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DESCRIPTION:"No, Erwin Chemerinsky: Anti-Zionism is NOT Anti-Semitism, UC Berkeley Law 
 School Dean Champions Free Speech EXCEPT For Fundamental Criticisms of 
 Israel"\n\n“Protests against Israel’s war on Gaza continue to mount 
 around the world. Discussion and debate is raging on campuses and 
 elsewhere, much of it bringing to light the long-buried truth about 
 Israel’s roots in ethnic cleansing and servitude to imperialism, the 
 apartheid nature of its rule over Palestinians, and the genocidal character 
 of its current siege of and war on Gaza. All of this is very good, long 
 overdue, and much needed.” (from www.revcom.us)\n\nBut there has been a 
 powerfully-backed political counter-attack defending Israel’s genocidal 
 assault on Gaza, and threatening anyone who speaks out in favor of the 
 Palestinian people. UC Berkeley Law School Dean Chemerinsky has been a key 
 figure in this attack, expressed in his Los Angeles Times op-ed piece 
 titled “Nothing has prepared me for the antisemitism I see on college 
 campuses now”.\n\nChemerinsky’s op-ed painted a picture of campuses 
 where “blatant antisemitism” is “rampant” and “has become 
 prevalent.” He declared that it is time for “campus administrators” 
 (i.e., people with substantial power over students’ lives and futures) to 
 “stop being silent” and to “condemn” this so-called antisemitism as 
 “not acceptable on our campuses.”\n\nBut anti-Zionism is NOT the same 
 thing as antisemitism. Dig into the facts - how Israel was founded in 
 ethnic cleansing, how it has continued for decades as an apartheid state, 
 how it has served and benefited powerful imperialist countries including 
 most especially the US, how it is now conducting a genocidal war against 
 Palestinians in Gaza. The elimination of Zionism does NOT mean the 
 elimination of the Jews.\n\nCome to discuss these crucial issues, in the 
 spirit expressed in the statement “A Dangerous Conflation”, signed by 
 1,475 Jewish writers, artists and activists, which concludes: “When we 
 say never again, we mean it.”\n\nRead the whole article, No, Erwin 
 Chemerinsky: Anti-Zionism is NOT Anti-Semitism at www.revcom.us\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/11/10/18860272.php
SUMMARY:NO! Anti-Zionism is NOT Anti-Semitism
LOCATION:Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/11/10/18860272.php
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