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When they say the quiet part through a bullhorn

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On August 20, 2024

In antisemitism, never again is now

One of the most popular chants at yesterday’s poorly attended “March on the DNC” in Chicago was:

We don’t want no two state!
We want all of fourty-eight!

The clip below is taken from video posted on Facebook by the “Chicago Coalition for Justice in Palestine” (https://www.facebook.com/groups/chicago.cjp/):

 

In the above clip please notice the many people wearing bright red “Not In Our Name” t-shirts either joining in the chant or failing to raise any objections to the crowd chanting for the destruction of the state of Israel.

The same video also featured these lovely images:

The “Red Triangle” is a well-known symbol used by Hamas.

A “Victory to the Palestinian Resistance” banner, by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO). The FRSO is a prominent participant in this week’s demos in Chicago. They are a Maoist organization with close ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, one of the groups that helped plan and carry out October 7.

“Dont Follow the Bourgeois Electoral Bullshit! Follow Bob Avakian!!” Bob who, you ask? Avakian is the illustrious chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, another Maoist outfit.

The case of Miriam Libicki’s un-banning is cause for hope (I hope)

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On June 13, 2024

In antisemitism, never again is now, zionism

Here is an article that is mostly a post-ban interview with the artist Miriam Libicki. It also includes the complete text of the original “accountability statement” in which Libicki’s banning from the Vancouver Comic Art Festival (VanCAF) was announced to the public (but somehow without actually ever mentioning her by name!):
MIRIAM LIBICKI ON VANCAF, BANNINGS, AND POLITICAL PROTESTS by Zach Rabiroff, The Comics Journal, June 12, 2024

And here is another article that gives some further details, including some interesting tidbits of the backlash that forced VanCAF to back down:
VanCAF resignations and board change follow controversial ban of Miriam Libicki by Dean Simons, Comics Beat, 06/04/2024

Personally I see this as cause for at least some measure of cautious optimism. In the current climate of world-wide unhinged hatred for Israel, Libicki’s initial banning was completely predictable. What wasn’t predictable was that there would be sufficient outcry against the banning to force VanCAF to reverse their decision and publicly apologize.

And here is an hour long presentation by Miriam Libicki (“I talk about my whole career and I do a reading from my work in progress at the end”) that she did a year ago:

Libicki’s book, Jobnik! is currently sold out on Amazon:

And here is her page at the Jewish Book Council (where you’ll find more articles by her, interviews, and more information about her work):
https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/miriam-libicki

Never Again is Now: On the antisemitic banning of Jewish artist Miriam Libicki

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On June 3, 2024

In antisemitism, never again is now

Jewish cartoonist Miriam Libicki has was banned from the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival. The excuse given was that anyone who has ever served in the Israeli Defense Forces cannot participate in the Festival. This means that ALL Israeli Jews (who are required by law to serve in the IDF) are prohibited from the Festival. That means that about HALF of all Jews in world are banned.

The Vancouver Comic Arts Festival later apologized and probably unbanned her. But their apology was so vaguely worded that it really isn’t clear that the ban has been officially lifted. (Read it here.)

Here is fairly detailed account, by Sam Margolis of the Canadian Jewish News, of what happened – although Margolis’ article was written prior to the “VanCAF Formal Apology” linked to above:
https://thecjn.ca/news/miriam-libicki/

Hopefully the end result will be that more people become familiar with Miriam Libicki’s amazing work. Check out her wonderful graphic novel “How Soviet Jews Changed the World”:
https://conversationalist.org/2021/07/29/how-the-soviet-jews-changed-the-world-a-graphic-tale-of-tragedy-and-triumph/

And here is her website (with lots more of her work):
https://realgonegirl.com/

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