He is so good. He destroys the hasbara and shows up Zionism for what it is- 3rd rate bigotry, like 1950s apartheid
Only as equals
by Remi Kanazi
Every time I think of 9/11
I see burning flesh
dripping off the bones of Iraqi children in Fallujah
Now Gaza
I tend to memorialize the forgotten
The collateral damage
eclipsing america’s unpunished crimes
Maybe it’s because I’m a numbers guy
Because if I had a dollar
for every time
an Iraqi died since 2003
I’d be a millionaire
And don’t get me wrong
Sometimes I don’t know
who to hate more
The governments in the West
Or the politicians in the East
Who sell their souls quicker than the oil they export
Straw men who use Palestine
as a tool to line their pockets
And don’t give a nickel to their people
Quisling governments
Who stitch mouths shut for a check
from Washington and AIPAC
How can they be Israel’s prototypical anti-Semite
If you are signing peace accords
to oppress your own people?
And then Orientalists and hypocrites
talk about how democracy can’t be allowed the Middle East
Because of what happened in Gaza
A Hamas boogyman
wrapped in democratic elections
Rahm Emanuel wants to educate me
and my people
about democracy gone wrong
Why doesn’t try implementing one in Israel first?
Instead of bowing down to terrorists
like his father and the IDF
Lauding a third rate, racist, European society
that’s imploding faster
Than its moral standing in the world
Enlightened like 1950s Afrikaners
and slave traders
Just because the house is beautiful
Doesn’t mean the bones you built it on
have fully decomposed
The Israeli left
is about as alive as Ariel Sharon
I’m sick and tired of asking for permission to resist
From antiquated leftists and progressives
Who care more about keeping it Kosher
than moving things forward
I put down my pen and waving fist
to resist with college kids and Palestinians
Boycott and divest!
Because who cares about
preserving a living
when governments are killing civilians
We’ll boycott Lev Leviev,
Caterpillar and your apartheid companies
We’re taking back the right of return
and the keys to our country
Because we never asked you
to go back to Europe
or sit in open air prisons
I’m not asking for your advice
I’m explaining the decision
You can stay here
with us
but only as equals
It’s not that you’re Israeli
it’s that you’re wrong
That’s why I fight for my people
seafoid
November 18, 2011 6:19 pm
Omar Offendum – ‘On this Land’ (Darwish), London, 12.11.11
if you ever get a chance to see him live..he’s dynamite.
November 19, 2011 8:52 am
Great poem. It shows his frustration. Frustration with going around endlessly in circles. Talking about rights , peace , justice while opressions towards Palestinians are the daily norm, while stealing the land, depriving water, destroying crops are just another daily fact..
There is no justice in the world. But we do have to fight for it, because it exists/lives in our hearts. POWER always pleases, cooperates with another POWER.
Regular people don’t count for them. They only use them as a cannon’s fodder.
He is so good. He destroys the hasbara and shows up Zionism for what it is- 3rd rate bigotry, like 1950s apartheid
Only as equals
by Remi Kanazi
Every time I think of 9/11
I see burning flesh
dripping off the bones of Iraqi children in Fallujah
Now Gaza
I tend to memorialize the forgotten
The collateral damage
eclipsing america’s unpunished crimes
Maybe it’s because I’m a numbers guy
Because if I had a dollar
for every time
an Iraqi died since 2003
I’d be a millionaire
And don’t get me wrong
Sometimes I don’t know
who to hate more
The governments in the West
Or the politicians in the East
Who sell their souls quicker than the oil they export
Straw men who use Palestine
as a tool to line their pockets
And don’t give a nickel to their people
Quisling governments
Who stitch mouths shut for a check
from Washington and AIPAC
How can they be Israel’s prototypical anti-Semite
If you are signing peace accords
to oppress your own people?
And then Orientalists and hypocrites
talk about how democracy can’t be allowed the Middle East
Because of what happened in Gaza
A Hamas boogyman
wrapped in democratic elections
Rahm Emanuel wants to educate me
and my people
about democracy gone wrong
Why doesn’t try implementing one in Israel first?
Instead of bowing down to terrorists
like his father and the IDF
Lauding a third rate, racist, European society
that’s imploding faster
Than its moral standing in the world
Enlightened like 1950s Afrikaners
and slave traders
Just because the house is beautiful
Doesn’t mean the bones you built it on
have fully decomposed
The Israeli left
is about as alive as Ariel Sharon
I’m sick and tired of asking for permission to resist
From antiquated leftists and progressives
Who care more about keeping it Kosher
than moving things forward
I put down my pen and waving fist
to resist with college kids and Palestinians
Boycott and divest!
Because who cares about
preserving a living
when governments are killing civilians
We’ll boycott Lev Leviev,
Caterpillar and your apartheid companies
We’re taking back the right of return
and the keys to our country
Because we never asked you
to go back to Europe
or sit in open air prisons
I’m not asking for your advice
I’m explaining the decision
You can stay here
with us
but only as equals
It’s not that you’re Israeli
it’s that you’re wrong
That’s why I fight for my people
Omar Offendum – ‘On this Land’ (Darwish), London, 12.11.11
from the same event
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUNGlVfqgWs&NR=1
It was called Remi Kanazi and Special Guests
Rafeef Ziadah -shades of anger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRU4OMp-lGs&NR=1
Rafeef Ziadah
I am your savage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyS8JHxHdQw&NR=1
if you ever get a chance to see him live..he’s dynamite.
Great poem. It shows his frustration. Frustration with going around endlessly in circles. Talking about rights , peace , justice while opressions towards Palestinians are the daily norm, while stealing the land, depriving water, destroying crops are just another daily fact..
There is no justice in the world. But we do have to fight for it, because it exists/lives in our hearts. POWER always pleases, cooperates with another POWER.
Regular people don’t count for them. They only use them as a cannon’s fodder.
Poland was also left by their allies (France, G Britain), and attacked from both sides almost at the same time( 1.09.39-Nazis, 1.17.39-Russian’s Army) during WWII.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoQj8GGHNxU
Then, in 1944/45 was AGAIN left by trecherous allies ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovlvjOoTi7s
and gave to Stalin to devour.
Polish Underground Movement was the BEST ORGANIZED in the whole Europe, very effective in targeting enemy . ALSO, the MOST under-appreciated, the least mentioned after the war. Silenced, ( many of its leaders and memebers were brutally killed by communists after the war), many left abroad fearing repercussions in the country with a forced communism.
AS a thank you token, for bravely fighting Nazis during WWII, Poland was AWARDED by “allies”by being thrown to Stalin’s lion den.
Are we talking about justice??????? What ….justice……?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pre0NPW42tw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBZwc-8xBeY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNJc–dK-lE&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL