[Peace-discuss] Bend the Arc

[Karen Aram]

Because Bend the Arc, backed out of working with socialist/ Marxist groups on the rally opposing ICE we had at the Drury Inn, on the 23rd, we had over 300 people. They feared mention of “Palestine" might come up.

That may not bother you Bob, but you didn’t back out of co-sponsoring Medea’s presence here even though association with socialists took place. You looked at the “bigger picture”, rather than petti politics.

Yes, BTA did do their own rally on the 30th, though it would have been better had we been united.

Also, these good things people do for their communities, and immigrants, isn’t a real solution.

A real solution would be to stop creating the immigrants, who should be referred to as “refugees,” because that is what they are, refugees fleeing US wars and interventions, sanctions, NAFTA and crime.

Attempts to keep the American people ignorant of the connection between foreign policy and domestic, supports and continues the killings and destruction.



On Jul 6, 2018, at 15:15, Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org<mailto:naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>> wrote:


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some of them are working to try to get the Champaign ordinance allowing landlords to discriminate against ex-prisoners repealed, which is another thing that needs to be done.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
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On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 4:48 PM, David Green via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net<mailto: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<mailto: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
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Just Foreign Policy
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On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 11:14 AM, David Green via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net<mailto:peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>> wrote:
http://mondoweiss.net/2018/07/progressive-jewish-justice/


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