As published in Shifting Sands: Jewish Women Confront the Israeli Occupation By Emma Rosenthal I: Year: 1969 “Good Germans,” my father muttered as we walked from door to door petition in hand, collecting signatures, working for an end to the war in Vietnam. Some yelled at us to “go back to Russia!” Others politely said [...]
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Good Germans
Posted in Art and Activism, Dissident Jewish Voices, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, Israeli Apartheid, Israeli Offense Forces, Palestine, Poetry, Racism, Shifting Sands: Jewish American Women Confront the Israeli Occupation, Shoah, U.S. empire, Women's Lives on May 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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 »
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: [...]
Could the newly dis-abled 70+ wounded activists of the Freedom Flotilla, attend your next event?
Posted in Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Building Community, Calling out the liberal left!, Disability Rights, Full Inclusion, International Solidarity, Israeli Apartheid, Israeli Offense Forces, Now who's the terrorist?, U.S. empire on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
With 70 people reported injured in the attack on the flotilla, surely some of them will acquire permanent dis-abilities. will they be part of an inclusive movement, or will they be sidelined for the consequences of their bravery and sacrifice?Too often, activists with dis-abilities, are discarded or dismissed within the movement, EVEN when their dis-abilities [...]
More Blacklisting Crap from the L.A. Liberal Left
Posted in Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Building Community, Calling out the liberal left!, Cross Referencing Emmalandia, Disability Rights, Full Inclusion, Human Rights, Immigrant Rights, In Bed With Frida Kahlo, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, Racism on June 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(human rights as a menu, a cause du jour, something to think of when they get around to it. and they’ll throw in some non-seqitur race baiting to justify it all! but it’s not all bad. scroll down for the way it should be done!–posted to the sister blog- in bed with frida kahlo.) I [...]
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 [...]
Just Released Book: Shifting Sands Available for sale from Cafe Intifada
Posted in Dissident Jewish Voices, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, Israeli Apartheid, Israeli Offense Forces, Palestine, Poetry, Racism, Shifting Sands: Jewish American Women Confront the Israeli Occupation, U.S. empire, Uncategorized on May 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The newly released book, Shifting Sands, Jewish American Women Confront the Occupation, edited by Osie Adelfang, with forwards by Amira Hass and Cindy Sheehan, and contributions from Cafe Intifada’s Emma Rosenthal as well as: Hanna Mermelstein, Tomi Laine Clark, Starhawk, Alice Rothchild, Hedy Epstein, Sandra Butler, Kim Goldberg, Maia Ettinger, Anna Baltzar, Linda Dittmar and Susan [...]
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised-Redux
Posted in Art and Activism, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, International Solidarity, Palestine, U.S. empire on April 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This redux of Gil Scott Heron’s Classic The Revolution Will Not Be Televised is in response to the recent scheduling of a concert by Heron in Tel Aviv, scheduled for May 25, in violation of the call for a cultural boycott of Israel by Palestinian civil society. (For more information see links at end of [...]
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 [...]
