Kesher Talk

Cambridge demonstration update. This Tuesday, 11 people protested at the Cambridge, MA office of the International Solidarity Movement, which meets in an office donated by the Cambridge Peace Commission, paid for by Massachusetts taxpayers. (Be sure to see the photos of the protest.) More comments at LGF.

Good work, Alex!

Lots of the comments note how old the Cambridge ISM people are. They look exactly like the fuddy-duddy leftists I used to know in Philadelphia. These are 2nd and 3rd generation activists who literally cannot conceive that their worldview isn't the only valid one. They and their forbears probably did the world a lot of good registering back voters in Alabama in the 60s, or fighting McCarthyism in the 50s, or supporting unions in the 30s. And there are still wrongs to be righted, and some of their tactics are still useful. But their ossified worldview leads them astray as to who the good guys and bad guys are, and they end up defending terrorists while calling themselves non-violent activists.

Even rabidly pro-Palestinian Israeli reporter Amira Hass thinks people like this are hypocrites.

posted by Judith @ 7/03/2003 04:50:00 PM