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Political Research Associates @praeyesright.bsky.social · 2d

PRA’s @benlorber8.bsky.social defines antisemitism and examines how it has been weaponized to disrupt social justice organizing, fuel White Christian nationalism, and support genocidal and authoritarian policies in this two-part series for @convergencemag.com: convergencemag.com/articles/wha...

What Antisemitism Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters
By Ben Lorber

What Antisemitism Is
Antisemitism has always been deeply interwoven with other types of social domination. It is both a form of bigotry and scapegoating against Jews, and a conspiracy theory that today is stitched into the fabric of white Christian nationalism and its authoritarian culture.

What It Isn’t
In this moment, antisemitism largely doesn’t manifest in the kind of structural disparities in income, housing, incarceration and the like that characterize systemic racism. But these conspiracy theories remain structural in a different way. They are built into the layer of social storytelling, the ideological fabric that holds public understanding in a country shaped by centuries of hegemonic Christian attitudes.

Why It Matters
In times of crisis like our own, authoritarian leaders draw on antisemitism as a distinct and powerful narrative tool to consolidate their base, name enemies, and advance their agenda. We must understand and combat antisemitism so that we can protect our Jewish comrades. But ending antisemitism is also crucial to getting everyone free. Antisemitism is a crucial weapon in the Right’s assault on justice movements.

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Ben Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social · 22h

For @convergencemag.com I wrote a two-part guide for progressives on how to understand antisemitism and its weaponization, and how to fight it with solidarity

Part 1 breaks down how antisemitism is used as a tool by the 1% and a fuel for White Christian supremacy -- yesterday and today

What Antisemitism Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters: Part 1

Antisemitism has always been deeply interwoven with other types of social domination. It is both a form of bigotry and scapegoating against Jews, and a conspiracy theory that today is stitched into…

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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 9d

ICYMI, I had a great conversation last week with @convergencemag.com on their "Block and Build" podcast about narrative power.

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.

Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 16d

Re: "narrative infrastructure for narrative power," I had a great conversation with @catachresis.bsky.social -- of the fantastic @convergencemag.com -- about creating enabling spaces and permission structures to think of new ways of being.

Listen here:
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Controlling Narrative Infrastructure w/ Lina Srivastava

What is narrative infrastructure? With Lina Srivastava (Center for Transformational Change)

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Lina Srivastava @linasrivastava.bsky.social · 16d

Re: "narrative infrastructure for narrative power," I had a great conversation with @catachresis.bsky.social -- of the fantastic @convergencemag.com -- about creating enabling spaces and permission structures to think of new ways of being.

Listen here:
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Controlling Narrative Infrastructure w/ Lina Srivastava

What is narrative infrastructure? With Lina Srivastava (Center for Transformational Change)

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MediaJustice @mediajustice.bsky.social · 20d

From Tucson to Memphis, communities are cutting through the #AI hype and resisting #BigTech's data center expansion.

Hear from @myaishahayes.bsky.social, @keshaunpearson.bsky.social, and Vivek Bharathan in @convergencemag.com on what local fights reveal:
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Organizers vs. Big Data w/ Myaisha Hayes, Vivek Bharathan, Keshaun Pearson

Building community power against big tech, feat. Myaisha Hayes (MediaJustice), Vivek Bharathan (No Desert Data Center Coalition), Keshaun Pearson (Memphis Community Against Pollution).

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Sam @samatl.bsky.social · 29d

I'm on this week's episode of @convergencemag.com's Block and Build podcast talking about ICE's ongoing persecution of journalist Mario Guevara, who is approaching 100 days in detention. Listen here: convergencemag.com/podcast/maga...

MAGA Deportation IS Political Violence w/ Kerri Kennedy

Deportation and democratic backsliding, w/ Sam Barnes (Georgia Recorder) and Kerri Kennedy (AFSC).

