This article is a case study of the behavior of racist governments and anyone who thinks that the UN rescinded its designation of Zionism as racism for any other reason than the pressure applied by the US government (itself an example of institutional racism) is sadly mistaken. ["The UN General Assembly based its 1975 anti-Zionist resolution on the UN’s own definition of racial discrimination, adopted in 1965. According to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, racial discrimination is “any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural or any other field of public life.” "-- Counterpunch, November 5, 2003 "Zionism as Racist Ideology" by BILL CHRISTISON - KATHLEEN CHRISTISON]
Just as a matter of logic, as long as the word "any" is in the Convention how can Zionism escape inclusion in the definition of racial discrimination? Can anyone honestly say that Palestinians and Israeli Arabs have "equal footing" with Jewish citizens of Israel? US democracy is also racist as it does not treat minority people and the poor on an "equal footing" with the privileged white majority. We will never be rid of racism, if we are to be honest, until we have a society in which the principle of from each according to his/her ability to each according to his/her needs is actually practiced.
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