“Dissent must never lead to disorder” - President Biden.
From Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” written in 1963:
“I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your methods of direct action;" who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season."
Holocaust Survivor Message to US Campus Protesters:
This survivor of the Holocaust is against Genocide in Gaza & conflating Jewishness with Zionism, which does nothing but increase antisemitism.
Your protests are so persistent, large and global that eventually the Western leadership, which are trying to deny what’s going on, will be forced to face up to it.
There is a historic responsibility towards injustice, genocide and fascism.
Thank you for being brave and on the right side of history.
Stephen Kapos
"I do feel that the students are highly critical of Israeli politics, and I do not believe that is inherently antisemitic at all. And I do not feel threatened as a Jewish faculty member in any way by whats happening on campus"
Professor Susan Bernofsky from Columbia university
Jewish students @Columbia: “If we didn’t do everything in our power to end the genocidal violence Israel is unleashing upon Gaza, we would not have fulfilled the requirements of the Passover Seder.”
Watch/share this @CNN report on Passover at the Gaza solidarity encampment.
700 bodies now discovered at Nasser hospital alone (1,500 uncovered at Al Shifa), patients, some with catheters still attached, children, with hands still bound, doctors and nurses, still wearing their scrubs, many shot in the back of the head at point blank range execution-style
UT Austin published this video for Free Speech Week 6 mos ago.
Q: Why can members of the public come to campus at any time and engage in demonstrations
A: State law in Texas allows members of the public...to come onto campus and use our common outdoor areas for speech activity
Struggling to figure out why the WGA/SAG strikes are getting negative news coverage on CNN (owned by Warner Bros), MSNBC (owned by Universal), ABC News (owned by Disney), CBS News (owned by Paramount), and FOX News (owned by Hitler)
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
The list goes on...
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.