Today in Labor History July 1, 1944: Willem Arondeus, a gay, Dutch, anti-Nazi resistance fighter was executed by the occupation forces, along with eleven others, for bombing the Amsterdam public records office in order to prevent Nazis from identifying Dutch Jews and others wanted by the Gestapo. His final words were: "Tell people that homosexuals are not cowards."

#workingclass #LaborHistory #nazis #fascism #antifa #antifascism#willemarondeus #lgbtq #gestapo #antisemitism #holocaust #resistance #homophobia

Speaking as someone who is Jewish, Paul Krugman addresses attacks on Zohran Mamdani as an antisemite:

"I’m Jewish, and anyone who knows their history realizes that whenever right-wing bigotry is on the ascendant, we’re always next in line. Are there really people out there naïve enough to believe MAGA’s claims to be against antisemitism, who can’t see the transparent cynicism and dishonesty?"

#ZohranMamdani #antisemitism #Jews #racism
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/were-all-rats-now

Jewish thinker Peter Beinart takes the mainstream media and centrist Democrats to task for their monomaniacal focus on Mamdani's statements about the intifada, while they remain totally silent about the genocide of Palestinians:

"It’s not because he threatens Jews. It’s because he believes Palestinian lives matter."

#ZohranMamdani #antisemitism #Jews #racism#Palestinians #media
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https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/why-are-national-democrats-attacking

"The fact is that the Trump administration already contains a number of figures with strong ties to antisemitic extremists. ...

Everyone who cares about keeping America America needs to take a stand against the resurgence of bigotry. Because the truth is that we’re all rats now."

#ZohranMamdani #antisemitism #Jews #racism
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Yesterday, after weeks of not signing into Hacker News due to antisemitism, I did so I can add my voice to the comments.

Today I log on and see an article claiming IDF soldiers are ordered to kill innocent Gazans trying to get food.

Whether or not the article is accurate, it's clearly anti-Israel in a way that's meant to dehumanize Israelis, and it's out of context because Hacker News doesn't post much about Israel at all, and never in a positive light.

This is what shifts it from being a neutral story (if true) to being antisemitic. It's on Hacker News not to inform but to enrage, inflame, and to make Israelis seem like monsters.

It's allowed, or encouraged by the site operators and moderators (Paul Graham, Daniel (dang) etc.) because of their own antisemitic biases - something I've pointed out to them before.

It's hateful and gross, and it's no coincidence it's on a Saturday (Shabbat) when many Jews are offline.

#HackerNews#Antisemitism

Ah, the cry of Assimilate to de-facto European/American style "Atheist" (ie Christian) hegemony.

That's the same oppression that they did to the Native American/First Nation people and what they did to Jews throughout history, as well as the Crusades.

#Antisemitism#FediAntisemitism#Islamophobia