Tikkun Daily Blog Archive (https://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/category/politics/page/97/)
Posts about politics and social change, from a spiritual progressive perspective
For someone like me, very nearly saturated in “white privilege,” my experience will likely depend on attitude. But, for many of the people I’ll meet in prison, an initial arrest very likely began with armed police surrounding and bursting into their home to remove them from children and families. This unsettling experience is shared by innocent citizens in both the Middle East and the United States.
As the leader of Israel, Netanyahu often claims to speak for all Jews, absurdly conflating his political ideals with those of American Jewry. But he does not speak for most of us. Indeed, there are over three million American Jews for whom he does not speak.
If you’ve been to any of the #blacklivesmatter protests, you may have seen the slogan “Justice from Ferguson to Palestine” on a protest sign. You may have wondered: Really? How are these struggles really connected?
In the context of Israeli politics, the HaTikvah group is as good for Israel as the left wing of the Democratic Party is good for the U.S.
‘Therefore, I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream to make room at the table of brotherhood and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people’ —Coretta Scott King
“Selma” is not essentially about MLK or LBJ. It is, of all things, about Selma.
As we observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, it’s important to examine a deeper connection between both men: the idea that seva is a force for uplift and bringing communities in from the margins. King, like Gandhi, drew inspiration from his faith to inspire others to serve selflessly.
Every year, on this state-sanctioned day of reflection, we memorialize the Martin Luther King who was a peacemaker, a conciliator, a lover and not a hater. In reality, however, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the master of the thunderous cadences of righteous rage.
In response to world leaders marching in solidarity with victims of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, many are calling out the hypocrisy of these leaders’ support of freedom of expression that contradicts their own policies towards journalists in their countries.
Selma is a mile marker on a road that reaches back to the dawn of human history and reaches forward beyond our sight and beyond our imaginations.