Nakba 2026 Washington Sq NYC

 May 15, 2026 - Washington Square-NYC. the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, or ''catastrophe'', when over 750,000 Palestinians were ''ethnically cleansed'' from their homes and countless villages; they claim they were wiped off the map during the establishment of Israel.

The 'Pali" version of  the so called Nakba also claims that since  1948, the Israeli government has continued the Nakba by carrying out a policy of occupation, apartheid, and genocide enabled by U.S. weapons.

Nerdeen Kiswani's excerpted speech gives a look-see at the reasoning behind Within Our Lifetime's lock-step version of 1948. (she actually spoke for a full 15 minutes)

The rally and march in Washington Square were organized by New York-based Palestinian group Within Our Lifetime, with contingents led by groups like the Muslim American Society and the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Also in attendance were members from Brooklyn Against War, Al-Awda, and the New York Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, as well as a contingent of "Orthodox" Jewish (aka Neturei Karta) protesters led by Rabbi Dovid Feldman. [https://fightbacknews.org/articles/new-york-hundreds-rally-at-washington-square-park-to-commemorate-al-nakba-day]

The Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) is a national organization of revolutionaries fighting for socialism in the United States. "Our home is in the working class."  ... This Muslim Socialism connection includes New York's Mayor Mamdani.

Nerdeen Kiswani then asked in the chant video, "Will they stand with the 'palestinian' revolution or look away and make things look as normal." She continued, " The people of Gaza have let us know there is no normal. Normal died on October 7th." (The only reference heard regarding the murders of innocent Israels on October 7th)) Flickr Slide Show

  

. "The Nakba lives in every bombing campaign … but the struggle also continues to live with every resistance fighter, with every Palestinian mother who continues to bear children." Nerdeen Kiswani

“The state of Israel and Zionism must be abolished.”

Before the very public Asr prayers, heard the speaker refer to Islam as a "Living Tradition". (Did some research on that near the end of this post.)

 
.Should be obvious what they are protesting for and against in the Flickr slideshow

.NEXT a look at the pro-Israel counter to the anti-Israel rally

The police were forced to re-locate a pro-Israel table that had been surrounded by the anti-Israel protestors. But the anti-Israel protestors followed the pro-Israel contingent to where the NYPD relocated them. And continued harassing them. Near the end of photos is anti-Israel protestor, Emily Marnell. She seemed to start the whole kerfuffle with the police earlier causing them to be moved.

Flickr Slide Show  

Conclusion of my coverage of protest in Washington Sq
Did not follow the march thru NYC streets**

A final note on what is a Living Tradition

ISLAM: a Living Tradition

Nov 26, 2025 —  This perspective re-frames Islam as a living tradition, deeply intertwined with local cultures and histories, while also engaging universal human questions of meaning, beauty and transcendence.

... to understand Islam beyond doctrine and law ... a book that will not only be useful to students embarking on the study of Islam, but will also help foster inter-religious understanding.”

The Institute of Ismaili Studies [https://www.iis.ac.uk/news/2025/november/ali-asanis-new-publication-living-islam/]

What is the living tradition?

... the living tradition ... it’s something .. done by a large group of people and passed down through generations. For example the Amal of Ahlul Madinah

The ʿAmal of Madinah (Practice of the People of Madinah)

 Ahuhl: translates to "people," "family," or "household."

Amal: Meaning:Hope; Labour, hard work; Pure.

 The ʿAmal of Madinah is The Original Way of the Salaf.

Salaf (Arabic for "predecessors" or "ancestors") refers to the first three generations of Muslims.... the Companions of Prophet Muhammad, 

Sunnah refers to the teachings, sayings, actions, and approvals of Prophet Muhammad.

Is this something that’s used as a source of sunnah?  ... something they use to establish things not found in the Quran,  like how to pray.

Mutawatir (Arabic: متواتر, "successive") is an Islamic term for a highly corroborated transmission of knowledge.

And is the living tradition related to Mutawattir? ... when a practice is mass transmitted such as salat?

