cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/54172205
By equating Zionism with racism, the party has sparked a predictable wave of outrage. But are we debating the right questions?
16 October 2026
At the same time, the discourse around the motion has centred on how people define themselves, rather than on the realities of the racist oppression Palestinians face.
Some within the movement are comfortable with that focus. A year ago, I was asked at a conference whether I agreed that the problem with Zionism was not its impact upon Palestinians, but its essential character as a racist ideology. In response, I paraphrased civil rights leader Kwame Ture (formerly Stokely Carmichael): “If a man wants to lynch me, that’s his problem. If he’s got the power to lynch me, that’s my problem.”
This does not mean that we compromise on our understanding of Zionism and the realities of the oppression of Palestinians. It does mean that we avoid building roadblocks to people becoming part of the mass movement for change.
Ben gurion was a labour zionists. All form of Zionism required ethenic cleansing.
What a load of words to say nothing.
The reason motions like Zionism is racism are so handy is because you can filter out all the Liberals who only want to support Palestinians with words.
Fact is they will never actually deliver when push comes to shove because they’re actually Zionists. They are only there to hijack the movement. Best to kick out these useless freeloaders who only want to use Palestine to promote their own agenda. Appealing to them is useless. Only the resistance is doing something material while Liberals continue to genocide.
