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New Yorkers Tell Baseball Commish: 'Strike Out Israeli Settlements!'
Protest at Baseball Commissioner's Office: Photo by Bud KorotzerAdalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice in the Middle East
www.adalahny.org
New Yorkers Tell Baseball Commish: 'Strike Out Israeli Settlements!'
Protest Comes Day After Obama Spokesperson Says He is 'Dismayed' By New Israeli Settlements
Media Contact: info@adalahny.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New York, NY, November 18 - Over fifty human rights advocates gathered outside the office of Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig in midtown Manhattan at lunch time today to demand that he prevent the New York Mets from hosting a Citi Field fundraiser for a Jewish group that supports violence and racism against Palestinians. The protest came two weeks after eleven organizations sent a letter to the Mets and Commissioner Selig asking them to cancel the event for the Hebron Fund at the Caesars Club, which is located directly above the Jackie Robinson Rotunda at Citi Field. The groups said that the event would “taint” the Mets and Major League Baseball’s commitment to diversity and equality, and insult the memory of Jackie Robinson.
To the tune of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" the crowd sang:
Mets, please boot the Hebron Fund,
Racism is a shame;
There’s no place for segregationists,
Jackie Rob-in-son would pump his fists
If you don’t eject the Hebron Fund,
Citi Field goes to shame.
And we’ll have to root for the Yanks,
Or a different game.
The protesters chanted:
Don't rent to racists, it's an error,
Just say no to settler terror
Protest organizers said that over 2600 individuals have sent the Mets emails and letters asking them to cancel the event, and Jay Horwitz, the Vice President for Media Relations for the team, told one caller that the Mets are being "bombarded" by phone calls. During the protest, two representatives attempted to hand deliver the letter from eleven organizations to the Baseball Commissioner’s Office, along with photos of Hebron settler violence and racism, 40 additional hand-signed letters and a report by two Israeli organizations on human rights abuses by Israeli settlers and soldiers in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The representatives were not allowed to go up to the Commissioner’s Office, and were asked by his office to leave the information for delivery via the building’s message center.
"The Mets claim it is a business decision, that they are a private organization that rents out their space to a variety of groups. But they would never rent it out to white supremacists or the KKK," explained Donna Nevel of Jews Say No! “We are going to keep the pressure on the Mets and Major League Baseball.” The protest was organized by Adalah-NY, CODEPINK Women for Peace, Jews Against the Occupation-NYC, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, Jews Say No!, and Jewish Voice for Peace.
The Hebron Fund's ties to violent and racist Jewish settlers living in Hebron are well-documented. Noam Arnon, a 2009 Hebron Fund honoree, told the AP when commenting on a 1995 book paying tribute to Baruch Goldstein, who massacred 29 Palestinians praying in a Hebron mosque, that "He was an extraordinary person." In 1990, Arnon called three Israelis who were convicted of killing three Arabs and maiming two Palestinian mayors in car bombings “heroes.” In a video on the Hebron Fund website, 2008 dinner honoree Myrna Zisman pays tribute to Hebron settler Yifat Alkoby. Alkoby became famous worldwide in 2006 when she was videotaped in Hebron terrorizing and calling a Palestinian woman and girl “whores” who were caged inside their own home as protection from settler attacks. Rabbi Moshe Levinger, a founder of Hebron’s settlements, is among those honored in another video for the 2008 Hebron Fund dinner called “The Next Generation,” though, due to his attacks on Palestinians, Levinger has been charged repeatedly with crimes including manslaughter, assault, rioting, and disturbing the Muslim prayer.
Andrew Kadi of Adalah-NY said, “Institutions like the Mets and Major League Baseball should not allow groups like the Hebron Fund to use their facilities, and organizations like the Hebron Fund should not be given tax-exempt status as nonprofits by the US government to carry out settlement activities that contradict US foreign policy, violate international law and destroy any hope for peace in the Middle East.”
Photos of today’s protest: http://adalahny.org/index.php/photo-galleries/332-hebron-mets-demo
Send an email to the Mets: http://campaigns.adalahny.org/mets-submit or
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/301/t/9047/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1687
Huffington Post: Mets' Citi Field to Host Pro-Settlements Hebron Fund: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rebecca-vilkomerson/mets-citi-field-to-host-p_b_362802.html
Eleven organizations’ letter to The Mets: http://adalahny.org/index.php/letters-a-statements/17-letters/327-mets-hebron-cancel
Adalah-NY’s video on the Hebron Fund Dinner: http://adalahny.org/index.php/videos-of-our-events/328-video-mets-hebron-cancel
BastaDobbs.com Announces Victory: Lou Dobbs to Leave CNN
On the announcement Wednesday that Lou Dobbs will leave his post as a longtime anchor on CNN, Roberto Lovato of BastaDobbs.com said, “Lou Dobbs – who has a long record of spreading lies and conspiracy theories about immigrants and Latinos – does not belong on the 'Most Trusted Name in News.'" "We are thrilled that Dobbs no longer has this legitimate platform from which to incite fear and hate."
