[Peace-discuss] Bend the Arc

[Robert Naiman]

The link works for me now.

BtA was explicitly set up to be an organization that works only on U.S.
domestic justice issues, not U.S. foreign policy, including not Israel.
It's foundational, it's constitutional, that's what they were set up to do
and not do. There is zero possibility of moving them on this.

>From what I know of the local chapter here, if they took positions on U.S.
foreign policy, their positions would be horrible, certainly no better than
those of the Jewish Federation.

On the other hand, they're very good on opposing anti-Muslim prejudice and
anti-refugee prejudice, which are also things that need to be done. I also
understand that some of them are working to try to get the Champaign
ordinance allowing landlords to discriminate against ex-prisoners repealed,
which is another thing that needs to be done. And which project, I
understand, could use some help right now from people who live in
Champaign.

So, why not let them work on the things that they're good on, instead of
picking on them and trying to bully them for not working on issues that
they would be bad on, which there is zero possibility that they're going to
do in any event?



Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
(202) 448-2898 x1




On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 4:48 PM, David Green via Peace-discuss <
peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> http://mondoweiss.net/2018/07/progressive-jewish-justice/
>
> Yes, it's still there.
>
> Just to clarify, Bend the Arc is a national Jewish progressive
> organization with a local chapter; it is criticized in this article for not
> considering foreign policy, which is the experience that AWARE members have
> had with it locally.
>
> DG
>
> On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 4:32 PM Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
> wrote:
>
>> This link doesn't work for me. I searched on the web and that link
>> doesn't work either. Maybe they took the article down?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Robert Naiman
>> Policy Director
>> Just Foreign Policy
>> www.justforeignpolicy.org
>> naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
>> (202) 448-2898 x1
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 11:14 AM, David Green via Peace-discuss <
>> peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>>
>>> http://mondoweiss.net/2018/07/progressive-jewish-justice/
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