Op-ed: Central American and Palestinian Liberation Struggles are Intertwined
March 16, 2024
Sussan Garcia
The founder of Central American Disruption Sussan García has published an op–ed outlining the interconnectedness of the Central American and Palestinian struggle and the action in solidarity Central Americans must take during Israel’s genocide of Palestinians. Click here to read and here’s a brief excerpt:
The past four months have been one that has further exposed the farce of the “Western” world order we live in. The State of Israel has killed over 30,000 Palestinians, with the backing of North American and European “democracies” while people all over the world bear witness to endless massacres and dehumanization live streamed on social media platforms. We are witnessing international coalitions develop that are structured along the colonizer and colonized, as oppressed communities worldwide identify with the dehumanization of ahistorical narratives, fascism, genocide denial, and terror that Palestinians experience at the hands of Israel and the United States.
For decades, Israel, in partnership with and in proxy for the United States, has supported, armed, and trained violent fascist dictators in Central America. They have actively suppressed democratic processes and targeted Central American resistance, who are similarly branded as “terrorists.” While Israel has displaced, ethnically cleansed, discriminated, and massacred Palestinians on their homelands, Israel continues to export their “combat-tested” technologies to Central America through military and intelligence partnerships and arms exports. The Palestinian liberation struggle is thus intimately tied with the Central American one in seeking an end to the Israeli war machine, the U.S. imperialism that drives it, and the violent world order that enables it.