#Vote Blue For Gaza

[originalleftist]

The reports that Israeli National Security minister Ben-Gvir is opposing a hostages for ceasefire deal in part because he believes it would help Biden and hurt Trump demonstrates how Donald Trump is very much NOT just a US problem.

P01135809 is making the entire world worse, and less safe, and this will only escalate if he regains the White House and all the power it holds.

It also demonstrates how anyone arguing that you shouldn't vote for Biden in order to help Palestine is either a fool, or lying.

[miiaspeaks]

read it and weep, idiots

[nuadaargetlamh]

One is a convicted criminal that wants to:

Institute a dictatorship “on day one only” (with majority support from his party!)

Give a greenlight to Project 2025

Use a weakened Schedule F to install THOUSANDS of cronies

Institute military tribunals for his political enemies (and allies!)

Gun down “enemies from within”

Support Russia in wiping Ukraine off the map

Use the combo of the removal of the Chevron deference/the Supreme Court allowing people to openly bribe them/Schedule F to extend the far-right’s reach into every government agency and deregulate everything to the benefit of his rich capitalist buddies

Has gotten total immunity for “official acts” (what counts as “official”? Whatever his Schedule F appointed judges choose of course.)

Already took away so many freedoms from racial minorities/queer people/women/anyone-that-isn’t-a-rich-white-man that it would take ages to list them all in this post

and so so so so SO MUCH MORE.

The other is a typical neoliberal politician.

Remember also, you’re not just choosing a president, you’re choosing their cabinet, potential Supreme Court justices, federal employees as well. With the above listed ALONE, Trump would do so much more damage than just what he can do himself. That’s not including everything else his Federalist Society Supreme Court would and have given him on a silver platter. Supreme Court Justices are for LIFE, and we’ve already seen the potentially irreparable damage this far-right activist court has done to the fabric of democracy.

Project 2025 really deserves a part to itself just to list some of what it includes: complete abortion/contraceptive ban (no exceptions), destroying worker’s unions and protections, remove Social Security/Medicare/Affordable Care Act, end civil rights protections in government, ban teaching the history of slavery, remove climate protections while gutting the EPA, end equal marriage and enforce the “traditional family ideal”, use the military to gun down protests, mass deportation of legal immigrants (especially Muslims), ending birthright citizenship, pack the lower courts, and plenty more. The far-right wasn’t able to take full advantage of Trump’s presidency the first time since it was so unexpected. They’re preparing so that they won’t make the same mistake again. THERE ARE OVER 900 PAGES OF POLICIES AND PLANS THAT THEY ABSOLUTELY WILL IMPLEMENT IF THEY WIN. READ IT. Anyone that says they won’t is either a liar or already drank the Kool-Aid. Isn’t it interesting that every politician that supports it, including his vice president, wants Trump to win?

Not to mention, if you care about Palestine (like I do, a lot), Trump would be MUCH WORSE for Palestine than the other candidate, supporting Bibi going “from the river to the sea” and already cut off millions in aid to Palestine in 2018 (which Dems reversed!). If you support a free Palestine and don’t vote blue, you have categorically hurt them more than if you did. Even Palestinians themselves want the Democrat candidate over Trump. There is no quick and bloodless peace deal that both Palestine and Israel would ever agree to. The road to an end of the Palestine-Israel conflict is going to be long and difficult, probably decades of dedicated de-radicalization in both states, and will involve far more than one person’s decisions in the end. Unless Trump takes power, and avoids all that by sending enough bombs to turn the Gaza Strip into dust.

There are a few reasons you would choose to vote third party in a FPTP system (support ranked choice voting btw) or not vote “in protest” while ignoring all the state and local elections that affect your area more than the president. Either you’re privileged enough to not be affected by what Trump would bring, you’re ignorant of the consequences, or you care more about doing nothing perfectly rather than doing something, anything that isn’t 100% ideologically “pure” to fight against the far-right fascist movement.

Am I a democratic socialist? Yes. Am I a realist? Also yes. In every single down-ballot race, and through my activism, I will fight for the rights of the oppressed and working-class. But the Presidency isn’t fucking winnable right now, and probably won’t be for decades. Pro-corporatist/anti-worker sentiment is baked into the fucking bones of this country and its people. A majority of eligible voters wouldn’t vote for Bernie, and he’s barely center-left. Voting for anything other than one of the two big parties is a useless feel-good gesture at the moment. Or you’re a dumbass accelerationist, and if you are, honestly go fuck yourself.

