Left wingers may pretend to mock the idea that the left wing agenda is all connected, when they not just admit it, but proclaim it:
Hussain Abdul-Hussain @hahussain: "Palestine is against racism, toxic masculinity, patriarchy, misogyny, settler colonialism (including the English language apparently). And I’m Michael Jordan."
"3. PALESTINE IS NOT A SINGLE ISSUE. PALESTINE IS THE - ISSUE.
Venn diagram with circles: Racism, Capitalism, Patriarchy, Settler Colonialism, Environmental Terrorism
WHITE SUPREMACY. TOXIC MASCULINITY. MISOGYNY. INDIVIDUAL OVER COMMUNITY. MAN DESTROYS NATURE
PALESTINE CONNECTS IT ALL!
PALESTINE IS THE ISSUE THAT MAKES US REALISE EVERYTHING IS INTERCONNECTED. EVERY STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE, FREEDOM, AND LIBERATION. ALL CONECTED. FROM PALESTINE, TO CONGO, TO SUDAN."
In other words: The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.
Related:
"When you blend every grievance into one ideology, climate collapse, environmental injustice, economic inequality, systemic racism, national identity, colonial legacies, gender oppression, distrust of capitalism, and rejection of traditional norms, you end up with a worldview that stands for nothing and everything at the same time.
Unable to carry the weight of so many concerns, the most eloquent speaker rises to the top, calming you and telling you there’s one issue, 'a linchpin,' that makes everything else collapse.
Then they send their coalition of ideologues to bend every topic back to that single point."
Protests Go Beyond Immigration to Include Array of Left-Wing Causes - The New York Times
"Voices at the demonstrations are often a mix that includes calls for more explicit support for racial justice, Palestinian freedom and socialist politics...
The scene encapsulated how the left’s decades-long embrace of intersectionality — the concept that all oppressed people are linked — gives the protest movement large numbers of supporters but also can create a cacophony of messages...
In New York City, protests have coalesced outside the federal immigration headquarters in Lower Manhattan this week. But they have typically morphed into a stew of left-wing causes, with Palestinian calls for liberation and Occupy Wall Street chants overtaking the group’s message against deportations."
From LA to Gaza, With Violence: Palestinian Flags, Molotov Cocktails, and a Media Blackout
