tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048538.post2813659828448323903..comments2023-10-26T10:36:08.849+00:00Comments on Socialist Party Election Blog: Stop the War hustings: the aftermathUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048538.post-40069692330778944512010-04-27T14:34:12.967+00:002010-04-27T14:34:12.967+00:00This is what a Socialist Standard article said dur...This is what a Socialist Standard article said during the 2006 invasion of Gaza by the Israel.<br /><br />"...Socialists are always spontaneously on the side of the oppressed against the oppressors and the massive use of overwhelming force by the state of Israel clearly exposes it as the oppressor. But just because we sympathise with the victims of Israeli oppression does not mean that we favour the solutions popular amongst them. <br /><br />A Palestinian state would be a capitalist state. "Anti-imperialism" is the slogan of local elites who wish to dominate the region in place of the US, a situation which would still leave the mass of the population there exploited and oppressed..."ajohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048538.post-61060974336824840752010-04-27T13:28:24.572+00:002010-04-27T13:28:24.572+00:00I am not sure why you come to the conclusion that ...I am not sure why you come to the conclusion that the 'anonymous' blog poster is a 'colleague' of Workers Power. Maybe the message was just posted by someone who supports Palestinians in their fight against a brutal occupation.John Bowmanhttp://www.workerspower.comnoreply@blogger.com