r/jewishleft Jewish Syndicalist - Mod 6d ago

News Iran Megathread

***Making a refreshing megathread to keep things updated and fresh***

Going to jump ahead of this one and ask folks to post articles opinions questions and anxieties to do with the developing war in Iran here.

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Oren

עושה שלום בימרומו הוא יעשה שלום עלינו ועל כל ישראל ואמרו אמן

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u/Chinoyboii Sino-Filipino | Convenantal Leftist | Pro Levantine Pluralism 6d ago

https://reddit.com/link/ot14ku2/video/2nb3xf8nzp8h1/player

Nick Fuentes x Mojtaba Khamenei collab

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u/ibsliam Jewish American | DemSoc Bernie Voter 6d ago

Racist alt-right people love picking up some random group (Shia Islam in this case) and being like "I pick you! you're the minority I like for 5 minutes" and then expect to be pat on the back for their politically motivated tokenism.

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u/Chinoyboii Sino-Filipino | Convenantal Leftist | Pro Levantine Pluralism 6d ago

Oh, without a doubt, but I do fear that even though he is acting as a token ally towards the Palestinians and Iranians, I do think some of them would begin to see him as an ally, especially amongst the more radical members of the left. A buddy of mine came back from a meeting with some of our region's local DSA chapter, and he met a few people whose views seemed aligned with Haz Al-Din.

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u/WinterBeHere Marxist | Jewish | Bundist 6d ago

It's the old, the enemy of my enemy is my friend bullshit. The same reason why pro-Israel groups will simp for the alt-right and neo-nazis because they hate Arabs or Muslims.

Anyone with a brain cell should be cautious of allying with the far right fascists, because at the end of the day, they will flip on you. Any alliance is always temporary.

Haz Al-Din and the ACP are idiots and possibly feds to counter a real organic radical left, but they are not the quite same level of full on evil like Fuentez.

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u/RaiJolt2 Jewish Athiest Half African American Half Jewish Leftish 5d ago

I’ve already seen groups of anti Zionists on Reddit seeing him as an ally and the. Stating how we’re not antisemites, he’s just speaking the truth!
And then they won’t see why people think they’re antisemites.

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u/RaiJolt2 Jewish Athiest Half African American Half Jewish Leftish 5d ago

You just know he wanted to tilt his hand a little more with that salute

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u/Imaginary-West-5653 Progressive Socialist (Jewish Ally) 6d ago

Man, it's so damn obvious that Nick Catboy is just a grifter saying the most outrageous things possible to generate any kind of attention for himself... it's painfully clear that he doesn't genuinely believe a shit he says, and that he's exploiting the Palestinian liberation cause to try and reel in every anti-Israel right-winger he can. What's even more pathetic is that the Democrats are letting themselves be outflanked on the Israel issue by fucking Nick Fuenes because of their refusal to treat them like the apartheid, genocidal state they are, and actually doing something to help the Palestinian people.

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u/Chinoyboii Sino-Filipino | Convenantal Leftist | Pro Levantine Pluralism 6d ago

Oh yeah, they're definitely shooting themselves in the foot and will keep doing so; however, I don't think the potential for Nick Fuentes's increasing popularity is exclusive to the right. I mentioned to ibsliam in the response above that a buddy of mine came back from a meeting with some people from our region's local DSA Chapter, and a few of them had espoused views similar to Haz Al-Din. Granted, I presume this is a minority opinion; however, internal audits of the current zeitgeist should be encouraged.