They are both creatures of US and Western foreign policy, both funded by us, both monsters. Netanyahu is far, far worse and is responsible for more trauma in his ruthless targeting of children. As heir to the Western created state formed post WWII, he has been longer in the making and will be harder to dispatch. Hussein, bless his black heart, was made by the CIA. His roots were shallower and younger, easier to uproot.
The blood is on our hands. Make no mistake about that.
Protesting or speaking out about what is happening in Gaza and protesting the actions of the government of Israel and Netanyahu, is NOT the same as protesting against the Israeli people.
Good grief, the people of Israel have been protesting against how this war is being conducted and against Netanyahu on a very large scale for a very long time.
Protesting the actions of government is not the same as protesting the nation or its people.
In fact, protesting our own government is "as American as apple pie" and the origins of our founding, as well. One does not assume a protester or one who spoke out against any president whether it be Biden or Trump or Bush is anti-American or even anti-old white dude. In fact it is a part of democracy and patriotic, in my view.
If they could, one assumes the Trump administration would also call the protesters in Israel, antisemitic and deny them student visas, but that would highlight the absurdity of what they have been doing.
Thus, so much of the pushback against the protests here or those who speak out are illogical and absurd.
Now, it is true that 'some' who are antisemitic have used this as an excuse for hate speech, but they are the minority, and this excuse for their bad behavior, can't keep being used to silence everyone against the horrific atrocities faced by civilians.
I honestly think that so many turning a blind eye, even here on substack, and staying silent after the Trump admin crackdown, could be the elephant in the room that is helping to undermine dissent against what is happening to us here at home, as well.
When some are silenced about the worst of the worst, from what moral seed do they then grow their outrage? How do they hoist their sails to move us all out of a quagmire for our own troubles, as well? How do they not feel like they are stuck at sea in a moral doldrums, when our own nation, once a champion of human rights and democracy is now seen as sliding into an abyss?
We are now the ONLY nation on the UN Security Council that did not vote for a ceasefire to they can get aid in to starving people, starving children.
How can that not be seen as complicit at this moment?
Trump says he wants to go to heaven. How about helping to save starving children? That sounds like a no-brainer to me.
Most Jewish citizens of Israel want the government to go further in it's elimination of the Palestinians, either in Gaza or the West Bank. It's well documented. Don't lie to us about some anguished Israeli left that wishes this all would end. It's bullshit.
This is our history, how we conduct business. Hussein was our client, paid for by the CIA. Twice, we looked the other way when he killed Kurds, abandoning them at the so-called end of the first Persian Gulf War when, after all the brouhaha of an assault on Iraq in 1991, they thought we'd defend them. We did not. So, to conduct his business there, George Bush, Sr. lied to the press, the people, and the world, put the press in pools to keep them from reporting the truth, insuring the media would not do what they did in Vietnam: report the truth. It all lead to squelching reporting and dissent, fostering an over the top yellow ribbon mania. He went after Hussein with everything we had after telling him through his ambassador April Glaspie that we were not concerned about his troubles with Kuwait, after arming him during his war with Iran. Over and over Bush touted the fake testimony given by the daughter of the ambassador to Kuwait, about Iraqis ripping babies from incubators, promoted by the hired P.R. firm, Hill and Knowlton, and paid for by the Kuwaiti government. So, why would we think we'd go against Netanyahu when, as a chronically deceived and diluted nation, despite our grabs in the Middle East, we now laud people like Bush and his descendants? Denial of the truth about Vietnam and, in the '80s, our reaction to that debacle by a military build up we then got to use in Iraq, all the other lies and deceits in that region, just continue. It was all couched in patriotism and in a defunct Pax Americana, now sprouted in Make America Great Again. Sells a lot of arms, too. What a horrible support of a horrible Israeli leader. But no surprise.
I subscribed to your service because of your insightful article on the history of fascist takeovers.
This article shows that you are also capable of using that same power to propagate total garbage.
The judicial measures that Israel’s justice minister has tried to push through are deplorable. Israel’s civil society has had some success in resisting them, which you do not mention, implying that they have been implemented in full.
