Posted in Art and Activism, Dissident Jewish Voices, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, Israeli Apartheid, Palestine, Poetry, U.S. empire, Women's Lives on November 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jewish-American Women Speak Out Against the Occupation
Whole World Press
Spring 2010
Edited by Osie Gabriel Adelfang
with an introduction by Cindy Sheehan and a forward by Amira Hass
Including contributions from:
Anna Baltzar
Maia Ettinger
Susan Greene
Linda Dittmar
Osie Gabriel Adelfang
Hannah Mermelstein
Tomi Laine Clark
Starhawk
Alice Rothchild
Jen Marlowe
Hedy Epstein
Kim Goldberg
Sandra Butler
Emma Rosenthal
On facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shifting-Sands-Jewish-American-Women-Speak-Out-Against-the-Occupation/117315474206?ref=ts
On the web: http://www.osieonline.com/Home_Page.html
“I applaud Osie Gabriel Adelfang and all those [...]
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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 »
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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THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACCESS LIES WITH THE EVENT PLANNERS. IT IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL ATTENDING THE EVENT.
The issue of disability rights is often either ignored within the larger human rights dialogue or treated with outright hostility. Too often events are either held in inaccessible locations, or the way space is used, in [...]
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Posted in Art and Activism, Building Community, Calling out the liberal left!, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, Now who's the terrorist?, Prison Industrial Complex, The Americas, U.S. empire, UTLA on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Emma’s Notes (Joaquin’s message to follow)
One of the most important lessons of my early activism: when i was 16, working in the dc boycott house, which attracted a number of activists from a variety of tendencies, came from a veteran black panther, named paul (i forget his last name.) he left the house one night [...]
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Calling for Submissions! URBAN REZ issue! Hey SNAG Fans…. WE’RE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR OUR NEXT ISSUE!
We’re seeking writing & photos related to modern Native culture, youth culture, movements/organizing going on that youth have thoughts on…
OUR THEME AS DECIDED BY OUR YOUTH STAFF is “URBAN REZ.”
Whatever that means to you – send [...]
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http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2009/mar/02/prot/
The UCLA Daily Bruin
By Juliana Gabrovsky
Monday, March 2, 2009
Approximately 50 people protested outside Royce Hall at the performance of Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company on Saturday night in hopes of drawing attention to the recent Israeli incursion into Gaza.
The protest was organized by the recently created U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, which [...]
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Hey So Cal Poets,
Here’s the schedule of featured poets for Saturday Afternoon Poetry during September, October, November, and December in the backroom of the Santa Catalina Branch of the Pasadena Public Library on 999 E. Washington Blvd.
September 27th – Emerging Urban Poets (Lynn Allgood, Michelle Angelini, CaLokie, Don Kingfisher [...]
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This message comes from Cafe Intifada Advisory Board Member, Don Campbell
Hey So Cal Poets,
Here’s the schedule of featured poets for Saturday Afternoon Poetry during August, September, October, November, and December in the backroom of the Santa Catalina Branch of the Pasadena Public Library on 999 E. Washington Blvd.
September 6th – Andrea Carter Brown
September 13th – [...]
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http://www.poetsforpalestine.com/
Poets for Palestine: Edited by Remi Kanazi
Poets For Palestine was published to unite a diverse range of poets, spoken word artists, and hip-hop artists who have used their words to elevate the consciousness of humanity. Sixty years after the dispossession of the Palestinian people, this anthology presents forty-eight poems alongside original works by Palestinian [...]
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