Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Jewish students at Columbia University addressed rising antisemitism in a poignant news conference today. Senior Noa Fay powerfully drew parallels between current campus sentiments and ideologies leading to the Holocaust. A must-watch for understanding the gravity of the situation.

Check out the full press conference in the link:
https://www.facebook.com/Reuters/videos/live-students-speak-out-on-antisemitism-at-columbia-university/795951672286518/

#antisemitism #israel #standwithisrael #columbia #campus

Prevent Mass Shootings: Ban Military-Style Assault Weapons https://demcastusa.com/2023/10/30/prevent-mass-shootings-ban-military-style-assault-weapons/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Iran arrests lawyer at funeral of girl who died after metro incident

Nasrin Sotoudeh arrested at funeral of Armita Garavand, who died after alleged encounter with morality police, amid reports of police beatings and arrests at cemetery
Iranian authorities have arrested a prominent lawyer and human rights defender as she attended the funeral of a teenage girl who died after a disputed metro incident, her husband has said.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/30/iran-arrests-top-rights-lawyer-at-funeral-of-teenage-girl-who-died-after-metro-incident

#Iran #WomensRights #misogyny

The #antisemitism directed at American Jews isn't only vile but it's also totally misplaced. Overwhelming majorities of us oppose settlements and favor the creation of a Palestinian state. Most of us hate Bibi and this Israeli gov. Israel ranks as our 10th most important issue, out of 14, in J Street polling.

It's fucking maddening. But I guess it's always the case that "dumb bigot" is redundant.

The New House Speaker Claims to Have a Black Son and Everything About It Is Super Weird

In the days since House Republicans elected some guy named Mike Johnson to be their new speaker, we have been subjected to learning who this guy is and every horrifying thing he has ever done, said, or supported. But one of the stranger revelations concerned the Louisiana congressman’s past statements about his Black son.
#AureFreePress #News #GOP #Politics #USA

https://www.themarysue.com/does-new-speaker-of-the-house-mike-johnson-have-a-black-son/

President #Biden is considering canceling student debt for borrowers whose balances have ballooned because of interest accrual, those who’ve been trying to repay for 25 years and students who attended low-performing colleges, administration officials said.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/30/white-house-next-student-debt-relief-plan-00124351

US troops in Iraq and Syria attacked two dozen times in two weeks
#AureFreePress #News #Israel #gaza #Hamas #USA #Syria #iraq

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/10/30/us-troops-in-iraq-and-syria-attacked-two-dozen-times-in-two-weeks/

@TonyStark @littlemiao Rather than saying "The Fediverse has an antisemitism problem," which implies that this is a platform issue, let's just be clearer, more direct, and more honest: The world has an antisemitism problem.

Eleven year old meme still rings true. Being a 50 year old Progressive means saying, "I told you so" an excessive number of times.

Question in the aftermath of a pogrom

How many Jews need to die
And how brutally
For you to say “that is bad”
And leave off the “but” for just as long as it takes
Grieving families to find their dead
And say Kaddish

#Poem #Israel #Mazeldon #Jewish #Grief #Jewdiverse