As for the press, whatever corrupt efforts Netanyahu made to influence coverage, Israel continues to have a free press, which is largely against the government and increasingly against the war.
Comparing Levin’s attempts to change Israel’s legal system to Saddam’s live executions is beyond irresponsible. But we have gotten used to reading preposterous arguments against Israel over the past two years. As long as someone is condemning Israel, it seems that you can say anything, no matter how ridiculous. I can report from personal experience that if you object, you will be called a genocide denier and a fascist.
Well I do object. The situation in Israel is bad, and comparing Netanyahu to Saddam Hussein is completely deranged. Both of these things are true.
Yet the elemental truth about both these men is that they are narrowly focused sociopaths. And what they have done is risk the lives of every one of their citizens, who will generally be condemned as a unit, not individually, ethics and opposition be damned. I want Israel to continue to exist, but what is being done in its name is despicable. The people of Israel must rid themselves of Netanyahu.
Thanks for writing this. Given his other work I was upset to see the casualness at which he disregarded the spectrum of Israeli response and it is like saying that as the American electorate we support everything Trump is doing because we voted him into office. Shame on Chris. Allowing such sweeping generalizations has only fueled the impasse and strengthened the polarization between people so no agreements can be reached. And remember, the 64,000 live lost - so many tragic, devastating losses like those murdered on Oct 7 and many fighters in a war that they brutally began.
Maybe, but do we really have to mention that the people are not the same as the government anywhere? Would anyone actually assume all support Trump's actions or that of Saddam? Yes, more context would be far more appropriate here, since no one wants to be associated with what is happening in Gaza, nor should a civilian population be assumed to be complicit with the actions of a government, etc.
I am not an authority as such but yes - there is no doubt that organized religion’s purpose is to effectively extend control. Historically why there were (and still are) state religions openly observed and practiced by the (so called) leadership - be it kings and queens or any other appellations adopted to show special dispensation to those individuals or groups.
No single religious group has not included or excluded membership that includes privileges or condemnation based on compliance with their particular rules (i.e. commandments) in order well, to preserve order.
Whatever you want to call those of us who stand apart by choice are seen as threats to these established structures. Precisely why the ‘founders’ of the United States stood as exceptional in excluding church influence by declaring a separation of church and state.
Christian Nationalists clearly want to overturn this policy. Any citizen who respects the freedom inherent from standing apart from religion (any of them) even if they see themselves as members of a religion - must stand against those people.
The Christian Nationalists respect neither freedom or independence.
They cannot prevail because they would effectively smother that element that gives our country its unique reason for existing - as a refuge for all who seek freedom to live as they can respectful of the tenets of civil society and mutual respect and tolerance- which truly stands as a light in the world, our flaws notwithstanding .
Yes, to me the separation of church and state actually protects the freedom of religion as well and all religious practices, not just those who may not choose to practice and adhere to a particular formal religion. Combining the two puts religion at risk and may be dependent on the whims of leaders.
Agree. But in this case it MUST be imo, given that for too many - perhaps especially with the depraved evangelicals here who loudly support Israel - the specter of antisemitism lives right next door to them.
Also concerning is that whenever government and religion are merged, it seems eventually laws start to define "which" religion is acceptable and legal and this becomes narrower and narrower and freedom is lost and persecution starts.
So it will not even be some of 'the neighbors' who may eventually be of concern, but even their own who are setting laws and running things.
Think of kings and kingdoms that dictated even what type of Christianity was acceptable, as well, with non-adherence punishable by death.
Also, think of the Spanish Inquisition and on and on. Religion and government should not be joined due to what can happen when religion becomes law.
Good grief, even the pilgrims were fleeing other Christians, so I find it odd that Christian Nationalists types like to point to pilgrims as it tends to actually reveal the contradiction to what they are advocating for as these folks had to flee the laws that arose out of combining church and state.
This is based on what I can recall from history, so if I got something wrong, let me know.
Yes, I understand that you feel that it is needed to point out that this is generally not the people of Israel for context, but bad leadership.
However, I too have read comments by some that they are surprised of the scale of what is happening in their own country when they leave the country and get additional news coverage elsewhere though, but maybe they are not reading from the same sources as you.
