"Solidarity is always nice, but it's rarely, if ever, won an actual fight."
Isn't the entire "global BDS movement" premised on the idea that solidarity matters, or could matter? How many universities, churches, pension funds are controlled by Palestinians? If a "global BDS movement" makes sense, it makes sense because non-Palestinians could make different choices and those choices could matter. Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] (202) 448-2898 x1 On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Joseph Catron <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 10:21 AM, Robert Naiman < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Again, faulting the "Zionist activists" for not having a "moment of >> silence" for Palestinian victims. >> > > These are primarily Palestinian activists, Robert. They fault the Zionists > for being f'ing Zionists. > > Has it really not occurred to you that Palestinian groups might see > organizing and mobilizing their own people as a priority? It's a pretty > sensible strategy for them. Solidarity is always nice, but it's rarely, if > ever, won an actual fight. And during the Vietnam war, the most useful > white activists were the GI movement, who mostly - and understandably - > didn't want to get their asses shot. > > -- > "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen > lytlað." > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > >
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