“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her, and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/04/greta-thunberg-israel-gaza-sweden
If there’s a path to lasting peace, then that path begins with dismantling the Zionist ethno-colony.
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One reason this has more impact than it seems like it should is the flotilla was comprised of citizens of other nations.
It’s human nature to care more about you and yours than someone else, even if you do also care about someone else, and this triggers that feeling, where Israelis committing genocide against Palestinians do not.
I just hope something comes of it.
Something has already come from it. That something doesn’t have to be the end of Zionism though to make it meaningful.
The totality of all action will be what brings about Zionisms death. From the single protest with 50 people you went to. From the BDS movement. From the blockade from Yemin. From the flotillas. From the small win against Microsoft recently. From all of it, and more, Zionism will end one day.
Do not feel disheartened by not meeting the end goal or even making noticable progress for each individual action. Feel inspired by the acts of defiance to also take action in what ever way you are capable of.
2 years ago demanding Palestinians to have equal rights was considered demanding genocide. I was practically alone in being pro-Palestinian, in my region, before 2022, now hundreds of thousands march for palestine each day.
Can I ask what country your from?
When I went out to Seattle to protest this weekend we were a bit bigger than the last time. It’s still a almost depressing number of people for a supposedly “leftist” city. But I look at Italy and the numbers in the global south and try to remember I’m not alone. I’m just far away. The vast majority of the world stands with Palestine. It’s just been so disheartening to live in the brain rot of the imperial core. My normie friends tell me “like, no one even hears or talks about this stuff”.
I just have to remind myself that I am the sane one in a truly sick society. The numbers of the world are massively on my side. Even if I can’t speak their language or give them a hug.
the way I see it, yes but this is worth paying attention to is that this seems to be an escalation. Greta is white and privileged, sure, but she is those things and she is famous. Like anything that happens to her will garner mainstream attention. And if something if they do really bad to her (like kill or SA her) it will put a huge negative spotlight on them in a way I dont think they realize. Like Charlie Kirk was a racist dickhead with tiny face memes for years but my dad didnt ask me who he was until like 2 weeks ago.
the world is full of people so self absorbed (with and without justification) that if it takes a priviledged white girl getting beaten to get attention, so be it
Greta knows this and is exactly the reason she is doing it… putting her own well being at risk for this cause… I suspect the biggest risk you’d take is falling from that high horse
There has been a constant stream of dehumanization and fearmongering about muslims and arab people in every corner of the world (sans latin america) since 2001 and even before if we count the chechen wars (all of a fallout of the us destruction of the Afghan communists and the rise of saudi arabia)
Without it no genocide would have been possible. So white people getting attacked (especially if they aren’t considered crazy commies like pro-palestinian westerners before 2022) is shocking.