In light of the events in Charlottesville I ask, paraphrasing the words of the immortal Coen Brothers: "O Bibi, Where Are Thou?" After France and its Jewish community suffered Islamist terror attacks, you were a veritable Lion of Judah. You hopped the first flight to Paris to stand courageously with your Diaspora brothers and sisters in … [Read more...]
Charlottesville Officials Permitted Mass Pogrom, One Dead, Scores Injured
UPDATE: Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who himself is a former white supremacist, announces a federal civil rights investigation of the Charlottesville massacre. In the meantime, Richard Spencer announces he will return to finish the work he started in Charlottesville. Not happy with killing only one person, he wants to return and kill some … [Read more...]
Right-Wing Media Assault Against Evergreen College Provokes White Supremacist Mass Murder Threats
Over the past week, white supremacists have launched repeated death threats against Washington's The Evergreen State College in Olympia. At least three sets of threats were sent or phoned to the campus by white supremacists, who said they planned to bring weapons to the school and massacre students and faculty. Evergreen is known as one of the most … [Read more...]
Autocrats, Plutocrats, Theocrats: Dog-Whistle Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia
Some of the world's worst leaders from Hungary, to Russia to Iran have joined forces in echoing anti-Semitic tropes bashing American-Jewish financier, George Soros. In their assault, they've been aided by some imprecise reporting by the NY Times correspondent in Iran. In early May, before the recent presidential election won by Hassan Rouhani, Thomas … [Read more...]