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received this morning from take back!nyu

"Islamophobic Warmongers Pied at NYU!

Tuesday, November 18, 7:15PM

NYU students disrupted a university event this evening featuring Robert Spencer from "Jihad Watch" and Elan Journo from the "Ayn Rand Institute for Individual Freedom." Students called out the panelists for their Islamophobic, warmongering hate-rhetoric, shouting and launching pies at the speakers. One student was detained, and several were escorted out of the building.

The event, entitled "The Jihad Still Threatens America," encouraged viscous Islamophobia and promoted aggressive military intervention in majority Muslim nations. Speaker Elan Journo actively promotes devastating attacks on Iran, claiming that "victory in World War II required flattening cities, firebombing factories, shops and homes, devastating vast tracts of Germany and Japan.... Victory today requires the same: smashing Iran's totalitarian regime and thus demoralizing the Islamist movement and its many supporters, so that they, too, abandon their cause as futile." Fear-mongering comments such as these promote the expansion of US imperialism, and contribute to the wave of anti-Muslim hate that is sweeping our nation.

The pieing came on the heels of an anti-hate sit-in hosted by the Islamic Center at NYU. The event was a response to NYU professor Tunku Varadarajan's recent article entitled "Going Muslim," a new term he has coined in the vein of "Going Postal" (article available here ).

While it is disturbing to see hate being expressed on such institutional levels on our campuses, the students' refusal to be silent is an inspiration to us all."

showing off

necking or attacking


best mom reaction ever:

"Oh My God!

Is that thing there for good?

Don't tell me.

Do you consider this to be a "life enhancing" move?

Should I get one too?

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fig pudding

repost

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"Left Forum presents: "Debating Capitalists' Power in the Age of Obama: Strategies for a U.S. Left."

Tom Hayden, radical 60's activist and founder of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Stanley Aronowitz, union organizer, radical scholar and author (The Jobless Future), and Cindy Milstein, anarchist organizer, writer and popular educator, will tackle the roles of capitalists power in the Obama administration and its relation to building anti-capitalist and left wing social movements.

Styled after the presidential debates, focused on issues rather than candidates, debate questions will be posed by a panel including David Harvey, Marxist social theorist and "Right to the City" organizer; Maria Svart, union organizer and chair of the NYC local of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA); and Josh MacPhee, artist, curator, activist, and part of the political art cooperative Justseeds.org. Esther Armah of WBAI's "Wake Up Call" will moderate.

Thursday, October 15
7:30 pm
The Community Church of New York
40 E. 35th St. near Park Ave.


Subway: Take the 6 to 33rd St. (at Park Ave.)or B/D/F/R/Q/N/W to 34th St. (Herald Square)]

$FREE/donations welcome.Volunteers welcome.

For more information, please email leftforum@leftforum.org
For media inquiries, email lenore@leftforum.org
Or go to http://www.leftforum.org/"


wanting to overcome the worst days. maybe i will see you there.

In light we see; in light we are seen.

meet butter and turtle, my new rat family

I'm leaving the Iron Tomato to work for Murray's Cheese. Other news lately is my senior project somehow is going to have to do with jazz/gender (in simplest terms), I'm going to be trading cheese for fresh eggs, we have a virgin mary statue in our apartment, it's the year 5770 and that's pretty neat, and there's been lots of good music at Purchase these days.

I'm into 'getting into' authors who everyone already likes lately. I've read a bit of Charles Bukowski's short stories in Tales of Ordinary Madness. I've started my first Tom Robbins book, Another Roadside Attraction, and I like the way he is very specific about atmospheric details relating to food and other fringe aspects to the plot (maybe, maybe not). My friend told me last night that he has eaten roasted kangaroo with a blueberry glaze. That might be crucial to a plot.

Melissa, Aiyana, and I make popcorn nearly every day and we've made a list of good "toppins", some of which include soy sauce, hot sauce, and cayenne + lime.

I hated my professor Jason Pine this week but we've since reconciled and now we're on ok terms.

This week:

THE SHMINISTIM TOUR. Israeli women speak their conscience:

"The Shministim Tour is a series of conversations between two young Israeli women who went to jail for following their consciences and Americans from all communities and political backgrounds. Maya Wind and Netta Mishlywill speak at universities, synagogues, and community centers about their personal journeys from high school to military prison; a path shared by dozens of young Shministim but wholly unique in each case. They will engage students, activists, supporters, and critics on both coasts and in between.

Sarah Lawrence College

Date: Thursday, October 1

Time: 7:30 PM

Location: Titsworth Lecture Hall"

which'll allow me to be back in time for cheese club at 10pm here at purchase.

l'shanah tova

my dad took it upon himself to sign my name on this e-mail to all his cronies:

"LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE AND BE HAPPY

This week, Jews began their 5770th year on this earth! Who would have believed this possible?

If anyone had told Abraham that his people would be around this long he probably would have been astounded.

Imagine, we did this without a single suicide bomber and without flying airplanes into skyscrapers.

We lasted this long despite 400 years as slaves in Egypt, 40 years of wandering in the desert.
The mighty Roman army who nailed us to ten thousand crosses; despite the best efforts of fervent Crusaders, the Spanish Inquisition, Hitler's third Reich, Stalin's gulags, Arab wars of annihilation and 100 years of hateful terrorism.

How did we Jews do it? We survived by concentrating our efforts on education, love of family, faith, hard work, helping one another and a passionate dedication to life no matter what evil befell us.

We hung in there in hope the rest of the world would one day overcome its hatreds, jealousies, violence and join us in a life of cooperation and mutual respect. We're not there yet, but we're still hopeful.

And when so many of us enter our places of worship, this is what we'll pray for with all the strength in our hearts.

Best wishes for a New Year filled with good health, happiness, laughter, success, joy, and kindness!

Joel, Francine, Aaron & Sarah "

thanks dad

Imagine, we did this without a single suicide bomber and without flying airplanes into skyscrapers.
Imagine, we did this without a single suicide bomber and without flying airplanes into skyscrapers.
Imagine, we did this without a single suicide bomber and without flying airplanes into skyscrapers.

happy new year