MJF are directly funding the genocide of Palestinians (having given over $400,000) and are clearly trying to hide this funding, and we must shine a light on it. State Senators should be aware that MJF is not some innocent organization. They are supporters of an increasingly far-right and fascist government with a long and escalating history of committing genocide against Palestinian people.

We received a tip today that the pro-genocide Milwaukee Jewish Federation held a private meeting in the state capitol with State Senators about the legislation that labels criticism of Israel as antisemitism.

We are conditioned to be scared of what it would take to divest from electoralism knowing what the hard work of a “revolution” would actually look like. So, we anoint a politician to do the hard work for us and praise ourselves for having the best understanding of the cage we are stuck in. 

Fifteen Democrats are collaborating with fascist Republicans to restrict our freedom of speech and ability to protest Trump’s war at the behest of a genocidal theocratic ethnostate. They each deserve to be primaried based on this alone

Taking money from J Street is not the political liability that taking money from AIPAC is, but… Neither organization would tolerate a Senator that they financed proposing a reduction of aid to the state of Israel.

First, Jacobson got $25,000 from SSDC. Second, another $33,000 from Senators and other establishment donors, that’s $58,000 directly from SSDC’s endorsement. Meanwhile, Hendrickson’s more modest initial donor base comes from child care provider networks. 

Food is political, and therefore community gardens are a political action. We need to grasp at every opportunity to operate beyond our capitalist structure and recognize the power we have to affect our current reality. 

We do not need more press conferences or town halls. We need meaningful legislation. None of the proposed measures will do much to stop ICE. City officials should stop pretending it will and instead warn residents that we will be on our own to defend ourselves.