Salat (or Salah) is the daily ritual prayer performed by Muslims,

Core Expressions of the Living Tradition

• The Five Pillars: The foundational acts of worship that create a rhythmic connection to God daily, annually, and across a lifetime.
  
  • Shahada: The declaration of faith.
  • Salah: The five daily prayers.
  • Zakat: Charity and almsgiving.
  • Sawm: Fasting during Ramadan.
  • Hajj: The pilgrimage to Mecca.

Ismailis are a branch of Shia Islam who believe in the absolute unity of God and the finality of Prophet Muhammad.  ... the spiritual successors to Prophet Muhammad—who provide ongoing moral guidance and interpret the faith for contemporary times.

[https://www.amazon.com/Islam-Middle-East-Living-Tradition/dp/140511603X]

Mayor Mamdani ... follows the Twelver branch of Shia Islam, the one that forms the basis of Iran’s Islamic Republic.

Is Zohran a product of the Academia’s Iran Lobby

The Joint U.S.-Israel Attacks Against Iran in 2025 and 2026 Have Exposed Some of the Most Egregious Pro-Iran Academics to the General Public

What drives the members of Academia’s Iran lobby is equal parts hatred of Israel and U.S. foreign policy. Throw in a measure of Netanyahu and Trump Derangement Syndrome, and the combination becomes an academic Iran lobby that the regime couldn’t purchase even if it was selling millions of barrels of oil every day.

Most members of academia’s Iran lobby don’t really care about Iran or the Iranian people. Their main concern is the Islamic Republic’s status as the leading state sponsor of terrorism, especially terrorism targeting Israel. If the Islamic Republic falls, Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis will likely follow.

The Islamic Republic of Iran provides ideological sustenance to its academic lobby. Without its actual “resistance,” the academic pretend “resistance” would have no role models.

Published originally on May 28, 2026.
[https://www.investigativeproject.org/9451/academia-iran-lobby]

New York City, home to the largest Jewish population in the world ... outside of Israel...  ELECTED this anti Semite. What were they THINKING?

[Where indicated pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

May 5, 2026 Synagogue Great Israel Land Sale

“The Great Israel Real Estate Event.”

 

 For the second time in six months, protesters gathered outside Park East Synagogue, which was holding an event to promote real estate sales in Israel. A heavy police presence kept the two groups apart. ...as the acrimonious  conflict in the Middle East once again spilled over into its streets. Dozens of pro-Israel counter-demonstrators also assembled at the site.[NY Times] 

 

PAL-Awda NY/NJ [@PAL_Awda]

ALL OUT TO PROTEST the "Great Israel Real Estate Event" Tues, May 5 6:30 pm 163 East 67th Street New York, NY 10065 All out to protest the illegal sale of #StolenPalestinianLand! We will not be silent as ethnic cleansing is being actively promoted in our neighborhoods.

FYI: The HISTORICALLY correct names for the "West Bank"  are JUDEA and SAMARIA. "West Bank" is anti-Jewish agitprop.

From our Muslim Commie Mayor ....

''Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the event on Tuesday. Sam Raskin, his spokesman, said Mr. Mamdani was “deeply opposed” to the event because it “includes the promotion of the sale of land in settlements in the Occupied West Bank.”... “These settlements are illegal under international law and deeply tied to the ongoing displacement of Palestinians,”   

In January- AFTER his election

The Mayor has struggled to earn the trust of segments of the Jewish community because of his criticism of Israel and his history of pro-Palestinian activism. But he also won the votes of many Jews who said they were inspired by his campaign and either unbothered by or supportive of his views on the Middle East. He has repeatedly vowed to protect the security and celebrate the contributions of Jewish New Yorkers, and has been endorsed by many progressive Jewish public figures and groups.[ny times]

1 short video -The anti Zionists. Doing their usual 
(Lost my pro Israel vids. Camera malfunction.)

 

2  FLICKR slide shows Pro Israel FIRST.

 

 

Them- the anti Israel protestors 

 

 

Outside the Park East Synagogue a "clueless" Nazi storm trooper . 

Officer Motolla told him ''you are on the WRONG SIDE'

Walter Masterson - a Street Theatre provocateur- was not confused
 [https://www.instagram.com/p/DYAuFG2ODF5/] 
Officer Motolla is GREAT. 