However, even if you feel offended, the author also did not claim this was anything other than the government.
The people of Iraq would not have been said to approve of Saddam either and were not considered complicit.
If I got your meaning wrong, let me know.
I feel it is odd that the endless and large protests in Israel against Netanyahu and the government's handling of the war are not covered more by our press and because of this people need to mention and hammer this point home.
Chris, your essay is devastating. You've managed to distill the essence of a moral quandary. It's demon rum. It seems odd to thank you for issuing such a painful message, but I do. Now, what to say, do, and even hope for in the months ahead. I guess it's existential. Cheers from Montana.
There is tremendous darkness in the world we live in but I believe even in this moment of history we can create tremendous kindness and joy in our personal lives. That's what keeps me from losing hope.
Thanks for reading and for your kind words. Writing brings me incredible joy, especially knowing it is being read!
Netanyahu is the heir apparent to Adolf Hitler. He has created his own private Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, infamous for its starvation of prisoners.
Isn't it time (it is) that we examine much more deeply and keenly the dynamics of power and its personal and social psychology as it appears in and influences our everyday social and political ethical fabric? For instance and in every space including especially religious ones so taken up with deferring to an imaginary being - when the spirit itself can guide, how we use our democratically achieved sense of personal freedom within the necessary order and laws, within the bounds of practical human decency - first within ourselves to get a bearing and a grounding.
No, Netanyahu does not believe every Gazan is Hamas. He is actually operating in a system that has supported the idea that all sorts of horrors are acceptable as the only way to achieve "security" because the Palestinians are unreasoning non-humans rather than oppressed people who have (only sometimes and as a minority) used violent terrorism. The Israeli intelligence knows full well how much hatred or disaffection the Gazans have for Hamas. But Netanyahu did support Hamas and admit that they were helping him prevent a two-state solution. What Netanyahu does believe is that he has a right to kill as many Palestinians as he can get away with in order to make sure that Israel has all the territory from the Jordan to the sea, the goal stated in the Likud 1977 platform.
The AFL CIO protest has a slight slant towards worker's rights, while the MayDay protest leans more into civilian rights. Each speaks out against the Trump Regime.
Both have marches and rallies, while the AFL CIO is also hosting picnics and parades. They each share some of the same local events. Why not attend both?
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🍃Luke Kemp
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🍃The future is not certain. We don't have a crystal ball. We cannot say for certain that we are in a moment of collapse now. But these are the different trajectories that we could take.
🍃Luke Kemp is a research associate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge, and has spent the past five years studying the collapse of civilisations throughout history.
Didn't the US always have the option of intervening based upon their leverage, and putting their foot down?
Could they have not stopped any and all of the illegal housing expansion Israel has done for more than 40 years if I recall correctly that has always been a root cause for conflict?
They could have been a, if not THE, major force to bring peace to the region, and did not. For good US business interest.
Comparisons with historical monsters like Hussein are difficult to sustain because we haven’t had time to reflect back and there are always differences in scope and methods. But this article has an internal logic and is packed with insight. Very much worth asking. That our supposed ally could even be compared to Hussein says it all.
I think it certainly is food for thought and why it is framed as a question. Yes it is a matter of the reason "why" he can ask this question and even consider such a comparison that is so illuminating.
OK wise people. Imagine Canada or Mexico decided to raid New York or Texas for a few hours and massacred 0.013% of our population( approx 42,000 ) .Then the perpetrators rushed back to Mexico City or Montreal and hid in the basements of the downtown buildings where their leaders and terrorist cells had built an underground military camp. What would the US do under any government. Look what we did i when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, or the Tonkin Gulf incident in Viet Nam Or the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait or the Search for Bin Ladin . More recently the bombing of Iran, or or the quest for WMD 's in Iraq 2?
