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We need to have two separate conversations. 1. Reactionary vs. Revolutionary Throughout this campaign, so much of the celebration has been framed around beating AIPAC. They spent millions backing one candidate, so we must vote for the opposing candidate. A Zionist is upset? Then we must be doing something right by supporting the person they oppose. But this is reactionary politics. And we need to understand the difference between it and revolutionary politics. When AIPAC and Zionism become the center of our political strategy, even as the enemy, we have already allowed them to set the agenda. We are still organizing around their money, their influence, their reactions, and their approval or disapproval. Meanwhile, Palestine and Palestinian liberation take a backseat. Revolutionary politics means refusing to play that game. Throw AIPAC's agenda in the trash. Stop letting Zionism dictate the terms of our political engagement. Put Palestinian liberation, our people's survival, and the demands of our communities at the center. Build from the ground up, with our people, our needs, and our vision for freedom. We don't need to organize around making our enemies angry. We need to organize around making our people free. The goal isn't to defeat AIPAC in someone else's political game. The goal is to build a movement that makes that game irrelevant. 2. Representation in a Rotten System Is Not Liberation. Both parties have Indigenous blood on their hands. Both uphold a system built on stolen land and genocide. But put someone who looks like you in power, and suddenly it's a victory worth celebrating? Would you celebrate an Arab becoming prime minister of Israel? Would that make the colonization of Palestine any less criminal? Then why should Abdul El-Sayed being Muslim excuse his politics? Putting a Muslim face on a colonial system doesn't make it revolutionary. It makes colonialism more palatable. And that's the danger. You become so obsessed with seeing yourself represented in power that you forget to question the power itself. Please remember that the goal was never to see our faces among the oppressors. It was to end the oppression. To end the occupation. To liberate Palestine and all colonized people worldwide.

Too many people have forgotten your voice Refaat. Too many people have defended and supported the party that took your life 😢