 

"I stand with Empire" was his game for the day

 [https://www.instagram.com/p/DYAuFG2ODF5/]

The event at Park East on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, was organized by Tivuch Shelly, a firm that markets real estate in Israel and the West Bank to English speakers.: The “Great Israeli Real Estate Event” [https://www.tivuchshelly.com/]

The NYPD established a large security perimeter, blocking streets around the synagogue, which restricted access for both protesters and potential attendees.

Hundreds of protesters gathered to oppose the sale of land in Israel and the occupied ''West Bank'', causing chaotic scenes.

They chanted, “We don’t want no two states, we want all of it,” “End the settler Zionist state,” “Death to the IDF,” and, “There is only one solution, intifada revolution.”[Times of Israel]

" ... the protest was “intended to create fear in the hearts of Jewish New Yorkers and stigmatize our community.” “This is part and parcel of the rising antisemitism that we are facing,” .... 

HENCE: The “buffer zone” 

“I’m not familiar with the Park East Synagogue. And having been standing where both protesters and counter-protesters were standing, you would not know where it was,” Bernstein said. “I’m actually still figuring out where the synagogue is because the buffers are so large that it’s impossible to know.”

A Jewish couple was surrounded and harassed last night outside the Park East Synagogue event. Masked individuals shouted. "You rape men, you rape children. "You f**king sociopath, I see it in your eyes." Jews are starting to feel the danger of the Mamdani leadership.[@canarymission]

“These people are harassing Jews,” said Tim Rosen, 44, a lawyer from Queens. “They’re targeting Jews at a synagogue, it’s disgusting and vile and something I never thought I’d see in New York City. These people don’t want to free Palestine. They want to target Israel and kill Jews.” [NY Post]

“Whatever your politics, whatever your views, this is not the New York way and should be condemned.” [NY Times]

[https://nypost.com/2026/05/05/us-news/hateful-anti-israel-mob-descends-on-historic-nyc-synagogue-clash-with-cops-in-chaotic-protest/]

It’s Time to Dismantle the Apparatus Terrorizing American Jews. [https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-last-straw/]

The terrorizing of Jews attending a real estate discussion at New York City’s Park East Synagogue last week must be the last straw. Every few weeks, there’s another incident. Another synagogue surrounded by protesters chanting “we need to make them scared.” Another Jewish worshipper put in a chokehold. Another commercial event forced to cancel because organized mobs showed up to intimidate attendees. Another neighborhood placed under siege while elementary schools lock their doors early. And every time, the response follows the same script: politicians condemn it, community leaders call it unacceptable, a few arrests are made for disorderly conduct, and then — nothing. The organization that planned it moves on to the next event. No more. It’s time that we took action to ensure that the organization that was responsible for organizing the terror campaign is bankrupted and dismantled. ... We need to stop pretending these are isolated incidents. They are not. They are part of a coordinated national campaign. What they are doing is illegal and it is long past time to use the laws on the books to end their campaign of terror.

 

 

Former President, Bill Clinton - “I killed myself trying to give them a State for the Palestinians. I had a deal that they rejected that would have given them all of Gaza and 97% of the West Bank. Whatever. They rejected it all.” The Palestinians never wanted peace.

They do not want PEACE.
 Not with the Jews

... Mr. MAYOR Mamdani released a statement on the Israeli interception of a humanitarian aid flotilla in international waters, “These settlements are illegal under international law and deeply tied to the ongoing displacement of Palestinians.” [NY Times] So, what can the future possibly hold if even the Leftist NY Jews continue to ELECT the likes of  Zohran Kwame Mamdani  as MAYOR of NYC.

PEACE will not be possible.

-30-

Post Script/Addendum: 
The following week there were
 NO BUFFER ZONES

Karen L LichtBraun Herut New York City

The chaos in Midwood yesterday was due to permitting the anti-Zionists to protest in the street without a permit. Until laws for protesting are enforced, we will continue to see harassment of Jews and physical violence. It will escalate because the Jew haters know there is no enforcement.

There was a huge turnout from the Midwood community and beyond. The unity was amazing. We had each other’s backs. It made a difference. A message was sent from the Jewish community at the Midwood protest 

“No Fear Here”

HORROR IN NYC: Masked Muslims Assault Jewish Children Outside Synagogue in NYC, Terrorize Jewish Neighborhoods

 

Where indicated, pictures and videos Pamela Hall-VSB

 

NLG Know Your Rights reminder: Shut the f*** up!

 

 

Please Watch! Advice from experienced National Lawyers Guild attorneys. (and enjoy)  Feb 4, 2022 DETROIT

 

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Thanks to Three Lyons Creative for helping the Detroit & MI NLG create this important, useful video!

 

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0:00 Welcome

00:31 Sitting in police transport van after a protest

00:35 In a holding cell with your comrades

00:37 Cop knocks on your door

00:40 Texting on an unsecured device

00:43 Pulled over by the cops after a protest

00:46 Cop asking about your day

00:50 Feds call your mom

00:56 When the cops come calling-Shut the f*** up!

 

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NLG Know Your Rights reminder: Shut the f*** up!

Stop War on Iran Times Square- Flashback #2

 UPDATE beginning with early 2026: At a vigil for thousands killed during recent protests in Iran, LUKE2FREEDOM asked Iranians if they want America to intervene militarily in Iran and topple the regime.The vigil took place outside the NYPL near Bryant Park. Feb 21, 2026

https://x.com/i/status/2025366434776256852

 

June 22, 2025 -Times Square

The Peoples Forum lead the protest along with other pro-Palestinian and socialist activist groups that included the ANSWER Coalition, the National Iranian American Council and the Palestinian Youth Movement.

"People protesting the Trump administration and its U.S. bombing of Iran gathered in New York City and other U.S. cities holding anti-war signs and flags. They claimed that " The people of the United States do not want a war on Iran it was done not in response to any imminent  threat: Trump is a War Criminal"

Part 1 Video - [CC has some mistakes]
(Audio improves quickly with 2nd speaker)

https://www.answercoalition.org/iran

"The people of the United States and the world reject this new war of aggression, and will hold emergency mobilizations in the streets across the United States on Sunday, June 22. This is the critical moment to say NO to yet another war to “remake” the Middle East and steal the region’s vast natural resources.

Part 2 video -Pro Israel and America Patriots were on hand to counter-protest.

ttps://www.answercoalition.org/iran - con't

Trump and his war hawks are launching a new war that puts the world at risk, will cause the bloodshed of Iranians (and ultimately Americans) and only benefits the military-industrial complex."

"The people say NO!"

FLICKR 1- June 22, 2025- Times Square

 

.FLICKR 2:  G-d Bless America. Am Y'israel Chai - VERY active protest (on both sides) 
Loud and in your face

Link to report on protest from Times of Israel

."Anti-Israel groups rally in support of Iran in New York City"
[https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/anti-israel-groups-rally-in-support-of-iran-in-new-york-city/]

AND, something a little different:

Times Square, as I left, never fails to catch your eye:

[Where indicated pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

''Solidarity with Iran” Times Sq - Flashback

 UPDATE: [https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/trump-iran-nuclear-program-hormuz-blockade-april-28] "President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio say Iran's latest peace proposal is unacceptable because it does not include provisions preventing Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon."

**June 16, 2025**
While a free Iran remained unsettled, the arrogant unrelenting leftists, 
in Times Square, continued to support Islamic tyranny.

Mass pro-Iran rally takes over NY's Times Square

The “Solidarity with Iran” rally was organized by the socialist, pro-Palestinian **Bronx Anti-War coalition, which called for people to come out in “full force to support the brave Iranian and Palestinian people fighting for all free people worldwide.”..

Always, a "stolen" land acknowledgement

**Lënapehòkink (Bronx)...
'homelands of the Lenape'

We are a Lënapehòkink (Bronx) based working-class, BIPOC-led,(Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) anti-imperialist, direct-action org resisting state violence while advancing decolonization. https://x.com/BXAntiWar

SOLIDARITY WITH IRAN!
ABOLISH ICE! BREAK THE SIEGE ON GAZA!

