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Ber Borochov, father of Labour Zionism: Yeah, it's colonial

Ze'ev Jabotinsky, father of Revisionist Zionism: Yeah, it's colonial

David Ben Gurion, founding father of the Settler state: Yeah, it's colonial

Herzl wrote to Cecil Rhodes, "It doesn’t involve Africa, but a piece of Asia Minor; not Englishmen but Jews… How, then, do I happen to turn to you since this is an out-of-the-way matter for you? How indeed? Because it is something colonial...

Theodore Herzl's letter to Cecil Rhodes from unpublished letters by Theodore Herzl (11th of January 1901)

"The Jews could in short time assume the leading position in the economy of the new land. Jewish migration must be transformed from immigration into colonization"

Poale Zion, Our Platform, B. Borochov (1906)

"We cannot offer any adequate compensation to the Palestinian Arabs in return for Palestine. And therefore, there is no likelihood of any voluntary agreement being reached. So that all those who regard such an agreement as a condition sine qua non for Zionism may as well say "non" and withdraw from Zionism. Zionist colonisation must either stop, or else proceed regardless of the native population"

Iron Wall, Ze'ev Jabotinksy (1923)

If I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It is normal; we have taken their country. It is true God promised it to us, but how could that interest them? Our God is not theirs. There has been Anti-Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They see but one thing: we have come and we have stolen their country. Why would they accept that?”

yes!

and that person just happened to be the person who is currently the most celebrated rapper in the world, Kendrick Lamar! he was apologizing for winning over Good Kid, M.a.a.d. City!

“You got robbed. I wanted you to win. You should have. It’s weird and it sucks that I robbed you.”

Macklemore has been an ally this whole fucking time, making whole songs dedicated to LGBT and BLM stuff. nobody ever talked shit about him for anything other than being uber-corny.

in alpha order by author* last name to avoid bias as much as possible.

* misordered daisy jones don’t judge me

A) not in a series (parable has a sequel), and

B) (kinda) uplifting, or at least has more positive moments imo.

It is so so good and weird and time travel and heartbreak and makes me want to live on a little island in canada. also i am biased because part of it takes place in tokyo and i live there now, and another part takes place in the countryside of japan and i used to live there