The “America First” White House has released its “skinny budget,” and the foreign policy priorities are clear: more war, less diplomacy and aid. The budget priorities paper calls for large increases at the Pentagon, and a 37% cut to the State Department and United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Since the annual $3 billion aid package to Israel apparently remains intact, that adds up close to a 50% cut to all other foreign aid and development budgets. But international aid is not only the right thing to do, it also helps keep America safe. Today we’re talking about foreign assistance.
Antisemitism in Trump’s America
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.