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

[lagatta]

That does sound problematic, Roland. I'm extremely wary of that gang.  
I believe Penelope and others have had very bad experiences with them.

While I'm certainly "against Zionism", I think the most important  
thing in terms of activism is people's and groups' concrete actions  
and willingness to take a stand for BDS, breaking the blocade and  
other means of supporting the struggle of the Palestinian people. We  
know that there can be people who are long on verbal radicalism and  
short on delivering the goods.

Of course the North American IJAN could be a whole different set of  
people.

The other question for activists is whether those of Jewish  
background actually want to express themselves through a Jewish  
network, or one that makes no reference to the cultural, ethnic and  
religious-tradition origin of people. People will probably have to  
decide that on their own; nobody should be forced to work in such  
networks.

ciao

Marie, in Montréal

Le 26-Aug-10 à 09:18 , Roland Rance a écrit :

>  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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