[Palsem09] International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network in Europe?

[Roland Rance]

 I was involved in the original series of meetings that led to the
establishment./ Indeed, there are still phrases which I wrote in the
founding documnents.

However, my group in London (Jews Against Zionism) grew concerned about lack
of financial transparency within the core group. We also discovered, through
our own contacts, that they appeared to be  conducting two separate sets of
negotiations around this, without informing others. So we withdrew from the
project.

It subsequently turned out that the main body behind IJAN was the Crossroads
Women's Centre/Kings Cross Women's Centre/English Collective of
Prostitutes/Wages for Housework network around Selma James. Many activists
in Britain are very wary of this network; people from various backgrounds
have had very difficult experiences with them.

Although I am in contact with IJAN, I would certainly not recommend
establishing any formal relationship with them.

Roland 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: palsem09-bounces at iire.org [mailto:palsem09-bounces at iire.org] On
> Behalf Of Peter Drucker
> Sent: 26 August 2010 8:10 AM
> To: palsem09 at iire.org
> Subject: [Palsem09] International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network in
> Europe?
> 
> Dear comrades,
> 
> Do any of us have any contacts with the International Jewish
> Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) in Europe? A comrade in the US
> attended
> the recent national gathering that IJAN organized in Detroit, and
> thought the turnout (200 people) was good considering the political
> climate in the US and that the meeting was useful. I think a similar
> gathering in Europe (drawing mainly on the London and Paris regions,
> I'd expect) could have a positive ideological impact. I sent an email
> response form through the IJAN website asking about this possibility,
> but have gotten no response. I have no contacts here in the
> Netherlands, although I see that the IJAN website has publicized a
> tour by Hajo Meyer of the Dutch group Een Ander Joods Geluid (A
> Different Jewish Voice); I've never contacted that group, although it
> does some good work, because its website insists that it acts out of
> "a feeling of conection with Israel's fate" and definitely not
> "infringing on Israel's right to exist" - positions that I don't
> agree with, of course. Perhaps French or British comrades have
> contacts in this network that might be useful? In any event any
> information about it would be appreciated.
> 
> Comradely,
> Peter
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