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.ml•Backed by Trump, Israel Shreds Cease-Fire Deal and Kills Over 400 Across Gaza | Common DreamsEnglish13·1 month 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.mlOPto News@lemmy.world•Backed by Trump, Israel Shreds Cease-Fire Deal and Kills Over 400 Across Gaza | Common DreamsEnglish22·1 month agoTotally wasted sarcasm.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto News@lemmy.world•Backed by Trump, Israel Shreds Cease-Fire Deal and Kills Over 400 Across Gaza | Common DreamsEnglish61·1 month 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?English1·2 months agothanks.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•how can I repair defective URL metadata for Lemmy posts?English1·2 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?English1·2 months agoThanks for the feedback. I’ll look into checking for the AMP pages. (Never heard of those before, haven’t done much with the web for quite a while.)
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•how can I repair defective URL metadata for Lemmy posts?English11·2 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 PalestiniansEnglish11·3 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.mlOPto 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.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•Deception and Betrayal: Inside the Final Days of the #Assad RegimeEnglish3·4 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 GazaEnglish242·4 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.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•The Amsterdam 'Pogrom' That Wasn't: Corporate Media Fails To Tell the Whole StoryEnglish2·5 months agoYes, you are right. For more in-depth coverage and analysis, take a look at the article in this post: https://lemmy.ml/post/22677649
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.world•'Horrific Reality': Nearly 70% of UN-Verified Gaza Deaths Are Women and ChildrenEnglish52·6 months agoHey Jordan, sorry for the delay, but I just saw your comment. I just checked NSFW so we should be good now. Thanks for the heads-up. I didn’t realize the photo was in NSFW territory but I will keep that in mind in the future. Thanks again.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.ml•Time is running out for Kamala Harris to break with Biden on the Gaza catastropheEnglish2·6 months agoYou should look at my post history a little harder. I have posted a lot on Palestine, and very few have centered on Harris. I consider the election choices very painful for anyone who wants to keep Trump out while not supporting an administration which is clearly collaborating in a genocide with Israel. Most likely I will hold my nose and vote for Harris, but I’m not sure yet. If I don’t, I would be voting for Jill Stein.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPto World News@lemmy.ml•[news] Holocaust survivor marks 80th birthday with protest outside Israeli prisonEnglish31·7 months agoI don’t get the point of what you are saying here. Cohen doesn’t get “it”? Democracy? What’s wrong with what she did and what she said?
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPtoLemmy Support@lemmy.ml•a Fediverse group - a.gup.pe/palestine - is shown on lemmy.ml, but does not send/receive with it.English21·7 months agoThanks for the heads-up, I hadn’t seen that. Glad to see it was re-categorized as an enhancement. Hopefully, someone will work on it at some point.
Peter Link@lemmy.mlOPtoLemmy Support@lemmy.ml•I'm seeing "just a moment" in the first box below article titleEnglish2·7 months agoRight, I’m hoping that the change might be easy. If it requires major work, then no, it would be very unlikely. Thanks for responding.
I 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.