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| Posted by: | Michael Ixer | |
| Date/Time: | 19/03/24 11:41:00 |
Mr Hawkes. I suppose I'd agree that I'mlsi not sure to what extent these - and other marches - influence government policies, which is why I rarely participate in any. It's perhaps more a way of expressing feelings - as with the marches about the lies and madness of Brexit? The person I had a conversation with about the recent marches wanted a ceasefire to stop the collapse of the Gaza health system and what appears to be the impending famine, both of which could devastate the population in Gaza. I'm not sure it's anything to do with marches but the US seems to be worried about the human catastrophe that might be caused by famine and a health system collapse in Gaza - perhaps it's the risk of the Democrats losing votes in the Presidential election that's more of a factor? Although the EU (and UK?) are now expressing concern. If you think the marches are anti Israeli, the social media posts in the US are a lot more direct, and from apparentyly normally moderate liberals - I'd guess you'd call them woke? Still, I suppose the real judgement will come after the conflict ends and the historians begin their analysis. I wasn't drawing parallels between the Ukraine and Gaza war per se, it was precisely that people weren't demonstrating about Ukraine because the government was acting but if they weren't acting would those objecting to the current protests have a different view if people were protesting for support of Ukraine? But I put it together in a hurry, as with this post - perhaps I could have used Black Lives Matter or Sarah Everard protests as examples; anyway surely the danger is only allowing protests one agrees with; as is the case in Russia. |