The BastaDobbs.com campaign, a national Latino-led coalition, was launched in mid-September, after Dobbs broadcast his radio show from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) conference, founded by white nationalist John Tanton. FAIR is designated as a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
The BastaDobbs.com campaign, a national Latino-led coalition, was launched in mid-September, after Dobbs broadcast his radio show from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) conference, founded by white nationalist John Tanton. FAIR is designated as a “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Dialogues Against Militarism Report From Palestine
From Dialogues Against Militarism , "On Saturday, November 7, About 25 of us trudged towards military prison 400, just outside of Tel Aviv, coils of razor wire and lookout towers looming above us, fields of mud and dry grass to our right. we began setting up the sound system and preparing for the day’s goal of reaching earshot of Or Ben-David, a young Israeli being held in prison for refusing the army draft."
"Our gathering consisted predominantly of young Israelis who had themselves been conscientious objectors, some of whom had been held in that same prison quite recently, some of whom had just refused and were scheduled to report to prison in a few months. The crowd also included some older radicals, a smattering of internationals, and of course us �" U.S. War resisters, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and anti-militarist organizers, here to lend our support to Israeli and Palestinian movements against occupation.
"Israeli youth find themselves situated in the middle of one of the world’s most contested occupations. With mandatory conscription for all graduating high school seniors, their bodies are used to enforce Israeli occupation and war: 18 and 19 year-olds become the arms of an apartheid state. In the United States, young people, often from low income or marginalized communities, are sent off to die in the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan, with sharper distinctions maintained between military and civilian life. Here, the war is in your face, with every city, town, bus station, and beach crawling with teenagers with machine guns slung over their shoulders.
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Dialogues Against Militarism | Dialogues Against Militarism writings from Palestine
"Our gathering consisted predominantly of young Israelis who had themselves been conscientious objectors, some of whom had been held in that same prison quite recently, some of whom had just refused and were scheduled to report to prison in a few months. The crowd also included some older radicals, a smattering of internationals, and of course us �" U.S. War resisters, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and anti-militarist organizers, here to lend our support to Israeli and Palestinian movements against occupation.
"Israeli youth find themselves situated in the middle of one of the world’s most contested occupations. With mandatory conscription for all graduating high school seniors, their bodies are used to enforce Israeli occupation and war: 18 and 19 year-olds become the arms of an apartheid state. In the United States, young people, often from low income or marginalized communities, are sent off to die in the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan, with sharper distinctions maintained between military and civilian life. Here, the war is in your face, with every city, town, bus station, and beach crawling with teenagers with machine guns slung over their shoulders.
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Dialogues Against Militarism | Dialogues Against Militarism writings from Palestine
Feminists Turn Up the Heat for Healthcare
While news headlines declared the the US House of Representatives' healthcare legislation "historic" and a cause for great joy, many in the San Francisco bay area are asking: Who is celebrating whose healthcare coverage?
Women reacted to a national plan that will not provide insurance for undocumented immigrants or extend federal funds for abortions, saying that it echoes the right-wing’s racist and sexist agenda. They expressed disappointment that the House Bill also repeals the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) by 2013. Many children now covered by CHIP would be moved into programs largely driven by insurance companies.
The morning following the passage of the bill, women in San Francisco led the rallying cry for "healthcare not warfare" in demonstrations on the steps of City Hall and in front of Speaker Pelosi's and Senator Feinstein's respective homes.
On November 12th, the San Francisco branch of Radical Women will hold a roundtable discussion to address the question: "What will it take to achieve affordable quality healthcare for all?" Featured speakers will be Barbara Commins, a nurse from Single Payer Now, Tiffany Ng, a youth organizer with Chinese Progressive Association and Andrea Weever, a disabled rights activist.
Event Announcement | Photos: 1 | 2 | San Francisco Radical Women
Women reacted to a national plan that will not provide insurance for undocumented immigrants or extend federal funds for abortions, saying that it echoes the right-wing’s racist and sexist agenda. They expressed disappointment that the House Bill also repeals the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) by 2013. Many children now covered by CHIP would be moved into programs largely driven by insurance companies.
The morning following the passage of the bill, women in San Francisco led the rallying cry for "healthcare not warfare" in demonstrations on the steps of City Hall and in front of Speaker Pelosi's and Senator Feinstein's respective homes.