IN OPPOSITION:
SOLIDARITY with America and ISRAEL .
The Time has Come. No more Waiting.
Stand with ICE

 

THREE VIDEOS

Part 1- Both sides had a lot to say to each other.

 

 Part 2 - Chants heard at the rally:

“Yemen Yemen, makes us proud!
Burn Tel Aviv to the ground!”

“US drones in the sky, Iran’s missiles will reply!”

“Courts and talks won’t set us free, resistance brings victory! 

Part 3 - The pro-Israel horns- were very loud.

 

Members of the Neturei Karta, a fringe Jewish group that opposes the state of Israel. pro-Islamic Republic protesters that come out in “full force to support the brave Iranian and Palestinian people fighting for all free people worldwide.”

PICS in FLICKR 

 LINK to Jerusalem Post that reported on 16th
“Iran, Iran makes us proud! Burn Tel Aviv to the ground!.
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-858103

x RE Larry Holmes, Sara Flounders and Bill Doares. Leaders of the Marxists/Socialists ,with a long history of organizing these anti Israel, anti Trump/USA protests; you will see them in the crowd and often speaking at these protests.

 

In the spirit of May Day 2026, the IAC calls for solidarity with migrant workers in the U.S., scapegoated by the Trump administration, terrorized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and living in fear, imprisoned and deported. We call upon unions, their members and all workers to fully support migrant workers, their families and allies.

The IAC agrees with May Day’s founders: End capitalism! Fight for socialism! We add: End U.S.-Israeli genocide! Cease wars on Iran, Lebanon and Palestine! U.S.: Hands off Cuba and Venezuela! Stop detaining and deporting migrant workers!

[https://iacenter.org/2026/04/25/in-the-spirit-of-may-day-stop-all-u-s-wars/]

[Where indicated, pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

 

Flood The Streets For Palestinian Prisoners- Ap 7, 2026

 PROTEST AGAINST ISRAEL PRISONER EXECUTIONS

 APRIL 7, 2026 at  2PM

The Israeli consulate- nyc

 

 

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... a  protest was held against Israel for multiple war crimes and ...  the recent law passed in Israel to execute Palestinian prisoners.

The protestors expressed their support for the “axis of resistance” against Israel and American occupation.

''We support Hamas here! We support Hezbollah here! We support resistance here!”.

 

Part 1 - Stand With Israel protestors were also there from Heruit and other pro Israel groups (I didn't have the names). The 1st few pics are the anti Zionists ignoring the NYPD and crossing 42nd st to get as close to the consulate as possible. That didn't last long as the pro Israel protestors demanded they be sent back across 42nd

  

Part 2- The Hamasniks led a small PROTEST AGAINST PRISONER EXECUTIONS near the Israeli consulate, mostly students and the Neturei "kaka"

  

NATE FRIEDMAN interviewed both sides, with the hamasniks very nasty as always.

Later, they marched from Israeli Consulate to Union Sq.

"Bomb Israel Now" protesters shout as they pass by Manhattan restaurant, with some cheering, others starring in confusion. "Free Our Prisoners" protest started at Israeli Mission and marched to Union Square in NYC. Video by @FreedomNTV/ @yyeeaahhhboiii2/

   

Coming soon: NAKBA DAY MAY 15, 2026

Every year on 15 May, Palestinians across the world, in Gaza, the West Bank, refugee camps in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, and diaspora communities on every continent, pause to remember one of the most devastating events in modern history. They carry keys. They carry photographs. They carry the names of villages that no longer exist. They carry memories passed from grandparent to parent to child, kept alive because remembrance is the only thread still connecting them to a home many have never seen. This is Nakba Day.
[https://alqulubtrust.org/2026/04/22/what-is-nakba-day/]

.The marking of this supposed “catastrophe” (nakba) will surely be a key feature of the elite media discussion of Israel’s 78th anniversary. As such, it will represent an ongoing public-relations triumph for the Palestinians—and a victory for deceit and disinformation.
[https://www.commentary.org/articles/sol-stern/palestinian-nakba-narrative-wants-israel-dead/]

BUT, here is the TRUTH re the NAKBA

The Nakba was the Arab failure to exterminate the Jews of the land and erase Israel. That was their documented and declared goal. The Arabs weren't going to establish a "Palestinian' state- they were going to grab more land for themselves and not allow the Jews- who they view as "Dimmis" - second class citizens- to have their self determination. They're failure to destroy a tiny Jewish state was a HUMILIATION for them. That's the meaning of Nakba. [@bigpaddlingmike]

 

.Still, they claim a "genocidal epidemic" 
THEY being the communist/ socialist/ Hamasniks.

