Two Jews, a crumbling empire, and a struggling resistance movement walk into a bar…
19Apr2007 Filed under: Anti-Semitism, Community Building and Organizing, History, Ideas, Jewish Left, Politics, Progressive Jews, Social Justice, Vision, Writing Author: AprilFor everyone whose curiosity was piqued by “Anti-Semitism from a Progressive Jewish Perspective,” I give you this long-awaited labor of love. : )
Announcing…
THE PAST DIDN’T GO ANYWHERE
Making Resistance to Antisemitism Part of All of Our Movements
A 32-page pamphlet for progressives and radicals, to support our social justice movements in combating anti-Jewish oppression from a perspective of liberation for all people.
Read on!
Free downloads at www.thepast.info
“In order to build powerful movements we must take on antisemitism as what it is: a divide-and-rule strategy that has served to maintain ruling classes, conceal who actually has power, and confuse us about the real systems of oppression that pit us against one another. … Rosenblum’s pamphlet needs to be studied and the lessons applied.”
- Chris Crass, organizer, The Catalyst Project:
a center for political education and movement building
You are invited to use and share this resource: Permission is given to copy freely.
About the author:
April Rosenblum, 27, was born and raised in activist movements in Philadelphia. She became politicized herself by government attempts in 1995 to execute U.S. political prisoner and Philadelphia journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal. Over time she has also worked on issues including police brutality, political prisoners and prisoners’ rights, womens’ reproductive freedom, immigrants’ rights, poverty, anti-racist education and Palestinian self-determination. She graduated with a B.A. in History from Temple University.
She writes, “My work to create ‘The Past’ was inspired by noticing how afraid I was to speak up when I noticed instances of anti-Jewish oppression in the movements I called home. I realized that my activist friends were, like me, staying silent not out of antisemitism, but because they needed basic tools to confront it. I hope it will be a resource for Jewish and non-Jewish organizers, activists, and other people passionate about building movements that can win.”
April can be contacted at reachpast@gmail.com
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Emily Nepon
April 19th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
THANK YOU! This is a crucial resource and written with so much powerful analysis, vision, insight. I really believe this pamphlet is going to have a transformative impact on progressive organizing, one that is sorely needed.
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