Re: [Marxism] Gaza: What is happening?

["Gary MacLennan" <gary.maclennan1@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I don't know about this, Gary. Sounds like a disinvitation to me. It
> would be better to have him come and speak and hear the boos when he
> boilerplates the usual Hamas is no good line.
>
> If you want the united front you favor.
>
> Jon Flanders
>
> Hi Jon
>

There is no danger, as far as I understand, of him repeating the line
advanced by the former communist and now turncoat Julie Gillard that Hamas
started the crisis.  In that case there is a lot to be gained by having a
main stream politician who has huge credibility with the left liberals get
up and make a statement on the nature of the humanitarian disaster that is
taking place.

One has always to bear in mind that liberalism is the default setting for
dissidence in Australia.  One of the big problems with that fact is that
liberals are very easily persuaded to be critical what they perceive as
religious fundamentalism.  Think of the liberals who read the war in
Afghanistan as a crusade against the burqa.

This particular MP is set to be the leader of the left liberal set, if he so
wishes. My advice to him would be to go for it.

In any case we are in a situation where the more people we can get out on
the street protesting against the obscenity that is Zionism, then the more
chance we have of limiting their killing.

Isaraeli politicians have created a scenario where the world sees that if
you want to win an election in Israel then you kill a lot of Arabs.  What
does that say about Israel?  More and more people are asking that question.

regards

Gary
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