The Jewish people remain an oppressed minority, therefore, in my opinion, any analysis of Judaism (ethnic or religious) vs. Zionism vs. Israel must start from the basis of special respect for that minority.
Even if there were studies that support that percentage you point out, any reference should be made with care, moderation, and contextualization and, strictly speaking, it corresponds more to an internal debate in the Jewish community (to which I do not belong).
In conclusion: YDI (I assume it was a tempban).
Death to Israel
Death to Israel and their Western collaborators!
One of the 0.5M? gazans mass murdered by the US-and-Western-backed Israel genocide.
It's also accessible for me (Catalonia, Spain)
I see more correlation between (Native) Americans and Palestinians than with Zionists.
But you have my (critical) upvote.
Thanks for the hard work!!!
I'm curious how the new tag system will work. Could you post when it could be tested in any of the test instances?
Btw, I use a bot to post twice daily in !workingclasscalendar@lemmy.world and I've been (ab)using the search system to tag with nice results:
- Tags: #Labor, #Colonialism, #Massacre, #Independence.
Edited: ooops removed backslashes
A lot of press in the 80s was mostly published in black and white. I don't know if it's the case of this photo source.
One of the ideological focus of the RAF was antifascism, which had been tolerated by the Federal Republic of Germany --e.g. it was founder of the NATO with other anticommunist bourgeous parliamentarian and fascists (Portugal) states--. Also, one of their most known actions was the kidnapping and execution of Hanns Martin Schleyer, an ex SS Official and, at that time, president of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations and the Federation of German Industries.
Aside from any ideological, tactical or strategic differences that you may have with the RAF. Valuing the organization based on the new ideological position of an ex-member more than 20 years later seems to me to be in bad taste.
This image was from Idlib, Syria. I've found it in this blog post from 2013: https://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2013/11/17/the-need-of-the-dream-in-the-struggle/
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27970858
Deir Yassin Massacre (1948) On this day in 1948, far-right Zionist paramilitaries indiscriminately slaughtered 107-254 villagers of Deir Yassin, orphaning at least 55 children (2 shown). Israel...
Deir Yassin Massacre (1948)
Fri Apr 09, 1948
Image: Orphaned children whose parents had been killed at Deir Yassin. Credit: IDF archive / Still from the film "Born in Deir Yassin" [haartetz.com]
On this day in 1948, far-right Zionist paramilitaries indiscriminately slaughtered 107-254 villagers of Deir Yassin, orphaning at least 55 children (2 shown). Israel has kept documentation of the massacre sealed, citing security concerns.
The massacre took place during the 1947-1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine. In the months leading up to the attack, forces led by the Palestinian Arab nationalist Mohammad Amin al-Husayni laid siege to Jerusalem, cutting off the city from military aid.
Although war had broken out, the fighting was relatively contained. According to an Arab League general - "Despite the fact that skirmishes and battles have begun, the Jews at this stage are still trying to contain the fighting to as narrow a sphere as possible...the Jews have not so far attacked Arab villages unless the inhabitants of those villages attacked them or provoked them first."
Deir Yassin was a Palestinian Arab village near Jerusalem, with several hundred residents (all Muslim), living in 144 houses. Multiple accounts suggest villagers lived in peace with their Jewish neighbors, particularly those in Givat Shaul, some of whom reportedly tried to help the villagers during the massacre.
On April 9th, 1948, more than one hundred members of the underground, far-right Zionist paramilitary groups Irgun and Lehi attacked Deir Yassin. The operation took place despite knowledge that villagers had signed a non-aggression pact.
Zionist soldiers expected residents to flee rather than fight back. When they encountered armed resistance, soldiers resorted to blowing up houses with explosives and indiscriminately slaughtering all inside. According to eye-witness accounts, the attackers systemically murdered the village population, executing children and reportedly raping women.
Zionists paraded captured adult men in the streets of West Jerusalem before returning to the village and executing them. Money, silver, and gold were taken from the victims. In total, estimates of those killed range from 107 to 254, and at least 55 children were orphaned.
The massacre was internationally condemned, including by Jewish intellectuals such as Albert Einstein. The attack inspired a revenge attack four days after the Deir Yassin massacre - on April 13th, Arabs attacked the Hadassah medical convoy in Jerusalem, killing seventy-eight, most of whom were medical staff.
In 1969, the Israeli Foreign Ministry published an English pamphlet "Background Notes on Current Themes: Deir Yassin", falsely denying that there had been a massacre at Deir Yassin, claiming that the village was the home of an Iraqi garrison, and calling the massacre story "part of a package of fairy tales, for export and home consumption".
The attack caused many Palestinians in the area to flee, and escalated tensions in the civil war. In 1951, an Israeli psychiatric hospital was built on the village itself, using some of the village's abandoned buildings.
"They are angry with me that I said these things. Let them first be angry at themselves...I was there, I saw the massacre with my own eyes. Why didn't [Israeli military historian Uri Milstein] ever question me about the things I experienced there?"
- Meir Pa'il, an intelligence officer who provided an eyewitness account to the Deir Yassin Massacre
- Date: 1948-04-09
- Learn More: www.haaretz.com, en.wikipedia.org.
- Tags: #Massacre.
- Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org
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[News] Spanish unions call for a General Strike in solidarity with Palestine on September 27
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[News] Spanish unions call for a General Strike in solidarity with Palestine on September 27
(www.elsaltodiario.com)
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Ghassan Kanafani Assassinated (1972) Ghassan Kanafani was a Palestinian author and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), assassinated on this day in 1972 by Israeli...
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17339715
Ghassan Kanafani Assassinated (1972)
Sat Jul 08, 1972
Ghassan Kanafani was a Palestinian author and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), assassinated on this day in 1972 by Israeli forces in retaliation for the Lod Airport Massacre, claimed by the PLFP.
In May, when the outbreak of hostilities in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War spilled over into the city of Acre, Kanafani and his family were forced into exile while he was still a child. After fleeing ~eleven miles north to Lebanon, they settled in Damascus, Syria as Palestinian refugees.
In 1969, after establishing himself as an author and journalist, he joined The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and, resigned from his post as editor for the magazine Al-Anwar to edit the PFLP's weekly magazine, al-Hadaf ("The Goal"). He drafted a PFLP program in which the movement officially took up Marxism-Leninism, a notable departure from pan-Arab nationalist ideology.
On July 8th, 1972, at the age of 36, Kanafani was assassinated via car bomb by the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad for his role in the PLFP, which claimed responsibility for the Lod Airport Massacre.
The massacre, committed by three members of the Japanese Red Army recruited by the PLFP, killed 26 people, injuring 80 others.
Ghassan Kanafani was an influential author, whose literary works have been translated into at least 17 languages and published in 20 countries. He began writing short stories when working as a teacher in refugee camps. Often written through the eyes of children, his stories were designed to help his students contextualize their surroundings.
"Everything in this world can be robbed and stolen, except one thing; this one thing is the love that emanates from a human being towards a solid commitment to a conviction or cause."
- Ghassan Kanafani
- Date: 1972-07-08
- Learn More: en.wikipedia.org, www.middleeastmonitor.com.
- Tags: #Marxism, #Assassinations, #Massacre.
- Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org
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The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), founded on this day in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16976545
Founding of the IWW (1905) The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), founded on this day in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois, is an anti-capitalist and internationalist labor union whose slogan says "An...
Founding of the IWW (1905)
Tue Jun 27, 1905
Image: The IWW logo
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), founded on this day in 1905 in Chicago, Illinois, is an anti-capitalist and internationalist labor union whose slogan says "An injury to one is an injury to all!"
The IWW promotes the concept of "One Big Union", and contends that all workers should be united as a social class to supplant capitalism and wage labor with industrial democracy.
The IWW was officially founded in Chicago, Illinois on June 27th, 1905. A convention was held of 200 socialists and radical trade unionists from all over the United States who opposed the policies and politics of the more moderate American Federation of Labor (AFL). In particular, the IWW opposed the American Federation of Labor's acceptance of capitalism and its refusal to include unskilled workers in craft unions.
The IWW's founders included many historically important labor activists and socialist thinkers, including "Big Bill" Haywood, James Connolly, Daniel De Leon, Eugene V. Debs, Thomas Hagerty, Lucy Parsons, Mary Harris "Mother" Jones, Frank Bohn, William Trautmann, Vincent Saint John, Ralph Chaplin, and many others.
- Date: 1905-06-27
- Learn More: en.wikipedia.org, iww.org.
- Tags: #Socialism, #Labor, #IWW.
- Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15788619
George Floyd Murdered (2020) On this day in 2020, a Minneapolis cop murdered George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes. Floyd's death became the catalyst for protests around...
George Floyd Murdered (2020)
Mon May 25, 2020
Image: George Floyd with his six-year old, Gianna [blackpast.org]
On this day in 2020, a Minneapolis cop murdered George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes. Floyd's death became the catalyst for protests around the world; by July, more than 14,000 were arrested in the U.S. alone.
Floyd, a 46-year old black man, had been arrested on suspicion of using a counterfeit $20 bill. The cop, 44-year old white man Derek Chauvin, knelt on Floyd's neck for nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds while he was handcuffed and lying face-down in a street. Floyd was dead before Chauvin's knee left his neck.
The following day, after videos made by witnesses and security cameras became public, all four officers involed were fired. Floyd's state murder became the catalyst for worldwide Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality, which took place on every continent except Antartica.
The scope of civil unrest within the U.S. was nearly unprecedented. Author Malik Simba writes: "the protests have involved more than 26 million Americans in 2,000 cities and towns in every state in the U.S., making [them] the most widespread protests around one issue in the history of the nation. By the end of June alone, one month into the protests, 14,000 people had been arrested."
Initially, the local District Attorney's Office only harged Chauvin with third-degree manslaughter, but this charge was later increased to second degree murder, following mass protests. On April 20th, 2021, Chauvin was convicted and sentenced to 22.5 years in prison. The other three officers were also later convicted of violating Floyd's civil rights.
Floyd's murder was witnessed by several people, including children. On the incident, seventeen year old Danella Frazier stated "When I look at George Floyd, I look at my dad, I look at my brother, I look at my cousin and my uncle." Her nine year old cousin, also an eyewitness, testified in court: "I was sad and kind of mad and it felt like [Chauvin's knee] was stopping him from breathing and it was hurting him."
- Date: 2020-05-25
- Learn More: www.blackpast.org, en.wikipedia.org.
- Tags: #Protests.
- Source: www.apeoplescalendar.org
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Class solidarity against colonialism.