Looks like they’re taking Hasan’s advice
Always the same map
I’m sorry you don’t understand how languages work
It’s a materialist/Marxist definition, hence the
Because Marxists are like
All successful labor movements and mass organizations in the past have included teaching others how things work, handing out pamphlets, etc.
And so we can choose to act towards restoring definitions to words with important meanings, so that we become capable of discussing the things they signify again.
If we don’t use words as they mean, but instead use unorthodox terminology, then we allow the significance of such words to be lost, with no standardized alternatives in common use - i.e., no alternatives that are any more clear than the original word.
There is a war on language. It’s primarily a subset of the class war. We can surrender, or fight what is probably the simplest fight of our life: We can use words as they were meant to be used.
Where did he say that the majority of people agree with this definition?
Well, the majority of workers in the US probably did, until the labor movements were crushed in the 60s and 70s
Great that they’re supporting Palestine diplomatically I guess, but so far they’re still trading with israel, even if with some “bureaucratic obstacles”
I guess that’s the drawback of positioning yourself as an alternative to the US that doesn’t interfere with foreign politics. The USSR was openly funding armed Palestinian resistance like the PFLP.