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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Emergency protests against Israeli Violence
Posted in Art and Activism, Building Community, Human Rights, Immigrant Rights, Indigenous Rights, Israeli Apartheid, Israeli Offense Forces, Palestine, Racism, The Americas, this is what a police state looks like, This is what genocide looks like, U.S. empire, white supremacist, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on May 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
and one demo, against racist Aryanzona!!! Busy day L.A.!!!! Come join BDS LA for Justice in Palestine and others today, Monday from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the Israel Consulate at 6380 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90048-5071 to protest Israel’s unlawful attack on unarmed civilians and to call for an end [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Stand up for students rights, Stand down groups like “Stand with Us”!
Posted in Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Art and Activism, Dissident Jewish Voices, Education, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, Israeli Apartheid, Israeli Offense Forces, Palestine, Privatization, Racism, Shoah, Stand With Us, U.S. empire, UTLA, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on February 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A Cafe Intifada response to demands made by Stand With Us* ______________________________________________ This week, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren spoke as a guest of the UC Irvine Law School. Eleven students were arrested and may yet be EXPELLED because each uttered one sentence and then walking peacefully out of the hall. Zionist, right wing organization, “Stand [...]
Children of Gaza’s art work
Posted in Art and Activism, Calling out the liberal left!, Dissident Jewish Voices, Education, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, Israeli Apartheid, Israeli Offense Forces, Palestine, Racism, The war against the children, this is what a police state looks like, This is what genocide looks like, U.S. empire, UTLA, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on February 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
we wonder if any educators in l.a. would be interested in organizing an exhibit of the art work of the children of gaza? maybe hosted by utla? human rights committee? progressive educators? the iso or solidarity? the jewish labor committee? coalition against (oops, my bad, they changed their name) for alternatives to militarism in the [...]
UCSB: Professor’s comparison of Israelis to Nazis stirs furor
Posted in ADL, Dissident Jewish Voices, Education, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, Israeli Offense Forces, Palestine, Simon Wiesenthal Center, This is what genocide looks like, U.S. empire, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on May 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-professor30-2009apr30,0,7753995.story From the Los Angeles Times Professor’s comparison of Israelis to Nazis stirs furor The UC Santa Barbara sociologist, who is Jewish, sent images from the Holocaust and from Israel’s Gaza offensive to students in his class. He has drawn denunciation and support. By Duke Helfand April 30, 2009 Controversy has erupted at UC Santa [...]