So let's not be holier than thou! Existential threats as Israel faces in the HAMAS charter( Mein Kampf anyone? I could add the 2025 manifesto which outline what is promised in the future by various demonic political groups)
you want Genocide. thing Nazi vs Jews, Houthi vs Toutsie ,Dardur, Syrian governments, Bolsheviks vs Ukrainian Kulaks, Japanese vs Chinese in Nanking. Turkey vs Armenians. But Descendants of Holocaust survivors, and products of Muslim banishers and terrorists who manifest destructions of JEWS these are genocides not self defense. Wake up you protestors and maligners of Israeli governors read your history books and take of your antisemitic glasses. You are the perpetrators of malicious ancient antisemitic practices. Crusades anyone?
They are both creatures of US and Western foreign policy, both funded by us, both monsters. Netanyahu is far, far worse and is responsible for more trauma in his ruthless targeting of children. As heir to the Western created state formed post WWII, he has been longer in the making and will be harder to dispatch. Hussein, bless his black heart, was made by the CIA. His roots were shallower and younger, easier to uproot.
The blood is on our hands. Make no mistake about that.
A pair of murdering bastards. Big as life and twice as ugly.
Protesting or speaking out about what is happening in Gaza and protesting the actions of the government of Israel and Netanyahu, is NOT the same as protesting against the Israeli people.
Good grief, the people of Israel have been protesting against how this war is being conducted and against Netanyahu on a very large scale for a very long time.
Protesting the actions of government is not the same as protesting the nation or its people.
In fact, protesting our own government is "as American as apple pie" and the origins of our founding, as well. One does not assume a protester or one who spoke out against any president whether it be Biden or Trump or Bush is anti-American or even anti-old white dude. In fact it is a part of democracy and patriotic, in my view.
If they could, one assumes the Trump administration would also call the protesters in Israel, antisemitic and deny them student visas, but that would highlight the absurdity of what they have been doing.
Thus, so much of the pushback against the protests here or those who speak out are illogical and absurd.
Now, it is true that 'some' who are antisemitic have used this as an excuse for hate speech, but they are the minority, and this excuse for their bad behavior, can't keep being used to silence everyone against the horrific atrocities faced by civilians.
I honestly think that so many turning a blind eye, even here on substack, and staying silent after the Trump admin crackdown, could be the elephant in the room that is helping to undermine dissent against what is happening to us here at home, as well.
When some are silenced about the worst of the worst, from what moral seed do they then grow their outrage? How do they hoist their sails to move us all out of a quagmire for our own troubles, as well? How do they not feel like they are stuck at sea in a moral doldrums, when our own nation, once a champion of human rights and democracy is now seen as sliding into an abyss?
We are now the ONLY nation on the UN Security Council that did not vote for a ceasefire to they can get aid in to starving people, starving children.
How can that not be seen as complicit at this moment?
Trump says he wants to go to heaven. How about helping to save starving children? That sounds like a no-brainer to me.
Most Jewish citizens of Israel want the government to go further in it's elimination of the Palestinians, either in Gaza or the West Bank. It's well documented. Don't lie to us about some anguished Israeli left that wishes this all would end. It's bullshit.
This is our history, how we conduct business. Hussein was our client, paid for by the CIA. Twice, we looked the other way when he killed Kurds, abandoning them at the so-called end of the first Persian Gulf War when, after all the brouhaha of an assault on Iraq in 1991, they thought we'd defend them. We did not. So, to conduct his business there, George Bush, Sr. lied to the press, the people, and the world, put the press in pools to keep them from reporting the truth, insuring the media would not do what they did in Vietnam: report the truth. It all lead to squelching reporting and dissent, fostering an over the top yellow ribbon mania. He went after Hussein with everything we had after telling him through his ambassador April Glaspie that we were not concerned about his troubles with Kuwait, after arming him during his war with Iran. Over and over Bush touted the fake testimony given by the daughter of the ambassador to Kuwait, about Iraqis ripping babies from incubators, promoted by the hired P.R. firm, Hill and Knowlton, and paid for by the Kuwaiti government. So, why would we think we'd go against Netanyahu when, as a chronically deceived and diluted nation, despite our grabs in the Middle East, we now laud people like Bush and his descendants? Denial of the truth about Vietnam and, in the '80s, our reaction to that debacle by a military build up we then got to use in Iraq, all the other lies and deceits in that region, just continue. It was all couched in patriotism and in a defunct Pax Americana, now sprouted in Make America Great Again. Sells a lot of arms, too. What a horrible support of a horrible Israeli leader. But no surprise.
