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Uzi Silber for coining the term,  ”the Jew Flu”
Throughout years of European history, Jews were accused of casting spells, causing illness,  (often not getting sick themselves- usually because the illnesses were caused by the eating of pork and living in close proximity with pigs).   Jews were also blamed for the plague and the death of [...]

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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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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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Cafe Intifada Commentary:
This article is part of a new thread on this blog: Something about intifada- What’s in a name?  It is an examination of the contextual aspect of language, the war against language in the context of imperialism, colonialism and oppression, and the demonization of a language, a culture and a people.
Intifada simply [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Please note the similarity of tactics and parties, here as with the situation within UTLA, the methodologies employed, rhetoric etc. to stifle debate, intimidate, limit academic (and union) freedom and free speech, to isolate dissident Jewish voices, and control the narrative in respect to Israeli policies, actions and history. When a concession is made in [...]

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Fiesta Shalom, in celebration of Israel’s 61 years of colonialism, will take place on Sunday at the restored Breed Street Shul in East Los Angeles. It promises to be a celebration of Jewish and Latino culture.
This event includes students from LAUSD, involved in LAUSD programs, such as the Roosevelt HS mariachis!!! (With all the insistence [...]

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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 Barbara over a professor’s decision to [...]

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Press release, PACBI, 4 May 2009 
The impressive growth of the Palestinian civil society campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel, particularly after its criminal war of aggression on the occupied Gaza Strip, is testimony to the morality and consistency of ordinary citizens and civil society organizations around the world concerned about restoring Palestinian rights and [...]

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