Honor the Martyrs - 75th Nakba
The International League of Peoples’ Struggle US Country Chapter (ILPS US) honors all the Palestinian martyrs, political prisoners and liberation fighters for their valiant efforts to resist Israel’s tyranny and fascism on this 75th anniversary of the Nakba. Despite the gruesome ethnic cleansing and genocide of the Palestinian people to clear the way for the founding of and continued expansion of Israeli occupation, the Palestinian struggle lives on!
The increased violence we’ve witnessed is a result of the sharpening political crisis borne out of the internal contradictions of the Zionist state which is now on full display. Various factions are competing for political domination, each representing different camps in the ruling class but ultimately, these factions are fundamentally fighting to preserve Israeli colonialism and uphold imperialism. Where capitalism is in crisis, fascism tends to rear its ugly head as the last attempt of a desperate moribund society trying to establish order.
As one of the central collaborators of US Imperialism in the region, Israel has continued to do its part in heightening militarism, pushing destabilization, and asserting imperialist hegemony. Since its creation, Israel has pushed war not just against the Palestinian people but on surrounding countries deemed enemies of the imperial core, a condition made possible by a seemingly endless supply of resources and tools of war from the US and other Western imperialist powers. The US ruling class understands the significance of Israel as a tool to upkeep its role as the number one imperialist power, directing massive amounts of military and financial support to the “Israeli” terrorist regime in the form of weapons, direct financial support and massive investments, various loan guarantees and trade agreements among other means to prop up the racist settler state. It is clear that Zionism and imperialism are two sides of the same coin - the interests of Zionists are inherently antagonistic to the movements of oppressed peoples, in Palestine and the world abroad. As such, every blow to Zionism is a blow against imperialism. As a global phenomenon, Zionism is deeply intertwined with the global systems of exploitation and oppression. Israel is constantly innovating and exporting new means of surveillance, repression, and violence against our communities.
In the face of such violence, the only solution is to organize and build a mass movement of resistance. The unstable and flimsy unity of the various colonial factions is only rooted in the continued ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, but the unity of oppressed peoples is iron-clad and forged in genuine solidarity. We are fighting against a common enemy and the freedom of all people. Following the leadership of Palestinians on the frontlines of resistance, there is a necessity for a global movement in solidarity with this ongoing struggle. Further, as anti-imperialist organizations within the imperial core and prime supporter of the occupation, we must utilize our particular role in cutting the lifeline of the Zionist occupation. As Ghassan Kanafani said, “The Palestinian cause is not a cause for Palestinians only, but a cause for every revolutionary, wherever he is, as a cause of the exploited and oppressed masses in our era.”
Down with Imperialism and Zionist Occupation!
Palestine will be free!
