when the human rights committee of united teachers los angeles agreed to host a meeting to discuss bds, we were attacked by the zionist establishment. most activists capitulated, and i was blacklisted when “jewish” organizations met with utla president duffy, demanding that he disassociate himself from my organization cafe intifada and me (a union [...]
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Jstreet succumbs to the lobby it claims to replace!!!!
Posted in ADL, Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Art and Activism, Building Community, Calling out neo-liberalism, Calling out the liberal left!, Dissident Jewish Voices, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, Israeli Apartheid, Palestine, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Stand With Us, U.S. empire, UTLA, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anatomy of a Blacklisting: A Thread in Two Blogs
Posted in ADL, Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Building Community, Calling out neo-liberalism, Calling out the liberal left!, Cross Referencing Emmalandia, Disability Rights, Dissident Jewish Voices, Don White, Education, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, In Bed With Frida Kahlo, Israeli Apartheid, Palestine, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Stand With Us, U.S. empire, UTLA, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on June 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
For the last three years I have been documenting a series of events within United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), around disability rights, Palestinian rights, union democracy and blacklisting, which started as a strange power play within the Human Rights Committee apparently around disability rights, but in my estimation, may have merely been the utilization of [...]
Following the Thread: Anatomy of a Blacklisting
Posted in Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Cross Referencing Emmalandia, Needs Link, U.S. empire, UTLA, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For those following; Anatomy of a Blacklisting, a thread in two blogs, return to my other blog, In Bed With Frida Kahlo, and follow the thread, starting where you left off. It’s not perfect chronological order, though if you wanted to you could take the time to follow both blogs that way. I think you’ll get [...]
Pro-Israel lobby steps up pressure at UC-Santa Barbara
Posted in ADL, Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Calling out neo-liberalism, Dissident Jewish Voices, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, Indigenous Rights, Israeli Apartheid, Palestine, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Stand With Us, U.S. empire, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Please note the similarity of tactics and parties, here as with the situation within UTLA, the methodologies employed, rhetoric etc. to stifle debate, intimidate, limit academic (and union) freedom and free speech, to isolate dissident Jewish voices, and control the narrative in respect to Israeli policies, actions and history. When a concession is made in [...]
¡Don White Presenté!
Posted in Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Building Community, Disability Rights, Education, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Israeli Apartheid, Obituary, Palestine, The Americas, U.S. empire, UTLA, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
¡Don White Presenté!
We were shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Don White, revolutionary dreamer and activist. He seemed imortal. What a hole he has left in the Los Angeles Peace and Justice movement. Don was a tireless activist and advocate, an internationalist who understood the connections between racism, imperialism, [...]
What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been
Posted in Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Art and Activism, Human Rights, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on March 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Well it’s been an amazing and overwhelming ride, forcing me into deep reflection and personal reorganization. There’s so much to write about, and I hope, now that the dust has cleared a bit in my own mind and my own home, that I will have the time to start blogging again.
I have had to struggle [...]
Simon Wiesenthal Center:A Voice for U.S. Empire and an Attack on Labor Democracy
Posted in ADL, Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Dissident Jewish Voices, Education, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, Israeli Apartheid, Latin America, Palestine, Shoah, Simon Wiesenthal Center, The Americas, U.S. empire, UTLA, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on January 5, 2007 | 3 Comments »
“Should Rosenthal and her ilk be treated as legitimate Jewish voices?”
“As Union rolls here in the United States swell with members of minority communities, anti-Israel forces waste no time forging alliances with those groups. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, self-appointed visionary of a new socialist Latin America and bosom buddy of Iran’s Ahmadinejad, blatantly tries to [...]
Cross Referencing Emmalandia
Posted in Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Art and Activism, Cross Referencing Emmalandia, Disability Rights, Emma's Room, Human Rights, In Bed With Frida Kahlo, UTLA, Women's Lives, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on December 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
December 25 2006 (10:35:00) US/Pacific
Blogs:
I maintain a few blogs; the baggage of enforced respite. I literally have lots of time on my hands, the consequence of a disability that leaves me physically limited but usually intellectually quite limber, and while there are days when I lack the strength to sit up in bed or raise [...]
Now Who’s The Terrorist: Part IV
Posted in Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Dissident Jewish Voices, Human Rights, Israeli Apartheid, Now who's the terrorist?, Palestine, Stand With Us, UTLA, Women's Lives, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on December 25, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Letters to UTLA Re the BDS Meeting
After the death threats, Andy and I decided to take Duffy up on his offer to view the letters received. We went to the Communications Office and requested the file. After a short wait, while staff got permission from Duffy to let us see the documents he had publicly [...]
Now Who’s the Terrorist? Part III
Posted in Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Art and Activism, Human Rights, Now who's the terrorist?, Palestine, Women's Lives, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on December 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Terrorism and the Value of Women’s Lives
The recent threat on my life has caused a flurry of concern. Friends offer safe house. The police have increased patrol. The FBI has is investigating the source of the threat. Andy and I have increased our vigilance and have taken special precaution to protect ourselves.
But truth be told, [...]
