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For anyone wondering, yes the BDS Movement is having an impact. If anyone wants to join, the No Thanks App (created by a Palestinian developer) Apple / Android makes it as easy as a quick search or barcode scan
Affirming the role the BDS movement has played in the Israeli economy’s “spiral of collapse,” as 130 leading Israeli economists describe it, in September, the Chairman of the Israeli Export Institute said: “BDS and boycotts have changed Israel’s global trade landscape.” He added, “Economic boycotts and BDS organizations present major challenges, and in some countries, we are forced to operate under the radar.” Israel’s projected annual GDP growth rate for 2024 is 0%, according to leading credit rating agency S&P, and some 60,000 Israeli businesses are projected to have shut down during this year of ongoing genocide.
https://bdsmovement.net/Indicators-BDS-Global-Impact-July-December-2024
Not on policy
Democrats' Working-Class Failures, Analysis Finds, Are 'Why Trump Beat Harris'
2024 Post-Election Report: A retrospective and longitudinal data analysis on why Trump beat Harris
How Trump and Harris Voters See America’s Role in the World
Majority of Americans support progressive policies such as higher minimum wage, free college
Democrats should run on the popular progressive ideas, but not the unpopular ones
Here Are 7 ‘Left Wing’ Ideas (Almost) All Americans Can Get Behind
Finding common ground: 109 national policy proposals with bipartisan support
Progressive Policies Are Popular Policies
Tim Walz's Progressive Policies Popular With Republicans in Swing States
Eugene V Debs is the best example for why that's not the case.
Dismantling public education has been deliberate, so has the expansion of right-wing propaganda to all forms of media. Both are done at the behest of capital owners to divide the working class
Here's an entire comprehensive list. Which was, again, discussed in Leeja Miller's video...
The Democrats are responsible for losing this election to an unpopular fascist by failing to represent the demands that the majority of their constituents were demanding. Start demanding more from your representatives.
Lmao, I can't believe that's what you got from the video. That was not remotely her point. Her entire point is that the Democrats should be using everything within their polical power to obstruct and delay everything the Trump Admin is trying to do. She gave multiple examples of exactly how they can do that. That's the bare minimum the Democratic Party should be doing. I already participate in local community organizations.
Obviously not, which is why it's completely insane that the Democratic Party refused to represent the majority of their constituents who wanted a permanent ceasefire and weapons embargo for an entire 15 months.
Instead opting to arrest thousands of student protestors, gift Israel billions of tax payer dollars for genocide, deny any voice or representation of the victims of the genocide, all in opposition to public sentiment and domestic/international law. One of the major reasons, along with immigration and the economy, that tanked the Democratic Party's campaign.
They threw the election and lost to an unpopular fascist. If they were trying to win they would have been offering popular concessions to earn as many votes as possible.
I'm replying to the context of the post
Which is Palestinian Americans, where you said
The same people who essentially got Trump into office are now pissed about it? You don't say...
Which is saying Palestinian Americans are the people who essentially got Trump into office
Like I said
Is it understandable to be mad at everyone who didn't vote Democratic? Absolutely. Does it make sense to hyperfocus anger at anyone pro-palestinian and pro-palestinian sentiment? Absolutely not
Palestinian Americans are not the people who "essentially got Trump into office"
Got it, your not here to talk about the actual problem with the campaign. You just want to focus your anger on those people torn most by having their family members and friends in Gaza being blown up with American weapons and support. People who were forced into the position to either vote for the party that was enthusiastically funding the bombing of their loved ones, with the only reason why being that the other guy will bomb them more, or protest vote against the administration that greenlit the death of their loved ones.
No analysis of how the Democratic Campaign lost those votes, no understanding of the position Palestinian Americans were put in. Just anger towards people who got scammed with the glimmer of hope of a ceasefire during an ongoing genocide. One only possible because the Democratic Campaign refused to pivot, despite domestic and international law, despite public sentiment, despite how much that pivot would have helped them win against the opposition.
Got it. Enjoy the view up there inbetween punching down
Here Are 34 Polls That Show A Ceasefire & Weapons Embargo Help Kamala Win
Let's say the 1.8% difference was significant. Why did the Democratic Party run away from that voter block?
Is your issue with what the Uncommitted campaign wanted? A weapons embargo to make Israel take the ceasefire? (The one the US put forward as an Israeli proposal) You're issue was with how the campaign was run? Despite them going through every proper channel?
They knew how popular a ceasefire and weapons embargo was. Total uncommitted in the Primary was 706,591 (Which may have been undercounted). On average, general turnout is twice that of primary turnout.
They knew an Arms Embargo was required by US and International Law.
Yet we still saw over a Year of Empty Rhetoric From the White House on Israel’s Wars and the campaign continued to alienate voters
They knew it was popular. They knew it was required by international law. They knew how many they risked to lose by continuing to violate the law against public sentiment. Those chose to risk that many votes when campaigning against a fascist. That's not the behavior of a party that wants to win.