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American Friends Service Committee @afsc-org.bsky.social · Sep 15

AFSC’s Kerri Kennedy joins @catachresis.bsky.social on the Block and Build podcast (@convergencemag.com) to discuss how Trump-era deportation policies eroded civil liberties, normalized state violence, and what we can do to protect our communities. Listen here:

MAGA Deportation IS Political Violence w/ Kerri Kennedy

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zara raven @thezararaven.bsky.social · Sep 10

"[Healing Justice] is not about affirming each other's disengagement with slogans like rest is resistance while people are being dragged out of their homes and put in cages. Healing Justice calls us... to move from individual relief to collective power." convergencemag.com/articles/bla...

Black People: Healing Justice Demands Borderless Struggle

We do not need every Black person to show up in the same way. We do need to be clear about what we are naming as care.

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Cayden Mak @catachresis.bsky.social · Sep 10

This week's #BlockAndBuild with @mediajustice.bsky.social's @myaishahayes.bsky.social, @nodesertdatacenter.com's Vivek Bharathan, and Memphis Community Against Pollution's @keshaunpearson.bsky.social was a complete banger. convergencemag.com/podcast/orga...

Organizers vs. Big Data w/ Myaisha Hayes, Vivek Bharathan, Keshaun Pearson

Building community power against big tech, feat. Myaisha Hayes (MediaJustice), Vivek Bharathan (No Desert Data Center Coalition), Keshaun Pearson (Memphis Community Against Pollution).

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Maya Schenwar @mayaschenwar.bsky.social · Sep 5

Movement media is a key tool to fight fascism.
In the @truthout.org Center for Grassroots Journalism newsletter, see the latest from @wagingnonviolence.org @hammerandhope.bsky.social @convergencemag.com @kcdefender.bsky.social @deceleration.news & more! ❤️
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Grassroots journalism organizations are a tool against fascism -- and their voices are growing

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Convergence Magazine @convergencemag.com · Aug 7

What's the big deal with digital IDs? The threat of expanded government power to police people’s movement and medical care; particularly concerning as more people cross state lines to get necessary health care. convergencemag.com.

#DigitalIDs #SurveillanceState #ReproJustice #ConvergenceMag

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Convergence Magazine @convergencemag.com · Aug 7

What's the big deal with digital IDs? The threat of expanded government power to police people’s movement and medical care; particularly concerning as more people cross state lines to get necessary health care. convergencemag.com.

#DigitalIDs #SurveillanceState #ReproJustice #ConvergenceMag

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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · Aug 4

Digital IDs (like a driver’s license on your phone) are being used to verify identity both IRL & online—posing a growing threat to privacy. As more people are forced to cross state lines for abortion or gender-affirming care, each step could become a data point for surveillance👁️

Digital IDs Put Health Care Privacy at Risk

Digital IDs threaten to expand government power to police people’s movement and medical care; this is particularly concerning as more people cross state lines to get necessary health care.

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Rebecca Williams @rebeccawilliams.info · Aug 4

With Cynthia Conti-Cook and Sawyeh Esmaili, I wrote for @convergencemag.com about how expanding digital ID systems threaten to increase government power to police people’s movement and access to medical care, especially as more people cross state lines to seek essential health services.

Digital IDs Put Health Care Privacy at Risk

Digital IDs threaten to expand government power to police people’s movement and medical care; this is particularly concerning as more people cross state lines to get necessary health care.

