[Peace-discuss] #JewsForJamaal is a thing

Fri Jun 12 15:20:42 UTC 2020

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From: Elon Glickman <info at email.actionnetwork.org>
Date: Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 10:22 AM
Subject: IfNotNow Just Endorsed Jamaal + Alex
To: <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com>

Jamaal and Alex are 2 Congressional candidates who could be our
progressive, anti-occupation champions in Congress

Robert,

Our world is in the throws of an uprising, in the streets and soon in
Congress.

*IfNotNow Movement has endorsed its first slate of progressive,
anti-occupation champions for Congress — Jamaal Bowman (NY-16) and Alex
Morse (MA-1) who are fighting for the freedom and dignity for every
American, Israeli, and Palestinian. *

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the latest wave of police brutality
against African Americans, and in anticipation of the Israeli government’s
plan to formally annex the West Bank, *IfNotNow Movement is joining other
progressive organizations to support champions who will **fight for
transformative policies* — from the Green New Deal and Medicare for All, to
ensuring that the US does everything in its power to live up to its values,
abroad and at home.

*Jamaal’s race is just a week and a half away; now is the time to do
everything we can to get him elected. *

*Join us and The Jewish Vote for the biggest #JewsforJamaal phonebank yet
this Monday June 15th from 6-8:30 pm EST.
<https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/P8Elou2Rvc0qoMPEUZrMXcOpy_XqN4R2ZGjoK-5zZnmZseDQZbyNPpEhngcjv1WE43LWM2FaIateh91ZRie6VY5rKNr48W9sWIG066euju27glFnGbi3MzZDYAYSALGxKGA3hBTS9qKcsjWW5a7uRp3TPbRYbkhn7-tnFUg_L9dXEYVzptU09viJk563sxcl2QnTwVYA8BMSZQPmeA-ctjyr5vDu8CKSGhbiuOMY6XkqSqKyqcXHg7d7s-EFqgCwJBSmABW_ExpYwDJ6WYAuv_NLaus3dW6feTexhtYIjj9ioarMuWcrIuDYsO-cd6GElwCfupDZiWsGsiXqIaIROU-v8zpnn0-Yv0n3x29Q7cpsyLfk8SCTDu4-bYdpjr8P/32k/_1j2ANuWQy-xSCp41FtTlQ/h0/a-8noMcNmilAV5Du3owVis50TQ-CD8_V317Dc3k2UDY>
*

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*Jamaal Bowman *is a black working-class teacher in the Bronx challenging
Rep. Eliot Engel, who has spent the last 30 years on the wrong side of
history -- from mass incarceration, to deregulating Wall Street, to
supporting the Iraq war and opposing President Obama’s Iran Deal. While the
Coronavirus pandemic has hit the district harder than almost anywhere else
in the US, Rep. Engel has been missing
<https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/atcYNHk4Eh2YdGnwBh-YDDV77M3BaOPJKqACeTPMntQREUo2XMWqNNKFfbYhXlMZ4_dpHT-bnokAc0tNWCvrlv3rt7Oajh86lUJhU_Om1yXEWe--FchhTJfdG7U7CApjvjousAoWdWFJzA4dLLwBo03bdcwA4E0_JmUb4EnRAEgevg3Y463zyq1smsSAvfMdc8WYgSsgOz-XnRht85zKgnrvY9aNl2z7XszTiIJ0HAcP4ny7x6uqdKncCwktaxtW00CFQw8NWvt6L6o9IA2d8S2tR7qgsx6wtb681sYVucZRBo-iCB2TGzc3PuCWyLL3rwlZbebyCllZEbYHaF_OErIiAeHzl1rHU1ha6led9QAJXVSHSGOk-iotNbZO1HXj/32k/_1j2ANuWQy-xSCp41FtTlQ/h2/bESbxGMON3g8gqLPzNWnxmRqKE6y2G7v_-8AicrnK4E>.
Jamaal, on the other hand, founded
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an award winning public middle-school and has fought for teachers,
students, and families in the district for twenty years.
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With recent endorsements from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders,
Jamaal is committed to fighting to invest in jobs and education, and to
pushing back against endless wars and violent policing.

