Listen up. Gaza is a blueprint for all of us this century. This is what the first real signal of this new century looks like, out in the open, clear for all to see.
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I am finding it hard to put into words. It is not just the knowledge of deliberate mass death and atrocities being committed: it is the realisation that our goverments are brazenly, proudly, supporting it.
Switzerland cancelled funding for human right NGOs last week ffs.
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France banning demonstrations (Switzerland had previously as well). The UK & US proudly supporting, funding, arming Israel. People being threatened, fired, forced to resign for simply standing up for human rights. Media dehumanising Palestinians, across the spectrum.
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Much more than before, this feels like the multiple walls of hegemony closing in: military and police force, propaganda, economic and cultural spheres all aligned, with little to no political opposition, except on the very margins.
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And the lesson here is clear for all: if you are undesirable by any force within this hegemony, you will be brutally erased from the face of the earth, swiftly, without a murmur of protest or a hint of recourse.
Gaza is a blueprint for all of us this century.
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Here are some rules of this new hegemonic world order:
1. If you are on the wrong side of a border you want to cross, you & all yours will be shot and massacred.
2. If you & all yours are on a piece of land that someone else wants, your cities & villages will be destroyed, ...
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you and yours will be killed, imprisoned, displaced.
3. If you dare protest and criticize the hegemon, you will lose everything: work, reputation, protection.
4. At every turn, you will be forced to chose sides: stay part of the hegemon ...
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and align yourself with destruction, inequality, atrocities - or lose everything, become an unperson, with no power to protect those you love. At every stage, the circle of unpersons will become larger, and the pressure to conform to the hegemon more intense.
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At first, when I read these words from the Colombian President Gustavo Petro , I thought he was correct in some academic sense. Now I realise he was simply reading the situation completely correctly, and I was late in seeing it.
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Do not mistake this for a war of religion, a regional skirmish, a particular historical blip. The powers that rule us are trying something out, and it spells out a very dangerous future for all of us - unless we successfully organise an international resistance.
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I had another point to make on antisemitism on the left and why it is both inhuman AND counterproductive. Love you and appreciate you. 😘
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