It’s great to see how deeply the American public has been affected by the genocide in Gaza , and how we, as humans, share a moral conscience that unites us all.
Yet the fight is still not over!
Israel has plans to forcibly displace Palestinians en masse from Gaza and the West Bank, as it did in 1948. This must stop!
We can’t let another campaign of ethnic cleansing and terror happen!
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Historical !
Pain and suffering of the Palestinians in Gaza have moved something in the modern human . It is far greater than what capitalist can comprehend . This collective consciousness and sense of responsibility is the force that will make the change!
Striking ports for Gaza have made a landmark in the studies of logistics and counter logistics. It’s a new phenomenon. Gaza is a significant point in history. It’s changing everything !
Live report: “The port belongs to those who work there, and to this city."
Dockworkers at more than 110 ports in 22 countries, across five continents, are striking today against the genocide in Gaza and the arms shipments that sustain it.
In Genoa, thousands of port workers and students have joined USB's general strike. Now, after the manifestation started with burning tires in the streets and blocking the roadway to the terminals, thousands are marching through the city.
"Today we'll block everything, then march into the port, because the port is our home,” said José Nivoi of CALP.
I'll be here reporting on the ground throughout the day as things develop.
(This video has captions with the Italian roughly translated.)
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كل التقدير للشباب الذين يحاولون مناهضة الخطاب الطائفي الرجعي وفق ماتعلموه وفهموه بتجاربهم الفتية ، خاصة مع فشل أعلامي وثقافي كبير بهذه المسألة يبدأ من استخدام مصطلحات مثل (تعايش ومكون) عند الحديث عن سكان أرض واحده لهم نفس الحقوق وعليهم نفس الواجبات ، أنتم المستقبل يا أصدقاء .
In moments of despair, people unite to create a new path, with a heart that beats for humanity , for every person to be seen and heard. We are witnessing a time when young people have gained the consciousness and agency to fight for what truly matters, from the streets of France and Serbia all the way to Brazil.
It goes to show that the idea of justice is bigger than what Zionists and fascists have imagined.
Those wealthy capitalists have distorted our future. It is up to us to create one in which morality and human dignity are the central focus.
And in this moment, I ask everyone not to forget Palestine.
I ask the world not to let another Nakba happen before our very eyes.
#FreePalestine
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هل يُعقل أن يشهد هذا الجيل فلسطين تضيع من بين يديه بسبب تمسّك الجيل السابق بإدارة المشهد السياسي؟
هل نقف مكتوفي الأيدي أمام نكبة جديدة؟
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من المهم جدًا، فيما يتعلق بأحداث الضفة والخطط الانتقامية التي يعتزم نتنياهو تنفيذها، أن نضع في عين الاعتبار هذا المفهوم المهم لفهم المشهد.
أن المروحة التي لطم بها الداي حسين القنصل الفرنسي بيير دوفال لم تكن السبب لاحتلال الجزائر، كما لم تكن ثورة أحمد عرابي السبب في قصف البحرية البريطانية مدينة الإسكندرية، الذي أعقبه الاحتلال البريطاني المباشر لمصر. لقد استُخدمت هذه الأحداث ذرائع لتنفيذ مشاريع استعمارية لها دوافعها وأطماعها بدأت من قبل حدوثها .
وكذلك في المشهد الراهن، لم يكن أي عمل مقاوم، ولن يكون، السبب للعدوان على الضفة الذي أعلن نتنياهو نيته توسيعه. فالاحتلال يقتل وينكّل، سواء قاومته أم هادنته.
وكما كتبت سابقًا، للمقاومة جدوى رمزية وقيمة في ذاتها، لا تُختزلان في نتائجها المباشرة. وهي ردّ فعل على واقع الاستعمار والعدوان، ولم تكن يومًا المسبّب الأول للخراب.
