(I don't think the dynamics Ramzy broaches below are quite as bad today in any but the smallest, least irrelevant socialist groups, which is not to say any are perfect. Also, there's a lot more to the essay than them.)
"Having been born into a working class of Gazan Palestinian refugees that identified with a different breed of socialism - more contextualised and not as slogan-driven - I felt strangely alien to the socialist scene in Seattle, but, more importantly, alien to the entire narrative of which, I, a Palestinian, was meant to be the centre. Eventually, I discovered that the issue was far-reaching and involved ..." http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/nothing-about-us-without-us-token-palestinian-and-authentic-narrative-627539364 -- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."
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