 

EVIL. Unabated.

 

Ending with Bill Doares - Workers World Party - Union Square-2025.
Bill repeats the anti-Israel propaganda that makes the hearts and minds of the gullible accepting of the lies. the propaganda. And,  the TRUTH be damned.

   

[Where indicated, pictures and videos property of Pamela Hall-VSB]

No Kings Day March - and the future of Socialism

March 28, 2026. 
... A day like any other ...
A day to promote Marxism and Socialism.

This was the Fourth "No Kings" protest  held in New York City.

 

.They do LOVE to sing:

“We Are The Movement” by The Peace Poets
A freedom love song to us: the movement for liberation!
Performed by Songs in the Key Of Resistance

We are the movement
Liberation moving
For every single human
We have come to win

"No one is getting left behind this time / No one is getting left behind / No one is getting left behind this time / We get there together or never get there at all."

From their IG-We are inviting everyone to use this song in action, focus on using song and resonance to explore personal identity and achieve a sense of wholeness.

 Part 1 -No Kings Day Slide Show - in 3 parts:

 

Part 2

 

.Part 3

   

Also, their IG: "Congratulations to the organizers of No Kings and all who showed up!

The work continues on May 1, artists and cultural institutions across the country will organize in creative resistance in support of labor and immigrant rights as a part of May Day. "

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Are these "No Kings Day"  just an excuse to Hate-On all things Trump.Or. Perhaps. Maybe...

NO KINGS is a Trojan Horse.

An opportunity for No Kings Day to put their Marxist/Socialist recruits on display.

Second Phase of this post is a look-see at the indoctrination thru the decades- an unrelenting pursuit of each generation.

Part 1 : Activism from the Socialist Front,  Caleb Maupin:

"STUPID Stuff People Say about Socialism" and "NO it is hasn't failed everywhere it's been tried" - Aug 1, 2018

Having observed Caleb for over 10 years, he manifests an example of the future primed for success as SOCIALIST Leaders.

Caleb posts as @CalebMaupinTV and on Iran's Press TV.

What follows, two articles that illuminate the socialist/communist indoctrination within our 'modern' timeline.

#1 From 1990 

As Communism Falls Around the World,
Local Radicals Vow To Stay the Course

"They thought the Cold War was over."

[with edits] It's a long article - LINK to full article
[https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1990/2/28/as-communism-falls-around-the-world/]

"According to many pundits, the "End of History" has arrived. The ideological battle between socialism and capitalism is over, and the West has won.

In short, they say, communism is dead; Marxism has breathed its last."

The evidence is everywhere. Socialist governments are collapsing all across Eastern Europe.

But members of the American radical left are not giving up the fight.... many local communists  appear to have been left somewhat disoriented by the rapid collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe.

According to conventional Marxist theory, if workers should be rebelling anywhere it should be in the highly developed capitalist nations of the West.

snip

"The Western press has called it the death of communism, but it's the death of phony communism," ...

snip

The Workers World Party (WWP), for example, now finds itself in the highly unpopular position of opposing reform and democratization on the continent.

"Perestroika is a disastrous step in the wrong direction," says Bill Doares, a member of the WWP National Committee, in reference to the Soviet leader's reform program.

