Enemy of the Sun
Samih al-Qasim
I may – if you wish – lose my livelihood
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I may sell my shirt and bed.
I may work as a stone cutter,
A street sweeper, a porter.
I may clean your stores
Or rummage your garbage for food.
I may lie down hungry,
O enemy of the sun,
But
I shall not compromise
And to the last pulse in my veins
I shall resist.
Tag: settler-colonialism
A Socialist, Feminist, and Transgender Analysis of “Sex Work” (2020)
The question of women’s liberation is central to any revolutionary project, and thus so is the question of “sex work.” Esperanza Fonseca’s contribution, although coming from a Maoist political orientation with which we often have differences, [1] makes the stakes of this debate crystal clear, as she combines personal experience, public policy research, and historical materialism to argue that Marxists cannot uphold what she calls “sex-trade-expansionary feminism.”
Content Warning: Descriptions of rape.
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The right of the subordinated classes of men to buy access to women’s bodies has been used historically to break class solidarity in order to maintain the dominant social relations of the time. This was true in feudal Europe and remains true today: when proletarian and petit bourgeois men get to buy women too, they develop a false consciousness and build solidarity with bourgeois men of their own gender rather than aligning with women of their own class. And because the overthrow of capitalism is only possible by the overthrowing of the bourgeoisie, prostitution serves two great purposes: (1) allows bourgeois men access to a reserve army of women for their pleasure, and (2) prevent class consciousness and thus helps stop the proletariat from organizing as a class.
A Socialist, Feminist, and Transgender Analysis of “Sex Work” (2020)
Trump’s pick for Sec. Of State Marco Rubio’s love affair with Israel, MKO, Pahlavi’s
Marco Rubio, a Republican foreign policy hawk tapped by Donald Trump to lead the US Department of State in his new administration, is known for his confrontational stance toward Iran and close ties with anti-Iran groups.
Trump’s pick for Sec. Of State Marco Rubio’s love affair with Israel, MKO, Pahlavi’s
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What is Really Behind Iran’s Unrest?
Third of the four self-immolations: Cape Cod man who set self on fire outside Boston Israeli consulate died four days later
Cape Cod man who set self on fire outside Boston Israeli consulate died four days later
“We call ourselves the greatest nation in history, yet we spend more on weapons of war than we do on educating our children, helping the homeless, ensuring that all Americans have equal rights and protecting the environment combined,” Nelson said in the video.
According to Wikipedia, Matthew is the third person to self-immolate in protest of the slaughter of Palestinians. He was also a veteran and a friend of Aaron Bushnell’s. Samuel was the fourth and he survived.
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A vigil for Matthew Nelson, who self-immolated outside Boston Israeli consulate (archived)
In February, Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old member of the U.S. Air Force, self-immolated in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC. The act was live-streamed on Twitch. Attendees at Wednesdays vigil said [Matthew] Nelson, a U.S. veteran, was close friends with Bushnell, a Whitman native.
‘Jane Doe’ Who Immolated Herself At Israeli Consulate In Atlanta Last Year Is Still Alive
CBS journalist lights himself on fire over in Washington over US media coverage of Gaza war
Tribute to Aaron Bushnell by Iraq Veteran Mike Prysner
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Aaron Bushnell’s Extreme Act of Protest & Why the World Would be Better if He was Still With Us (odysee)
CBS journalist lights himself on fire over in Washington over US media coverage of Gaza war
A journalist reportedly working with CBS News has lit himself on fire to protest the biased US media coverage of Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza which has killed tens of thousands of people including women and children.
CBS journalist lights himself on fire over in Washington over US media coverage of Gaza war
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Aaron Bushnell’s Extreme Act of Protest & Why the World Would be Better if He was Still With Us (odysee)
US professor: I was censored, doxed and fired because of Gaza
A New York city academic explains why despite this setback, he’ll keep advocating for Palestinians and other oppressed people across the world.
US professor: I was censored, doxed and fired because of Gaza
What the LA synagogue pro-Palestinian protest was really about
President Biden said he was ‘appalled’ by the scenes outside Adas Torah
What the LA synagogue pro-Palestinian protest was really about
The Short Leash
“The first is the right to free speech and for people to peacefully assemble and make their voices heard. The second is the rule of law. Both must be upheld. We are not an authoritarian nation where we silence people or squash dissent.”
Joe Biden. May 2, 2024
Drama: PatSocs, CPUSA, and Mao

A Sad State of Affairs: The Decline of the Communist Party USA.
In fact, they have even gone so far as to attack with the most heinous and disgusting of lies the most prominent Communist in the country, who is one of the leading voices in the Palestinian solidarity movement, Jackson Hinkle, along with us and the rest of the new Communist movement that is quickly forming in our new era of revolutionary potential. And in doing this, they are materially aligning themselves with the forces of that genocide and Zionism.
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Recently, the Party posted a rather telling article on its official website called “Against Patriotic Socialism”. Yes, you read that correctly. The article, part of the pre-convention discussions (or, really, we should put “convention” in scare quotes, and the National Board knows why – maybe they can explain to the various clubs why that is, before we have to do so), which can be found on the Party’s main website, maliciously, falsely, and childishly attacks the most prominent Communists in the entire country, who have done more for the cause of class struggle in a single year than the Party has managed in 20. Hinkle alone has exposed millions of people not only to a more positive view of Communism and fought Zionism and imperialism at every turn, but even gone so far as to do what these so-called “old heads” thought impossible, and gotten people to reconsider their views on J.V. Stalin, the most lied about Communist in history. The Infrared Collective has created new slogans that have gotten parts of the working class the Party gave up on long ago to begin getting interested in Communism, and its slogans are featured in mainstream media frequently.
The World’s Jewish Religious Community Is Not the Jewish People
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Let us decolonize our minds and our guts.Let’s de-idiotize the minds, from TV to academia.
Judaism is linked to the Jewish religion, Judaism is not linked to a people.
Islam is linked to the Islamic religion, Islam is not linked to a people.
Christianity is linked to the Christian religion, Christianity is not linked to a people.
It is unfortunate to have to explain this, today in the 21st century of alleged secular values, of supposed anti-imperialist values, and of a world where we believe and feel that the anachronism of colonialism has been overcome in history….
The World’s Jewish Religious Community Is Not the Jewish People
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