Re: [marxmail] A Document of General Principles and Policies 2017

2024-04-13 Thread John Edmundson
Hamas does now describe itself as part of the *national* liberation struggle. I think the situation is probably somewhere in the middle. Hamas is unlikely ever to win free elections so in the event that one was held it is likely they would be the religious end of a larger coalition. Comradely,

[marxmail] Israeli Firms Are Working Overtime to Sell Stolen Palestinian Land to US Jews

2024-04-13 Thread Dayne Goodwin
*The real estate events peddling land in Israeli settlements in the West Bank appear to flout US and international law.* by Eleanor Goldfield, Truthout, April 13, 2024 https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-firms-are-working-overtime-to-sell-stolen-palestinian-land-to-us-jews/ . . . A recent

[marxmail] Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah: ‘Tomorrow is a Palestinian day’

2024-04-13 Thread Dayne Goodwin
*For us, all of us, part of our resistance to the erasure of genocide is to talk about tomorrow in Gaza, to plan for the healing of the wounds of Gaza tomorrow. We will own tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a Palestinian day.* by Ghassan Abu Sitta, Mondoweiss, April 12, 2024

[marxmail] New York Times Bosses Seek to Quash Rebellion in the Newsroom - The Wall Street Journal.

2024-04-13 Thread Steven L. Robinson
(Pasting entire article below as it *may* be paywalled. URL at the end. SR) New York Times Bosses Seek to Quash Rebellion in the Newsroom After internal upheaval over coverage of sensitive topics like the Israel-Gaza war, management renews emphasis on independence and neutrality By

[marxmail] Trevor Griffiths, R.I.P.

2024-04-13 Thread jimfarmelant
https://www.thhttps://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/apr/02/trevor-griffiths-obituaryeguardian.com/stage/2024/apr/02/trevor-griffiths-obituary ( https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/apr/02/trevor-griffiths-obituary ) * Trevor Griffiths obituary *

Re: [marxmail] A Document of General Principles and Policies 2017

2024-04-13 Thread David Walters
This document by the JPLO and the full 2017 Charter of Hamas is a white wash of Hamas' institutionalized antisemitism. The Charter was re-issued in 2017. PRIOR to that the 1987 Charter was riddled with gross antisemitic tropes. Hamas, publicly, hated Jews, not just Israeli Jews. Clearly, in the

[marxmail] Are the United States and Israel heading toward a Divorce?

2024-04-13 Thread Dennis Brasky
Critics of Israel once occupied the fringes of the debate in the United States. Then, in 2007, J Street was founded as a loyal opposition to the kind of Israeli politics that received uncritical support from the U.S. mainstream. By organizing “pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy Americans” in

[marxmail] ‘The 401(k) industry owns Congress’: How lawmakers quietly passed a $300 billion windfall to the wealthy

2024-04-13 Thread Dennis Brasky
Greased by lobbying and campaign cash, tax breaks for retirement savings are one thing Congress agrees on. But they also blow out the deficit and add to income inequality. *https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/13/how-your-401k-ate-the-federal-budget-00150319