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International Association of Democratic Lawyers

Nov 26, 2024

Dear all IADL members and friends,  We are announcing the launch of a new issue of the IADL Review on Climate and Social Justice, as well as multiple new statements highlighting key issues and developments in this moment, especially the ongoing Israeli genocide in...

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Better Oversight Needed at Youth Detention Facilities in NYS

Oct 27, 2024

Better Oversight Needed at Juvenile Justice Facilities The New York State Office of Children and Family Services is not adequately overseeing juvenile justice facilities outside New York City to ensure they meet State regulations for the health and safety of the youth...

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Support Nurses Unions Now!

Oct 26, 2024

From Steve Rabinowitz:   I'm writing to our friends who are in the labor movement, progressives and/or in the healthcare field.   Lenox Hill Hospital/Northwell Health is playing hardball with their nurses union during negotiations, a strike may be imminent.  They have...

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Legislative Support for Caring Majority — Deadline Today!

Sep 17, 2024

Dear Justice and Peace Community, Please take the simple and powerful action of signing as letter to support working people in New York State.  With the NYS legislative season approaching and with wages and working conditions for home care workers under threat, NY...

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Please take a look at the powerful testimonials of the Jewish mothers on If Not Now's Instagram:We are Moms for Shared Safety. We oppose Trump’s executive order calling to deport students who support Palestinian human rights — and we reject Jewish organizations like the ADL (Anti Defamation League) and MACA that are endorsing and enabling this cruelty.Mothers Against Campus Antisemitism (MACA) has been organizing campuses to use Trump’s new hotline to call ICE on pro-Palestine students and demand their deportation. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is giving MACA’s leadership a prime platform to speak at their annual conference on March 3.Our Jewish community needs institutions that will fight the Nazis taking over the government, not a spineless organization that spends all its time attacking college students and backing the Trump-Musk deportation agenda. The Jewish community cannot be serious about fighting antisemitism if we align ourselves with Trump, Musk, and ICE.We need strong voices and organizations opposing antisemitism, racism, xenophobia, ethnic cleansing, and all forms of oppression. But we will not and cannot find safety by backing this fascist agenda. We will only find safety by standing in solidarity with other groups targeted by the far-right.Are you a mom– or a parent or grandparent– for shared safety? Share your own video:🌻innmvmt.org/moms4sharedsafety 🌻Join us Monday evening in NYC as we gather outside the ADL conference for a community rally and ritual: ❗️innmvmt.org/rejectadl❗️The ADL is platforming Archie Gottesman of Jew Belong, who in 2018 openly called for mass violence and collective punishment in Gaza, stating:‘Gaza is full of monsters. Time to burn the whole place. Won’t matter. The UN will just give another meaningless sanction’This genocidal language is despicable, and what’s also incredibly disturbing is that the ADL is hosting Archie Gottesman at an event supposedly about fighting bigotry, at ‘The World’s Largest Summit on Antisemitism and Hate’ on March 3 and 4.The ADL defended Musk’s Nazi salute and refused to join thousands of Jews who denounced Trump’s plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza. It also embraced Trump’s Executive Order to deport students & immigrants who protest the Israeli military’s assault on Gaza. The ADL is singularly focused on demonizing the movement for Palestinian human rights, helping advance the MAGA goal of gutting all of our freedoms.The Trump administration’s power relies on civil-society institutions complying with their agenda. The only way to stop this administration from decimating our civil and political rights is if we band together to demand that the institutions that claim to serve and represent us don’t comply.Protest the ADL with @ifnotnoworg @ifnotnow.nyc @jfrejnyc & @rabbis4ceasefire this Monday, March 3, in midtown NYC, 5:15pm. This will be a Jewish-led action to express dissent with an organization that claims to represent us. Signs will be provided! ... See MoreSee Less

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wespac_ny WESPAC Foundation @wespac_ny ·
15 Feb

Communities Not Cages Second Look Symposium | Center for Justice https://centerforjustice.columbia.edu/events/communities-not-cages-second-look-symposium

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cca_ny Center for Community Alternatives @cca_ny ·
10 Feb

Chief Judge Rowan Wilson supports the Second Look Act in today’s State of the Judiciary. “Put simply, our criminal justice system isn’t working. Maybe it hasn’t really ever worked. Prolonged incarceration is very expensive, and it does not make us safer.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/nyregion/second-look-prison-ny-judge-wilson.html#

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wespac_ny WESPAC Foundation @wespac_ny ·
8 Feb

Proud to partner with @AthenaFilmFest for their 15th year of celebrating women and leadership at @BarnardCollege, March 6-9. Tickets are now on sale: check out the amazing lineup!
https://athenafilmfestival.com/

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wespac_ny WESPAC Foundation @wespac_ny ·
6 Feb

A Land for All is based on international law and is a confederation of Palestine and Israel. Prof Oren Yiftachel was excellent yesterday in presenting this Palestinian and Israeli peace movement: https://youtu.be/KSQ1bJvWSL0?si=8PYm3Cw_iqIUu9Ed

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equityagendany NYS Community Equity Agenda @equityagendany ·
3 Feb

The public banking movement is sweeping New York State.

In this powerful op-ed, David Sprintzen of @EHSLI calls for a public bank to address Long Island’s affordability crisis.

@AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie: It’s time to bring public banking to New York!
https://www.newsday.com/opinion/commentary/guest-essays/long-island-affordability-crisis-public-bank-yte5q4zn

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publicbanknyc Public Bank NYC @publicbanknyc ·
31 Jan

🚨NEW: "Behind every slumlord harassing and neglecting tenants is a bank fueling these practices."

NYC needs a public bank that invests in communities—not speculation, writes Public Bank NYC coalition member @CooperSq’s Jodie Liedecker in @CityLimitsNews:
https://citylimits.org/2025/01/31/opinion-wall-street-fuels-predatory-real-estate-its-time-for-a-public-bank-alternative/

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