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/
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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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Following the Thread: Anatomy of a Blacklisting
Posted in Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Cross Referencing Emmalandia, Needs Link, U.S. empire, UTLA, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For those following; Anatomy of a Blacklisting, a thread in two blogs, return to my other blog, In Bed With Frida Kahlo, and follow the thread, starting where you left off. It’s not perfect chronological order, though if you wanted to you could take the time to follow both blogs that way. I think you’ll get [...]
Fiesta Shalom: Sponsored by the Israeli Consulate
Posted in Dissident Jewish Voices, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, Immigrant Rights, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, Israeli Apartheid, Latin America, Military Recruitment, Palestine, The Americas, U.S. empire, UTLA on May 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
Santee Education Complex: LAUSD: ONE HOUR WILD CAT STRIKE!
Posted in Building Community, Education, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Privatization, The war against the children, UTLA on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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