On November 12th, the San Francisco branch of Radical Women will hold a roundtable discussion to address the question: "What will it take to achieve affordable quality healthcare for all?" Featured speakers will be Barbara Commins, a nurse from Single Payer Now, Tiffany Ng, a youth organizer with Chinese Progressive Association and Andrea Weever, a disabled rights activist.
Event Announcement | Photos: 1 | 2 | San Francisco Radical Women
100 Protest at US Southern Command Hdq to Shut Down the SOA & End Honduras Coup
Yesterday, Sunday November 8th, one hundred people rallied, marched, and held a vigil at the US Southern Command in Doral, Florida. To date this was the largest such rally at South Com. Participants, including members of the Coalition Of Immokalee Workers, local peace and anti-war activists, religious leaders, and SOA Watch supporters heard speeches, sang, and responded to the names of victims with "PRESENTE!"
Black is Back Coalition March: Photos
Malcolm X Park
NYC Council Member Charles Barron
Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah
Pam Africa
Glen Ford Black Agenda Report
Cindy Sheehan A coalition of black radicals and their allies gathered in Washington DC to assert the continued need for the Black Nationalist and anti-war agendas in the era of Barack Obama.
After a marathon rally in Malcolm X Park lasting over 5 hours, the Black Is Back Coalition led a march to the White House.
Speaker after speaker lambasted Barack Obama (as well as other members of the black political elite) as nothing more than a new black face on the same old white capitalist imperialism.
“Sure Obama is better than George Bush,” anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan said. “The corn on my big toe is better than George W. Bush. That doesn’t mean we should elect him president.” “The amount of money Obama is giving to the banks is reaching Alice in Wonderland numbers,” journalist Glenn Ford maintained. Pam Africa of the Move Coalition was harshest of all, referring to Obama as a “punk”.
A number of issues were addressed in addition to the Obama administration. The connection between attacks on Muslim immigrants and racism against African Americans was a constant theme, and a poster of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah was in prominent display at the front of the rally. Speakers stressed the continued need for reparations for slavery as well as for solidarity with the Palestinians against the Israeli State. Obama’s refusal to support Durban II was mentioned briefly as well as gentrification, the sub-prime housing crisis and the difficulty of mobilizing anti-war forces in the age of Obama.
Twelve Arrested by Homeland Security in Pelosi's Office
Single Payer health care plan advocates took direct action to get answers from Nancy Pelosi on November 3rd. Fifteen people occupied her San Francisco office, demanding to talk with the Speaker of the House, who was in DC at the time. Dan Bernal, Pelosi's District Director, refused to put Speaker Pelosi on the phone with the demonstrators to address the fact that key elements of Congress' final health care reform bill are missing. The demonstrators said Pelosi broke her promise to include the Kucinich amendment, that would allow states to enact their own single payer plans, in Congress' final health care bill.
"We deserve to know why she has turned her back on working people nationwide," said a spokesperson for CSEA (California School Employees' Association) whose members buoyed the protest. Two CSEA representatives were arrested along with ten others when they refused to leave the building after three hours of occupying Pelosi's office. Also participating in the protest both inside and outside the building were members of CARA (California Alliance of Retired Americans), the San Francisco Gray Panthers, and other groups advocating direct action to achieve a single payer health care plan.
About 100 demonstrators chanted loudly in front of the building. Meanwhile, protesters inside Pelosi's office lifted their cell phones to hear the supporters on the outside, and joined in the chants. That was cause enough for Pelosi's District Director to have those remaining in the office arrested. According to Dan Hodges, Chair of Health Care for All-California, chanting and singing was extended to mean that the demonstrators had disobeyed police officers. Hodges said, "Because Bernal was too cowardly to file an official complaint, an elaborate charade was worked out by Bernal, building management and the Federal Protection Service," and the branch of US Homeland Security made the arrests.
Photos | Breaking Report
"We deserve to know why she has turned her back on working people nationwide," said a spokesperson for CSEA (California School Employees' Association) whose members buoyed the protest. Two CSEA representatives were arrested along with ten others when they refused to leave the building after three hours of occupying Pelosi's office. Also participating in the protest both inside and outside the building were members of CARA (California Alliance of Retired Americans), the San Francisco Gray Panthers, and other groups advocating direct action to achieve a single payer health care plan.
About 100 demonstrators chanted loudly in front of the building. Meanwhile, protesters inside Pelosi's office lifted their cell phones to hear the supporters on the outside, and joined in the chants. That was cause enough for Pelosi's District Director to have those remaining in the office arrested. According to Dan Hodges, Chair of Health Care for All-California, chanting and singing was extended to mean that the demonstrators had disobeyed police officers. Hodges said, "Because Bernal was too cowardly to file an official complaint, an elaborate charade was worked out by Bernal, building management and the Federal Protection Service," and the branch of US Homeland Security made the arrests.
Photos | Breaking Report
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