أو كما كتب كانط في متفيزيقا الاخلاق :
(الإكراه الذي يعوق عائقًا أمام الحرية يتّفق مع الحرية وفق قوانين عامة، أي إنه حق)
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This is part of countering the propaganda that portrays him as an enemy of the people’s religion,culture, and traditions. Some communists today do the opposite: alienating people and pushing them into the arms of their adversaries, all while plastering Guevara’s image everywhere.
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I have wanted to meet the Afro-Palestinian community for a long time. It is especially special to meet members of the Najar family. They are one of the last Afro-Palestinian-Bedouin families living on the fast-changing outskirts of Amman, Jordan.
I had the deep honour of photographing Awad and his daughter Eman.
Their family story is told beautifully in the feature doc called Concrete Land.
أجمل ما يتجلّى في حراك الشعوب هو إرثها التاريخي؛ تراه حيًّا، ولا يدرك عمقه إلا من يتأمّل الظواهر. اليوم ينتفض طلاب فرنسا، حاملين معهم أثر تاريخها وثورتها التي صرخت في وجه العالم والتاريخ من أجل تحرّر الإنسان وحقوقه، والأفكار التي دوّنها كبار مفكّريها، مثل جان جاك روسو وفولتير.
هذا الحراك، وثقافة المطالبة بالحقوق الممزوجة بوعي جمعي يهتف باسم فلسطين، ويرتدي الكوفية الفلسطينية لما تحمله من رمزية الصمود لكل مظلوم، يثيران الدهشة والإعجاب.
اليوم، يصرخ طلاب فرنسا، من أبناء مستعمراتها التاريخية وأبناء حضاراتها، الذين تشكّلت هوياتهم تحت ظروف الاستعمار وتناقضاته، من أجل الإنسان، ويحرّكون مختلف أطياف الشعب، من عمّال ونقابيين. إنهم لا يدافعون فقط عن حقّهم في تعليم جيّد، ولا يحتجّون فقط على سوء إدارة الحكومة الفرنسية وإهمالها؛ إنهم يدافعون عن الإنسان كفكرة.
الإنسان الذي قتلته بنية الرأسمالية، واختزلته إلى أداة إنتاج.
ما أجمل الوعي الجمعي، وما أجمل التاريخ وهو يتحرّك إلى الأمام، حين تلتقي التناقضات وتُنتج صراعًا يفتح إمكان التغيير، كما شرح هيغل.
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Your definition of Zionism does not matter. Nor does mine. Zionism is defined by its material manifestations. The purpose of a system is what it does. And the Zionist system does racism and genocide. Simple. Please spare me the arrogant insufferable graaating Oxbridge debates. Your opinions are irrelevant. People are dying.
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pro-Palestinians who spend their time chasing Palestinians micropolicing their moral integrity especially while they’re still in their place of active dehumanization and victimhood that’s escalated by the genocide are some of the scummiest shit eater goblins on earth.
In this short reflection, I want to set aside the noise surrounding the debate about antisemitism and anti-Zionism and address moral relativism.
One of the major problems in today’s world is the tendency to treat human tragedies, including the genocide in Gaza, as matters of perspective.
People have long understood wars and political conflicts within their historical contexts. Yet when Palestine is discussed, that context is often dismissed. Media outlets and politicians refuse to address the history of occupation. Even when they acknowledge it, they use phrases such as “from your perspective” or “as you perceive it,” as though Palestinian suffering were merely an interpretation, and the facts themselves were open to negotiation.
There is a difference between debating how to understand a historical event and treating the wrongness of human suffering as dependent on who is speaking.
This is dangerous because it erodes the moral principles that allow us to judge injustice in the first place. For Aristotle, our capacity to reason and deliberate about justice is central to our political nature. For Immanuel Kant, moral action derives its worth from duty, rather than personal benefit. We should act morally because it is right, regardless of whether doing so serves our interests.
What is happening is an attack on the very idea of the human being as a moral being. When another person’s humanity becomes a matter of perspective, any injustice can be excused.
Moral relativism is poisoning the world.
There are absolute rights and absolute wrongs. Genocide is an absolute wrong regardless of who commits it, who suffers it, or where it happens.