Peter Link
retired healthcare IT programmer/analyst, supporter of Palestine, Cuban Revolution, women’s rights, FOSS, Linux, Black Lives Matter. Live in Michigan, USA
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Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ship rescued by Malta after drone attackEnglish2·15 days agoOK, thanks for the heads-up.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•Gaza paramedics shot in upper body ‘with intent to kill’, Red Crescent saysEnglish2·1 month agoMost of us here know that, but many others beyond the Fediverse are still not convinced. Video documentation and expert testimony of horrible crimes is often effective in changing public opinion.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto Palestine@lemmy.ml•Cory Booker spoke for 25 hours and didn’t mention Gaza once. That’s no surprise | Judith LevineEnglish31·1 month agoYes, it did change. But I still think that your concern is misplaced and that the Guardian’s error came nowhere close to misinformation.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.ml•Backed by Trump, Israel Shreds Cease-Fire Deal and Kills Over 400 Across Gaza | Common DreamsEnglish11·2 months agoI should have mentioned the most important factor was the heroic struggle and sacrifice of the Vietnamese people, which did inflict many casualties on the US.
But the massive demonstrations in the US and around the world helped change the consciousness of millions, which ultimately even affected the thinking of the troops fighting in Vietnam. Many times the representatives of the NLF and DRV recognized the vital role of the US antiwar movement.
Unfortunately, both the USSR and China did not do much to help Vietnam, and Nixon was able to play them off pretty well.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.ml•Backed by Trump, Israel Shreds Cease-Fire Deal and Kills Over 400 Across Gaza | Common DreamsEnglish13·2 months agoMassive and sustained peaceful protests often do work, as they did against the US war in Vietnam. I can’t imagine how confronting local Zionists would do anything to help Palestine be free.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlBanned from communityOPto News@lemmy.world•Backed by Trump, Israel Shreds Cease-Fire Deal and Kills Over 400 Across Gaza | Common DreamsEnglish23·2 months agoTotally wasted sarcasm.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlBanned from communityOPto News@lemmy.world•Backed by Trump, Israel Shreds Cease-Fire Deal and Kills Over 400 Across Gaza | Common DreamsEnglish83·2 months agoRight here. Biden’s policies greatly strengthened Israel and directly helped the genocide.
Is Trump worse? I think yes. But that is still no reason to gloat or to think that endlessly supporting the lesser evil is going to produce any real changes that the world needs.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPtoLemmy Support@lemmy.ml•how can I repair defective URL metadata for Lemmy posts?English1·3 months agothanks.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•how can I repair defective URL metadata for Lemmy posts?English1·3 months agoAfter reading further, I see your point. Sorry about that.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•how can I repair defective URL metadata for Lemmy posts?English11·3 months agodeleted by creator
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•'We'll own it': Trump wants to make Gaza a holiday hub without PalestiniansEnglish12·3 months agoMany opposed Harris because she continued very active support to the Israeli genocide. Very few believed Trump would be better.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•'We'll own it': Trump wants to make Gaza a holiday hub without PalestiniansEnglish12·3 months agoYeah, he was so much better than Trump. /s
Peter Link@lemmy.mlBanned from communityOPto News@lemmy.world•'We'll own it': Trump wants to make Gaza a holiday hub without PalestiniansEnglish12·3 months agoBlame Biden-Harris and the Democrats, not the Palestinians.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPtoUnited States | News & Politics@lemmy.ml•Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Right CallsEnglish21·4 months agoYes, but there is also an archive version posted.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.ml•As Hopes Rise for Gaza Cease-Fire, Conditions There Have WorsenedEnglish1·5 months agoYes, they are a marketing technique, but I don’t know of any other legal way to share them. Please give me any ideas you may have. Thanks.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlBanned from communityOPto News@lemmy.world•Deception and Betrayal: Inside the Final Days of the #Assad RegimeEnglish3·5 months agoArticle contains info from interviews and internal documents of government officials from various countries.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•Deception and Betrayal: Inside the Final Days of the #Assad RegimeEnglish3·5 months agoArticle contains info from interviews and internal documents of government officials from various countries.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.ml•Deception and Betrayal: Inside the Final Days of the #Assad RegimeEnglish4·5 months agoArticle contains info from interviews and internal documents of government officials from various countries.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•Human Rights Watch: Israel is guilty of extermination and acts of genocide in GazaEnglish242·5 months agoYes, and it is very positive that prominent human rights groups agree and document it. These reports can be used to pressure governments, universities, etc. to divest from Israel and to stop sending arms, software, etc. to Israel.
I’m pretty sure that you can click by that and still read the full article.