On September 4, 2024, a tropical storm descended upon Jacksonville. The conversation with Jill Stein at the Jacksonville University auditorium was scheduled for 5:30 PM, a time when darkness had already fallen due to the storm. To deter attendance, the Democratic Party Committee arranged for Kamala Harris, then a Senate candidate, to deliver a speech on the same campus at Jacksonville University’s Business School, just an hour earlier, leaving attendees with few parking options.
At the conclusion of the talk, an audience member accused me of being “too polite” with Stein. Recognizing him as a known Democratic activist, and by all accounts, a congenial person, I replied, “I’m not a journalist; the purpose here was to delve into Stein’s ideas.”
I’ve always disliked aggressive interviewing styles, like Univisión’s Jorge Ramos’s, preferring instead the nuanced, almost psychoanalytic silences epitomized by Spain’s Jesús Quintero.
After the lecture, we shared a modest meal in a nearby museum hall, reserved by my colleagues, to express gratitude to Jill, former congressman and Green Party coordinator Jason Call, and their team for their efforts to join us. The university’s catering provided the meal, and without servers or additional guests, we engaged in an enriching discussion, details of which I’ll keep private out of respect for the space. However, I can connect one thought to the elections and the global tragedy that envelops us more each day.
Seated beside Jill, I recounted a visit to Deutsche Welle in Berlin, where I dined with a leading journalist who mentioned she was married to Cem Özdemir, then-Green Party leader in Germany and current Minister of Agriculture. Özdemir had accepted my invitation to speak in Florida in late 2019. Still, German police uncovered a plot by the US branch of the violent neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division to assassinate him, thwarting his visit.
This marked our alignment with Europe’s Greens, though Jill pointed out a key difference between the Green Parties of the U.S. and Germany: Ukraine. Her stance mirrored mine completely. To convey what Stein suggested that evening, I’ll articulate my viewpoint instead of recounting her words.
When President Biden withdrew U.S. troops from Afghanistan, he left behind millions in military hardware. After two decades of occupation and nearly a decade since supposedly eliminating Osama bin Laden, the U.S. military’s hasty exit was reminiscent of Vietnam. The American investment in Afghanistan amounted to $14 trillion—seven times Brazil’s GDP—not in schools and hospitals but in military dominance that fueled the drug trade and private companies, as evidenced by the Wall Street Journal.
After 20 years, the U.S. reinstated the Taliban, erstwhile CIA allies, after eliminating another former ally, bin Laden. An ideal business scheme: creating more problems to invest in new military solutions.
America’s military failures stem not only from inefficiency but also from the lucrative nature of war losses for private corporations ruling U.S. politics and media narratives. In a previous article, we noted the looming advent of another war, driven by the urgency of a new plan.
Then Russia invaded Ukraine. Many of us believed NATO did everything to provoke this by prompting Zelensky, viewed as Washington’s puppet, to confirm Ukraine’s NATO membership process. NATO, Hitler’s dream realized (two directors were his aides), succeeded again in escalating tensions to extend Western dominance—post-WWII Anglo-Saxon hegemony, avoidable had Stalin’s 1952 “Stalin notes” been considered.
In March 2022, France’s Le Monde labeled Paco Ignacio Taibo II and me as “leftist intellectuals pro-Putin,” although I consistently opposed the invasion and condemned the hypocritical narrative pushing history from that day forward, ignoring the prolonged harassment, massacres in Donbas, and the Western-backed coup against democratically elected Viktor Yanukovych.
I’m not “pro-someone” but “pro-causes,” such as non-interference in sovereign affairs. These interventions perpetuate global South issues—the shared sentiments that September 4th night.
On November 1, Europe’s Greens requested Jill Stein to withdraw from the election and support Kamala Harris to avert Trump’s fascist return. Their concern over Ukraine ignores the genocide in Palestine.
Democrats blame Jill Stein for potential losses but refuse to avert electoral suicide by dismissing millions of Democrats outraged over Palestinian genocide. At every rally, Kamala Harris dismisses protests with, “I’m speaking,” proceeding to recite familiar scripts about unrelated “important issues” like grocery costs.
No greater hypocrisy and arrogance exist. Her husband announces placing a mezuzah at the White House entrance, tolerable privately but ill-timed. Bill Clinton tries appeasing Gaza protests by citing Israel’s “special rights” due to King David’s presence millennia ago.
So, dear Democrats, cease lamenting impending national fascism if you’re the architects of global fascism.
Jorge Majfud, November 1st, 2024.
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