I subscribed to your service because of your insightful article on the history of fascist takeovers.
This article shows that you are also capable of using that same power to propagate total garbage.
The judicial measures that Israel’s justice minister has tried to push through are deplorable. Israel’s civil society has had some success in resisting them, which you do not mention, implying that they have been implemented in full.
As for the press, whatever corrupt efforts Netanyahu made to influence coverage, Israel continues to have a free press, which is largely against the government and increasingly against the war.
Comparing Levin’s attempts to change Israel’s legal system to Saddam’s live executions is beyond irresponsible. But we have gotten used to reading preposterous arguments against Israel over the past two years. As long as someone is condemning Israel, it seems that you can say anything, no matter how ridiculous. I can report from personal experience that if you object, you will be called a genocide denier and a fascist.
Well I do object. The situation in Israel is bad, and comparing Netanyahu to Saddam Hussein is completely deranged. Both of these things are true.
Yet the elemental truth about both these men is that they are narrowly focused sociopaths. And what they have done is risk the lives of every one of their citizens, who will generally be condemned as a unit, not individually, ethics and opposition be damned. I want Israel to continue to exist, but what is being done in its name is despicable. The people of Israel must rid themselves of Netanyahu.
Thanks for writing this. Given his other work I was upset to see the casualness at which he disregarded the spectrum of Israeli response and it is like saying that as the American electorate we support everything Trump is doing because we voted him into office. Shame on Chris. Allowing such sweeping generalizations has only fueled the impasse and strengthened the polarization between people so no agreements can be reached. And remember, the 64,000 live lost - so many tragic, devastating losses like those murdered on Oct 7 and many fighters in a war that they brutally began.
Maybe, but do we really have to mention that the people are not the same as the government anywhere? Would anyone actually assume all support Trump's actions or that of Saddam? Yes, more context would be far more appropriate here, since no one wants to be associated with what is happening in Gaza, nor should a civilian population be assumed to be complicit with the actions of a government, etc.
I am not an authority as such but yes - there is no doubt that organized religion’s purpose is to effectively extend control. Historically why there were (and still are) state religions openly observed and practiced by the (so called) leadership - be it kings and queens or any other appellations adopted to show special dispensation to those individuals or groups.
No single religious group has not included or excluded membership that includes privileges or condemnation based on compliance with their particular rules (i.e. commandments) in order well, to preserve order.
Whatever you want to call those of us who stand apart by choice are seen as threats to these established structures. Precisely why the ‘founders’ of the United States stood as exceptional in excluding church influence by declaring a separation of church and state.
Christian Nationalists clearly want to overturn this policy. Any citizen who respects the freedom inherent from standing apart from religion (any of them) even if they see themselves as members of a religion - must stand against those people.
The Christian Nationalists respect neither freedom or independence.
They cannot prevail because they would effectively smother that element that gives our country its unique reason for existing - as a refuge for all who seek freedom to live as they can respectful of the tenets of civil society and mutual respect and tolerance- which truly stands as a light in the world, our flaws notwithstanding .
Yes, to me the separation of church and state actually protects the freedom of religion as well and all religious practices, not just those who may not choose to practice and adhere to a particular formal religion. Combining the two puts religion at risk and may be dependent on the whims of leaders.
You are right. It does.
Agree. But in this case it MUST be imo, given that for too many - perhaps especially with the depraved evangelicals here who loudly support Israel - the specter of antisemitism lives right next door to them.
Also concerning is that whenever government and religion are merged, it seems eventually laws start to define "which" religion is acceptable and legal and this becomes narrower and narrower and freedom is lost and persecution starts.
So it will not even be some of 'the neighbors' who may eventually be of concern, but even their own who are setting laws and running things.
Think of kings and kingdoms that dictated even what type of Christianity was acceptable, as well, with non-adherence punishable by death.
