It Shouldn't Even Be Close: Harris Must Ditch Genocide and Embrace Working-Class Politics

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By Ralph Nader October 5, 2024

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It Shouldn't Even Be Close: Harris Must Ditch Genocide and Embrace Working-Class Politics

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Spoiler: she won't. Werhmacht Walz already expressed support for "Greater Israel," ie accelerated and expanded settler-colonialism and genocide.
Harris supports Israel because the US Empire needs it. It serves as a rabid dog for the US to terrorize the Middle East, securing the Petro-Dollar by which the US maintains monopoly over global Financial Capital, and Imperialism in the Global South.
She will not change, it isn't a moral issue but an economic one.
- Zionist. They're both Zionists.
  
  Absolutely.
- Werhmacht Walz already expressed support for "Greater Israel,"
  Holy shit where?
  
  The VP debate.
  TW: Well, thank you. And thank you for those joining at home tonight. Let's keep in mind where this started. October 7th, Hamas terrorists massacred over 1400 Israelis and took prisoners. Iran, or, Israel's ability to be able to defend itself is absolutely fundamental, getting its hostages back, fundamental, and ending the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. But the expansion of Israel and its proxies is an absolute, fundamental necessity for the United States to have the steady leadership there. You saw it experienced today, where, along with our Israeli partners and our coalition, able to stop the incoming attack. But what's fundamental here is that steady leadership is going to matter. It's clear.
  Emphasis mine.
It's far more preferable to the ruling class for the Republicans to win one.
She's not a progressive tho. Why would you expect her to gave progressive policies?
I watched it. It was clearly a mistake he meant to say Iran. Even Vance was confused by what he said. Who are Israel’s proxies? “Iran and its proxies” is a very common line used to describe the various organisations with links to and support from Iran and Waltz was nervous at the start of the debate and stumbling his lines.
- But the expansion of Israel and its proxies is an absolute, fundamental necessity for the United States to have the steady leadership there
  This have absolutely zero sense if he wanted to say "Iran". Expansion of Iran would be absolute fundamental necessity for the United States??? In all other times when he speaks about Iran he's total hawk and sometimes even already speaks like there is open war between US and Iran.
  
  Expansion of Iran is a fundamental necessity for the United States to deal with
What the dems care about is that their donors keep funding them. If they lose the election, then it doesn't actually matter because they'll still get the same money they're getting now. However, if they win the election and piss off the donors then they lose money.

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