(Jewish Group) The Women's March changed the American left. Now anti-Semitism allegations threaten t

[Behind the Aegis]

The Women’s March changed the American left. Now anti-Semitism allegations threaten the group’s future.

(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)

The day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration in 2017, millions of women and their allies around the world marched to express opposition to his ideology and support for women’s rights. With around 1 percent of the entire population of the United States participating, the event was probably the largest single-day protest in the country’s history.

Almost two years later, one of the organizations that grew out of the march, Women’s March Inc., is embroiled in controversy, its leaders accused of anti-Semitism and mismanagement.

Several people involved in planning the march say that at a November 2016 meeting, Women’s March co-chairs Tamika Mallory and Carmen Perez “asserted that Jewish people bore a special collective responsibility as exploiters of black and brown people,” Leah McSweeney and Jacob Siegel reported at Tablet last week. One organizer also told Tablet that she heard Mallory “berating” a march co-founder, Vanessa Wruble, over her Jewish identity at a January 2017 meeting. Wruble confirmed this account to Vox.

But Cassady Fendlay, the communications director of Women’s March, says that she was present at both meetings and that both allegations are false. “I am concerned” about the Tablet article, she told Vox, “because I want Jewish women to feel welcome, like we are fighting for them, because we are.”

The allegations come after Mallory faced criticism earlier this year when she attended a February event with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan where he espoused anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. In March, Women’s March issued a statement disavowing Farrakhan’s rhetoric, but critics have called on the leaders of the group to denounce and cut ties with Farrakhan himself. One co-founder of the march, who is no longer with Women’s March, called for the co-chairs to resign in November over their links to Farrakhan.

The Women’s March has always been controversial. The very first march was criticized for focusing on the concerns of white women and for excluding anti-abortion groups from its list of partners. Later, a group of activists split from the Women’s March organization, to focus more attention on recruiting women in red states.

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[Downtown Hound]

1. The first march was criticized for excluding anti-abortion groups

from its list of partners? And that's controversial? Why?

Abortion rights were one of the great victories women have had in their long struggle for equality. Why would they reach out to those who want to take that away? That's like criticizing Black Lives Matter for not reaching out to police unions or the Sons of the Confederacy.

[question everything]

3. And Hillary

[EllieBC]

5. Well as you are in the Jewish group, stick to the issue of antisemitism.

Why do the leaders of the Women's March cling to those who hold antisemitic beliefs?

[Mc Mike]

2. Farrakhan working for nazis in the gov, again.

[question everything]

4. Wonder whether they will blame

Mnuchin for ruining Christmas

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142229800

(did not want to start a new thread..)