Also, think of the Spanish Inquisition and on and on. Religion and government should not be joined due to what can happen when religion becomes law.
Good grief, even the pilgrims were fleeing other Christians, so I find it odd that Christian Nationalists types like to point to pilgrims as it tends to actually reveal the contradiction to what they are advocating for as these folks had to flee the laws that arose out of combining church and state.
This is based on what I can recall from history, so if I got something wrong, let me know.
I wish it were true we didn’t have to mention it but he stated the argument so that he implicated all Israelis.
I did not get the "all Israelis" as a take away when reading it. All of this said, with all that has happened, having full context is important.
Yes, I understand that you feel that it is needed to point out that this is generally not the people of Israel for context, but bad leadership.
However, I too have read comments by some that they are surprised of the scale of what is happening in their own country when they leave the country and get additional news coverage elsewhere though, but maybe they are not reading from the same sources as you.
However, even if you feel offended, the author also did not claim this was anything other than the government.
The people of Iraq would not have been said to approve of Saddam either and were not considered complicit.
If I got your meaning wrong, let me know.
I feel it is odd that the endless and large protests in Israel against Netanyahu and the government's handling of the war are not covered more by our press and because of this people need to mention and hammer this point home.
I can’t agree more. The heartfelt revulsion by so many Israelis to Netanyahu and extremist factions is not widely grasped here.
The so called main stream media has been corrupted here, not only lately.
Chris, your essay is devastating. You've managed to distill the essence of a moral quandary. It's demon rum. It seems odd to thank you for issuing such a painful message, but I do. Now, what to say, do, and even hope for in the months ahead. I guess it's existential. Cheers from Montana.
There is tremendous darkness in the world we live in but I believe even in this moment of history we can create tremendous kindness and joy in our personal lives. That's what keeps me from losing hope.
Thanks for reading and for your kind words. Writing brings me incredible joy, especially knowing it is being read!
I have to believe there is enough rope in Israel to deal with the problem.
Netanyahu is the heir apparent to Adolf Hitler. He has created his own private Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, infamous for its starvation of prisoners.
Isn't it time (it is) that we examine much more deeply and keenly the dynamics of power and its personal and social psychology as it appears in and influences our everyday social and political ethical fabric? For instance and in every space including especially religious ones so taken up with deferring to an imaginary being - when the spirit itself can guide, how we use our democratically achieved sense of personal freedom within the necessary order and laws, within the bounds of practical human decency - first within ourselves to get a bearing and a grounding.
No, Netanyahu does not believe every Gazan is Hamas. He is actually operating in a system that has supported the idea that all sorts of horrors are acceptable as the only way to achieve "security" because the Palestinians are unreasoning non-humans rather than oppressed people who have (only sometimes and as a minority) used violent terrorism. The Israeli intelligence knows full well how much hatred or disaffection the Gazans have for Hamas. But Netanyahu did support Hamas and admit that they were helping him prevent a two-state solution. What Netanyahu does believe is that he has a right to kill as many Palestinians as he can get away with in order to make sure that Israel has all the territory from the Jordan to the sea, the goal stated in the Likud 1977 platform.
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Workers over Billionaires
organized by MayDay/50501
https://maydaystrong.org/
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Workers Labor Day 2025
organized by AFL CIO
https://workerslaborday.org/
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For Canadian Labour Day Protests against the Trump Regime, see:
Made Here, Paid Here
https://workerstogether.ca/events/
JOIN THE DEMOCRACY TRAIN.
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The AFL CIO protest has a slight slant towards worker's rights, while the MayDay protest leans more into civilian rights. Each speaks out against the Trump Regime.
Both have marches and rallies, while the AFL CIO is also hosting picnics and parades. They each share some of the same local events. Why not attend both?
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🍃Rachel Donald
🍃Luke Kemp
🍃
🍃The future is not certain. We don't have a crystal ball. We cannot say for certain that we are in a moment of collapse now. But these are the different trajectories that we could take.
🍃Luke Kemp is a research associate at the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk at the University of Cambridge, and has spent the past five years studying the collapse of civilisations throughout history.
