Massive anti-war demonstrations have erupted around the world, sparked by Israel’s genocidal attacks against the Palestinian people, both in Gaza and the West Bank.
Several days ago, half-a-million people (!) marched through London calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Similar marches have occurred throughout the USA, in India, Pakistan, the UK, and many other countries.
Yet, the political elites in these countries continue to control the propagandistic news media while ignoring the protests of the common people.
Craig Murray has a good story critiquing the disparate, undemocratic actions that keep the people’s voices muted, ensuring that worldwide calls for peace go ignored.
The article at Consortium News is titled “Something has Snapped.” Below is an excerpt:
There seems to be a presumption that the general population harbour the same Zionist assumptions which the journalists are paid to promote. Well, we don’t.
It feels like something has snapped, not only in Palestine but in the U.K. and much of Europe, where the process of alienation between the governed and the ruling classes has been accelerated.
Democracy has been failing in the West for a while . . .
There are key moments in societal breakdown, and this is one.
Read the entire article here.
