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Zionist Group to Honor S.F. Teachers' Labor Boss and Fellow Zionist Dennis Kelly

by Anti-Zionist
One of America's oldest Zionist groups, Bnai Zion, will be honoring S.F. labor boss and fellow Zionist, Dennis Kelly, of the United Educators of San Francisco (UESF), on Thursday night, January 12th, 2012.
One of America's oldest Zionist groups, Bnai Zion, will be honoring S.F. labor boss and fellow Zionist, Dennis Kelly, of the United Educators of San Francisco (UESF), on Thursday night, January 12th, 2012.

http://www.bnaizion.org/kelly_invitation.php

Sadly and shamelessly, many UESF members have knowingly contributed a total of over $1000 of their hard-earned money to this "benefit" in support of the ever-expanding Apartheid State of Israel (i.e. Occupied Palestine).

Among the list of S.F. "Progressives" supposedly co-chairing this event include Supervisors David Campos (Dist. 9) and Mar (Dist. 3). Call their S.F. City Hall offices now and tell 'em to shout out a loud "NO" to continued Zionist occupation and war against the Palestinian People by boycotting this event.
by Vote Peace & Freedom & Green
All exposes of the Democratic Party's connection to Israel are always worth reading, but you will not change any Democrat or Republican elected official's position on Israel as they hold office on condition that they support Israel 100%. In addition to calling the named supervisors, you should also call all of the elected officials named below and tell them you will never vote for any of them because they support a fascist, theocratic, anti-women military base, Israel, that exists to protect US oil profits and engages in torture and false imprisonment of Palestinian children and adults and theft of Palestinian land:
HONORARY CO-CHAIRPERSONS

Hon. Mark Leno, California State Senate
Hon. Leland Y. Yee, Ph.D.,California State Senate
Hon. Fiona Ma, Speaker Pro Tempore, California State Assembly
Hon. Tom Ammiano, California State Assembly
Carlos Garcia, San Francisco Unified School District
Hon. Dennis Herrera, City Attorney of San Francisco
Dr. Amos C. Brown, NAACP
Tim Colen, San Francisco Housing Action Coalition
Larry Del Carlo, Mission Housing Development Corporation
John Burton, California Democratic Party
Sheriff Michael Hennessy, Sheriff of San Francisco
Hon. David Campos, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Hon. Carmen Chu, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Hon. Malia Cohen, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Hon. Sean Elsbernd, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Hon. Mark Farrell, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Hon. Eric Mar, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
DINNER CO-CHAIRPERSONS

Dr. Terry Bergeson, San Francisco School Alliance
Lee Blitch, San Francisco State University
Dale Brodsky, Beeson Tayer & Bodine
Mike Casey, Unite Here 2
Jerilyn Gelt, Jewish Community Relations Council
Richard K. Grosboll, Neyhart, Anderson, Flynn & Grosboll
Nathanael Kelly, United Educators of San Francisco AFL-CIO
Nathan Ladyzhensky, Mosher Financial Group
Joshua Pechthalt, California Federation of Teachers AFL-CIO
Dean Jacob Perea, San Francisco State University
Linda Festa Plack, United Educators of San Francisco AFL-CIO
Edith Salvatore, Sequoia High School Teachers Association
Solomon Smith, American Federation of Teachers AFL-CIO
Stewart Weinberg, Weinberg Roger & Rosenfeld
Dr. Peter Williamson, University of San Francisco
J. J. Zablocki, Zablocki Printing Co.
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Please now finally change your voter registration to the two parties that support the Palestinian liberation struggle, Peace and Freedom Party and the Green Party.
See
http://www.peaceandfreedom.org/home/
and
http://www.cagreens.org/
http://www.gp.org/index.php
You can call your local Registrar of Voters, go there Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or register online at:
https://www.sos.ca.gov/nvrc/fedform/
Choose the default: Fill out a voter registration form online and print to sign and mail.
The Registrars of Voters for the 58 counties of California are at:
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_d.htm

By the way, while Dennis Kelly's wife, Hene Kelly, appears to be Jewish, it is doubtful he is and thus he is not a Zionist but simply a supporter of the Zionist state of Israel, which should not be any surprise as the labor lieutenants of capitalism and the Democrat-Republican Party have the same anti-labor agenda.

This invitation also reeks of contempt for labor. They demand that people show up for this outrageouly priced $250 per person fundraiser in "business attire." This is not a workingclass event; it is a business promotional.

It is above all an embarrassment and slap in the face to everyone of Jewish descent who is horrified at the crimes of the Zionists, and their attempt to connect Israel with Jewish culture and that outrage is shared by a majority of American Jews. This is documented in an excellent New York Times article:
American Jews Who Reject Zionism Say Events Aid Cause
by Samuel Freedman, June 25, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/us/26religion.html
by Anit-Zionist
The proceeds from this event will strictly benefit Israeli kids only, since Israelis are the only ethnic group
represented at the Ahava Village Center in Kiryat Bialik, Israel.

Another good political reason for true progressives to BOYCOTT this ZIONIST event.

ZIONISM=RACISM.

by Commenter
First commenter on this article wrote: "By the way, while Dennis Kelly's wife, Hene Kelly, appears to be Jewish, it is doubtful he is and thus he is not a Zionist but simply a supporter of the Zionist state of Israel.."

Not very nice thing to say at all. One can certainly be Jewish without "appearing to be". Kudos to Hene and Dennis for all the work they have done for teachers, laborers, and senior citizens. BTW the invitation is to honor BOTH of them. Why the chauvinist focus on Dennis in this article?

I do agree that it is a ludicrous event, big waste of money on getting all dressed up, and likely that money raised will be distributed in a discriminatory manner.
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