The Seattle Jewish federation had planned to hold its annual community meeting tonight at the University of Washington Hillel. At the event, it planned to give several awards to various groups and individuals for their contribution to the life of Seattle's Jewish community. One of these was to be the Tikkun Olam Award, to be bestowed on Seattle Police … [Read more...]
Seattle Mayor, Accused of Buying Teen Sex, to Pinkwash for StandWithUs
Today, the Seattle Times reported that Seattle Mayor Ed Murray stands accused of buying sex from teenage gay prostitutes in the 1980s. A number of individuals who worked as prostitutes during that era have come forward to accuse him of these acts. At least one of them was a troubled teenager who was a crack addict, using sex to pay for his habit. If true, … [Read more...]
Seattle LGBT Commission Pinkwashes…Again!
Back in 2012, StandWithUs and another pinkwashing NGO, A Wider Bridge, brought a group of gay Israelis, one of whom was a settler, to Seattle. They persuaded the Seattle LGBT Commission to host a reception for the group. The tour, as with much of what SWU does, was meant to burnish the reputation of Brand Israel. An important aspect of this marketing … [Read more...]
Trump and the Ascendancy of the Alt Right and Anti-Semitism
Thanks to Real News Network for inviting me to do an interview, How Pro-Israel Politics and Anti-Semitism Coexist in the Alt-Right. It deals with the Trump presidency and the ascendancy of the alt-right as a major factor in the rise of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in the U.S. Here in Seattle, a Sikh man was shot and wounded Friday night by a masked … [Read more...]