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Peter Link

@ pete_link @lemmy.ml

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retired healthcare IT programmer/analyst, supporter of Palestine, Cuban Revolution, women's rights, FOSS, Linux, Black Lives Matter. Live in Michigan, USA

  • How the Trump administration and congressional Republicans may crack down on pro-Palestinian protesters

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  • That statement is truly incredible! Biden helped give cover to Netanyahu (in addition to endless supplies of bombs) and drew one tiny red line for a few weeks (no bunker-busters in Rafah) and that faded quickly. He stopped funding UNWRA, even when other Western countries resumed it. Continuous support for Israel in the UN Security Council.

    The West Bank example is grotesque. What effect did those sanctions have? None that I can see. The IDF has begun destroying infrastructure like they have done in Gaza, in addition to all of the killings.

    So no, there is no reason to defend Biden/Harris. Is Trump worse? Yes, so what about it? Should we refrain from protesting because Democrats are in power right now?

  • How the Trump administration and congressional Republicans may crack down on pro-Palestinian protesters

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  • Aren't the elections over? Whatever "strategic" excuse for supporting Biden/Harris is gone now. It's a bi-partisan policy of unconditional support for Israel.

    It's true Trump will be more extreme, but there is no longer any excuse for going easy on Biden/Harris, if there ever was.

  • AOC votes to back Israel lobby's bogus "anti-Semitism" definition

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  • Yeah, that sounds like the line of the Communist Party of Germany in the 1930's. Didn't end up too well. Read Trotsky on that.

  • AOC votes to back Israel lobby's bogus "anti-Semitism" definition

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  • Wow, that is very disappointing, to put it mildly. Of course, it is just the latest in a series of actions that have pulled her away from support for Palestine. Her Instagram meeting on antisemitism with 3 pro-israel figures, plus her awful speech in support of Harris at the DNC gave us a clear indication of her direction.

  • The Amsterdam 'Pogrom' That Wasn't: Corporate Media Fails To Tell the Whole Story

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  • The film #Israelism now on YouTube Al Jazeera channel

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  • Thanks for posting this! It's a very powerful film.

  • Israeli hooligans provoke clashes in Amsterdam after chanting anti-Palestinian slogans

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  • The role of the Gaza genocide in Kamala Harris’s loss

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  • Excellent article!

  • ‘NYTimes’ biased coverage of Amsterdam soccer violence attempts to hide Israeli racism

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  • This article cites another article from The Forward, a mainstream US Jewish publication that had information that countered the Israeli government narrative.

  • "We warned you," Muslim voters tell Kamala Harris after she goes down in flames

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  • I don't think that they will be surprised at whatever horrible things that Trump might do. Very few of them thought that Trump would be better. It was a protest against the treachery of the Democrats.

  • "We warned you," Muslim voters tell Kamala Harris after she goes down in flames

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  • No, there is no "right" choice here, if you mean something that is going to benefit Palestine and Gaza in the short term. The vast majority of those who voted against Harris knew that Trump won't be better, but they could not go along with a candidate actively involved in genocide. Plus, they wanted to let the Democrats know that they would pay a price for their treachery. As it turned out, the pro-Palestine vote against Harris had a very clear effect in Michigan and Wisconsin, but it can't be blamed for her defeat.

  • Bernie Would Have Won

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  • Bernie Would Have Won

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  • What did you think about the article itself? Did you read it?

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    'Horrific Reality': Nearly 70% of UN-Verified Gaza Deaths Are Women and Children

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  • Hey Jordan, sorry for the delay, but I just saw your comment. I just checked NSFW so we should be good now. Thanks for the heads-up. I didn't realize the photo was in NSFW territory but I will keep that in mind in the future. Thanks again.

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    Israeli soldiers are leaving Google reviews for Lebanese places they destroyed

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  • The Israeli army, "the most moral army in the world." - PL

  • Israeli soldiers are leaving Google reviews for Lebanese places they destroyed

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  • The Israeli army, "the most moral army in the world." - PL

  • How to talk to Israel supporters

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  • The main problem with Zionism is trying to create a Jewish homeland by kicking out or killing the people who have been living there for the last few thousand years, the Palestinians. That's been going on for around 100 years, but really took off in 1947-48, when the state of Israel was created. Mass killings, expulsions, land theft. More in 1967, and now even more in 2023-24.

    Doesn't sound like self-determination to me.

  • Swing-State Voters Disillusioned With Kamala Harris Can Swap for Two Non-Swing-State Votes

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  • Thanks, I appreciate your message. :-)

  • Swing-State Voters Disillusioned With Kamala Harris Can Swap for Two Non-Swing-State Votes

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  • I just learned about this around 11:45pm ET November 4. I signed up as a swing-state voter, and in 5 minutes got connected with 2 safe-state voters who agreed to vote for Jill Stein as a swap for my (very reluctant) vote for Harris. I feel much better now. :-)