A "peace" plan for Gaza proposed by Trump and guaranteed by B-liar? & Their flag-waving patriot game: but our flag stays red

 A "peace" plan for Gaza proposed by Trump and guaranteed by B-liar?

The Israeli state's war on Gaza's population under the pretext of "exterminating Hamas" - as if they were some kind of infestation - should never have begun. The IDF already took its revenge against the Hamas terror attack on 7 and 8 October 2023.

    It's obvious that what has followed - the systematic and relentless destruction of Gaza's cities and killing of civilians - was aimed to collectively punish ordinary Palestinians for their "crime" of being Palestinian. It was also obvious that the IDF could never annihilate Hamas.

    So yes, the Israeli state, as perpetrator, must stop its one-sided "war". And of course, it is - and always has been - up to the US state to call the shots - or to stop them. Without its backing Netanyahu could never have conducted his "war".

    Trump has therefore announced a 20-point "Peace Plan". t's "potentially one of the great days ever in civilization", said he, patting pal "Bibi"on the back, just to "clarify" who was being strung along by whom...

    The plan offers no guarantees for the Palestinians and no Palestinian was consulted when it was drawn up. After all, they're an inferior colonial, occupied people... Netanyahu even confirmed that there's no way "Israel" was going to recognise a Palestinian state. So if Hamas - which is supposed to disarm itself and get out of the Strip - rejects this "Plan", it will be no surprise.

    As for point number 9, naming Tony Blair as a co- supervisor with Trump on a "Board of Peace," this is symptomatic of the complete bankruptcy of the US-led world political "leadership" today! B-liar, also known as the "Bloody Butcher of Iraq", for his role, "shoulder-to- shoulder" with US President George W Bush in the invasion of lrag in 2003, complimented Trump on a "bold and intelligent" plan... No wonder.

    The Palestinian people can certainly come up with their own (truly!) bold and intelligent plan for their future - but for that to happen they'd need the backing of the working class of the region and beyond, forging an independent leadership. Building towards this is a task all workers can begin today.

 Their flag-waving patriot game: but our flag stays red

"Patriotic national renewal" is Labour's "flagship" policy. And the "flags" are literal. Labour's conference hall was bedecked with them.

    Delegates even got given a full selection - Union Jacks, English, Welsh and Scottish flags - to wave during Starmer's speech. And David Lammy sported a small vintage National Front badge - oops, Union Jack - on his lapel.

    What a sorry sight. And all in aid of trying to prove who "loves" Britain more: Starmer's Labour, or Nigel Farage''s Reform! "What a load of malarkey"! Yes, it's the politics of the playground. It would be laughable if this "patriotic turn" didn't actually determine the policies which rule all our lives - or are meant to...

    Indeed, ever since the election, when Reform pushed the Tories into the wilderness, it is Farage's Reform and his preoccupation with blaming immigrants and refugees for being the cause of decaying capitalism's ills, which has dictated Labour's political choices.

    As if attacking immigrants and removing their rights - and their bodies - is going to somehow secure anything, let alone an economy which is inextricably linked to a world capitalist economy in serious decline.

    Starmer hypocritically calls Reform's politics divisive, but his new Home Secretary has doubled to 10 years the qualification period for "indefinite leave to remain". One could well ask, "who's the racist now?"...

    Of course the "old working class" base of the Labour Party is not taking lightly this adaptation to the right. So to try to keep them on board Starmer tried hard to prove that, after 14 months in government, he's "flagged up" all kinds of achievements "for workers". Like that highly diluted Employment Rights Bill, like the "hope" of new homes, maybe in b years' time, like the fading mirage of an efficient NHS, and like a "renationalised railway" which looks as if it will stay subcontracted to the private sector...

    But back here on earth, living standards are falling, and the cost of everything is going up... And all Starmer can do is to repeat that it's all going to come right because of his "economic growth" initiatives?

    It's true that private companies are doing very well. The FTSE100 reached another record high on Tuesday. And while the government's "cupboard" remains empty when it comes to the rest of us, it just found a £1.5bn subsidy for the "hacked" JLR! Indeed, when the bosses' profits are at stake, the Chancellor's "strict financial rules" are promptly relaxed!

    To help the bosses screw yet more out of the working class, the new patriotic party, aka "Labour", wants us to quietly accept the attacks on jobs, wages and conditions - and the scape-goating of migrant workers - in the name of "Britishness"... Well, no! Our "country" is our international class; we won't lie back and "think of England"; we'll unite to fight back!