[Peace-discuss] [Peace] Urge Champaign County Dems to back Keith Ellison for DNC

Mon Nov 21 04:11:35 UTC 2016

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JTA: Keith Elllison’s Jewish defenders rally after attacks from the
pro-Israel right
http://www.jta.org/2016/11/18/news-opinion/politics/keith-
elllisons-jewish-defenders-rally-after-attacks-from-the-pro-israel-right

WASHINGTON (JTA <http://jta.org/>) — Jewish allies of Keith Ellison
defended him against mounting attacks from the pro-Israel right wing as the
first Muslim congressman is positioned to lead the Democratic Party.

“For anyone to attack or vilify him as anti-Israel or anti-Semitic is
outrageous,” said Rabbi Marc Schneier, a co-founder of the Foundation for
Ethnic Understanding, a group that promotes joint activities among ethnic
groups.

Schneier called JTA Friday, unsolicited, as attacks on Ellison, D-Minn.,
have mounted. Among Jewish groups, also defending Ellison have been J
Street, the liberal Middle East policy group, Americans for Peace Now, a
dovish pro-Israel group, and Bend the Arc, a social action group.

The Zionist Organization of America, in a release this week, noted
Ellison’s role in drafting a congressional letter following the 2009 Gaza
War urging the Obama administration to press Israel to loosen its blockade
on Gaza. (The letter also noted that security needs led to the blockade).
The ZOA also noted that Ellison was among a handful of congressmen who
voted against additional funding for Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system
during the 2014 Gaza War. (Ellison had previously backed Iron Dome, but
said it made more sense during the 2014 war to press for a cease-fire.)

“If he becomes DNC leader, Ellison will likely be empowered to persuade
even more Democratic Congresspersons to join him in actions hostile to
Israel’s security and Israeli civilians’ lives – wreaking enormous damage
to the prospects for future bipartisan support for America’s closest ally
in the Middle East,” the ZOA said.

Ellison seems likely to be the next Democratic National Committee chairman,
having garnered the backing of figures from the party’s establishment as
well as the insurgent left that backed Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in his
unsuccessful bid this year for the party’s presidential nomination. Among
Ellison’s endorsers
<http://www.jta.org/2016/11/11/news-opinion/politics/schumer-sanders-back-ellison-for-top-democratic-party-post>
are
Sanders and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the incoming party chief in the
next Senate, who is very much of the party establishment.

The ZOA release and a barrage of critical coverage in the conservative
media led to the release of comments in Ellison’s defense.

Some conservative outlets, as well as the ZOA, noted Ellison’s youthful
involvement in the anti-Semitic Nation of Islam movement, which he
renounced in a 2006 letter to the Jewish Community Relations Council in
Minnesota, a group that he has become friendly with. That year he was
elected a freshman to Congress, and became the first Muslim elected to the
body.

Seth Mandel, the New York Post Op-Ed editor, said
<http://nypost.com/2016/11/14/hillarys-loss-accelerates-the-democrats-turn-against-israel/>
in
a column that “Ellison has left [Nation of Islam leader Louis] Farrakhan
far behind, but his Israel criticism remains scathing,” and suggested his
front-runner status signaled a drifting away of Democrats from Israel.

Ellison was also one of three Sanders appointees to the DNC Platform
Drafting Committee this summer who tried
<http://www.jta.org/2016/06/10/news-opinion/politics/democrats-tussle-over-inclusion-of-occupation-in-party-platform>
to
get language critical of Israel’s occupation into the platform. They did
not succeed.

Ellison’s defenders say his vigorous defense of the two-state solution make
him a valuable partner. Schneier remembered that his first meeting with
Ellis was in 2007 at a Foundation event welcoming congressional freshmen,
where Ellison in a speech – unprompted – lambasted the Iranian regime for
its Holocaust denial.

A group called “Jews for Keith” on Thursday launched a petition
<https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/jews-for-keith>to the DNC defending
Ellison. J Street in its Nov. 16 statement called the attacks on Ellison,
who was backed by J Street’s affiliated political action committee in the
last election “hateful.”