Let’s say you want a socialist revolution, full-tilt government takeover. I want that too, in my wildest dreams! We’re on the same page there. So how are you going to do it. How? HOW? What pro-worker activist groups are you working with? Are you encouraging your workplace to form a union? Volunteering for/donating to your local farmers’ co-op? Canvassing for pro-worker legislation? Hell, even something as small as distributing free copies of high-school/college textbooks, so that those of poorer means have a better chance at affording advanced education? Are you doing anything to help? Any praxis at all, rather than typing wishful thoughts of revolution alongside insults to people who aren’t as “correct” as you on the internet?

Every voter that still supports Trump is energized by every cruelty he enacts, while millions of Democrats and third-partyists care more about purity tests and manifesting socialist revolution tulpas than avoiding a fascist dictatorship.

Have a brain, touch grass, and vote blue all the way down that fucking ballot.

[stil-lindigo]

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[directactionforhope]

By the way, even if you fully plan to vote for Biden in November (because Trump would be worse and has declared that if elected he would ban Palestinians from entering the US x, x, x, x)...

You can and I would argue should call or email Biden or whatever other Democrats represent you and just straight up lie about it. Tell them "I'm a constituent, and I've voted for you in x number of elections, and thanks to your support for the genocide of the Palestinian people, I will never, ever vote for you again."

Politicians, Democrats, and especially Biden need a fire lit under their asses, because the vast majority of them clearly aren't going to do shit without one. Or, worse, be like Biden and actively be the reason that Israel can continue its genocide on a political, monetary, and military level.

Tell Biden and other politicians that you will never vote for them again. It doesn't matter if it's true. It will help pressure US politicians to stop this genocide, and therefore it's the right thing to do.

Obviously this also applies to other countries where politicians are supporting Israel's genocide, especially countries that have cut funding to UNRWA (list here).

[miintlxtte]

I don't like to get political but I don't fucking care. get. angry. riot. yell. tell those you know. boycott. la migra. this is INSANE. we are closer and closer to 1940 everyday. we live in an oligarchy. billionaires shouldn't be in politics or EXIST. millionaires are closer to homelessness than becoming a billionaire. it was never, EVER red vs blue it has always and will always be top vs bottom. we are larger than the top 1%. I don't fucking care about your thoughts on trans people or immigrants. the government is actively avoiding raising the minimum wage. trump very clearly pulled a publicity stunt by bringing tiktok back. the ENTIRE tiktok ban was a ploy. stop falling for it.they are trying to take our voice away. don't kiss the boot that kicked you in the first place. I will never stop using my voice. GET ANGRY. billionaires DO NOT care about you. their is no moral billionaire. there is noethical way to get that much fucking money. I am sharing this everywhere I can. I beg you. use your voice.

[reesepiece2]

Every campaign event from now till November better be disrupted by protesters reminding Joe Biden that we will not forget nor forgive his complicity in this genocide.

And we will never abandon Palestine and we stand in solidarity now and forever.

[hussyknee]

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[inferno487]

I don't like to post politics or anything of the sort. But with the Supreme Court of the US being as batshit insane as it is, any defense of Joe Biden is vitally important. Not just for the US, but the world as a whole. I know people are tired of hearing, "US this, US that," and that's understandable, but awareness needs to be spread.

Many people bring up, "Oh, Biden didn't do this or that for Gaza. I'll abstain from voting this November." What they're doing is being a useful idiot for the GOP. These people always forget that any GOP opponent is far, far worse for Palestine than Biden could ever be.

The Palestinian crisis aside, another term for Trump would be beyond catastrophic. The Supreme Court has just ruled that any 'official' act of the president cannot be deemed unconstitutional. This gives the president far too much power - and what would Trump do? It's a subject I don't like to think about, being a gay trans man. Don't forget that Trump's first term is what allowed Roe v. Wade to be overturned. Don't forget that Trump's first term is what gave racists and bigots the courage to harass, threaten, and, in some cases, kill minority groups.

If you're in the US, vote this November. Vote in your local elections. Vote as often as you can.

[m-albalawi]

Reminder,,!!

Everything you see & hear from Gaza is the tip of the iceberg. No video or photo can convey the smell of death, the sound of 24/7 drones, the feeling of shaking ground, the desperation of hunger & the pain of a surgical without anesthetic, the sensory terror of genocide.. 😭💔💔

- Maya Mikdashi

Do you think we live a normal life? Do you think we are asking you for help for nothing? We are suffering, dying, being exterminated and no trace of us remains.

