In a video shared by @james_dreamin on INS on August 1, a Palestinian freedom fighter asserts that Palestine stands with all its allies regardless of ideology.
While the video remains up on INS at the time of writing, my story share was taken down by Meta. This is very common for posts depicting or even simply discussing so-called “terrorist organizations,” such as Hamas, Hezbollah, Ansar’Allah (the Houthis), and the IRGC.
This post is part of my efforts to keep such videos available online despite corporate social media censorship and takedowns.
Transcript
Our allies in the world are the free people, those who support the rights of the Palestinian people. They are our allies, regardless of their ideology, whether progressive, Marxist-Leninist, or Islamic.
Whatever sect they belong to, every free and noble person in this world is our ally. And within our capabilities, we will stand with them, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, against the Zionist imperialist project in the region.
This transcript was typed manually without the use of GenAI.
The term “progressive” can, of course, be defined as either “liberal” or “revolutionary” depending on context. In the modern era, “progressive” typically relates to liberal ideology, though the term can also be understood as “revolutionary.”
For instance, the translation chosen by the Marxists Internet Archive uses the word “progressive” for Mao’s quote, “All wars that are progressive are just, and all wars that impede progress are unjust,” while other translations state, “All counter-revolutionary wars are unjust; all revolutionary wars are just.”
It is worth noting that the vast majority of “pro-Palestine” liberals do not support Palestinian resistance, only holding an abstract, purely theoretical idea that Palestine should be free. The liberal Zionists often push for a “two-state solution” and uphold the so-called “State of Israel’s” supposed “right to exist.”
Thus, it can be concluded that liberal “progressives” are not the kind the fighter is invoking, but rather those who hold revolutionary ideologies.