🍃Collapse for the 99% | Luke Kemp
https://www.planetcritical.com/p/luke-kemp
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the heymacs - If I Were Young Again
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HGdgber6qVU
A note about who the f*ck ARE these guys?!
Introducing the heymacs
https://frustratedboomers.com/2016/02/15/introducing-the-heymacs/
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Keep protests peaceful.
Don't kill anyone.
We DO make a difference.
Here are resistance related guides from around the world:
🇺🇸 Fundamentals of physical surveillance: a guide for uniformed and plainclothes personnel
https://archive.org/details/fundamentalsofph0000silj
The RCMP has its own publications including:
🇨🇦 GCPSG-022 (2025) - Threat and Risk Assessment Guide
GCPSG-010 (2022) - Operational Physical Security Guide
🇨🇦 GCPSG-019 (2023) - Protection, Detection, Response, and Recovery Guide
https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/physec-secmat/pubs/index-eng.htm
The non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation also has excellent guides on:
🇺🇸 Street Level Surveillance
https://sls.eff.org
🇺🇸 Surveillance Self-Defense
https://ssd.eff.org/
🇪🇺 🇸🇪⚠️ Resistance Operating Concept
https://jsou.edu/Press/PublicationDashboard/25
🇺🇦 🇺🇲 Radio Free Ukraine Resistance Manual
https://radiofreeukraine.com/3d-flip-book/resistance-manual/
⚠️ Assessing Revolutionary And Insurgent Strategies (ARIS) Studies
Small Wars Journal
Assessing Revolutionary and Insurgent Strategies (ARIS) Project
https://smallwarsjournal.com/2012/08/05/assessing-revolutionary-and-insurgent-strategies-aris-project/
Author's website:
On Resistance, Revolutions, and Insurgencies
https://zimmerer.typepad.com/resistance/
Free PDF download of the book from the original author:
Casebook on Insurgency and Revolutionary Warfare, Volume II 1962 - 2009
http://zimmerer.typepad.com/Documents/ARIS%20Casebook%20Vol%202%202012%20s.pdf
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Didn't the US always have the option of intervening based upon their leverage, and putting their foot down?
Could they have not stopped any and all of the illegal housing expansion Israel has done for more than 40 years if I recall correctly that has always been a root cause for conflict?
They could have been a, if not THE, major force to bring peace to the region, and did not. For good US business interest.
Two POS’s. Wish they would both die and take their administration with them.
Comparisons with historical monsters like Hussein are difficult to sustain because we haven’t had time to reflect back and there are always differences in scope and methods. But this article has an internal logic and is packed with insight. Very much worth asking. That our supposed ally could even be compared to Hussein says it all.
I think it certainly is food for thought and why it is framed as a question. Yes it is a matter of the reason "why" he can ask this question and even consider such a comparison that is so illuminating.
So what's your opinion on the Oct 7th attacks?
Oh, those only killed Jews, those don't count.
OK wise people. Imagine Canada or Mexico decided to raid New York or Texas for a few hours and massacred 0.013% of our population( approx 42,000 ) .Then the perpetrators rushed back to Mexico City or Montreal and hid in the basements of the downtown buildings where their leaders and terrorist cells had built an underground military camp. What would the US do under any government. Look what we did i when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, or the Tonkin Gulf incident in Viet Nam Or the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait or the Search for Bin Ladin . More recently the bombing of Iran, or or the quest for WMD 's in Iraq 2?
So let's not be holier than thou! Existential threats as Israel faces in the HAMAS charter( Mein Kampf anyone? I could add the 2025 manifesto which outline what is promised in the future by various demonic political groups)
you want Genocide. thing Nazi vs Jews, Houthi vs Toutsie ,Dardur, Syrian governments, Bolsheviks vs Ukrainian Kulaks, Japanese vs Chinese in Nanking. Turkey vs Armenians. But Descendants of Holocaust survivors, and products of Muslim banishers and terrorists who manifest destructions of JEWS these are genocides not self defense. Wake up you protestors and maligners of Israeli governors read your history books and take of your antisemitic glasses. You are the perpetrators of malicious ancient antisemitic practices. Crusades anyone?