Osedax Writer

  As the title suggests, below are all of the emails I have sent to my member of Parliament, Ginette Petitpas-Taylor, regarding Israel’s intensification of the military occupation and genocide of the Palestinian people. I have never received a response to any of them. This post merely serves as a separate, public record of this correspondence. Friday October 13 - Subject: Gaza Honourable Member, I write to you today truly horrified at the ongoing violence against Palestinians and Israelis. Attacks on civilians can never be justified and Canada must use its voice to call for a ceasefire in this conflict so that mediated talks can begin between the affected parties. Encouraging the cycle of violence to continue through uncritical support for retributive collective punishment does not uphold Canada's commitment to human rights. The level of political extremism on display from some representatives in our governing structures regarding this conflict is appalling and quite frankly, repul...

  Observe that all wide sight and self-command Desert these throngs now driven to demonry By the Immanent Unrecking. Nought remains But vindictiveness here amid the strong, And there amid the weak an impotent rage. The Dynasts, by Thomas Hardy The United States’ veto of the most recent United Nations Security Council resolution on Palestine , which again called for a ceasefire in the Israeli genocide dressed up as a war, has presented the world with some clarity around recent events. The reasoning behind the United States’ voting pattern must be carefully considered. The rationale which animates US actions is derived from an understanding of power and international relations which has been dominant in Western circles for the past ~500 years, the period following what historians call the Columbian Exchange. This Columbian period, which included the destruction of the Aztecs, Incas, and numerous other Indigenous nations and societies through war, disease, slavery, and the like was v...