We are human beings and we need you to stand with us 💔😔

Please, I hope of you kind strangers, to save my family and our children and help us have the life we ​​deserve.. 🙏🙏😣

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Every bit of help you give ( donate, share, reblog, post ) really helps us get a life and saves us from where we are. 🙏🥀

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[themanfromeire]

Not voting for Harris because of Gaza is fucking stupid

Let me explain. It's tactical voting. Do you honestly believe that Trump would give more of a shit about Palestine? Really? He barely cares about the American people.

Which administration would you rather campaign for an end to genocide under - Harris or Trump?

You will never find a perfect candidate. It's a matter of who is less bad than the other.

And the answer is pretty fucking clear

Edit: @sewersoul linked an article detailing that Trump wants to turn Gaza into a 'better Monaco'. Who do you want to vote for now? One who wants to destroy an entire religion's land during a genocide for the sake of tourism??

[miiaspeaks]

Deny Defend Depose!

[busterballsblog]

[probablyasocialecologist]

Interviews with current and former US Agency for International Development (USAID) and State Department officials, aid agencies working in Gaza and internal USAID documents reveal that the administration rejected or ignored pleas to use its leverage to persuade its ally Israel – the recipient of billions of dollars of US military support – to allow sufficient humanitarian aid into Gaza to stop the famine taking hold. The former officials say the US also provided diplomatic cover for Israel to create the conditions for famine by blocking international efforts to bring about a ceasefire or alleviate the crisis, making the delivery of aid almost impossible. “This is not just turning a blind eye to the man-made starvation of an entire population, it is direct complicity,” former State Department official Josh Paul, who resigned over US support for the war, told The Independent.

[...]

From the time of the first warning signs in December, intensive US pressure on Israel to open more land crossings and flood Gaza with aid could have stopped the crisis taking hold, the officials said. But Mr Biden refused to make US military aid to Israel conditional. Instead, the Biden government pursued novel and ineffective aid solutions such as airdrops and a floating pier. Now, some 300,000 people in Gaza’s north are experiencing a “full-blown” famine, according to the World Food Programme, and the entire 2.3 million population of Gaza is experiencing catastrophic levels of hunger. The level of dissent within the US government agency responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and combating global hunger has been unprecedented. At least 19 internal dissent memos have been sent since the start of the war by staff at USAID criticising US support for the war in Gaza. In an internal collective dissent memo drafted this month by numerous employees of USAID, the staff assail the agency and the Biden administration for its “failure to uphold international humanitarian principles and to adhere to its mandate to save lives”. The leaked draft memo, seen by The Independent, calls for the administration to apply pressure to bring “an end to the Israeli siege that is causing famine”. Not acting upon repeated warnings like these was a political choice.

[...]

At least 254 aid workers have been killed throughout the conflict, including 188 UN staff – representing the highest number of UN personnel killed in a conflict in the history of the organisation. Multiple aid convoys have come under Israeli fire. UNRWA, the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, said that despite sharing GPS coordinates, the number of trucks and the contacts with the military, three of their aid convoys have been hit by Israeli naval artillery and gunfire.

[directactionforhope]

"The leaders of the "uncommitted" movement, which grew out of Democratic opposition to President Biden's policy toward Israel and Gaza, will not endorse Vice President Harris for president, but urged supporters to "vote against" former President Donald Trump and "avoid" third-party candidates...

"At this time, our movement 1) cannot endorse Vice President Harris; 2) opposes a Donald Trump presidency, whose agenda includes plans to accelerate the killing in Gaza while intensifying the suppression of anti-war organizing; and 3) is not recommending a third-party vote in the Presidential election, especially as third party votes in key swing states could help inadvertently deliver a Trump presidency given our country’s broken electoral college system," the statement continued.

The uncommitted movement grew out of the “Listen to Michigan” campaign ahead of that state’s February presidential primary. Its goal was to send a message to Biden that he needed to do more to prevent civilian deaths in Gaza. Hundreds of thousands of voters eventually cast uncommitted ballots throughout the Democratic primary in several states...

In a press conference after the announcement, leaders stressed that they are urging voters to "block" a second Trump term. But telling voters who have lost loved ones in Gaza to support Harris, Alawieh said, would be "inappropriate."

Alawieh called the non-endorsement "something we have to do."

"We know how dangerous Donald Trump is," he said. "There was no way, ever, that our movement ... would recommend a vote that would specifically help Donald Trump.""

-via NPR, September 19, 2024