Category: Anti-Racism
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COVID-19 in Gaza
The Covid-19 pandemic is confronting governments around the world with an emergency health situation, requiring self-isolation, population lockdowns of many economic activities and households, mass virus testing, screening and hospitalizations, … Keep reading »
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Dispatches From Palestine on COVID-19
Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) is releasing a series of dispatches from Palestinians and Palestine solidarity activists reflecting on life in Gaza and the West Bank under the COVID-19 pandemic. As … Keep reading »
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Contesting Bill 168
Controversial Antisemitism Bill Passes Second Reading in Ontario Independent Jewish Voices Canada is deeply dismayed and concerned with the Ontario Government’s decision to unanimously approve Bill 168, the Combating Antisemitism Act, … Keep reading »
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Neither Cure nor Prevention, but Sheer Punishment
The IHRA’s Definition of Anti-Semitism Anti-Semitism is a grave matter; its mere utterance conjures unspeakable horrors – atrocities typically tied to the Holocaust, but also to the longstanding racist persecution of … Keep reading »
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Canada, Palestine and the ‘Deal of the Century’: Four Statements
Reject Trump’s Plan: Exist, Resist, Return Canada Palestine Association The Trump Administration has just unveiled the details of its “Deal Of The Century.” This plan includes, but is not limited to: Giving … Keep reading »
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The Vilification of Jeremy Corbyn
The vilification of the leader of the UK Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, as an antisemite has intensified in the run up to the December 12 election in Britain. What makes … Keep reading »
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The Red Scare and the Death of Stalin
An excerpt from Holocaust to Resistance: My Journey by Suzanne Berliner Weiss (pp. 45-47). Weiss’s book, released this month by Fernwood Publishers, tells of her eight decades of engagement with … Keep reading »
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The Use and Abuse of Identity in Public Life
The question of identity has become urgent for activism in the West though the issue has been important in many other parts of the world as well. Political identities form … Watch video »
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“Justice Dies in the Darkness”: The ‘External Review’ of the Hassan Diab Case
When former Attorney-General Jody Wilson-Raybould declined Hassan Diab’s request for an independent and transparent public inquiry into his wrongful and harrowing extradition to France, he, along with his lawyer, and … Keep reading »
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Greece: 39 Months at City Plaza for Refugees Ends
On July 10th, 2019, the keys of squatted City Plaza, Athens, Greece, were handed back to the former employees of the hotel. All refugees living at City Plaza have been moved to safe housing within the city. Keep reading »
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Canada Joins Campaign to Stifle Criticism of Israel
Canada becomes the next major player in the international drive to weaponize false allegations of antisemitism to protect Israel, writes John Clarke. Keep reading »
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Unlocked: Extended interview w/ Adolph Reed Jr.
Previously only available to our Patreon-supporters, we’ve decided to make the extended segment of the Oats interview with Adolph Reed accessible to everyone. Listen to audio »