Israel, the Holocaust and Oct. 7 pogrom – The Militant

I stand by this editorial, in the current issue of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 - February 10, 2025 - 100%. Read it and share it widely!⁣

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"...𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐰-𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬’𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. Jew-hatred and pogroms are an integral part of the permanent social convulsions and wars of the imperialist epoch. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐍𝐚𝐳𝐢-𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐉𝐞𝐰-𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 [my emphasis]. This is the lesson of the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Holocaust.⁣

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"...Today that fight is centered in Israel, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐉𝐞𝐰-𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐬, 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝. This deserves the wholehearted support of the working class and the unions.⁣

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"Israel’s defense is weakened by the fact that it is a capitalist country and it relies on backing from U.S. imperialism. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 '𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜' 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 in their overriding drive to advance their economic, political and military interests.⁣

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"𝐀 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭. The current ceasefire between Hamas and Israel is inherently unstable as long as the conflict between Israel and Tehran’s 'axis of resistance' remains unsettled. 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐈𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐬, 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚."⁣

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