At least locally and I expect nationally as well, Engler is well known and highly regarded by the Palestine solidarity community. Some are mystified why he threw his hat in the ring for NDP leader; others think it has been a useful means of continuing to draw party members' and national attention to the Palestine cause. A few who know the NDP and the historic support of social democracy for the Zionist project and Avi's family background regard him with suspicion as a "liberal Zionist", perhaps unfairly.
I haven't met anyone who draws a parallel between the Palestine national liberation struggle and Ukranian popular support for the war aims of the Zelensky government. Instead, both conflicts are seen as driven by the mutual interests of Western imperialism and its regional proxies with the enthusiastic support from below of their proto-fascist auxiliaries and the unthinking impulse of the broad masses to rally round the flag whenever their country is attacked, persuaded it poses an existential threat to their continued well-being. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#40700): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/40700 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/117833155/21656 -=-=- 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]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
