Stop the Israeli War on Gaza!

By C.T.

Gaza is referred to as the largest open air prison in the world by human rights organizations and freedom fighters globally, but what does this description really mean? What do we know about how truly dire the conditions in Gaza are, and what can the people of Gaza teach us about surviving an ongoing genocide?

Gaza has been under a blockade by both Egypt and the illegitimate state of Israel since 2007. Both Israel and Egypt receive billions of dollars from the United States to serve as guard-dogs for imperialist interests in the Middle East. Israel has led assaults on the people of Gaza several times a year for over a decade by way of US military aid.

For over a decade these attacks have destroyed hospitals, homes, schools, power plants and even the sewage infrastructure in Gaza. Israel’s blockade ensures no one is allowed out, and they closely monitor what is allowed in. Items not allowed into Gaza range from construction materials such as cement, bricks, wood, irrigation materials and pipes to life-saving medicine and even certain foods like chocolate. 98% of Gaza’s water supply is undrinkable, while the remaining 2% is projected to be undrinkable by 2020.

This month Gaza declared there are no more supplies to offer chemotherapy in all of Gaza. Israel has not allowed numbing medication or anesthesia into Gaza since 2017. This means that doctors must choose from the wounded who can be numbed and put to sleep while performing surgeries. This year alone 168 Gazans have been brutally murdered, while the wounded face a battle for survival with dwindling medical supplies.

How are the people of Gaza responding to this ongoing imprisonment and genocide? On August 9, Israel bombed Gaza’s the largest cultural center – Al Mis’hal, killing a pregnant woman and several others who were in the building. The community responded by holding a concert among the rubble the next day, with one performer declaring “The bombing did not stop the music.” Palestinians at the performances said these attacks on infrastructure and life are attacks on Palestinian identity, and this is why Palestinians resist with their culture and dignity as their most lethal weapons against genocide.

All power to the people of Palestine who are steadfast in the liberation of their minds, souls and bodies.

Workers Voice Socialist Movement

We are workers, employed and unemployed, youth, students, and seniors. We are multi-racial and multi-national and organize for the unity of the working class. We are funded by and for workers, for the liberation of all workers and oppressed people.

We organize for jobs and higher wages, against racism, women’s, and LGBTQ oppression, and for solidarity with immigrants. We organize for community schools, lower rents, and food on our tables. We organize for workers’ power so that everything will one day be removed from the capitalists’ private ownership.

We oppose the Pentagon, which is looting our tax dollars and handing them over to war-profiteering private companies, while social programs are gutted. We oppose war for empire which is pursued only to lower our wages and plunder the world’s resources while destroying the environment. We reject the monopoly media who feed us lie after lie.

The labor of workers produces enormous wealth here in Louisiana, the U.S. and the world– so much wealth that everyone could have housing, meaningful jobs, education, healthcare, and genuine equality. But this wealth is stolen and privately owned by the capitalist class for their greed and profit. We believe that we, the workers of the world, can unite in revolution to overcome capitalism and build a better world.

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