Yoav Litvin's Blog, page 2
July 9, 2020
Panthers Forever: Revolution at Home and in Exile
Black Panthers Charlotte and Pete O’Neal reflect on their lives as revolutionaries in the US and Africa after living in exile for over 50 years. All images are Courtesy Pete and Charlotte O’Neal Revolutionary socialism is a quest for freedom, justice and equality through the destruction of capitalist oppression by any means necessary, often including...
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January 26, 2020
Anti-Colonialism and Anti-Semitism in Harlem
In 2016, I worked on a collaborative photography exhibit titled 2Gether – Portraits of Duos in Harlem and the Bronx with my friend and colleague Tau Battice, a photographer and lecturer at the City University of New York. Born in St. Kitts-Nevis and based in Harlem, Tau provided me an opportunity to taste the rich,...
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January 10, 2020
Zionism and ‘Anti-Semitism’: A Chronicle of a Smear Foretold
With the 2020 Presidential elections fast approaching, the progressive campaign of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is gaining traction. Several interest groups have grown increasingly anxious of Sanders’ Democratic Socialist agenda, including ruling class Republicans, corporate Democrats and their joint ally – Zionists, both Christian and Jewish. Sanders and BDS The ongoing ‘anti-Semitism’ smear of Sanders...
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September 3, 2019
The case against the Zionist “left”
Zionist historical revisionism constructs an erroneous presentation of Israel as accommodating a left-to-right political milieu, the left-flank of which amenable to a peaceful resolution of “the conflict”, instead of recognizing the entirety of Zionism, including its “liberal” faction, as inherently white supremacist, settler colonialist and genocidal. The supposed left, “liberal” wing of Zionism, comprising Israeli...
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June 18, 2019
Catch 2020 – Trump’s Authoritarian Endgame
On Thursday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed Iran was responsible for attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, a version of events quickly challenged by Iran and the owner of the tanker. These accusations are reminiscent of similar charges lobbed at the Iranian regime in May, with some in the...
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June 12, 2019
Doublespeak in Israel and the United States targets “the left” as traitorous
No syncretistic faith can withstand analytical criticism. The critical spirit makes distinctions, and to distinguish is a sign of modernism. In modern culture the scientific community praises disagreement as a way to improve knowledge. For Ur-Fascism, disagreement is treason. ~ Umberto Eco In spite of a seemingly convincing victory in Israel’s recent elections, Prime Minister...
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May 10, 2019
Uncle Ben Shapiro, and me
Ben Shapiro is trending on Twitter after thoroughly embarrassing himself in an interview with BBC right-wing journalist Andrew Neil. The highlight of the interview came when Shapiro ignorantly pleaded with Neil to admit he is “on the left”. In response, the Brit chuckled in characteristic fashion and said: “Mr. Shapiro, if you only knew how...
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The Zionist one-two propaganda punch
Another round of Israeli violence inflicted on Palestinians in Gaza resulted in devastating consequences: twenty seven dead, including Amani al-Madhoun, a young woman in her final month of pregnancy, as well as 3-month-old infant Maria al-Ghazali and 12-year-old Abd al-Rahman Abu al-Jadyan, both killed alongside their parents. The flare up comes as Palestinians are routinely...
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April 17, 2019
The Ilhan Omar Gambit – Anti-Semitism as a Reactionary Political Tool
Criticism of Israel and support for the rights of Palestinian people who are currently deprived of them are legitimate, crucial and moral. To tarnish human rights advocates as 'anti-Semitic' undermines the efforts of all those who oppose the white supremacist patriarchy, including Palestinians, Black and Brown people, women, Indigenous groups, immigrants, LGBTQI, Muslims and Jews.
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April 10, 2019
To be or not to be a Zionist?
Jewish American progressives are falling for the oldest trick in the Zionist playbook: the conflation of Zionism with Judaism. The ultimate victims of this propaganda ploy are always Palestinians. Sheldon’s Party Last Sunday, Sheldon Adelson’s Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) welcomed President of the United States, serial sexual harasser and inspiration to murderous white supremacists worldwide...
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