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This is why the UK-jailed Palestine solidarity activists are warning of hunger strikes as reported by Saeed Pourreza in London. The idea is to shame the UK Labour government into breaking its financial and military support for Israel and unbanning Palestine Action! Of course, the mainstream UK government is ignoring this protest and we have to rely on foreign news broadcasters to find what is going on just down the streets we live in!
In a moment – things dialectically change forever. When the axe fell on the neck of Charles I in 1649 – the ancient convention of an absolute monarch in England ended forever. How could this have happened? Well, there was a Revolution which saw tens of thousands fight and die in England so that the emerging bourgeois class could usurp political power from the aristocracy. There was no future for the absolute monarchy. And yet the agency of the “moment”, despite its nature, continue to manifest unabated. Rebirth is not reincarnation – the Buddha hinted about the former but rejected the latter. Rebirth may not be what the average Marxist thinks it is. An effective Marxist regime must be replicated effectively from one generation to the next.
Of course, when medals are issued en masse like this, as also seen at the end of WWII) it often takes some time before the medals are a) made, and b) presented to the recipients. Gee’s work record and demeanour under pressure were assessed and found “suitable” for the awarding of the “Covid Star” during 2022. Since that date, we have been patiently waiting to receive the physical object – and hold it in our hands. Gee volunteered to work with NO protective-clothing or equipment on the NHS frontline saving human-lives in the UK – so I would say she has earned the right to be called “British”! Gee showed more English-grit than the “White” keyboard warriors sat behind their computer screens concocting all kinds of stupid and anti-intellectual nonsense! These very bad and poor examples of “Englishness” will never know the “grace under pressure” that people like Gee exhibited during a National Emergency. Indeed, Gee saved their ungrateful lives.
When one Black-American commentator pointed-out that many UK Brexiteers were White racists – Galloway (who never supported the far-left “Lexit” movement) took offense and this particular individual was not invited back on his show. Another such curious character refers to herself as “Syrian Girl” – whom I assume is an Arab (I care so little about this vacuous individual that I cannot bring myself to even check). Syrian Girl was born in the West but supported the Assad regime – appearing on Galloway’s show numerous times. A few days ago, however, I was in formed that the far-right Mark Collett had not only invited Syrian Girl onto his weekly Neo-Nazi podcast – but that Syrian Girl had accepted! All Mark Collett does all day is make the most outrageous “racist” comments all day long by misrepresenting the news – with some of the most sexist and misogynist remarks being aimed at Arab and Persian women! These supposed leftists are nothing but “talking heads” with no real grasp about what is going on.
! Some are calling parallels to the 1968 Tet Offensive in South Vietnam – where Vietcong guerrilla units came out of domestic homes, offices, and deeply-dug tunnels to attack the US Authorities, the US Army, the puppet South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) – and the oppressive Catholic Church! The Vietnamese Buddhist community showed solidarity by advanced monks and nuns burning themselves out of protest against US imperialism! From the North, the North Vietnamese Army (Regulars) attacked over the boundary marked by the 38th Parallel that temporarily separated North Vietnam from South Vietnam. Of course, North Vietnam still possessed extraordinary people such as Ho Chi Minh and General Giap (amongst many other talented individuals) – at a time when the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) was staunchly Marxist-Leninist-Maoist (things would change later – but we mustn’t dwell on that now)! The far-left in the West is in a sorry state today following more than a hundred years of continuous oppression, suppression, and unjustified attack.
His best friend was shot in the head and his body kept on running for a few feet before finally collapsing. The German soldier was aiming at my grandfather – before his friend ran in front of him – as part of the advance. My grandfather fought against fascism – but today the UK is over-run with home-grown fascists, Neo-Nazis, and White Supremacists – as the government tells us to support Neo-Nazi Ukraine and Zionist Israel. Out of respect for the memory of my brave grandfather – I refuse to do neither. This is how I choose to use the freedom my grandfather earned for me on D-Day!
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 