*New York's 16th District goes to the polls June 23rd, so supporting Jamaal
Bowman for Congress now is critical. We’re teaming up with The Jewish Vote
to do the biggest #JewsforJamaal event and phonebank yet on Monday June
15th from 6-8:30pm ET.
<https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/P8Elou2Rvc0qoMPEUZrMXcOpy_XqN4R2ZGjoK-5zZnmZseDQZbyNPpEhngcjv1WE43LWM2FaIateh91ZRie6VY5rKNr48W9sWIG066euju27glFnGbi3MzZDYAYSALGx61MehQAIGIy75_63-Ew7c8I_xsc4uY1idyH94bBVFWiIZy0wPJDeYn0trIFTtaoUPRuhObv8o_V9TfA2CIMHVwMG8uNkVLPjo5c5JWQoNAb-c4T1B1_ID7tlCZzcEva51S7m6iPXsVJzzHnBKfW4JlNG4vQpA0D6On2ow6O6v32mhtYm7M0QTPgMLpmDBZMaJJF_K-TCiYGtUscFaWhNe61ZYO1kXSmVvOYm-j-35waC_4xUUPYD1tWKoXJLLYeZ/32k/_1j2ANuWQy-xSCp41FtTlQ/h5/E1NXzkuxgQrCRbj9roHfmnGa7bduUyAku1M9XtV6feQ>*

*Alex Mors**e*, the youngest and first openly gay mayor of Holyoke,
Massachusetts is running against Richie Neal. Neal is one of the top
recipients of corporate money in the House and was one of the only members
of the MA congressional delegation to co-sponsor unconstitutional anti-BDS
legislation
<https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/atcYNHk4Eh2YdGnwBh-YDGrSsgriXGvJ3-A3idf2G4rf91Vf9sWRVjxJJ_LDv_6ylvHpJj0N_FxIxDSzogNoZISFRzVh7xcs__w_C-FQfE3Vet8tMLf7rOUIkTzpPePJYf3LZEixS9oSZPpqJfkQjNgOxFelyzJ8eXPQQ_BRSGdkrkx-0OTvWHRhuDIGjymI_d6ggnm6YFhO8qdk5ZcD399fT1hWQBBIIDzbaH6KQzq07KG7vARpAmYZrhJYNWU0N4UiOhLPR7JSpLsUMKL-YUwYH10UdN6kcfh-HWmWG7Ydmh4l7PDQWNYjqo8q0X5kMl471T2rarYZi1DXbyxKFxGlAki-10OxJuFVYlWqYi3uW_SkDaZD4O49FHkQq6iQ/32k/_1j2ANuWQy-xSCp41FtTlQ/h6/7fOuUUKFEzbzvNnc34NktKmNaHPYxaXlIabughITOy0>.
As mayor, Alex has closed the state's last coal power plant, opened a
needle exchange program to fight the opioid epidemic, and declared Holyoke
one of the first American Sanctuary Cities. As a Jewish progressive, Morse
is part of a rising generation of leaders ready to fight to ensure that the
United States does everything in its power to stop annexation and pursue
freedom and dignity for Palestinians and Israelis.

In my conversations with Jewish friends over the past few weeks, the same
question keeps popping up: *How does our government have seemingly
unlimited funds for militarized police and endless wars but not enough to
support our basic health and safety* — especially throughout this pandemic?

The old leadership got us here, and *we need new leadership to move us
forward.*

*We need to fundamentally reevaluate our priorities, abroad and at home. *A
humane foreign policy is a necessary part of the America we are trying to
win, and we know that ending the occupation and ensuring freedom and
dignity for all Israelis and Palestinians is part of that fight.

I’m not going to lie, everyone will need to work hard and fast to help us
win*.* Our opponents are well-funded and have the party establishment’s
support. But, we have people power.

*Here’s the plan:* *organize and mobilize hundreds of young progressive
Jews to volunteer with the campaigns, phonebank, and get out the vote
online*.

*Can we count on you to hit the ground running with us to elect progressive
and anti-occupation members of Congress?
<https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/ss/c/P8Elou2Rvc0qoMPEUZrMXcOpy_XqN4R2ZGjoK-5zZnmZseDQZbyNPpEhngcjv1WE43LWM2FaIateh91ZRie6VY5rKNr48W9sWIG066euju27glFnGbi3MzZDYAYSALGx6EiQRMc-qBqDUKTBDzNOhW6xNC1Ahw4YIWXtkIJmdfR3XeRbWg9WL2wTQpETnNajFO0KZvpojuO7xOGbzzVV0rPIFgtO7lTrRrrZmmu7HWfmOfby0glpsZLG2kveoL4xlLIbByVllkNIS-T3JDjRzrj2pF_RXE1p316Iga6X2cqn_mOpCpDLSyczLdrzoHlOMBMwGehHxdcxyzFU1AgNopC5L3y7BrfPtyNzE8Jndv-FJ2CTrB5UaL7x6ArQRg0F/32k/_1j2ANuWQy-xSCp41FtTlQ/h7/-8gMXzlT2akBiDkJWvMmH1DrA-fzF_OQSOYF5MqyOvA>*

After the past few weeks, there is no going “back to normal.” We have to
transform our country. We have to win the fight against Trump, white
nationalism, and corporate greed, against oppression at home and abroad. *We
need an America and a world in which human life is treated as sacred. *

I’m not sitting this one out. Are you?

Forward,
Elon Glickman
*Volunteer for End the Occupation PAC*
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