here is a wonderful article by friend, activist and writer sam bahour on the jewish holiday of passover and the current oppression of palestinians in historic palestine. in this spirit, we’ve made a few changes on our seder plate over the years– 1. an orange, usually a blood orange, because it is said that many [...]
Archive for March, 2010
A Poem At the Break of War
Posted in Human Rights, International Solidarity, Iraq, Poetry, Racism, This is what genocide looks like, U.S. empire on March 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Written on March, 19, 2003 as the first bombs drop on Iraq this century. By Emma Rosenthal i can kill the mirror of my own likeness if i do not recognize myself i can kill you if i do not know that killing you is killing you i can kill you if i believe [...]
The Attack on Tenure and Teachers’ Job Security
Posted in Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Calling out neo-liberalism, Disability Rights, Education, Human Rights, Immigrant Rights, this is what a police state looks like, UTLA on March 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A recent L.A. Weekly article “addressed” the “problem” of getting rid of “bad” teachers. (see link below) As someone who retired from LAUSD with disability retirement after trying to get the most minimal of accommodations for my dis-ability and facing incredible harassment for such a request; As someone who requested basic accommodations, found ways to [...]
Paul Craig Roberts and his White Supremacist Appeal
Posted in Calling out neo-liberalism, Calling out the liberal left!, Disability Rights, Full Inclusion, Human Rights, Immigrant Rights, Indigenous Rights, Israeli Apartheid, Israeli Offense Forces, Palestine, Racism, Shoah, U.S. empire on March 9, 2010 | 11 Comments »
By Emma Rosenthal AREN’T THERE BETTER, MORE DESERVING, MORE QUALIFIED WRITERS, WE CAN PROMOTE, TO DECONSTRUCT THE ASSUMPTIONS, ARROGANCE AND HUBRIS OF AMERICAN EMPIRE, ISRAELI SETTLER COLONIALISM AND GENOCIDE? roberts is a right wing white supremacist who has written repeatedly anti-disability, anti-jewish, anti-gay, anti-immigrant anti- people of color, rants for years. (and while attempting to [...]