“His support for a two-state solution, opposition to settlement
construction and advocacy for U.S. leadership to help resolve the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict are supported by the majority of American
Jews,” it said.
Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
(202) 448-2898 x1

On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 9:57 PM, David Green via Peace-discuss <
peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> But seriously, if Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Keith Ellison have
> a roadmap for turning the Democratic Party into a populist/labor/socialist
> party, based on small contributions from millions (like the Sanders
> campaign), then let's hear it. And if they're serious about being
> anti-imperialist, then let's hear that too. If they want to use the word
> "revolution" to describe their ambitions, let them put some real meat on it
> and present it to the waiting world. What's with all the insider jockeying
> in the DNC? Tell us what you stand for!
>
>
> On Sunday, November 20, 2016 9:42 PM, Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss <
> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> Carl and his amen gang of Green Party thugs haven't yet made a *prima
> facie* case for why they should be talking about this at all, when it has
> nothing to do with them.
>
> If Carl sued me in court for not keeping up the grounds of my house and
> thereby reducing the property values in my neighborhood, every judge would
> throw out the case. Carl does not live in my neighborhood. He has no
> standing to sue. What goes on in my neighborhood has nothing to do with
> him. My neighbors haven't elected him or retained his services to represent
> their interests.
>
>
>
>
> Robert Naiman
> Policy Director
> Just Foreign Policy
> www.justforeignpolicy.org
> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
> (202) 448-2898 x1
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 9:31 PM, C. G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <
> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>
> Have you been into the cooking sherry tonight, Bob?
>
> Ease up: “pro-Nazi” is not so inventive as “Green Party Death Cult.”
>
> You’re losing focus.
>
>
>
> On Nov 20, 2016, at 9:09 PM, Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.
> net <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:
>
> What does this have to do with you, Carl? Why would anyone care about your
> pro-Nazi opinion?
>
>
> Robert Naiman
> Policy Director
> Just Foreign Policy
> www.justforeignpolicy.org
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.justforeignpolicy.org&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=EdAmnVQov_4aUtfXfgnL3k1-BJpo-S2-kYbCvStvf5s&s=AaxRMYGO2phVigP8Il2n7Xc0VPxBHLo4mwnBskas6s4&e=>
> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
> (202) 448-2898 x1
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 9:08 PM, C. G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.
> net <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:
>
> “Green Party Death Cult”?!  Are you projecting Clinton’s (and Ellison’s)
> no-fly zones?
>
> But don’t worry; I think more and more people will indeed leave the
> Democratic Party alone...
>
> Those who want to know what “the Sanders-Warren wing” of the Democratic
> Party is actually like, should consult
>
> "Bernie and the Sandernistas: Field Notes from a Failed Revolution"
> (2016) by Jeffrey St. Clair.
>
> (I’ll supply a copy to members of this list who ask).  —CGE
>
>
>
> On Nov 20, 2016, at 8:28 PM, Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
> wrote:
>
>
> Why are the views of the Green Party Death Cult relevant to the projects
> of the Sanders-Warren wing of the Democratic Party inside the Democratic
> Party?
>
> Go have a seance with Jill Stein and leave us alone.
>
>
>
>
>
> Robert Naiman
> Policy Director
> Just Foreign Policy
> www.justforeignpolicy.org
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.justforeignpolicy.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=EdAmnVQov_4aUtfXfgnL3k1-BJpo-S2-kYbCvStvf5s&s=y_Dh0YXrmQRX0K91AOWL5f1Fmob1MP2vo9LqpAsqpdQ&e=>
> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
> (202) 448-2898 x1
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 8:16 PM, C. G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.
