I have so much to say on this but no matter what I'd say, everyone would find fault with it. One thing I would say for now is that while there is both a terrifying and fucked up military and economic alliance going on between the US and Israel, US leftists often spend more time criticizing the Israeli side than the US side. We can do both, but it's rare to see anyone except the most dogmatic Marxists (solidarity, Sistersmith) do so.
On the other hand, there is a weird "diplomatic woke" push from the Israeli government that has defined some of the US woke stuff. Parading gay and lesbian Israeli youth around at US college events, or the IDF's feminist and gay push. But these are the exact same thing happening in the US government, too.
But where my critiques get super difficult is the matter of the ADF, whose work became heavily influential in the US Antifa movement. Some of the terrifying Antifa Terror moments (in which leftists like me were suddenly labeled "fascist") fit so well into the ADF's line that it would soon unsurprising to find many "antifa" leaders working for organizations supported by the ADF.
Something weird is happening there, but I'm pretty sure it's the same weird thing we see with massive neoliberal foundations funding woke and social justice projects. Identity conflict is easier to manage than class conflict, and they're all making sure we hate each other rather than looking at capitalist class.
I have so much to say on this but no matter what I'd say, everyone would find fault with it. One thing I would say for now is that while there is both a terrifying and fucked up military and economic alliance going on between the US and Israel, US leftists often spend more time criticizing the Israeli side than the US side. We can do both, but it's rare to see anyone except the most dogmatic Marxists (solidarity, Sistersmith) do so.
On the other hand, there is a weird "diplomatic woke" push from the Israeli government that has defined some of the US woke stuff. Parading gay and lesbian Israeli youth around at US college events, or the IDF's feminist and gay push. But these are the exact same thing happening in the US government, too.
But where my critiques get super difficult is the matter of the ADF, whose work became heavily influential in the US Antifa movement. Some of the terrifying Antifa Terror moments (in which leftists like me were suddenly labeled "fascist") fit so well into the ADF's line that it would soon unsurprising to find many "antifa" leaders working for organizations supported by the ADF.
Something weird is happening there, but I'm pretty sure it's the same weird thing we see with massive neoliberal foundations funding woke and social justice projects. Identity conflict is easier to manage than class conflict, and they're all making sure we hate each other rather than looking at capitalist class.
>"I have so much to say on this but no matter what I'd say, everyone would find fault with it."
All the more reason to say it, IMO.