Assata Shakur, speaking to the anti-imperialist left in 1991: “A science, to be a science, cannot be stagnant; it has to grow. If it does not grow, then it becomes a dogma.” She died free, may she rest in power.
Netanyahu bragged about hijacking cell phones in Gaza to force the Palestinians he's starving to hear a speech that half the United Nations walked out on. What more can you say
"I wasn’t against communism, but i can’t say i was for it either. At first, i viewed it suspiciously, as some kind of white man’s concoction, until i read works by African revolutionaries and studied the African liberation movements. Revolutionaries in Africa understood that the question of African liberation was not just a question of race, that even if they managed to get rid of the white colonialists, if they didn’t rid themselves of the capitalistic economic structure, the white colonialists would simply be replaced by Black neocolonialists. There was not a single liberation movement in Africa that was not fighting for socialism.
The whole thing boiled down to a simple equation: anything that has any kind of value is made, mined, grown, produced, and processed by working people. So why shouldn’t working people collectively own that wealth? Why shouldn’t working people own and control their own resources? Capitalism meant that rich businessmen owned the wealth, while socialism meant that the people who made the wealth owned it.
I got into heated arguments with sisters or brothers who claimed that the oppression of Black people was only a question of race. I argued that there were Black oppressors as well as white ones. That’s why you’ve got Blacks who support Nixon or Reagan or other conservatives. Black folks with money have always tended to support candidates who they believed would protect their financial interests. As far as i was concerned, it didn’t take too much brains to figure out that Black people are oppressed because of class as well as race, because we are poor and because we are Black. …
[Earlier in my life] When someone asked me what communism was, i opened my mouth to answer, then realized i didn’t have the faintest idea. My image of a communist came from a cartoon. It was a spy with a black trench coat and a black hat pulled down over his face, slinking around corners …
I never forgot that day. We’re taught at such an early age to be against the communists, yet most of us don’t have the faintest idea what communism is. Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is… It’s got to be one of the most basic principles of living: always decide who your enemies are for yourself, and never let your enemies choose your enemies for you."
I noted previously that the highest ranking Democrat (the alleged “opposition) is on board with this.
By and large, these factions agree on getting rid of the mass majority of Ppl in the US — that it classifies as “dissidents” — for not supporting their genocide in Palestine.
Israel Clarifies Gaza Policy: Annexation, Population Transfer, and Blocking Aid
Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz outlined a sweeping and aggressive military and political strategy for Gaza in a new Twitter/X post, openly detailing measures that violate international law.
➤ Katz said Israel is stopping humanitarian aid, claiming it “undermines Hamas’ control over the population,” adding that Israel intends to replace existing aid channels with new ones controlled by “civil society in the future.”
➤ Israel is “evacuating hundreds of thousands” of Palestinian civilians, using “overwhelming force from air, land, and sea” to “soften the terrain” for ground troops.
➤ Katz confirmed that Israel is annexing seized areas in Gaza, stating explicitly, “Unlike in the past, the IDF is not vacating areas that have been cleared and seized.” “The IDF will remain in the security zones as a buffer between the enemy and the communities in any temporary or permanent situation in Gaza - as in Lebanon and Syria,” he said. Katz added “tens of percent” of Gaza has already been added to these so-called “security zones.”
➤ The Defense Minister also openly stated Israel is pushing a plan for the “voluntary relocation” of Gaza’s residents- forced population transfer.
➤ Katz added that if Hamas rejects Israel’s terms, military operations will expand further, emphasizing Israel’s intent to annex more Palestinian territory, disarm Hamas and demilitarize Gaza.
➤ Katz boasted about pressure on Hamas from civil society and also noted that for the first time, Egypt has made the disarmament of Hamas and the demilitarization of Gaza a condition for a comprehensive deal and end to the war.
Rights groups have widely condemned such measures as collective punishment, forced displacement, and annexation— all violations of international humanitarian law.
If nobody has told you today, I’m proud of you for continuing to try. For fighting through things you shouldn’t have to, seeking joy, showing love, for putting something beautiful out there to combat the ugly. If strength was easy, we wouldn’t call it strength.
There is no pushback to these disappearances and kidnappings given that it’s wound up in deportations under the guise of US foreign policy and security interests — literally to protect its proxy creation israel — which implies that the military leaders are on board with this.
Obama was really one of the most talented, cynical, destructive bullshit artists this country has ever produced, and we’re all living out the consequences while he paraglides with billionaires in view of his Martha’s Vineyard mega-mansion
NYT says Israel has offered “shifting explanations” after shooting medics in the head, crushing their vehicles, and burying them together in a mass grave.
Normal people call this LYING to cover up a WAR CRIME.
🚨BREAKING: Trump's IRS nominee Billy Long just had his personal debt paid off by donors whose firms have business before the tax agency he’d lead, according to documents reviewed by The Lever.
If confirmed, Long will be able to do favors for the donors. https://t.co/MTaCBAGaux
These two distinct logics of war - a colonial war of genocide vs wars of liberation - are forged in the collision between two distinct worlds. A world centered on calculative reason, with Profit standing as its false God,versus a a world centered on the heart...