Episode 449: October H8THE (TrueAnon)We’re joined by Dylan Saba from Palestine Legal (palestinelegal.org) to talk about the new hasbara film “October 8,” the rash of nuisance suits by big law against protestors, and the unifying strategy of the Zionist assault on several amendments.
https://soundcloud.com/trueanonpod/october-h8theBreaking the Silence on Palestinian Armed StruggleOn February 22, 2024, China’s Ambassador to The Hague, Zhang Jun, uttered the unexpected. His testimony, like that of a number of others, was meant to help the International Court of Justice (ICJ) formulate a critical and long-overdue legal opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of Palestine. Zhang articulated the Chinese position, which, unlike the American envoy’s testimony, was entirely aligned with international and humanitarian laws. But he delved into a tabooed subject—one that even Palestine’s closest allies in the Middle East and Global South dared not touch: the right to use armed struggle. “Palestinian people’s use of force to resist foreign oppression and complete the establishment of an independent state is an inalienable right,” the Chinese Ambassador said, insisting that “the struggle waged by peoples for their liberation, right to self-determination, including armed struggle against colonialism, occupation, aggression, domination against foreign forces should not be considered terror acts”. Expectedly, Zhang’s comments didn’t reverberate much further: neither governments nor intellectuals, including many on the left, used his remarks as an opportunity to explore the matter further. It’s far more convenient to assign Palestinians the role of the victim or the villain. A resisting Palestinian—one with agency and control over his own fate—is always a dangerous territory.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/04/08/breaking-the-silence-on-palestinian-armed-struggle/Boycotts, Buycotts, and Real Worker PowerRegarding the events of February 28, it is both to the boycott organizers’ credit and their detriment that they started and promoted their campaign through unconventional means. Primarily spreading on social media and by word of mouth, it was eventually endorsed by figures like Stephen King, Bette Midler, and John Leguizamo. While such efforts can sometimes result in counterbalancing actions, in which people spend more money immediately before or after the proposed event, initial analysis shows that it had an impact. Target and Walmart, two of the targeted companies, saw slumps in online sales of 9 and 5 percent, respectively. Web sales for Amazon, perhaps the epitome of runaway capitalist excess, dropped by 2 percent, which may not seem significant, but it is noteworthy, considering its monopolizing grip over the economy. These results, though small, are products of relatively minor efforts, illustrating that we can, even without strike funds, demonstrations, and strong organizations, have an impact on the economic institutions that control our lives. Such actions pierce the veil of corporate supremacy, albeit ever so slightly.
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