Antisemitism: discrimination against, violence towards, or stereotypes of Jews for being Jewish.
~From the highly extensive and informative explanation of antisemitism by Jewish Voice for Peace.
Over the past year, we’ve seen an ugly flare-up of antisemitism in the USA: Jewish gravestones have been vandalized in St. Louis and Philadelphia, and internet mobs have been sending Nazi-style propaganda to Jewish journalists. Today, we’re going to inform and equip ourselves to fight back against antisemitism.
Self-Care as Warfare
The great writer Audre Lorde coined the term "self-care" in her 1988 book A Burst of Light. "Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. It is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare." Today we will focus on how we as activists and political caretakers can make sure that we have the strength for our long journey.
Neil Gor-"Such a Calamitous Moment in Supreme Court History"
Here at My Civic Workout, we object to Neil Gorsuch’s appointment to the Supreme Court. In an unprecedented move last spring, Republican senators refused to hold a hearing for President Obama’s choice for the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland, on the pretext that a Supreme Court appointment shouldn’t be made in an election year. Corporations and right wing interest groups spent millions to assure this outcome, and Gorsuch, the “Hobby Lobby” judge, is a quintessential conservative pick.
Gorsuch will likely be confirmed in the Republican-majority Senate, but that doesn’t mean we should accept this outcome without putting up a fight.