"These are grim times for socialism, when we find that these countries have abandoned it," Doares continues. "

snip

While the Soviet experience has inspired some Marxists, it is regarded as horrific by others.

snip

Stalin, for example, ordered the liquidation of an entire class of Russians in order to bring about industrialization and agricultural reform. It is estimated that millions of people died during his purges, with millions more interned on work camps.

snip

"The most Stalinist regime is more democratic and free than any capitalist country,"says WWP's Doares in defense of the deposed and executed Nicolai Ceausescu of Romania. "What is dictatorship for one class is democracy for another class...

snip

... the WWP, traditionally the most staunch supporter of Stalinism, views Gorbachev most harshly. "His policies can only weaken the Soviet Union," says Doares. "

Back at Home

So local Marxists have turned to social justice issues instead. Often supporting mainstream liberal causes, they have targeted racism, sexism, homophobia and poverty for eradication. They have also been active in the pro-choice movement,

snip

American communists say their other immediate goal is to educate the public. ...their newspapers to communicate to the masses--journals such as Revolutionary Worker and People's Daily World--they also hold public forums and discussions to spread their message.

All of which is in preparation for revolution in this country,

snip

The poor and oppressed of America will eventually confront the ruling class ...and they intend to be ready to lead the battle.

snip

.... it is not going to be pretty.....there's no way there will be a peaceful transition to communism"..." The people who are in power now are not going to give it up unless it is taken from them."

snip

"There is no way of knowing when an uprising is going to happen... But what's happening in Eastern Europe shows that almost overnight the situation can change; what history teaches you is that when you least expect it, expect it."

[END]

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#2- 1983
written by the founder of
Workers World Party - Sam Marcy

''Bourgeois ideologists, even the most virulent opponents of Marxism, never fail to be astonished by the persistent attraction the Communist Manifesto has for each new generation of revolutionary militants.''

Indoctrination success doesn't just happen.

[With Edits] LINK to entire article  by Sam Marcy 
https://workers.org/marcy/cd/sam_man/manifest/manif.htm]

The Communist Manifesto
A clarion call full of ideas

By Sam Marcy (1911 –1998: was an American lawyer, writer, historian, and Trotskyist activist of the post-World War II era. He co-founded the Workers World Party in 1959)

From unpublished notes written in 1983.

Of all the great classics in the treasury of Marxism, The Communist Manifesto unquestionably stands out... , even the most virulent opponents of Marxism, never fail to be astonished by the persistent attraction the Manifesto has for each new generation of revolutionary militants.

snip

The Manifesto’s diagnosis of capitalist society is at the same time a prognosis of the destruction of capitalism at the hands of what the Manifesto calls the "grave diggers" of capitalism—the revolutionary proletariat.

Not just a critique but a guide to action

Nothing could be a more crystal-clear call to the proletariat than the final paragraph of the Manifesto.

It ends with this ringing call to action:

" Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win.

"Workingmen of all countries, unite!"
[End]

***

Concluding briefly with The Crimson 2026

[The complete article is found at the link:
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/4/17/boston-democratic-socialists-of-america/]

Democratic Socialists and The City on a Hill

Since Sanders’s first presidential campaign in 2015, DSA has seen a swift rise in membership. Nationally, the organization has grown from about 4,000 members to more than 100,000, making it the largest socialist organization since the original socialist party prior to World War I.

Members look to Sanders and Mamdani to carve out a permanent space for socialism in public office.

“The ball’s in our court. It’s ours to lose,” (DSA member) Grosser says. “I’m scared as shit.”

—Magazine writer Wyatt J. Meyer    wyatt.meyer@thecrimson.com

Closing with a prediction from our Socialist Mayor
Mayor Mamdani grilled by Fox News on whether 
his socialism platform will work outside of New York City

"I think that this is a politics that can flourish anywhere because, frankly, there’s only one majority in this country and that’s the working class," he continued."And it's time we have a politics that puts them at the heart of what we’re pursuing and not as part of the appendix." [Fox News]

AOC, Mamdani, Ilhan Omar , Tish James, Jumaane Williams, Rashida Tlaib, Hillary, Sanders and Obama: the list of  Socialists/Communists - and friends- is growing. ...

"As recently as 2010, former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich called socialist infiltration in national politics “even more disturbing than the threats from foreign terrorists.” [Wyatt J. Meyer]

Will the stupidity of the people continue to metastasize ?

“I’m scared as shit.”
Are you?

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