Search found 6 matches

by Eric
Thu Apr 02, 2026 11:02 pm
Forum: Trump, the MAGA offensive, and the resistance
Topic: No Kings Day III, March 28, 2026
Replies: 10
Views: 1560

Re: No Kings Day III, March 28, 2026

Indivisible's leaders say the next No Kings event will be on May Day and will be a one-day general strike similar to the one-day general strike that took place in Minneapolis.

I've seen posters here in Seattle to that effect, they went up around March 28 and the No Kings demo here.

And:

Here ...
by Eric
Sat Jan 03, 2026 8:16 pm
Forum: Build the movement against the bombing of Gaza and Lebanon!
Topic: Implementation of the Peace Plan for Gaza
Replies: 4
Views: 937

Implementation of the Peace Plan for Gaza

The Trump Peace Plan went into effect on October 10th, and enough time has passed to allow some assessment of its actual effect, and it is important to assess and not just take a knee-jerk attitude toward it, as some left groups do, calling it “fascist” or “another atrocious crime against ...
by Eric
Mon Sep 16, 2024 6:36 pm
Forum: About Hamas and Islamic fundamentalism
Topic: Survey of leftists' positions on Hamas
Replies: 3
Views: 24609

Re: Survey of leftists' positions on Hamas

Hamas: A Marxist appraisal by Omar Hassan, published June 13, 2024

Omar Hassan is editor of Marxist Left Review, the theoretical journal of Socialist Alternative Australia, a Trotskyist trend. While Hassan is pretty unsparing in his criticism of Hamas (also Fatah, though his focus is Hamas), it is ...
by Eric
Sat Aug 10, 2024 7:07 pm
Forum: About Hamas and Islamic fundamentalism
Topic: Survey of leftists' positions on Hamas
Replies: 3
Views: 24609

Re: Survey of leftists' positions on Hamas

During the period November 2023 to January 2024, Tempest magazine carried a polemic re the position the left should take toward Hamas. The first and third entries are pro-Hamas, and are answered in the second and fourth clearly, and citing facts. However, these responses are not based on class ...
by Eric
Sat Aug 10, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: About Hamas and Islamic fundamentalism
Topic: Survey of leftists' positions on Hamas
Replies: 3
Views: 24609

Re: Survey of leftists' positions on Hamas

In late April 2024, I handed copy of this Seattle Workers' Voice leaflet to a supporter at the University of Washington encampment, who read it and returned it with markups. These marks reflect arguments commonly made by those on the left who support Hamas and the October 7th attack.

Briefly going ...
by Eric
Sat Aug 10, 2024 6:50 pm
Forum: About Hamas and Islamic fundamentalism
Topic: Survey of leftists' positions on Hamas
Replies: 3
Views: 24609

Survey of leftists' positions on Hamas

This is a partial survey of Western leftist positions regarding Hamas. They fall roughly into groupings:

First, among certain trends, it is taken as an article of absolute faith, that one must support Hamas uncritically, and they even paint up the October 7th attack as something heroic. This ...

Go to advanced search