I don’t know where else to post this, and since this pops up, I will respond here and hopefully you can forward to whereever it is necessary to reach Randall Childs.

I, as I have said many times, am not a member of UTLA, but even the most out of touch member of the LA community knows that the BDS discussion was cancelled because the elected leadership capitulating to Zionist pressure. Where else would the pressure come from? Vegetarians? And if there were/are Socialists/radicals in the elected leadership, then I did not hear a peep of organized opposition from them. Perhaps there were leaflets, petition campaigns, referendums, press releases, call ins to talk shows–all time honored methods of dissent– from dissenting elected leaders, but I didn’t hear, or read of them. I will stand corrected if that is the case.

But unions need to recognize their power and influence for good–or bad–and act accordingly. Cancelling an event to debate the issue of the Israeli occupation of Palestine is very demoralizing, and sets the movement back, just as the scheduling of the event was a great shot in the arm for the movement.

It’s cancellation also painted the union membership as out of touch Zionist reactionaries, which I know not to be true.

Just as radicals in my union vocally object to, and organize against, afl-cio support (however tacit) to ICE raids, we have a responsibility to defend those who raise those sometimes unpopular demands. To do less it to put opportunity and priviledge above principle.

Shalom and Le Chaim,

Muffy

One day last fall I was picking my son up at school…a pack of five or six boys were pushing around another boy, slim in stature with his backpack still on, he was being pushed around like a rag doll and he was encircled by the boys…my son came to the car and told me that the boy was autistic and the boys were teasing him about being a ‘retard… Read More’…UGH!! I got out of my car and I yelled at them told them they should be ashamed of themselves, I even took names and called the pricipal the next day. The point is we must all do whatever we can to expose the discrimination against people with disabilities, actually make it our business to make a difference.

And I agree with Hazim : )

Much Love and Admiration,

Emman

David Letterman’s hate is as old as some ancient Hebrew prophets.
Speaking of anti-Semitism, it’s Jerry Falwell and other fundy leaders who’ve gleefully predicted that in the future EVERY nation will be against Israel (an international first?) and that TWO-THIRDS of all Jews will be killed, right?
Wrong! It’s the ancient Hebrew prophet Zechariah who predicted all this in the 13th and 14th chapters of his book! The last prophet, Malachi, explains the reason for this future Holocaust that’ll outdo even Hitler’s by stating that “Judah hath dealt treacherously” and “the Lord will cut off the man that doeth this” and asks “Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother?”
Haven’t evangelicals generally been the best friends of Israel and persons perceived to be Jewish? Then please explain the recent filthy, hate-filled, back-stabbing tirades by David Letterman (and Sandra Bernhard and Kathy Griffin) against a leading evangelical named Sarah Palin, and explain why most Jewish leaders have seemingly condoned Palin’s continuing “crucifixion”!
While David, Sandra, and Kathy are tragically turning comedy into tragedy, they are also helping to speed up and fulfill the Final Holocaust a la Zechariah and Malachi, thus helping to make the Bible even more believable!
(For even more stunning information, visit MSN and type in “Separation of Raunch and State” and “Bible Verses Obama Avoids.”)