A Prayer, Chant and Protest Song: Faith Communities Must Resist Their #Extremists

by Sunita Viswanath, 30/Oct/2023

"It has been 23 days since the #Hamas attack that took at least 1300 #Jewish lives, and since then, more than 8,000 #Palestinian lives have been taken by #Israeli bombs. Half of them are children. The United States, along with many world powers, have given #Israel their blessing to 'defend' themselves against Hamas by bombing Palestinian civilians indiscriminately.

"In fact, the blessing of the #US has come in the form of over $ 3.3 billion a year ($ 370 billion dollars since 1948.

"The US is now proposing to send $ 14.3 billion more in military aid.

"I am a #Hindu American living in New York City, and my husband Stephan Shaw is a #JewishAmerican. We are active in Jewish Voice For Peace and Hindus For #HumanRights, both activating faith communities to take on their respective extremists. While we see an increasing alignment of #WhiteNationalism in the United States, #Zionism in Israel, and #Hindutva in the Indian context, my husband and I are part of inclusive movements of people working together in diverse coalitions for justice for all.

"One of the chants that echoed through Grand Central Station was, 'Never again for anyone, never again is now.' This, for us, is the most basic lesson of the Holocaust that many Jews seem to have forgotten.

"My pain as a #Hindu has been that Hinduism has been hijacked by #HinduSupremacists, led by the likes of #NarendraModi and #Adityanath. They are entrenching the Hindu community in #India and abroad with a false sense of victimhood and danger from our #Muslim siblings, and increasing #Islamophobic sentiment. Under the current regime, India is being transformed into a Hindu rashtra (nation) where Muslims and other religious minorities are neither welcome nor safe. Protesting with thousands of Jews calling for a ceasefire in #Gaza made me dream of a day when thousands – or even hundreds – of Hindus will gather to say ‘not in my name’ to violence committed by Hindu #supremacists."

Full article:
https://thewire.in/world/palestine-israel-zionism-hindutva

This story is from #VoiceOfAmerica, founded 1942, part of the US #Agency for #Global #Media (USAGM), funded by #Congress. It outlines a new #report from the Counter #Extremism Project (CEP) with commentary from the Anti-Defamation League. These "Active Clubs" are what the Proud Boys wanted to be. "Research Warns [That] #White #Supremacists Are Building a Shadow #Militia
#fascists #ActiveClub #military #drills #nazis #jews #swastika #armed & #dangerous #CEP #ADL #USAGM
https://www.voanews.com/a/research-warns-white-supremacists-are-building-a-shadow-militia-/7280445.html

Hello! Without #LandBack and #Reparations #democracy remains fragile due to the #profits of #injustices from #HumanRightsViolations in #land and #labor by #GQP #supremacists empowered with #falsehoods that underlie the needs #AbolishTheElectoralCollege and #EndTheFilibuster

#EndTheDeathPenalty #AbolishThePrisons #EndQualifiedImmunity #RestoreGenerationalWealth lost to #Redlining

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-09-10/new-poll-finds-california-voters-resounding-oppose-paying-reparations

@NPR of course in the mississippi banana-republic fascist craphole. Like alabama, that piece of land doesn't even deserve to be a state. It should fare better as a national park. #supremacists #mississipi

@BlackAzizAnansi punch #nazis #supremacists

#Conservative: Threats are all these weak, unserious, #violent people have, the last refuge of the #bigoted #white #supremacists that have formed the vanguard of defending the #indicted. It’s not 75 million Americans. Based on January 6, it’s only a few thousand of y’all cowards that we have to deal with in our pursuit of #justice. And Jack Smith and the FBI are prepared to do what is necessary.

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/6/12/elie_mystal_trump_doj_indictment?utm_source=Democracy+Now%21&utm_campaign=342694d7c3-Daily_Digest_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fa2346a853-342694d7c3-191923653

#White #supremacists are so confident and proud of their ignorance.

#Republican

https://www.tiktok.com/@melanatedworld/video/7239348793333026094?_t=8cwMxAo3L1K&_r=1

#WhiteNationalists, #Hindu #Supremacists: the #Pathologies of the World’s Two Largest #Democracies
https://tomdispatch.com/between-a-yoga-mat-and-a-hard-place/