I just came back from a film screening where members from the Jewish, Palestinian, a local communities watched the Zeteo documentary “Israel’s Reel Extremism” on YouTube. The event was sponsored by the Democratic Socialists of America, and we all had a productive, respectful discussion about how Zionism is antithetical to liberal, democratic, and egalitarian values concerning human rights. We then discussed ways to protest Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians by promoting various BDS efforts.

  • Are you sure the socialist DSA was defending liberalism?

    Most colonialism happened under liberalism

    Liberalism and socialism are at odds

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    virtually every democratic socialist is a left-liberal; their socialism is a mile wide and an inch deep, especially in the US, where socialism means the welfare state.

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    virtually every democratic socialist is a left-liberal; their socialism is a mile wide and an inch deep, especially in the US, where socialism means the welfare state.

    I know thats how people* use it, as a synonym for social liberalism, and it’s maddening

    But it shouldnt be used that way.

    Olof Palme was a DemSoc, he had bigger ideas than just a welfare state.

    But every single strand of socialism active in the electiral system gets eroded doen to social liberalsim or even worse

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