An interview with Toronto-based tattoo artist Joey Nicholson.
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How radical activists took on the Jewish establishment, the cops, and the Nazis.
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Most Jews who observe Tisha B'Av spend it mourning in synagogue. In 1972, this group spent the holiday in the streets—presaging today's era of political ritual.
Read Moreby Isaac Brosilow MYRON PERLMAN, a longtime Chicago organizer and activist, died of a heart attack on December 19th. I met Myron not so long ago, this past May Day, in the cold rain in Chicago’s Union Square. My friends and I had made Yiddish signs with labor slogans. He told me he was a founder of […]
Read Moreby Isaac Brosilow A year ago, activists blockaded a railroad in Port of Olympia, Washington, to stop shipments of materials used in the fracking process as they make their way to the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota. The action was in solidarity with Standing Rock, and lasted for a week before people were evicted by […]
Read Moreby Isaac Brosilow AS PART OF ITS ANNUAL “Forward 50” list of influential individuals, the Forward – America’s largest Jewish publication – last week featured several far-right political figures destructive to American politics, and particularly minority life in our country. By featuring Islamophobic and racist individuals, the Forward, once a Jewish socialist paper, abandons its critical role in representing American Jewish […]
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