If Gaza Were In Maine...
How can people in the U.S. go about their business with genocide ongoing in Gaza?
Graphic created & shared by Will, Maine Coalition for Palestine (corrected Jan 23 to more accurately compare Gaza’s population with Maine’s)
While noting the incredible outpouring of support for Palestine globally I've heard several friends ask, How can people in the U.S. go about their business with genocide ongoing in Gaza?
Probably because it's far away and the mainstream news/analysis they rely on deliberately fails to bring the facts to their attention.
But what if it weren't far away?
If Gaza were in Maine, Israel would have eliminated more than half of our working journalists (200 as of May 2022 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics).
If Gaza were in Maine, these hospitals would have been bombed beyond usefulness: Maine Medical Center (Portland), Northern Light Mercy Hospital (Portland), New England Rehabilitation Hospital (Portland), and Spring Harbor Hospital (Westbrook).
https://twitter.com/farrukh_shamsi/status/1748601140705407187
If Gaza were in Maine, the Portland campuses of these universities would already be bombed to rubble: University of Southern Maine, University of Maine School of Law, USM Muskie School of Public Service, and the University of New England College of Dental Medicine. Also UNE's Westbrook College of Health Professions.
https://twitter.com/leftiblog/status/1748013361588224500
Or suppose the routine testing of experimental weapons on the people of Gaza moved instead to NYC?
https://x.com/ColumbiaSJP/status/1748729253770698944?s=20
It may be hard for people in Maine to see the suffering of Gaza, but it shouldn't be hard for them to figure out who's paying for it via "military aid" to Israel, one of the wealthiest nations on the planet.
Perhaps best perceived as what $11 million a year isn't paying for in Maine: universal health care, free public education K-grad school, or bridge and road repairs.
Join us in Farmington next Saturday January 27 at 1:30pm to protest these bad spending priorities. We'll be at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway standing with UMaine Farmington students who helped create our event poster:
Co-sponsored by: Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, Maine Natural Guard, PeaceWorks of Greater Brunswick, Communist Party of Maine, Maine Green Independent Party, Citizens Opposing Active Sonar Threats (COAST), Party for Socialism & Liberation Maine, Libertarian Party of Maine, People’s Party of Maine, Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, Veterans for Peace - National, United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC), and Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights (MVPR).
been wanting exactly this... some one spot that says it all.. but also to see it all in one place. before and after to help people understand the causes of october. 7
thank you as always for this.
Have you seen reviews of the new German film (dramatization not documentary) about the camp commandant and his family who lived just outside the walls of Auschwitz? ""The Zone of Interest" - Jonathan Glazer's film about the Auschwitz commandant - awarded the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival". The film is winning prizes:
https://www.auschwitz.org/en/museum/news/the-zone-of-interest-jonathan-glazers-film-about-the-auschwitz-commandant-awarded-the-grand-prix-at-cannes-film-festival,1617.html
"At the heart of the film is the portrayal of Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of the German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz (played by Christian Friedel). The film follows the daily family life of Höss, his wife Hedwig (played by Sandra Huller), and their children in a house with an idyllic garden located in close proximity to the camp but separated from it by a wall.... "I tell a story about the wall that separates the place of extermination from the idyllic garden. The wall shows how, for our own comfort, we disconnect ourselves from certain parts of our lives," explained Jonathan Glazer."
I'd say the insane Zionist government headed by insane psychopath Netanyahoo in Israel and those who support them and genocide (The US Gov't, the UK Gov't etc.etc.) are just beginning. Too much money to be made. And too much power (and money) in the hands of the few who wish to obliterate at least 7+ Billion of the 8+ billion on the planet and it still amazes me how few people actually realize this (and are soon to lose everything) is happening as they are mesmerized by the corporate owned/operated media. The propaganda is pervasive, massive, powerful.
The indifference to suffering all over the world is truly frightening to me. Here is the Guardian review of "The Zone of Interest" https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/may/19/the-zone-of-interest-review-jonathan-glazer-adapts-martin-amiss-chilling-holocaust-drama