that the problem of antisemitism in their movements has been deliberately exaggerated by their enemies for political gain. taken from Tension and dissent: inside the Green party’s antisemitism struggle | Green party | The Guardian
I am about to jump into the fire with very little capital behind me, but my need to see things from both sides is paramount to my soul. Yesterday I signed up to the Green Party, it took a week to work out of course but as the hostilities mounted up against Zack Polanski my anger started to form.
The GP has many faults, notwithstanding their long and lengthy debates or discussions about everything.
"the background of the party’s near-continual and often tortuously decentralised process of developing policy"
Many of them are sincere people and your neighbours and friends. They want a better world for both the planet and the people, so the so called red/green nature of their cause, the socialism/environmentalism has a somewhat uneasy feel, I think even in the party itself, a juxtaposition of unease. In fact what happens in the established parties that fight to govern us is exactly the same.
This of course reflects the whole seething mass of people that live on this Earth, they don't all think the same way sadly, but then we would appear like robots so that is a good thing. There is dissent, there are a lot of causes brought to the table. Above all there is the pick, pick nastiness of the people who think otherwise. And who, I may say, probably have just as many faults as everyone else.
Zack probably has many faults, his training as an actor helps his style of performance and I really think the other parties are very jealous that he has such appeal amongst the people ;)
He is Jewish, shall I venture down this road strewn with the dead of both Israelis and Palestine. Yes I was totally appalled by October 7th but I am also appalled by the death of civilians in Palestine. And, as a rider here, I think Netanyahu should be taken before the courts of Nuremberg and sentenced for his warring.
On my blog I keep a reminder of the death of the little Palestinian girl Hind, it would have been her birthday yesterday, someone wrote a poem for her. For me she represents all the children that have been killed in the needless wars in Israel, Palestine and Ukraine.
This is what is bringing the protest crowds on the streets, they are not some evil minded mobs but young and old, Jewish and Muslim people trying to get this senseless slaughter of other human beings stopped.
Taken from Face Book because this is the real issue, and not the political nit picking we so often find in our media and social outlets. xxx
Nice work, and I think very similarly. The Greens here have some balance of power in our Senate, the upper federal house, and so have some say over what the government can do at times and involve themselves in social policies, among others. But at times I think The Greens need to return to their roots of the environment, and god knows, there is enough to keep them fully occupied with those matters.
ReplyDeleteI suppose now it would be The Hague for Netanyahu, rather than Nuremburg, but I would love to see him there.
To criticise Israel's actions is not antisemitic. It is just plain speaking about what Israel as a nation has done, led by Netanyahu.
Yes Andrew, in the beginning when the GP was the Ecology Party, the environment was important. But socialism moved in in a particularly aggressive manner. I am not saying that was bad only that the cohort of people that tried to overthrow green thinking had starker views.
DeleteI think more and more people are pointing out that a condemnation of the Israeli government and IDF does not point to antisemitism only to a horror of all the killing.
There are those who would criticize anything I say about your government because I am American. (This doesn't apply to them ever, as they hold forth on their views regarding my own). I will refrain.
ReplyDeletebut...I would like to point put that if a mass murderer stood before the judge and said. 'I am a jew and and these charges against me are antisemitic', the defense would not hold. The judge would say that his religion and the crimes are two different issues. The world must say the same to Netanyahu and his supporters.
I am ashamed of my own nations participation in this. We have been sending arms to Israel for many, many years. We should not be sending them anything
This is what a lot of people are saying as well Debby, they are not fooled by their governments who send military gear to Israel, ours apparently does as well. It is all such a mess and cheapskate media is piling it on just to move the political scene.
DeletePolitics is a tricky business and leads to much dissension. I look at all the parties and try to decide which is currently the best of the bunch. This changes, of course. Thursday might be quite interesting, but it may yet prove to be a damp squib.
ReplyDeleteIt is always interesting Janice, the pundits are out in force on the night, all the candidates stands in halls with their badges on, tension is in the air. Yet the ordinary problems are still on the minds of the voters.... More buses, potholes mended and more money spent on the infrastructure. It never gets done it is all the same. ;)
DeleteI think that you and I have the same feelings about politics and what's going on in the world. I do not know much about your politicians to be honest with you. I am so shocked and disgusted by so many of the politicians over here. I want peace and good health and safe homes for everyone and I want the greedy haters to be gone!
ReplyDeleteYes Ellen along with many others, a secure roof over our heads, enough food to eat and warmth. But the money never seems to go round unfortunately.
DeleteBritish politics seems, to me, particularly self-destructive. I'm beginning to wonder if we'll ever have a long-term prime minister again -- it seems no matter who gets into office, they are torn down within a few years. (I'm not talking about Liz Truss, because she deserved it!) American politics are pretty dire too, but at least there the leader can usually hang on through a full term. Anyway, I've toyed with voting Greens, but I think I'm going Lib Dem, or a mix of Lib Dem and Labour.
ReplyDeleteI think it is because it gets very personal Steve but I also think we are seeing the old method of government slipping away. I've already voted by postal vote 2 and l. It might be time to give Proportional Representation a chance. I don't actually by the way envy America and their president's ability to hang on.
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