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Janine Baer 🌈 ☮️ 🕊️ 🌁 🌻 🔯 @janinebaer.bsky.social · 1h

"But a scapegoat can't stop problems at their source. There was no good way to spin occupation, and there's no good way to message what Israel has done in Gaza."

Janine Baer 🌈 ☮️ 🕊️ 🌁 🌻 🔯 @janinebaer.bsky.social · 2h

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"Q: What do you think is the main goal of Trump's task force and investigations of antisemitism?

"Fewer than 4 in 10 Jewish Americans think Trump's antisemitism task force is aimed at reducing antisemitism on college campuses"

Results of a September poll

More U.S. Jews shield identity in public amid antisemitism fears, Post poll finds

A third of U.S. Jewish people say they don’t feel safe, and two-thirds report seeing antisemitic content online at least once a month, a Washington Post poll finds.

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Janine Baer 🌈 ☮️ 🕊️ 🌁 🌻 🔯 @janinebaer.bsky.social · 4h

"Professor Bray has been targeted because of his extensive work as a historian of fascist and anti-fascist movements.
Historians have the right to research, teach, and expect that discussion of their historical work will be free from harassment and intimidation..."
— American Historical Association

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 9h

Statement of support for me from the American Historical Association (AHA)

AHA Sends Letter to Rutgers University Addressing Threats Made to History Faculty Members

The American Historical Association (AHA) expresses deep concern about recent threats made against Professor Mark Bray that extended to his partner, Professor Yesenia Barragan, both faculty members in...

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 12h

“Anyone who has any critique of Trump is potentially in the crosshairs,” says @mark-bray.bsky.social, a Rutgers professor who fled the country with his family after receiving death threats for his antifa scholarship.

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Janine Baer 🌈 ☮️ 🕊️ 🌁 🌻 🔯 @janinebaer.bsky.social · 1d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

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Janine Baer 🌈 ☮️ 🕊️ 🌁 🌻 🔯 @janinebaer.bsky.social · 12h

'I liken it to feminism sometimes. There are feminist groups but feminism itself is not a group, there are antifa groups but antifa itself is not a group. It’s more of a verb, it’s a thing you do to organize against the far right in decentralized groups.” @mark-bray.bsky.social

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Janine Baer 🌈 ☮️ 🕊️ 🌁 🌻 🔯 @janinebaer.bsky.social · 12h

www.democracynow.org

Interview of Mark Bray, history professor, is in this longer discussion of "antifa" that goes from ~ 15 to 31 minutes, Oct. 15.

What is antifa?

“It’s a term that is short for antifascist or antifascism... It’s not an organization, it’s more of a politics or a movement.... +

Democracy Now!

A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the U.S.

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 12h

“What we’re seeing today in the U.S. is increasingly fascist. MAGA, I believe — and I study fascism, I don’t say this lightly — is a fascist movement.”

Anti-Fascism Scholar Flees U.S. Fearing for His Family’s Safety Amid Trump’s “Antifa” Fearmongering

We speak with Rutgers University professor Mark Bray, who fled from the U.S. to Spain with his family after receiving death threats over his scholarship. He is the author of the 2017 book Antifa: The ...

www.democracynow.org

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Janine Baer 🌈 ☮️ 🕊️ 🌁 🌻 🔯 @janinebaer.bsky.social · 12h

'I liken it to feminism sometimes. There are feminist groups but feminism itself is not a group, there are antifa groups but antifa itself is not a group. It’s more of a verb, it’s a thing you do to organize against the far right in decentralized groups.” @mark-bray.bsky.social

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Janine Baer 🌈 ☮️ 🕊️ 🌁 🌻 🔯 @janinebaer.bsky.social · 12h

www.democracynow.org

Interview of Mark Bray, history professor, is in this longer discussion of "antifa" that goes from ~ 15 to 31 minutes, Oct. 15.

What is antifa?

“It’s a term that is short for antifascist or antifascism... It’s not an organization, it’s more of a politics or a movement.... +

Democracy Now!

A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the U.S.

www.democracynow.org

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Alex Aronson @alexaronson.bsky.social · 12d

Hell yeah David Byrne! #NoKings

David Byrne concert with No Kings and Make America Gay Again backdrop

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FCNL @fcnl.bsky.social · 1d

We join those across the globe in celebrating the release of the remaining Israeli hostages & nearly 2,000 Palestinians held by Israel.

As @sanders.senate.gov said, "the immediate priority now...must be to ensure that desperately needed humanitarian aid quickly reaches the people of Gaza."

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Muz @muz.blacksky.app · 2d

I love Evanston 😄💜

Sign in store window that says

ADVICE FOR ICE:
1 QUIT JOB
2 GET THERAPY

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Janine Baer 🌈 ☮️ 🕊️ 🌁 🌻 🔯 @janinebaer.bsky.social · 1d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

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Inequality Media Civic Action @imcivicaction.bsky.social · 1d

In June, millions of people took to the streets in protest against the Trump regime.

There are even more peaceful demonstrations planned for No Kings Day 2.0 this Saturday, October 18th.

Here’s what you should know: nokings.org

Why No Kings Day 2.0 Is Even More Important

YouTube video by Robert Reich

www.youtube.com

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 3d

It’s time to let ourselves take a hopeful breath, to recognize that there is power in our movements. It’s time to take stock of where we are, and to begin the work of moving beyond terrifying bloodshed and grief and toward real justice, freedom, and safety for everyone. (6/6)

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone will attempt to take credit for this, but we must not underestimate our work. This deal is a result of a tireless fight by hundreds of thousands of Palestinians and Jews who never stopped refusing our extremist government’s attempts to silence our dissent. (3/6)

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Janine Baer 🌈 ☮️ 🕊️ 🌁 🌻 🔯 @janinebaer.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. Clueless people with power. 🥚

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

What if the unidentified masked men with guns don't accept the validity of your papers?

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 2d

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Na'amod @naamoduk.bsky.social · 2d

We are appalled by the Israeli government’s attempt to ban Palestinians from publicly celebrating the return of their relatives and friends - a reminder of the daily cruelty of apartheid and of the fact that our struggle is not over. (4/4)

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 2d

ברוך מתיר אסורים
Blessed are You, who releases the captive.

There should have been an All for All deal two years ago, but here we are--after so much harm, so much annihilation.

Every life saved is a thing of consequence.

May this be the beginning of a new future for all the peoples in the Land.

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Rabbis for Ceasefire @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social · 6d

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d

It’s deeply encouraging to see footage of hostages reuniting with their families and to see Israeli forces withdrawing from Gaza.

There are obviously many more steps to achieving a lasting peace but today’s developments should give us all a profound sense of hope.

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Janine Baer 🌈 ☮️ 🕊️ 🌁 🌻 🔯 @janinebaer.bsky.social · 3d

I didn't expect to get triggered like that but it seems that once you're out of the adoptee fog, there is no going back. Like so many injustices in our world, once you see it, you can't unsee it.

As many adoptees have pointed out, adoption fog is nonpartisan. It settles on everyone.

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