
AC Angie Chang
18d#DropTheADL
droptheadl.org
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has a history and ongoing pattern of attacking social justice movements led by communities of color, queer people, immigrants, Muslims, Arabs, and other marginalized groups, while aligning itself with police, right-wing leaders, and perpetrators of state violence. More disturbing, it has often conducted those attacks under the banner of “civil rights.” This largely unpublicized history has come increasingly to light as activists work to make sense of the ADL’s role in condemning the Movement for Black Lives, Palestinian rights organizing, and Congressional Representative Ilhan Omar, among others.
We are deeply concerned that the ADL’s credibility in some social justice movements and communities is precisely what allows it to undermine the rights of marginalized communities, shielding it from criticism and accountability while boosting its legitimacy and resources. Even when it may seem that our work is benefiting from access to some resources or participation from the ADL, given the destructive role that it too often plays in undermining struggles for justice, we believe that we cannot collaborate with the ADL without betraying our movements.
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Elizabeth Fallstar
yeah the adl did always have liberal pacifist assimilation vibes
The Lebowski
That's an interesting way of phrasing "nonviolent resistence".
Brandon Milner
I have to say, a lot of the specifics they cite do actually check out. So odd because the ADL seems to be on the right side of things a LOT, but then they get caught up with supporting some pretty scandalous people and like many on the internet seem to lack a sense of nuance about Israel v Hamas.
The Lebowski
It's pro-establishment. And the organizations backing droptheadl.org are decidedly anti-establishment.
The Lebowski
The signatories read like a who's who list of US pro-Palestinian media chasers. I'll pass.
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