*“A new study has found that almost half of children in Gaza <https://www.commondreams.org/tag/gaza> wish to die, as a result of the trauma they have been forced to endure. Every single supplier of arms to Israel <https://www.commondreams.org/tag/israel> has blood on its hands—and the world will never forgive them.”*
—Jeremy Corbyn, MP (Dec. 12, 2024) <https://x.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1867174889507172478?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet> Excerpt - Ultimately, the Harris campaign was nothing more than a glossy marketing machine, a high-paid commercial for more of the same old war and Wall Street politics. Months of nationwide campus and street protests for a permanent Gaza cease-fire, and the growing unpopularity of the U.S. role as Israel’s chief arms supplier, resonated little in the end with the Harris campaign’s supposedly savvy advisors. Better instead to highlight the support of anti-Trump Republicans like Liz Cheney than allow a Palestinian-American campaign supporter even five minutes at the Democratic National Convention to speak about the plight of Gaza. Better to demonstrate loyalty to President Joe Biden, a leader whose legacy is now forever stained with the blood of the Palestinian people. Tellingly, the CEO of BlackRock, Larry Fink, who oversees the investment firm’s management of $11.5 trillion in assets, downplayed the election’s significance for Wall Street investors. “I’m tired of hearing this is the biggest election in your lifetime,” Fink remarked <https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2024/11/05/blackrock-doesnt-matter-us-election-trump-kamala-harris/> in October at a securities industry event. “The reality is *over time it doesn’t matter*.” In other words, as long as capital accumulation proceeds unimpeded, as long as the billionaires and corporate elites continue to profit and prosper, any Democratic or Republican administration is fine. (Something that liberal advocates of lesser evilism consistently fail to see!) https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/moral-shame-us-foreign-policy -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#34113): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/34113 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/110176638/21656 -=-=- 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/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
