Internationalism

Daniel, I mean, I have to ask you here, I mean, we, we, you know, we're talking about a critique of globalization.

Um, you know, where is a progressive internationalism in, in 2026? I mean, there has been, I think, a, a kind of, a tremendous global outcry against, uh, the genocide in Gaza.

Um, but I remember, you know, a decade ago, you know, there being a lot of enthusiasm that, you know, we were going to see all these, like, left to social democratic governments kind of coming into power.

I mean, that hasn't really, uh, been the case.

But the idea of trying to take power at the European level just runs into the sand because it's, it's really hard to specify where power is.

Um, it would have to be in a country like Britain or a country like France or a country like Spain, where the first steps would be taken in tandem with building those international links as well.

Well, I mean, just, just in closing then, I have to ask, I mean, you know, if, if a lot of the strategy that we're looking at is going to have to be on, on the national level, um, you know, what, what is the, what is the point of, of internationalism for socialists? Why is this such an important, uh, principle, uh, for our organizing and our political perspective?

It's crucial because our opponents are organized at that level, and it's also crucial because it goes back to the starting point for the left, even before you had articulated ideas of socialism.

That's exactly perfectly said.

So before I get into my thoughts, I want to recommend a book called Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts, Feminism, Internationalism, and Palestine, written by Nada Elia.

So I read this book very recently, and she was talking about a lot of the problems in Palestine that are, you know, perpetrated by Zionists, by Israel, the Israeli government.

And she was making the connection between feminism and what's happening in Palestine and how it's a feminist issue.