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Mark Watson retweeted
In Britain, the establishment liberal position is that it’s racist to describe Zionism, a Racist ideology, as racist, and if you say that it is, clearly, racist, then some of the most racist people in the country will accuse you of being a racist.
Mark Watson retweeted
Watch this.
Lubna Speitan, author of the Greens4Palestine motion “Zionism is racism”, spells out the central obscenity of our age – the grotesque inversion whereby the victims of ethnic cleansing, Apartheid and genocide must constantly fend off accusations from their tormentors that it is they who are the racists.
“We as Palestinians are being silenced and gaslit and vilified [as we] witness the annihilation, the cold-blooded murder of our families, of our people… our children burnt with phosphorus, having to endure amputations with no anaesthetic, having their limbs torn and shredded, their bodies burnt by phosphorus, being starved to death … And to have to sit here … and try to bury my feelings so I can eloquently and diplomatically shield my anger, my rage, my anguish that every Palestinian is feeling, is an insult.” /1
Mark Watson retweeted
Allow me to translate:
Ashok beat the BBC firing squad, and now the Zionist lobby are trying to make sure he's disinvited from appearing on television ever again.
Mark Watson retweeted
Position statement.
If Zionism were simply about establishing the right of Jews to live safely wherever they are, including in their ancestral homeland, I would be a Zionist.
But this isn't what Zionism is about. It is, and always has been, about creating a Jewish-majority state in a land where the majority of people are not Jewish. This necessarily means either removing most non-Jews or denying them citizenship. Zionists have done, and are still doing, both.
I believe in the right of ALL people to live safely wherever they are. I oppose every means used to drive people out of their homes and lands: mass murder, ethnic cleansing, systematic violence, denial of citizenship, violation of basic human rights.
Zionism uses all these means to create and maintain its Jewish state.
Therefore I am an anti-Zionist.
Mark Watson retweeted
To the mainstream press Burnham is riding high and Polanski a loser. Burnham stands for so little he is on the Starmer path to oblivion. Polanski and the Green Party work to reduce climate disaster and to ensure that we have decent homes and enough to live on. Who is the loser?
@ZackPolanski still telling it as it is… unfazed, unbowed & still highly focused after a plethora of MSM attacks on his character & leadership qualities.
His story still has a long, long way to run despite what his detractors would have you believe.
A remarkable inner strength.
Mark Watson retweeted
I joined @TheGreenParty about a year ago. I was impressed by @ZackPolanski energy & ability to cut through the nonsense that suffocates public debate in UK
My 3 main political concerns are
1. Climate
2. Gaza
3. Inequality
Its obvious to me that they are LINKED
#SupportZack
Mark Watson retweeted
So is @andyburnham's plan to arrest parents who wear pro Palestine badges/symbols when they take their kids to school & pick them up & charge them as, what, terrorists?
Labour is a clown Govt. As an anti Zionist I'm looking forward to speaking to my union about it
#ItWasAScam
Mark Watson retweeted
Basic education piece:
Not all Jewish people are Zionists.
Lots of Zionists aren't Jews.
The Board of Deputies largely self identity as Zionists.
The Media often report the Board of Deputies as the opinion of Jewish people.
Yet many Jewish people say #NotInOurName
Mark Watson retweeted
This is the first poll for the Greens where they’ve gone up since Burnham became PM
Mark Watson retweeted
Dear establishment,
Gary "good guy" Linekar has joined @TheGreenParty
Can you see what this means in terms of public support?
It carries top of the league value! What a result 🎈🎉🎈🎁👌🤞👍💚💚💚
Mark Watson retweeted
Why haven't you introduced similar measures for other forms of racism? 95% of black kids suffer racism in schools, so why are you treating antisemitism as a more serious form of racism? Why do these measures--from proscribing Palestine Action to banning kids from social media to sacking BBC stars for lack of neutrality--always favour Israel? This strongly looks like it's nothing to do with antisemitism and everything to do with killing solidarity with Palestine--and frankly it's disgusting.
Mark Watson retweeted
UK Green Ashok is getting alot of much deserved love today for his defense of the Zionism is racism resolution. You can check out my interview with him on Bad Faith from a couple of months ago here. It's well worth listening to in full: youtube.com/watch?v=XDsyLGhY…
Mark Watson retweeted
It’s pretty cool to see something real finally happening in British politics. I’ve been pretty much ignoring that entire stupid island since they took down Corbyn.
🎥 “We want to go the Farage route, not the Lib Dem route.”
Ashok Kumar of Greens for Palestine spoke to Novara Media about strategy behind the Green Party’s “Zionism is racism” motion, which took a year to organize and was designed to expose Labour’s politics. He said PM Andy Burnham’s response revealed him as little different from Keir Starmer.
Inspired by Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s France Unbowed and its “strategy of conflict,” the idea is to set the terms of debate, provoke a backlash, and heighten contradictions to force opponents to reveal positions.
Rather than chase more MPs by moderating its politics, Kumar says the Greens should use confrontation to shift the debate leftward and become an anti-establishment force.
“We want to drag [the paradigm] to the left kicking and screaming.”
@comrade_kumar_ | @novaramedia
Mark Watson retweeted
@ZackPolanski still telling it as it is… unfazed, unbowed & still highly focused after a plethora of MSM attacks on his character & leadership qualities.
His story still has a long, long way to run despite what his detractors would have you believe.
A remarkable inner strength.
Mark Watson retweeted
Watching this talking head completely unravel as it slowly dawns on him that more and more ordinary Brits aren’t buying his bullshit narrative anymore is absolutely priceless.
Imagine watching your carefully crafted propaganda fall apart in real time while your audience sees straight through your nonsense.
Pure comedy gold!
😂😂😂😂
Mark Watson retweeted
Ok, I’ve had enough…
The current Labour Party is a lying, vindictive and corrupt organisation, proliferating the views of their paymasters
They no longer represent the common citizen, the poor, the young, or anyone who needs support - except corporations, lobby groups of course
I unequivocally despise what they’ve become
Mark Watson retweeted
Novara Media occupying the space that they do is extremely damaging. They are not radical or principled but rather a crew of opportunist careerists who I think in many cases are also not very bright. It is perfectly fitting that they continue to boost & be boosted by Paul Mason.
Mark Watson retweeted
It is a dead-end for @TheGreenParty to go back to being polite and respectable and inconsequential - you know, like the Lib Dems
The Greens need to be bold and fearless
Mark Watson retweeted
Wonder if she looks like that when she watches parents in Gaza putting their children’s body parts in a plastic bag
