Us Versus Them

The genocide in Gaza started under Democratic President Biden. The vast majority of House Democrats, including my main opponent 29-year incumbent Adam Smith, have voted to send tens of billions of dollars for the genocide and they continue to fund it. Even virtually all of the so-called progressive Democrats have voted repeatedly for what they call “defensive” weapons, but as we know, there is absolutely no aspect of the genocidal Israeli state that is defensive. After over two and a half years of Democratic-Party-supported genocide of the Palestinian people, the Washington state Democratic Party has now decided to pass a resolution condemning the genocide and urging Congressmembers to call for an arms embargo on Israel. This is obviously under the intense pressure of millions of working people across the nation, especially with powerful AIPAC-bankrolled incumbents being thrown out by antiwar candidates in New York City and Colorado primaries. And yet, even now, the King County Democrats and five Democratic Party Legislative District groups in Washington have endorsed Democrat Adam Smith. Smith is a darling of AIPAC who has not only voted for tens of billions of dollars of weapons to Israel for the genocide, but has also voted repeatedly to block U.N. food aid to Gaza. We should recognize this resolution for what it is: an attempt by the Democratic Party to launder their genocidal and warmongering record and save their rotten party from the massive working-class anger. The genocide will NOT be ended by gatekeepers in a genocidal party giving cover to genocide-supporting politicians. I encourage everyone who wants to end the genocide to donate and get involved in our campaign. kshamasawant.org We are fighting to end all military aid to Israel, for an end to all weapons and tech for genocide or imperialist war, and for a permanent arms embargo against Israel. If we win this election, it will be the biggest blow yet to AIPAC and the billionaires.