Victory to the Palestinian Uprising

 

* Imperialist powers out of the Middle East—stop arming and supporting Israel and Saudi Arabia

* Open the borders to refugees and migrants—refugee status for all asylum seekers at the border

* Full citizenship rights for all immigrants with and without papers

 

To stop racist wars abroad, we must fight racism at home

To fight racism at home, we must stop racist wars abroad

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The Arab population of Palestine has once more risen up in a heroic revolt against brutal military repression and “ethnic cleansing” by the Israeli state and extreme nationalist forces in Israeli society. The Palestinian people have responded to these attacks on a wider front than ever before.

Palestinians in East Jerusalem have fought back against the repression of Muslim worshippers at the Al Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan, when Israeli troops repeatedly attacked Palestinians inside the mosque. Now they are resisting Israel’s plan to evict Arab families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and replace them with Israeli settlers. In the occupied West Bank, Palestinian villagers are resisting renewed attacks by the illegal, land-grabbing Israeli settlers and marching in solidarity with Gaza and the struggle in East Jerusalem. In Gaza, which Israel has turned into a giant prison, they face yet another round of bombardment and killing. Within Israel’s “official” borders there is an unprecedented rebellion by the Arab communities of the cities against their status as third-class citizens and the fascist-style attacks by right-wing Israeli mobs.

Every community in the US and Britain that is threatened by racist, anti-immigrant and anti-working class government must support the Palestinian struggle. The victory of the Palestinian uprising will be our victory too–a victory for black, Latina/o, Asian, Muslim, indigenous and immigrant communities, and for all poor and oppressed people – because it will be a defeat for our common enemy: the imperialist ruling class of the US and Britain.

The rulers of the US and Britain support and defend Israel’s crimes. Israel is the chief agent of US imperialism in the Middle East. It was established on Palestinian land by the US and other Western imperialist powers, and it is armed to the teeth and financed by them. Israel is an oppressor nation in relation to the Arab populations of the Middle East, and most immediately to the Arab population of Palestine. That role has prevented the Jewish population of Israel from being an integral part of the Middle East region with relations of equality and cooperation with its neighbors. It has compelled the subjugated Arab population to assert its identity in a struggle for Palestinian national self-determination.

The policies and actions of the US, Britain, and Israel have created a state of never-ending war and destruction in a region stretching from Libya to Afghanistan. It has forced and will continue to force millions of people across the region to move and seek refuge for themselves and their families, often enduring new dangers on the way.

A minority of refugees make it to the US or Europe. An even smaller number gain asylum, where politicians and right-wing media whip up storms of anti-immigrant racism – their chief political weapon in an assault on human rights and a war against the poor.

The Coalition for Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) and our sister organization in Britain, Movement for Justice (MFJ) believe that a victory in the fight for the rights of refugees and immigrants in the US and Britain will be the most significant support we can provide to the Palestinian uprising. That will require mass action against the government’s continued attacks on immigrants, and the most important asset in that battle is the determination and dynamism of the men, women, and children who fought so hard to get here. Immigrant and youth-led community defense against raids and deportations, community support that allows refugees to keep out of the hands of ICE in the US and the Home Office in Britain, and mass action to shut down isolation camps and detention centers will undermine the government’s authority. It will be the basis for winning an amnesty for undocumented immigrants and open borders so no one else dies trying to get asylum.

Last year we saw the rapid growth of the civil rights movement against racist police brutality in fighting for Justice for George Floyd that shifted the balance of social power against Trump and movements against racism and injustice internationally. That should be our aim now. The more we shift the balance of forces against the imperialist rulers at home, the weaker their power will be internationally.

[05.15.2021]

 

The Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN, United States)
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Movement For Justice By Any Means Necessary (MFJ, Britain)
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International Trotskyist Committee for the Political Regeneration of the Fourth International (ITC)