Maybe yβall think I have an overblown vendetta, but Iβm telling you, the role PSL has played in the overall ineffectiveness of the Palestine movement in the US cannot be understated. π§΅
They have financially infiltrated otherwise very sound and committed orgs, and they have gatekept and dominated every major mobilization, even going out of their way to double book when people they see as rivals hold actions.
They have shifted the strategies of the movement in incredibly stupid ways: hyper-focusing on Joe Biden, highlighting their useless presidential campaign, spotlighting the persecution of petty booj students at fancy colleges
They have undercut the language of resistance at every turn; their party leader is anti-Hamas; theyβre anti-direct action as an org, while theyβve manipulated the language of direct action w their βShut it downβ parties
They have made pariahs out of those who take severe action.
We often donβt need to be asking βwhy arenβt any of our tactics working?β But rather, βhow can we organize away from this counter-revolutionary cult & reclaim every tactic into a viable movement?β
Their strategy isnβt about advancing the movement; itβs about advancing PSL.
@jccfergie
I was working w someone I knew from high school who happens to be apart of PSL now. She was calling me a terrorist and group of people we worked with that sheβs close to were harassing me on the daily. I did defend myself but I had to quit.
@jccfergie
Do you have some resources/articles at hand to link about this? I follow some people that have recently joined the PSL and I'd like to look into it myself and link them to this thread with some additional info. Because this seems fucking insanely destructive if this is going on.
@jccfergie
Thank you for sharing. I've noticed that PSL has their fingers in every action in my city and they work alongside the local anarchist mutual aid groups, so they're impossible to avoid.
@jccfergie
i was involved with one of their reading groups for a bit, we read their news letter every week. I suggested we read something more engaging (like lenin), everyone in the group seemed to agree and the organizer shot it down. Glad i didnβt waste too much time with them.
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@jccfergie
Totally worthless and completely lib captured organization. More concerned with canceling ex boyfriends and extorting working class people out of money than revolution.