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BEFORE THE GAZA GENOCIDE: THOUGHTS ON HERSEY’S THE WALL  
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Sam Friedman

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_ Poet Sam Friedman brings us back to the walls around Gaza before
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Before the Gaza Genocide: Thoughts on Hersey’s _The Wall_   

By Sam Friedman

Relentless sun.

Dust.

Homes

without water,

without electricity,

without walls.

Before October, the Wall

watched workless weeks,

watched walkers seeking food,

watched belts shrink inwards

while children birthed in dirty ruins

grew gaunt,

birthed babies,

died,

while watched by the hungry eyes of well-fed

sharpshooters

seemingly safe beyond the Wall.

Before the breakout.

Before the Genocide.

Sam Friedman is a long-time socialist and activist.  Many know his
book _Teamster Rank and File _or his poetry on organizing socialist
workers in the long 1970s: _A Precious Residue: Poems that ponder
efforts to spark a working class socialism in the 1970s and after_.
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2022. [link removed]
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He is a member of the Ukraine Solidarity Network, Jewish Voice for
Peace, and Tempest Collective.

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