@msquebanh I highly suspect it's less guilt and more about electoral politics and the power of the Israel lobby, and being beholden to the US (Canada has even less independence than Australia does but our war machines were built together and financial warmongers and exploitative industries in all our nations).
@msquebanh This is extremely important context. I keep asking myself why certain western nations are so enamoured with Israel, and sheer guilt is a huge factor. I think there are three others, too. There's money. Selling weapons isn't charity work. Weapons manufacturers are making profits. There's also colonialism. When Canada looks at what Israel is doing and hears accusations of settler colonialism and genocide, I think a lot of guts tighten in anger because that's what we do, as a country.
Good. The state #oppression of gay people and #LGBTQ+ people in general must be condemned and ended worldwide. Only then can true #freedom be achieved. ✊
Of course, the law did not JUST target gay people. "#Homosexual acts" were illegal so #bisexual people were not off the hook. #Homophobia almost always implies #biphobia and other -phobias.
As the Columbia University Gaza Solidarity Encampment enters its sixth day, organizers have called on the entire student body to walk out of class to ramp up pressure on the administration to divest from Israel. Breakthrough News will be covering the action LIVE from inside the encampment April 22, 12pm ET
"It is a violent circle of #oppression when you create the situation, and then when we go out to #protest the situation, you in turn exact more violence upon us. We are saying NO MORE."
Two days ago on #Dutch TV channel #VPRO I watched the documentary "Beyond Utopia", and it left a deep impact on me.
It shows both the terrible plight of all those people that have to flee #authoritarian regimes. Where on their perilous journey, every step is either towards doom or freedom.
And it also shows the unimaginable #oppression that can be laid down onto an entire population and still keep people in line, praising their glorious leader.
Time for Autonomous Action for Palestine: A Conversation with Within Our Lifetime
'We will also discuss the benefit of - and existing calls for - decentralized actions, de-occupations, assemblies and gatherings, public testimonies, research/writing, media-making and agitprop, mutual aid stations, trainings and teach-ins in the streets, roving shutdowns, disruptive poetry readings, sit-ins and slow downs, strikes and marches, singing and amplifying sound, painting walls, resistance parties, wheatpasting, and other happenings.
"Within Our Lifetime is not only a name, but a promise, a motivational cry, a rally, and a call to action. It is the steadfast belief that no matter what obstacles we will face, victory of the oppressed is inevitable."'