George's - Writings

  THE EYES OF GAZA is an amazing book!    Plestia Alaqad was born December 10, 2001.    At age 21 she faced October 7, 2023 as a Gazan Journalist, who within a few days had millions of Instagram followers.   She was also trying to survive the genocide contemplating likely death every day. -- Day 14 | FRIDAY 20 OCTOBER I think I have a new superpower – I can function without sleep. With everything that’s been happening, I’ve barely gotten any rest.   Most nights, when I close my eyes, I can’t help but relive the stories of all the people I’ve spoken to.    The sound of crying babies haunts me.    The images of injured and amputee kids live rent free in my head.    Nowadays, I often wonder, which is better, consciousness or sleep.    Both are nightmares, and I don’t know which one is real.   (p.76) Alaqad speaks eloquently of young children’s trauma being alive forced to move and lose all their pos...

  My Feelings are Real My thoughts are also important My Feelings aren’t “everything” Autism – Today My Feelings are part of being within my Body No Longer Imprisoned – as my father taught me Intellect – Not Emotion – Matters I no longer feel a need to prove The Point The Brain within my head – ain’t it all, Nor, really tis not Most Important (any more) My Heart – My Spirit – come from within me I often Experience – am in my - Deep Feelings – in The Moment Several evenings ago, in contrast To that morning – I felt Really Heard, Really Cared for That felt incredibly wonderful That morning – I was silenced – and felt deep anger – towards one Autism – in my not recent past (before I knew I was autistic) The Feelings – were rarely more than barely felt Multiple causes then – most related to the Deep Pains of Decades Of not loving myself Positive growth is challenging & Most Important for me Minimizing mistakes Is helped By my slow...

  Hamas is not “the devil”, as is commonly portrayed by mainstream media and politicians. It is also (from his perspective) a problematic organization/entity. Achcar believes that the November 7th attack seriously hurt the cause of the Palestinian People and that Hamas’s leadership should have understood that the massive genocide or something faintly close to it would be the Israeli response due both to United States leadership, and the right-wing Israeli leadership, particularly as lead by Benjamin Netanyahu. https://medium.com/@marxgeo/gaza-catastrophe-magical-book-about-the-genocide-f92bb425c508 My writing – noted above – below are part of two of the negative responses to my review Jeff Moskowitz Israel has been accused of genocide in each of the five wars that Hamas has started since taking over in 2005. Also accused of genocide in the 1948 war started by five Arab countries. -- Greg Dempster, MFA I really don't care what some leftist academic has to say from Lo...

  GAZA Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective is a magical book about a most difficult subject.    Gilbert Achcar, its author is Professor Emeritus of Developmental Studies and International Relations at SOAS, University of London. This book sets itself three objectives: a) A long-term analysis of the tragic history that predates the Gaza genocide, from Zionism’s origin’s to Hamas’s takeover of Gaza and the beginning of Israel’s repeated onslaughts on the strip; b) a close observation of the events that began on 7 October, 1923, placing them in historical context and perspective; and c) a reflection,   from a more detached and all-encompassing viewpoint, on various aspects of the tragedy, including a critique of Hamas and considerations on the far-right drift of Israel’s society and polity, as well as on the global context of a surging far right and the decadence of Western liberalism, against which the Gaza genocide constitutes a watershed in w...

Alameda County Food Bank – Event – Oakland, CA, USA - January 20, 2026 Oakland = 440,000 population = 56 square miles Alameda County = 1,671,000 population = 737 square miles Gaza = 2,100,000 population = 141 square miles Oakland probably has at least 25% of its population which is food insecure Gaza probably has at least 25% of its population which is in immediate potential death due to starvation due to both the “war” which began October 7, 2023 and the “Ceasefire” – built, created and pushed by The President of the United States. -- As many as 25 nations have signed onto Trump's "Board of Peace," Witkoff says Jennifer Jacobs                           Wed, January 21, 2026 at 4:37 AM PST           … Israel, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, the United Arab Emirates, Belarus, Morocco, Hungary and Canada ar...

  THE PURPOSE OF POWER: How We Come Together When We Fall  Apart : - Alicia Garza's description of how one should build a movement, is an incredibly well written book!   She uses examples from her organizing work in Bayview Hunters Point (in San Francisco) and in her co-founding of Black Lives Matter in making very clear a lot about what one should and should not do.    Garza knows her history very well and explains things most clearly. Examples of her words include: By the early 1970s, two new trends were unfolding within the conservative movement : the new right (which included the Christian or religious right) and the neoconservatives ,,, They come together on things they can agree on in the interest of building and maintaining power.  This has been key to the right's success and key to its survival. ,,, The new right wanted to cast a wider net, beyond its base of southern segregationists and economic elites, in order to expand its reach and influen...

    All That’s Left of You is an incredible, powerful, sad, insightful movie which I highly recommend! A deeply moving, multigenerational drama,  ALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOU  follows a Palestinian teenager who gets swept into a protest in the Occupied West Bank and experiences a moment of violence that rocks his family. The film unfolds as his mother recounts the political and emotional threads that led to that fateful moment. Spanning seven decades, the film traces the hopes and heartaches of one uprooted family, bearing witness to the scars of dispossession and the enduring legacy of survival.  Jordan's Official Selection for the 98 th  Academy Awards. https://www.watermelonpictures.com/films/all-thats-left-of-you I’m crying again as I think of the movie.    I’ve seen other moving films about Palestine, Gaza and Israel.    None has touched me as deeply as this film! Anyone – who is a “hardened” supporter of Israel – who believes tha...