Peter Link
retired healthcare IT programmer/analyst, supporter of Palestine, Cuban Revolution, women’s rights, FOSS, Linux, Black Lives Matter. Live in Michigan, USA
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Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.ml•Backed by Trump, Israel Shreds Cease-Fire Deal and Kills Over 400 Across Gaza | Common DreamsEnglish13·2 months agoMassive and sustained peaceful protests often do work, as they did against the US war in Vietnam. I can’t imagine how confronting local Zionists would do anything to help Palestine be free.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•how can I repair defective URL metadata for Lemmy posts?English1·2 months agoAfter reading further, I see your point. Sorry about that.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•how can I repair defective URL metadata for Lemmy posts?English1·2 months agoThanks for the feedback. I’ll look into checking for the AMP pages. (Never heard of those before, haven’t done much with the web for quite a while.)
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•how can I repair defective URL metadata for Lemmy posts?English11·2 months agodeleted by creator
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right CallsEnglish21·4 months agoYes, but there is also an archive version posted.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.ml•As Hopes Rise for Gaza Cease-Fire, Conditions There Have WorsenedEnglish1·4 months agoYes, they are a marketing technique, but I don’t know of any other legal way to share them. Please give me any ideas you may have. Thanks.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.ml•Deception and Betrayal: Inside the Final Days of the #Assad RegimeEnglish4·5 months agoArticle contains info from interviews and internal documents of government officials from various countries.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•AOC votes to back Israel lobby's bogus "anti-Semitism" definitionEnglish23·6 months agoYeah, that sounds like the line of the Communist Party of Germany in the 1930’s. Didn’t end up too well. Read Trotsky on that.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•"We warned you," Muslim voters tell Kamala Harris after she goes down in flamesEnglish4·6 months agoNo, there is no “right” choice here, if you mean something that is going to benefit Palestine and Gaza in the short term. The vast majority of those who voted against Harris knew that Trump won’t be better, but they could not go along with a candidate actively involved in genocide. Plus, they wanted to let the Democrats know that they would pay a price for their treachery. As it turned out, the pro-Palestine vote against Harris had a very clear effect in Michigan and Wisconsin, but it can’t be blamed for her defeat.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Swing-State Voters Disillusioned With Kamala Harris Can Swap for Two Non-Swing-State VotesEnglish45·6 months agoI just learned about this around 11:45pm ET November 4. I signed up as a swing-state voter, and in 5 minutes got connected with 2 safe-state voters who agreed to vote for Jill Stein as a swap for my (very reluctant) vote for Harris. I feel much better now. :-)
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.ml•Time is running out for Kamala Harris to break with Biden on the Gaza catastropheEnglish2·7 months agoYou should look at my post history a little harder. I have posted a lot on Palestine, and very few have centered on Harris. I consider the election choices very painful for anyone who wants to keep Trump out while not supporting an administration which is clearly collaborating in a genocide with Israel. Most likely I will hold my nose and vote for Harris, but I’m not sure yet. If I don’t, I would be voting for Jill Stein.
Peter Link@lemmy.mltoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Michael Moore Warns This Move Could Cost Kamala Harris The ElectionEnglish52·7 months agoI think that the main reason is that he was virtually alone in predicting Hilary Clinton’s loss in 2016 and then created a very incisive film about it. He’s been a supporter of Bernie Sanders in past campaigns and consistently argues for an orientation towards working-class politics as opposed to prevailing corporate liberalism of the Democrats. Now some would say that supporting the Democrats at all is a betrayal, but I’m staying out of that one for now.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.ml•[news] Holocaust survivor marks 80th birthday with protest outside Israeli prisonEnglish31·8 months agoI don’t get the point of what you are saying here. Cohen doesn’t get “it”? Democracy? What’s wrong with what she did and what she said?
I should have mentioned the most important factor was the heroic struggle and sacrifice of the Vietnamese people, which did inflict many casualties on the US.
But the massive demonstrations in the US and around the world helped change the consciousness of millions, which ultimately even affected the thinking of the troops fighting in Vietnam. Many times the representatives of the NLF and DRV recognized the vital role of the US antiwar movement.
Unfortunately, both the USSR and China did not do much to help Vietnam, and Nixon was able to play them off pretty well.