Rep. Tim Walberg’s weaponization of antisemitism neatly fulfills his donors’ agenda against unions and public education.
Anti-Union, Pro-Israel Billionaires Are Behind Tim Walberg and His Show Trials
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Columbia punished our kids for protesting against the genocide in Gaza. We condemn the university’s cowardice
We are the parents of students who faced disciplinary actions for pro-Palestine activism. The struggle for liberation will not end with suspensions and expulsions.
Israel attacks Gaza’s only Catholic church, killing 3 – War on Gaza Day 650
Israeli forces killed at least 61 Palestinians in Gaza; newborn baby dies of malnutrition; Palestinian killed in West Bank, another dies in prison; Israeli settlers desecrate West Bank church; Columbia University urged to reverse adoption of IHRA definition of antisemitism; more
Columbia adopts controversial definition of antisemitism amid federal grants freeze
University announces the move as it tries to restore $400 million in funds frozen over its alleged failure to protect Jewish students
Israel uses antisemitism as cover for Gaza genocide. It’s a trap
Antisemitism is used by Israel to divert focus from its genocide in Gaza, the real material violence that we should be condemning.
What is in store under Biden’s new antisemitism battle plan?
President Biden is enlisting the support (and tax dollars) of every American in the fight against antisemitism – but this fight could take a very dark turn if we’re not careful.
Israel advocates push ABA to adopt anti-Palestinian definition of antisemitism
The American Bar Association will vote on February 6 whether to promote a newly created definition of antisemitism that has been used consistently (and nearly exclusively) not to fight antisemitism, but rather to defend Israel and harm Palestinians
Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism ignores Palestinian rights, narrative
A new, “improved” definition of antisemitism still fails to acknowledge the history of Palestinian dispossession, preferring to focus on Israeli Jews’ desire to just live their lives, liberated from any obligation to provide Palestinians with actual equality or dignity.
False antisemitism insulates Israel and hurts the movement for justice
A Jewish American exposes the often-used tactic of deflecting criticism of Israel by viewing it falsely through a lens of antisemitism. Even some supporters of Palestinian rights miss the sleight-of-hand that casts this negative light on their own movement and have mistakenly attacked longtime activists…
New Congress entertains its first anti-BDS legislation
New Congress, same Israel partisanship. One congressperson proposed an amendment to the COVID relief bill that would refuse funding to supporters of the Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights – during a *pandemic.*