > what they do because for them this isn't about Syria but rather about > Israel/Palestine. They somehow give themselves the legitimacy to speak for > Palestinians on the Syrian issue. To be honest, I was completely disgusted > by them that I decided to have no connection whatsoever with the entire > Palestine solidarity movement. Moreover, they are not a minority there. It > is no exaggeration to say that they represent the official line amongst > Palestine solidarity groups. All so called pro-Palestine groups that do not > take an official stance and speak out publicly against the genocide in > Syria are complicit because they passively allow their voices to be > hijacked by these deranged people. Since the advent of the Syrian uprising, > I haven't thought twice about voicing full support for the people's > struggle and as this worsened and things became more complicated eventually > descending into a civil war, these people became all the more visible and > their voices became increasingly louder. They are so serious about what > they do and are willing to spends hours on end and participate in endless > (futile) discussions to recruit support for the Syrian regime and demonise > the Syrian people and all opposition groups. These people might appear as > innocuous, at first. One might think they are ignorant, but they are not, > and they read so much more about Syria than a lot of us do. They are a > dangerous bunch of dogmatic and arrogant ideologues who are not interested > in any way in learning about what is actually happening there, and are > deliberately shutting their eyes to the reality of the Syrian question. > They believe their knowledge and insight is superior and is therefore > incontestable. I have not hesitated to delete them from my friends' list, > and I urge you to do so. > > > > On 8/28/16 7:10 PM, Andrew Stewart via Marxism wrote: > >> >> http://21stcenturywire.com/2016/08/26/eva-bartlett-its-not- >> a-civil-war-this-is-a-war-on-syria/ >> >> > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/opt > ions/marxism/acpollack2%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
