By Emma Rosenthal “I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy.” -Jessica Dovey incorrectly attributed to martin luther king jr.* “Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: [...]
Archive for the ‘Calling out neo-liberalism’ Category
On False Quotes, Real Quotes and Our Collective Rage and Vision
Posted in Afghanistan, Calling out neo-liberalism, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, Privatization, Racism, U.S. empire on May 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Jeff Blankfort and the Tender Embrace of Opportunism
Posted in Calling out neo-liberalism, Calling out the liberal left!, Dissident Jewish Voices, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, Indigenous Rights, Israeli Apartheid, Palestine, Racism, The Americas, U.S. empire, white supremacist on August 8, 2010 | 63 Comments »
By Elise Hendrick Opportunism makes strange bedfellows. How else can Jeff Blankfort’s prominence in what is supposedly a Palestinian solidarity movement be explained? The Lobby Hypothesis Blankfort’s basic claim is that a Jewish Lobby has absolute control over US policy in the Middle East. This is hardly a novel claim – it’s been advanced by [...]
Links for KPFK Listeners
Posted in Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Art and Activism, Calling out neo-liberalism, Calling out the liberal left!, Cross Referencing Emmalandia, Disability Rights, Dissident Jewish Voices, Emma's Room, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, Immigrant Rights, In Bed With Frida Kahlo, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, Israeli Apartheid, Palestine, Racism, Shifting Sands: Jewish American Women Confront the Israeli Occupation, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Stand With Us, This is what genocide looks like, U.S. empire, UTLA, Women's Lives, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For KPFK listeners, interested in more information: To buy the book: http://cafeintifada.wordpress.com/cafe-intifada-shoppe-available-now-shifting-sands-jewish-american-women-confront-the-israeli-occupation/ Information on the upcoming readings: http://cafeintifada.wordpress.com/¡cafe-intifada-events-and-activities/ for information on the blacklisting: http://cafeintifada.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/anatomy-of-a-blacklisting-a-thread-in-two-blogs/ Emma Rosenthal: http://home.earthlink.net/~emmarosenthal/ and http://emmarosenthal.wordpress.com/ In Bed With Frida Kahlo: http://inbedwithfridakahlo.wordpress.com/ Cindy Sheehan on line: http://cindysheehanssoapbox.blogspot.com/ http://peaceoftheaction.org/
The Attack on the Freedom Flotilla: A facebook status montage
Posted in Art and Activism, Calling out neo-liberalism, Dissident Jewish Voices, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, Israeli Apartheid, Israeli Offense Forces, Now who's the terrorist?, Palestine, Privatization, Racism, This is what genocide looks like, U.S. empire, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on June 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Facebook Status Montage Facebook provides an amazing network of activists, writers, photographers, artists. Here are commentaries by some of my facebook (and in some cases, real life) friends, allies, comrades. Majed Abusalama “All Gaza people are praying in solidarity with our friends in the flotilla , Gaza is so angry now , Mosques is [...]
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 [...]
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 »
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 member [...]
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 | 8 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 [...]
UCSB STANDS UP TO THE ZIONIST CAMPAIGN AGAINST FREE SPEACH AND ACADEMIC FREEDOM!
Posted in ADL, Calling out neo-liberalism, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, Indigenous Rights, Palestine, Shoah, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Stand With Us, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So glad UCSB stood down the bully tactics of the Simon Wiesenthal Ctr, the ADL and Stand With Us. But the impact of this investigation can not be underestimated. The stress and trauma to Professor Robinson and the effect these campaigns have on education and public discourse is chilling. These are the new blacklists. support [...]
