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In an October 27, 2024 Sunday Morning Marxist Forum video call, hosted by the Oakland, California Institute for the Critical Social Studies, Charlotte Kates, International Coordinator of Samidoun, addressed the U.S. and Canada’s designation of Samidoun as a terrorist entity. She explained that Samidoun views the Palestinian resistance as critical in achieving the liberation of Palestinian prisoners, specifically through the tactic of capturing Israeli soldiers and "settlers" to facilitate prisoner exchanges. Kates also highlighted that the October 7 "Al-Aqsa Flood" demonstrated the potential for the military defeat of the "Zionist regime."
Kates argued that one of the purposes behind Samidoun’s designation as a terrorist entity is to create fear and deter people from honoring the memory of Hamas leaders like Yahya Sinwar, Ismail Haniyeh, and Saleh Al-Arouri, as well as Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah. In response to a participant’s question about Russia and China’s roles in supporting Palestine, Kates discussed alternative trade and payment mechanisms used by countries to circumvent sanctions. She further stated that had Russia and China provided air defense systems to Hamas and Hizbullah, “this situation would be over a long time ago.”
The forum was streamed live on ICSS Marxist’s YouTube channel and moderated by Allan Miller, a statistics and data science instructor at UC Berkeley Extension. Kates was arrested in April 2024 on charges of hate speech following her remarks at a Vancouver rally glorifying the October 7 attacks and Palestinian terrorist organizations. On November 15, 2024, her home was raided by Vancouver police in connection with these charges. Kates is married to Khaled Barakat, a former senior official with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and a member of the executive committee of Masar Badil.
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