I’m reading Torkil Lauesen’s The Principal Contradiction. It’s an excellent book and I’ll write up a review at some point, definitely recommend it. But in it, while Lauesen acknowledges that general contradictions like “workers v. capitalists” and “private profit v. socialized production” are always important, it is the contradiction between imperial core and periphery that is the principal contradiction right now. That’s to say, it is the contradiction that is most critical at this moment to the further development of capitalism.

I think he is correct. And if that’s the principal contradiction, then to me where you stand on core versus periphery is the most important stand for any leftist to take. That separates the wheat and the chaff. And there are few places in the world (with the exception maybe of eastern Ukraine) where core and periphery are in greater physical conflict than in Palestine.

So fuck Bernie, fuck AOC, fuck Cornel West, and fuck any other “leftist” (including in this thread) who expresses anything other than uncritical support for Palestine in this moment.

The Palestinian resistance used hand gliders to enter occupied territory.

Excuse me for excusing Palestinians for being viscerally angry about what they are subjected to.

You don't get points for trying to be unrealistically civil with apartheid occupiers who think you're subhuman. The ones who literally cannot stand to be in your filthy presence without you being legally subject to their racial hierarchy will fuck off back to a country that coddles poor oppressed loser racists like some Rhodesian's did.

The rest will stay and become a real part of the land, rather than a vicious, poisonous tumour growing over and consuming it.

"unequivocal right to defend" whole lot of cope from western leaders rn. Defend what? From what? For who? Fuck all of you lmao may the flood come for all settler states inshallah

VICTORY AND SOLIDARITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE

Death to israel

Given the increasing severity of the ammunition shortage caused by Ukraine, U.S. policymakers are now in the difficult position of having to choose which partners they will materially support because there isn’t enough to go around.

These sort of hard choices, where resources are cannibalized because of a shrinking total stock, are indeed a classic sign of Imperial decay and decline.

Member of the Knesset Ofer Cassif told Al Jazeera that his left-wing Hadash party had repeatedly warned that the continued Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories would lead to events like this, where innocent civilians on both sides pay the price. He called the Israeli government "fascist," and accused it carrying out pogroms and ethnic cleansing against the Palestinian population.

I try extra hard in chess when the opponent has an Israeli flag

Just yesterday a settler killed a Palestinian and Israelis attacked a Palestinian town while soldiers let it happen. Fuck the Government of Israel.

Settling conquered territory is a violation of I international law and the Palestinians have no recourse to justice under the law.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/6/palestinian-killed-as-israeli-settlers-attack-west-bank-town-of-huwara

"Hamas have flung open the gates of hell" is a phrase I have seen much too often the past 24 hours.

And it's true in a sense, except Gaza is what has been made into hell, and the gates are opening outwards.

When my dad has a better take on Israel (he thinks they're bastards who stole the land) than your average blue check who's uncritically swallowing the boot, yep it's liberals deploying fascism time.

Bless Palestine

Israel's violence will never break them

Throwback to 2021 when this Palestinian shot a border guard in the head (the image shows a man with a gun but isn't graphic)

Sidenote: This picture was saved to my image folder, simply titled based dot jpg

Nothing to say except free Palestine

Just wanted to say good job on

No burning Star of David. The name directly and unambiguously attacks the problem. Good workarounds to avoiding ambiguity and misuse. I don’t know if it’s still the same person managing emotes or if whoever’s doing it wants called out by name, but thank you either way. I also couldn’t find the emotes repo. Is it actually being done with an admin panel nowadays?

The narrative is being manufactured in real time

Fucking genocidal US client state

God I hope they are organized enough to make this count. Otherwise this will be a lot of chaos for a week and then an utter slaughter and loss of people and materiel

Regardless, from the river to the sea

Perhaps the west should not have built a country on top of a space where there was already a country. It seems like a poor desicion.

Got a permanent ban on /r/publicfreakout for "racism".

Guess who I was defending.

Over 120 Israelis killed, including 50 IDF, Approximately 80 Israelis taken hostage, including at least 40 IDF, More than 800 Israelis injured, At least 14 Merkava tanks captured, At least 4 APCs captured.

Apparently the German government are 'reconsidering their aid to the Palestinian territories'.

Death to Deutschland.

How stupid do the people claiming that the rave/music festival that got caught in the assault was for solidarity with Palestine think we are?

Like what, is the solidarity that they play the music so loudly that some people on the other side of the fence might hear a smidge?

If its for solidarity, it would be inside Gaza with the Palestinians, or all the proceeds would go to Gaza and the festival might as well be held on the other side of the globe.

Israel has already killed 160 Palestinians in response. 4x the Israelis killed. Will that be called an escalation? Will anyone say that was an unprovoked attack?

Reporter: @4jPhcJByUbejC67TsVsn@lemm.ee

Reason: Wishing for death and murder?

The bravery of Palestinian resistance fighters is making this communist feel a little hope. Lot of good images coming out of Palestine today.