I think it's time that Middle Eastern activists of a certain... ideological extraction realize that the US politicians will never save you, will never center you, will never exact justice for you, and will never put you first. Piggybacking off another's power is disempowering.
Inherent in their faith (and disappointment) in one US president after another is a belief that the US "rules the world", so all they must do is bend US power, however slightly, to our benefit. But this is based on an antiquated worldview. Even when it wasn't, it never worked.
(I'm tweeting this because something came up on my TL and I did not want to respond directly. Yes this is a subtweet.)
I'm not against advocacy, especially smart & strategic advocacy. But while advocacy can be an element of our strategy, it cannot be the backbone of our strategy. Power building, and power building alone, must be the backbone of our strategy. Read that again: Power building.
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