tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post7262581786732035111..comments2023-12-31T13:47:05.758+00:00Comments on Fat Man on a Keyboard: A matter of life and deathThe Plumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-32805926443035285372011-10-07T15:30:29.309+01:002011-10-07T15:30:29.309+01:00Thank you for great postThank you for great postKomik Videolarhttp://siz.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-62393224588076146592011-08-26T10:14:18.828+01:002011-08-26T10:14:18.828+01:00Thanks for that. I have real doubts about One Voic...Thanks for that. I have real doubts about One Voice. I think the tendency to view Israel and the Palestinians as equals, the insistence (of they are still insisting on it) on the retention by Israel of the "settlement blocks", the support from the king of Jordan, and maybe a few other things that I have forgotten because I haven't noticed OV for a while, suggest a maintaining of the status quo by other means.<br /><br />Anyway, I look forward to you posting on the Free Voice of Labor.levi9909https://www.blogger.com/profile/10553481056544494411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-39631728078921699202011-08-23T14:20:22.301+01:002011-08-23T14:20:22.301+01:00Obviously, the mainstream parties are the ones tha...Obviously, the mainstream parties are the ones that will have to do the deal. But I also follow a couple of other groups One Voice (http://www.onevoicemovement.org/) and the Israel/Palestine Centre for Research and Information (http://www.ipcri.org), there are more I am sure.<br /><br />Incidentally, my interest arose as a result of the experiences of my Uncle in the British Army in Palestine who used to tell lots of stories (he was in the King David Hotel when it was blown up) and so I used it as a basis for an undergraduate dissertation. Then I had the opportunity after university to teach on the West Bank as a volunteer tutor in English. I met a lot of people, some of them were pretty troubling, but I came back without illusions but with hope. I wrote a post on it a few years ago:<br />http://fatmanonakeyboard.blogspot.com/2008/12/contention-and-peace.htmlThe Plumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-24198004148773458132011-08-23T11:38:43.394+01:002011-08-23T11:38:43.394+01:00Glad you liked the film. You were so enthusiastic ...Glad you liked the film. You were so enthusiastic I watched it again myself last night. I'd forgotten about the yiddish songs and films in it.<br /><br />re Palestinian and Israeli left, do you mean the left of mainstream groups like fateh and labour (whatever the latter are called now) or are there specific named groups with specific programmes?levi9909https://www.blogger.com/profile/10553481056544494411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-32987515257484291282011-08-22T15:36:53.565+01:002011-08-22T15:36:53.565+01:00First, thanks for the reference to the film, which...First, thanks for the reference to the film, which is simply magnificent. That was an hour well spent. I had not seen it before, nor heard of it. I didn't know Paul Avrich though I have read a lot of his stuff.<br /><br />Where I would see the meeting point of the left is around several of the organisations forming the peace movement and with links to mainstream parties. The parameters are clear:<br /><br />A two state settlement.<br />Boundaries to be based on the 1967 Green Line, with negotiated adjustments.<br />Mutual recognition of the right to self-determination with security guarantees as a first step in the demilitarisation of the conflict.<br />Jerusalem to be the capital of both states.<br />The right of return for Palestinian refugees to be established within the Palestinian state.<br />The human rights and democratic governance of both peoples to be central to any settlement.<br /><br />This is achievable - but not wanted by irredentist nationalists who will do their best to sabotage it.<br /><br />I would also welcome the collaboration between Israeli and Palestinian trade unions, joint cultural and educational projects, solidarity struggles etc. This is a precursor to the long term peaceful development of both peoples leading to who knows what. Two peoples without a state? Well, "you have to be idealistic or you might as well take a gun and blow your brains out".<br /><br />Thanks again for the film - I will repost it shortly. I am still bowled over by it.The Plumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-60997539149322645402011-08-22T14:10:31.253+01:002011-08-22T14:10:31.253+01:00Who are you counting as being on the Palestinian a...Who are you counting as being on the Palestinian and Israeli left and what are their respective positions on a peace process?<br />--------------<br /><br />I saw in your blurb that you are interested in anarchy. You have probably seen this but if you haven't you must:<br />http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5956512346545790190<br />Maybe you even knew the guy that made the documentary, Paul Avrich.<br /><br />He died back in 2006.levi9909https://www.blogger.com/profile/10553481056544494411noreply@blogger.com