Peter Link
retired healthcare IT programmer/analyst, supporter of Palestine, Cuban Revolution, women’s rights, FOSS, Linux, Black Lives Matter. Live in Michigan, USA
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Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•In an Attack at Sunset, Israelis Set a Palestinian Village AblazeEnglish18·5 天前A Palestinian friend who lived in my neighborhood in the US is there now, in his family’s home. He said it was like 3 nights in a war zone.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto politics @lemmy.world•Fear and Quiet Resistance Amid a Los Angeles in Turmoil1·13 天前Yes, sorry, I fixed both of them.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Fear and Quiet Resistance Amid a Los Angeles in Turmoil1·13 天前Thanks for letting me know. The main URL somehow lost a period between www and nytimes. Don’t know what happened to the archive, but I just re-created it. Should be good now. :-)
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•A Missouri Town Was Solidly Behind Trump. Then Carol Was Detained.1·1 个月前Foolish votes maybe, but not fools, if they are showing solidarity with their neighbor and coworker who happens to be undocumented. This is progress, and they will be further awakened when Trump attacks Medicaid and Medicare.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto Palestine@lemmy.ml•We must face reality — the Gaza War is now a war of annihilation4·1 个月前Yes, it always was, but the fact that staunch Zionists acknowledge it now is another step forward in public opinion, and will make it politically more difficult to attack the Palestinian solidarity movement.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•Australian PM Albanese says Israel’s blockade of aid into Gaza is ‘an outrage’English2·1 个月前The hashtags were added in Mastodon and I forgot to remove them in Lemmy, sorry.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto United States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•A Missouri Town Was Solidly Behind Trump. Then Carol Was Detained.1·1 个月前I think that you’re missing the point here. People who had some vision of ICE taking out violent criminals now see something different and they they are taking a stand against it. And it’s not happening to them, but to a single Chinese worker who they all love. That’s solidarity, even if they may not call it such. Something similar happened in NY state in the town of the border czar.
These events give me hope for the future. There is no point at all in finger-wagging at Trump voters. When the tariffs and Medicaid cuts come down, we will see many more people’s consciousness change.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•Palestinian official says Hamas agrees to Gaza proposal, Israel dismisses itEnglish2·1 个月前Just removed them - sorry about that.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.ml•Hamas and U.S. reach deal. “I think we'll have to detox from US security assistance,” says NetanyahuEnglish2·2 个月前I’m pretty sure that you can click by that and still read the full article.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ship rescued by Malta after drone attackEnglish2·2 个月前OK, thanks for the heads-up.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•Gaza paramedics shot in upper body ‘with intent to kill’, Red Crescent saysEnglish2·3 个月前Most of us here know that, but many others beyond the Fediverse are still not convinced. Video documentation and expert testimony of horrible crimes is often effective in changing public opinion.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto Palestine@lemmy.ml•Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours and didn’t mention Gaza once. That’s no surprise | Judith LevineEnglish31·3 个月前Yes, it did change. But I still think that your concern is misplaced and that the Guardian’s error came nowhere close to misinformation.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.ml•Backed by Trump, Israel Shreds Cease-Fire Deal and Kills Over 400 Across Gaza | Common DreamsEnglish11·4 个月前I should have mentioned the most important factor was the heroic struggle and sacrifice of the Vietnamese people, which did inflict many casualties on the US.
But the massive demonstrations in the US and around the world helped change the consciousness of millions, which ultimately even affected the thinking of the troops fighting in Vietnam. Many times the representatives of the NLF and DRV recognized the vital role of the US antiwar movement.
Unfortunately, both the USSR and China did not do much to help Vietnam, and Nixon was able to play them off pretty well.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.ml•Backed by Trump, Israel Shreds Cease-Fire Deal and Kills Over 400 Across Gaza | Common DreamsEnglish13·4 个月前Massive and sustained peaceful protests often do work, as they did against the US war in Vietnam. I can’t imagine how confronting local Zionists would do anything to help Palestine be free.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlBanned from communityOPto News@lemmy.world•Backed by Trump, Israel Shreds Cease-Fire Deal and Kills Over 400 Across Gaza | Common DreamsEnglish23·4 个月前Totally wasted sarcasm.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlBanned from communityOPto News@lemmy.world•Backed by Trump, Israel Shreds Cease-Fire Deal and Kills Over 400 Across Gaza | Common DreamsEnglish83·4 个月前Right here. Biden’s policies greatly strengthened Israel and directly helped the genocide.
Is Trump worse? I think yes. But that is still no reason to gloat or to think that endlessly supporting the lesser evil is going to produce any real changes that the world needs.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•how can I repair defective URL metadata for Lemmy posts?English1·4 个月前After reading further, I see your point. Sorry about that.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•how can I repair defective URL metadata for Lemmy posts?English1·4 个月前Thanks for the feedback. I’ll look into checking for the AMP pages. (Never heard of those before, haven’t done much with the web for quite a while.)
A Palestinian friend who lived in my neighborhood in the US is there now, in his family’s home. He said it was like 3 nights in a war zone.