There were many issues with how the Democratic Party ran their campaign. All of these issues contributed to the voter apathy that caused the Democrats to lose. Were pro-palestinian and anti-genocide a factor? Sure. Were they the main reason for the loss of the Democratic Party? Absolutely not. Their power and influence are completely marginal compared to the power and influence the Democratic Party had with their billions of dollars spent on ineffective messaging. The Democratic Party fucked up if they were trying to win. They ran to the right with Liz Cheney and Immigration, they pushed progressives away. They continued their uniparty approach to foreign policy despite every opportunity not to, at their own expense.
People who spend more time dunking on, discrediting, and demonizing pro-palestinian people, movements, and organizations, than standing with marginalized groups against Fascism, have never genuinely cared about Palestinian emancipation or equal rights for marginalized people.
Is it understandable to be mad at everyone who didn't vote Democratic? Absolutely. Does it make sense to hyperfocus anger at anyone pro-palestinian and pro-palestinian sentiment? Absolutely not.
Solidarity is the only way forward to resist and fight against Fascism. Especially Fascism that has gone global. Palestinian emancipation is the intersection of solidarity. The intersection of fighting against global capitalism and the Fascism growing to keep it in place. We need solidarity with everyone, now more than ever. With our fellow workers, community, marginalized groups, everyone.
That includes Democrats, Independents, and even Republicans. Everyone is suffering as our material conditions continue to degrade and we get squeezed with stagnant low wages and increasingly high costs of living. People want change. It needs to be grassroots. The Democratic Party may not be popular but progressive policies are across the board. We all need to join together in solidarity and build a genuine opposition to Fascism.
Democrats' Working-Class Failures, Analysis Finds, Are 'Why Trump Beat Harris'
2024 Post-Election Report: A retrospective and longitudinal data analysis on why Trump beat Harris
Here Are 34 Polls That Show A Ceasefire & Weapons Embargo Help Kamala Win
How Trump and Harris Voters See America’s Role in the World
Majority of Americans support progressive policies such as higher minimum wage, free college
Democrats should run on the popular progressive ideas, but not the unpopular ones
Here Are 7 ‘Left Wing’ Ideas (Almost) All Americans Can Get Behind
Finding common ground: 109 national policy proposals with bipartisan support
Progressive Policies Are Popular Policies
Tim Walz's Progressive Policies Popular With Republicans in Swing States
The Intercept has a left-wing bias but it is quite credible and reliable. You can read more about it on the credible sources discussion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Perennial_sources
The US has always had all the leverage over Israel.
Israel can't do anything that goes against the interests of US Empire.
I literally voted, so no i did not 'do nothing'. This is a much larger problem than individuals considering it a 'trolly problem'. Voter apathy is rooted in systemic issues, both in how voting is implemented within the country and what options there are to vote for.
From my other response:
Neoliberal policies have squeezed the working class, worsening both material conditions and future prospects, causing many many people to lose faith in the party. Business as Usual is a failing strategy when people are suffering from Business as Usual.
Right-wing populism takes advantage of that by putting the blame on the 'other' such as immigrants and marginalized people. The only way to combat right-wing populism effectively is with left-wing populism. To address the systemic issues causing the suffering with policies that improve people's material conditions. That would be public healthcare, public housing, public infrastructure, worker protections, ect. The issue is that those solutions hurt the bottom line of private businesses, which are the donor class of the Democratic (and Republican) Party.
Neoliberalism will always side with Fascism because of that profit incentive.
If voting with our dollar makes no dent, BDS campaigns wouldn't be effective. It's easy to feel that way from an individual level, but when it's a coordinated effort it certainly has an effect and the more people who join in the larger the effect is felt by the capital owners
I don't think the 2024 election was stolen. But if you mean that there are fascists (Christian Zionists) within the Democratic Establishment who, at best, didn't mind losing to Trump, I think you're right.
No, recognizing why the Democratic Party failed to mobilize millions to votes with their campaign strategy is not the same as an individual choosing not to vote for a candidate because they "aren't perfect"
I voted for Kamala, as many other leftists did, out of the principal of harm reduction. The reason the Democratic Party lost the support of the working class they initially had from the FDR days is entirely due to how the neoliberal policies have squeezed the working class, worsening both material conditions and future prospects, causing many many people to lose faith in the party. Business as Usual is a failing strategy when people are suffering from Business as Usual.
Right-wing populism takes advantage of that by putting the blame on the 'other' such as immigrants and marginalized people. The only way to combat right-wing populism effectively is with left-wing populism. To address the systemic issues causing the suffering with policies that improve people's material conditions. That would be public healthcare, public housing, public infrastructure, worker protections, ect. The issue is that those solutions hurt the bottom line of private businesses, which are the donor class of the Democratic (and Republican) Party.
Neoliberalism will always side with Fascism because of that profit incentive.
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