> net <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:
>
> The idea that the three "serious candidates" to lead [sic] the DNC are
> “two corporate lobbyists” and a person "whose primary mission is make
> self-described liberals and leftists comfortable supporting imperial wars”
> is an indication of the terminal lack of political seriousness in the
> Democratic party - so painfully on display in the recent election. Écrasez
> l’infâme.
>
> Ellison’s delicts have been clear all along, as David Swanson points out: <http://www.counterpunch.org/2
> 016/11/17/the-skeletons-in-kei th-ellisons-display-case/
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.counterpunch.org_2016_11_17_the-2Dskeletons-2Din-2Dkeith-2Dellisons-2Ddisplay-2Dcase_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=EdAmnVQov_4aUtfXfgnL3k1-BJpo-S2-kYbCvStvf5s&s=ACpJVo_3gQKNLFGYPFW8Og19TjY-f9V0HH2XDiQxkCE&e=>
> >.
>
>
> —CGE
>
> On Nov 20, 2016, at 3:13 PM, Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
> wrote:
>
> I like Glen Ford as an individual human being. He's had me on his radio
> show. He's a very nice, affable guy.
>
> But as an authority on the topic at hand - and this piece is from three
> years ago - Glen Ford is not credible.
>
> Anyone who thinks that there's not a dime's worth of difference between
> Ellison and McCain on war and peace is not a serious person. It's a free
> country. People can say whatever they want. You can be a Truther, a
> Birther, an anti-vaxxer. But, given that people have other things to do
> with their lives, people who are serious shouldn't waste time with such
> things. And, of course, people who support the Green Party are not
> meaningful authority on the affairs of progressive Democrats.
>
> Here are the three serious candidates.
>
> https://theintercept.com/2016/ 11/15/race-for-next-dnc-chair-
> is-between-americas-first-musl im-congressman-and-two-corpora te-lobbyists/
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__theintercept.com_2016_11_15_race-2Dfor-2Dnext-2Ddnc-2Dchair-2Dis-2Dbetween-2Damericas-2Dfirst-2Dmuslim-2Dcongressman-2Dand-2Dtwo-2Dcorporate-2Dlobbyists_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=EdAmnVQov_4aUtfXfgnL3k1-BJpo-S2-kYbCvStvf5s&s=QaMQFOBtMzKOuPEhVI-FaYAXAgrbQlGlTwFeUeWAoYw&e=>
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>
>
>
>
> Robert Naiman
> Policy Director
> Just Foreign Policy
> www.justforeignpolicy.org
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.justforeignpolicy.org_&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=EdAmnVQov_4aUtfXfgnL3k1-BJpo-S2-kYbCvStvf5s&s=y_Dh0YXrmQRX0K91AOWL5f1Fmob1MP2vo9LqpAsqpdQ&e=>
> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
> (202) 448-2898 x1
>
> On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 2:58 PM, C. G. Estabrook <carl at newsfromneptune.com
> > wrote:
>
> “Ellison is part of the pro-war Left, whose primary mission is make
> self-described liberals and leftists comfortable supporting imperial wars.”
>
> http://www.blackagendareport.c om/content/rep-keith-ellison-p
> ersonification-phony-pro-war-% E2%80%9Cprogressive%E2%80%9D
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.blackagendareport.com_content_rep-2Dkeith-2Dellison-2Dpersonification-2Dphony-2Dpro-2Dwar-2D-25E2-2580-259Cprogressive-25E2-2580-259D&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=EdAmnVQov_4aUtfXfgnL3k1-BJpo-S2-kYbCvStvf5s&s=EIUKlAYzLzRoi2Sz9_5-CRVg04I-6N3DUwl1PoLhihc&e=>
>
> —CGE
>
>
> On Nov 20, 2016, at 2:43 PM, Robert Naiman via Peace <
> peace at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>
> There is a central committee meeting on November 30. We'll be asking them
> to pass a resolution in support of Keith Ellison's candidacy to lead the
> DNC.
>
> Here's our petition at MoveOn:
>
> @ChampaignCoDems: Back @KeithEllison for #DNCChair
> http://petitions.moveon.org/si gn/champaigncodems-back?r_by=1 135580
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__petitions.moveon.org_sign_champaigncodems-2Dback-3Fr-5Fby-3D1135580&d=DQMFaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=tfHzwZBcTLEveiewRiq0OdhFmfRmlvZjpIBS0AUJ2v0&m=ldAG6OBO8q4pxnelPFN8Fic5NhIlw3sy-8VE3aACTWY&s=weoxkRkaz0gRR-g7_Ka1nZIn_Ne3N3R6AqR8LNqENAo&e=>
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> ===
>
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