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Convergence Magazine @convergencemag.com · Aug 2

(2/2) Check out Alex Caputo-Pearl, Jackson Potter, Jesse Sharkey, and Stephanie Luce’s article responding to Leo Casey here: shorturl.at/g4zAm | Link in Bio

#UnitedAutoWorkers #LaborActivism #convergencemag #OrganizingStrategy #UAW #CTU #UTLA #UnionStrong #LaborUnions #Plan2028

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Convergence Magazine @convergencemag.com · Aug 2

In our current political climate, we must consider using as many avenues for power-building as possible. While we cannot forget the importance of our (albeit flawed) electoral system, we must also view labor and union activism as the invaluable tool for enforcing progressive change that it is (1/2)

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Black text on a pink background explains that while working through the electoral system with the Democratic party is still very important, we must also try to push the party left, away from neoliberalism. This not only is more consistent with progressive beliefs, but it also will expand the DNC’s appeal to many working-class people who are currently apolitical or tentatively support Republicans

Black text on a pink background explains how union activism can play key roles in resisting authoritarianism, and that simply waiting to oust Republicans in the next election cycle will only give them more time to consolidate their own power

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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · Jul 31

As always: making printable, shareable zines/handouts out of reports and other important information is the kind of people-powered indie media that can reach our family, neighbors, etc. in ways that social media posting often can't.

Good example here from @convergencemag.com:

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Check out and share our zine, "130 Days" here: shorturl.at/wgdN6

#ElonMusk #130Days #convergencemag #Tesla #SpaceX #DOGE

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Check out and share our zine, "130 Days" here: shorturl.at/wgdN6

#ElonMusk #130Days #convergencemag #Tesla #SpaceX #DOGE

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Black text on a white and purple background details how Elon Musk's actions also caused the operations of other agencies to slow to a crawl, causing important services and regulations to be nearly impossible to uphold

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Black text on a white and purple background documents the specific regulators Elon and Trump targeted, and how these actions allow Musk's companies to be largely free from oversight

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Convergence Magazine @convergencemag.com · Jul 30

Thanks to the hard work of the office of Senator Elizabeth Warren, we have records of the shady tactics Elon Musk used during his stint in government—and how it could have caused his companies to profit at the expense of everyday Americans 🧵 (1/4)

#ElonMusk #130Days #DOGE #Progressive #Tesla

Black and White text on a purple background showing a picture of Elon Musk reads: "130 Days: Elon Musk's time in the white house and its disastrous consequences."

Black text on a white and purple background details that Elon Musk took actions that endangered the American public and that the report from Elizabeth Warren's office shows this

Black text on a white and purple background summarizes the general findings of the report

Black text on a white and purple background details how Musk created opportunities for his own ventures by cutting red tape meant to protect citizens from anti-environmental and anti-consumer practices

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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · Jul 30

Had a really useful discussion with @catachresis.bsky.social from @convergencemag.com's Block & Build podcast! Tune in if you want to hear about AI, labor, and leftist politics!

Why We Fear AI w/ Hagen Blix

With Hagen Blix (author, Why We Fear AI: On the Interpretation of Nightmares)

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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · Jul 29

Join us online for this resource launch and discussion with IC co-founder @dreanyc123.bsky.social and Abolition Journalism Fellow @lewispants.bsky.social, @catachresis.bsky.social of @convergencemag.com, and Vivian Anderson of Every Black Girl.

Learn more and register:

Shaping Reality: Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism — Interrupting Criminalization

An online launch of a new report from Interrupting Criminalization on Shaping Reality: Building Informational Power to Resist Authoritarianism. This event also features a discussion about building inf...

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Bright D Limm 임대중 @bdlimm.bsky.social · Jul 28

If you're a member of WFP or DSA (or, like me, both) and you haven't yet checked out @convergencemag.com, I think you'd find it to be an extremely useful resource.

I contribute once a year (to avoid making monthly payments whenever possible), but starting this year I'll raise my annual amount.

Convergence Magazine @convergencemag.com · Jul 28

Convergence is run on a very lean budget, which puts our financial security in a precarious position. Cultivating outlets for progressives to develop organizing strategy is essential, especially in the wake of the current political climate. If you agree—and have the means to do so—we encourage (1/5)

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Convergence Magazine @convergencemag.com · Jul 28

Thank you so much @bdlimm.bsky.social! We *really* appreciate your ongoing readership, listenership, and support.

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