What the Movement for Black Lives Teaches Us About the Appeal of BDS

[leftynyc]

4. They lost my support with

their bullshit. They obviously feel they can divide their support so let them. I no longer care what they're up to. By the way, this entire paragraph:

Why now? Because almost without anyone noticing, the movement in solidarity with Palestinian rights… has grown to become one of the most important, inspiring, and fast-growing social movements in the country… the bloom of student interest in this old and bloody colonial conflict is something the Left ought to take interest in, because the Left is not just an idea but also the masses in motion, and scarcely anywhere… are young people in motion with such a mix of revolutionary élan and disciplined militancy as they are in the case of Palestine.

is nothing but laughable bullshit. Ask 10 people on the streets about BDS - maybe 1 would know. All they're doing now is peeling away support from natural allies.