Also, they seem to be commemorating the event, not "celebrating" as such.
And the article you posted calls for the left to condemn any and all Palestinian resistance movements, not just Hamas and PIJ, but also the PFLP, a left secular movement with seven decades of history in the struggle. Did people condemn the US military and the NLF, or the French and the Algerian FLN together because civilian casualties happened? Comradely, John "All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks." Sarah Moore Grimke, abolitionist (1792-1873) On Fri, 9 Oct 2026, 14:08 John Edmundson via groups.io, <johnedmundson4= [email protected]> wrote: > I support the right of the Palestinian resistance to decide the forms of > its resistance. Attempts at peaceful resistance (like the Great March of > Return) have been met with snipers shooting children. Year upon year they > have faced the IDF "mowing the lawn" in Gaza while supporting further > settlement. In reality October 7th was an act of desperation and I am sure > people will argue for decades about it, about what the Israelis knew. How > many civilians were actually killed by the IDF etc. "the brutal Hamas > attack that day on Southern Israel that resulted in over a thousand deaths, > as well as numerous rapes and kidnappings; the worse day of violence > against Jews since the Holocaust" is straight out of hasbara. But the > alternative they were facing was a slow genocide. I have no time for this - > "a plague on both their houses" thinking. Meanwhile, while "the left is > outdoing itself in its stupidity", support for Israel is plummeting > globally, even in the US, and support for the Palestinians is rising. > > What is your suggestion to the Palestinians? > > Comradely, > John > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2026 at 11:00 PM RKOB via groups.io <aktiv= > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sure, John, a consistent support for the Palestinean resistance is not >> compatible with your consistent electoral support for the Democratic Party. >> Am 08.10.2026 um 10:48 schrieb John Reimann via groups.io: >> >> Here Michael Donnolly exposes where the left is at: >> >> >> https://michaeldonnelly.substack.com/p/very-few-places-are-celebrating-the?r=2fuf8&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web&utm_id=97757_v0_s00_e0_tv2_a1dennhb5ahnrm&fbclid=IwY2xjawU0NotleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR4nEZjjLgj9JI5K3_4ew9AVzFGtRIpENqGQOOjeGbwDRy91ZadqRTo1bcuOUg_aem_c6wX48s7RCDIhc61GkAPzQ >> >> Note what they are celebrating: The Oct. 7 "al Aqsa flood"! Yes, they are >> actually celebrating it. And some denounced me for my criticisms of the >> pro-Palestine movement! Without taking back a word I've said denouncing >> Israel and Zionism over the years, I must say that the left is outdoing >> itself in its stupidity. >> >> > > -- > "All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks." > Sarah Moore Grimke, abolitionist (1792-1873) > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#43664): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/43664 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/121651941/21656 -=-=- 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]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
