From rolling back the pandemic-era social safety net, to overseeing the largest inflationary crisis in decades, Biden’s legacy was one of economic despair
by Natalia Marques
Part 3 - “How does it feel to have your legacy be genocide?”
Throughout Israel’s fifteen-month long genocide in Gaza, the US proven that Israel would simply be unable to carry out this genocide without the material and political support of the bigger country. Biden’s administration supplied Israel with billions in aid, while US officials threatened international institutions that sought to hold Israel accountable for its crimes against humanity.
In response, the people of the US mounted a powerful Palestine solidarity movement which put Biden’s administration in a domestic political bind. Arab and Muslim voters in key swing states such as Michigan turned away from the Biden, and then Harris campaign in droves, refusing to vote for an administration that facilitated genocide.
Biden’s administration has also been the chief obstacle to a peaceful negotiation between Russia and Ukraine, while continuing to send billions of dollars in military supplies to further escalate the war in the region. In November, Biden issued a significant provocation against Russia by authorizing Ukraine to use US-made long-range missiles, called Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS).
In response, the people of the US mounted a powerful Palestine solidarity movement which put Biden’s administration in a domestic political bind. Arab and Muslim voters in key swing states such as Michigan turned away from the Biden, and then Harris campaign in droves, refusing to vote for an administration that facilitated genocide.
Biden’s administration has also been the chief obstacle to a peaceful negotiation between Russia and Ukraine, while continuing to send billions of dollars in military supplies to further escalate the war in the region. In November, Biden issued a significant provocation against Russia by authorizing Ukraine to use US-made long-range missiles, called Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS).
Biden continued the ongoing Cold War against China, with the US escalating military exercises in East Asia with an eye on both China and Chinese ally North Korea. In his final days, Biden reversed Trump’s harsh policy against Cuba by finally removing Cuba off of the State Sponsors of Terrorism list, although Trump’s pick for Secretary of State Marco Rubio has signaled that he will re-add Cuba to this list.
In the final days of his presidency, Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered remarks on the long-awaited ceasefire agreement that was recently reached in Gaza. Two journalists interrupted Blinken’s remarks: Palestinian journalist Sam Husseini was dragged away by security while yelling “Why aren’t you at The Hague?” and Max Blumenthal interrupted Blinken to ask “How does it feel to have your legacy be genocide?”
In the final days of his presidency, Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered remarks on the long-awaited ceasefire agreement that was recently reached in Gaza. Two journalists interrupted Blinken’s remarks: Palestinian journalist Sam Husseini was dragged away by security while yelling “Why aren’t you at The Hague?” and Max Blumenthal interrupted Blinken to ask “How does it feel to have your legacy be genocide?”
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