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Monday, June 22, 2020

Bowman/Engel Battle - Countering Right wing/Republcan PAC Attacks

The progressive education community of which Jamaal Bowman has been part of for years, is supporting him. But the UFT leadership is not - no surprises as the words "progressive" and "UFT leadership" are antonyms.

There are unfair attacks on Bowman, many of them funded by two right-wing pro-Israel PACs.

From Janine Sopp on NYCEd listserve:
"The level some will stoop to bring down a rising human who will work tirelessly for the good of all people. Let's bust every misinformed narrative.
There has been a wealth of media coverage on these attacks, some of them here:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/engel-vs-bowman-proxy-war-between-pro-israel-centrists-and-progressives

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-aoc-again-this-pro-israel-jewish-democrat-faces-the-fight-of-his-life-in-n-y-c-1.8921991

https://riverdalepress.com/stories/political-attacks-make-it-impossible-to-have-constructive-debates,72054

https://theintercept.com/2020/05/26/eliot-engel-primary-defense-industry-pro-israel/

Jamaal wrote this excellent letter about his position on Israel and Palestinian rights.  I suggest that people share this letter widely with friends in the district who otherwise may be influenced by these attacks.

https://riverdalepress.com/stories/bowman-to-weiss-we-have-so-much-to-learn-from-each-other,72045?
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1 comment:

  1. Fred SmithMonday, June 22, 2020 at 3:10:00 PM EDT

    I was working with college age folks a couple of days ago, giving out Jamaal Bowman material on Johnson Ave. in the Bronx (a block from Engel's district office) when a 60-ish passerby wearing a yarmulke said "I will never vote for an anti-Semite." I couldn't help myself and countered: Sir, have you read the Torah lately? Did you skip the Prophets and the part about social justice?

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