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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Calling out the liberal left!’ Category
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 »
Accessible Event Planning
Posted in Art and Activism, Building Community, Calling out the liberal left!, Disability Rights, Full Inclusion, Human Rights, Women's Lives on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Counterpunch using Anti-Jewish Antipathy to Advocate an Anti-gay Anti-disability Agenda.
Posted in ADL, Calling out neo-liberalism, Calling out the liberal left!, Disability Rights, Full Inclusion, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, Israeli Apartheid, Shoah, Simon Wiesenthal Center, U.S. empire, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on May 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The Counterpunch article below claims that the Hate Crime Bill of 2009 will result in criminalizing speech that is (specifically?) critical of Israel, Jews, Christianity, or that questions the Holocaust. The article follows my commentary.
1. The hate crime legislature is quiet specific. It limits hate crimes to acts of violence, and simply extends the protections [...]
CONFERENCE “Afghanistan: Obama’s Iraq?”
Posted in Advisory Board, Afghanistan, Cafe Intifada Advisory Board, Calling out neo-liberalism, Calling out the liberal left!, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, U.S. empire on May 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
INTERFAITH COMMUNITIES UNITED FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE CALL TO A CONFERENCE
“Afghanistan: Obama’s Iraq?”
Sunday, May 3rd – 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM
University of Southern California Mark Taper Hall of Humanities -
3501 Trousdale Parkway
Keynote Speakers: Sonali Kolhatkar & Tom Hayden
Suggested Donation $25 – ($10 Low Income)
INFORMATION: icujp@pacbell.net – www.icujp.org – Phone: 213 626 [...]
A Reflection on “the Left” and my Arrest by Joaquin Cienfuegos
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 [...]
Jewish Journal: Anti-Israel UTLA committee gets sent to the corner for a time out
Posted in ADL, Advisory Board, Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Cafe Intifada Advisory Board, Calling out the liberal left!, Dissident Jewish Voices, Education, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Israeli Apartheid, Simon Wiesenthal Center, U.S. empire, UTLA, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on October 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Commentary:
“Going forward, he said he (UTLA President Duffy) would personally review committee requests for meetings at UTLA headquarters. If proposed gatherings are inconsistent with the union’s official political position, Duffy said, he could exercise “emergency powers” and deny usage. ”
So, only meetings that adhere to the party, er uh, I mean, union line, can [...]
The Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech: Corporate Funded Privatized Espionage
Posted in ADL, Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Cafe Intifada Advisory Board, Calling out neo-liberalism, Calling out the liberal left!, Dissident Jewish Voices, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, Palestine, Privatization, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Stand With Us, U.S. empire, UTLA, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on October 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Large NGO’s and the Campaign Against Human Rights Activists
What is at stake in UTLA’s capitulation to Zionist pressure to close a meeting and shut down a committee?
According to an article printed in the Jewish Journal, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) President, AJ Duffy met for two hours with “leaders of the Jewish community” including the [...]
CAMS Distortions and Rationalizations
Posted in Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Calling out neo-liberalism, Calling out the liberal left!, Disability Rights, Dissident Jewish Voices, Don White, Education, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, Military Recruitment, Palestine, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on October 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
What follows are two statements from the General Coordinator (initials A.I.) of CAMS, sent to two different lists, two days apart. Please Note the contradictions.
(CAMS statement in green. CAFE Intifada commentary in black.)
CAMS statement to the CAMS list.
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:02:15
Dear CAMS,
Since Michael Novick * posted to our military free schools list [...]
CAMS Capitulation to Zionist Pressure
Posted in Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Calling out neo-liberalism, Calling out the liberal left!, Dissident Jewish Voices, Education, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, International Solidarity, Israeli Apartheid, Palestine, U.S. empire, UTLA, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on October 18, 2006 | 1 Comment »
While perhaps this was intended as a “private” communication between CAMS’ Media Director and the HRC Webmaster, Emma Rosenthal; Emma, under the strong belief that this decision impacts the group as a whole, and that they should be informed, posts it to the HRC listserve.
The names of individuals have been replaced with their initials. In [...]
