Resisting the Right!
Palestine lies in ruins, Lebanon is under siege, Syria is shattered, Iran and Yemen are targets. And Trump, Israel’s most loyal ally, looms over us like an angry beast.
We are warned that attacks on pro-Palestine movements will be relentless. Trump allies are calling for protestors on student visas to be deported and for others to be rounded up by the FBI.
All in the name of combatting antisemitism.
We know the hypocrisy behind the claim to combat antisemitism. What could be more antisemitic than the charge that the Jews as a people support mass murder, genocide, ethnic cleansing? It’s actually an old antisemitic trope that Jews are after the blood of others.
As Americans, we have a task, and that is to resist the ruling class’s own antisemitism, along with its militarism and imperialism, with all our might, our courage, and our decency .
During Trump’s first term, Women in Black dedicated its vigils to the topic of Resistance. Trump 2 promises to be more dangerous than Trump 1, and our resistance must be stronger, clearer, braver and more organized.
The majority of Americans are against the U.S.-Israeli assault on Gaza, the West Bank and other Middle Eastern lands. We are part of that majority. We need to unite with all the groups that are fighting for the survival of the Palestinian people and against the brutal war that is threatening their existence, along with the existence of their neighbors. We need to grow as a movement, put aside some of our differences, and focus on U.S. and Israeli militarism and the big money that supports it.
They have the money, but we have the numbers.
Stand with us for Gaza, this Saturday and every Saturday, 12:30-1:30, in front of Elting Library on Main Street!
Donna