cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20641619
[Excerpt on #Gaza: “If you really care about Gaza, vote to have a voice, so you can do something about it. And then, be ready to turn out into the streets, in the millions, and fight for it.”]
Mark Hertsgaard
Mon 23 Sep 2024 06.00 EDT
🎶Jane Fonda on the screen today,
Convinced the liberals - it’s okay
So let’s get dressed and dance away the night,
While they kill kill kill kill kill the poor
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor tonight~🎶
i would encourage people cracking jokes about the old lady to actually read the article. Turns out she’s pretty cool and has been politically active since her youth. Also proposes a coherent plan for young people who want to make a bigger difference than voting for a 3rd party will ever accomplish.
Do not sit ANY election out, even the local ones. The far right have been building a network of corrupt judges and politicians at the local level with the goal to implement project 2025. No matter what happens this election, they are still absolutely set on that goal and will not stop.
Drawing on more than 50 years of activism, from her anti-Vietnam war and anti-nuclear protests in the 1970s to later agitating for economic democracy, women’s rights and, today, for climate action, Fonda said that: “History shows us that … you need millions of people in the streets, but you [also] need people in the halls of power with ears and a heart to hear the protests, to hear the demands.”
I mean, it’s neat that she’s trying, but I’m not sure who the intended audience of this endorsement is. Do zoomers know the history of the Vietnam War? To my understanding, she’s pretty reviled by boomers for being anti-war.