I completely agree with that Mark (and I'm not in the US, so it's different, although being in a country that is a sycophantic ally of the US, we do try to make those points too.) I just think we can't always avoid that discussion so should be prepared for it.
Comradely, John On Tue, 26 Mar 2024, 08:17 Mark Baugher, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Mar 22, 2024, at 9:51 PM, John Edmundson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > we're talking to workmates, people down the pub, people who engage with > us at a Palestine solidarity action. > > I don't want to beat a dead horse, John, for too long :-), or repeat > https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29528, except to add that where your > pub is located might make a difference. In the US, we need to talk about > US military atrocities since many here don't even know that the US has > killed 4M people innocent people in the "war on terror," a made-to-order > forever war pursued by Republican and Democratic Party administrations. > Rather than dissect what happened one day during a military-style attack, > we in the US should instead talk about our latest military atrocity: The US > is today supplying the munitions to kill and maim children and their > families in Gaza. > > I think the well-funded debate about the horrors of the day, October 7, is > made-to-order to keep us from talking about US/Israel atrocities. > > Mark > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29663): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29663 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/105060244/21656 -=-=- 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. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
