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This Is A Tipping Point.

All of this mess is connected, and we must act.

So much has happened this week… I could talk about MAGA’s hypocritical decision to “cancel” anyone who didn’t drop to the ground and sob at Charlie Kirk’s killing, despite the fact that they openly mocked the murder of George Floyd and applauded people who committed heinous acts of political violence, like Kyle Rittenhouse. Or what about the fact that Trump is considering labelling Antifa a domestic terrorist group? ‘Antifa’ just means ‘anti-fascist’; it isn’t a group or even an ideology. It is a political stance that various different groups from across the political spectrum share. In other words, this would allow Trump to label anyone who opposes him a terrorist and abuse them beyond belief. But there is a bigger, more impactful story at play right now, and no one seems to be listening.

A few days ago, the UN commission announced that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. No shit, Sherlock. Huge numbers of humanitarian lawyers, virtually all human rights charities, and the vast majority of genocide scholars have recognised this as a genocide for months. But with the UN finally providing its stance, we have now reached an inarguable consensus: this is a genocide.

So, why is that a bigger news story than the tidal wave of fascism flooding the most powerful nation on…