Politics Archives - DIASPORA 6000

November 3, 2018

After Pittsburgh, Jewish Communities Need Community Defense, not Cops.

Content Note: This blog-post contains mentions of white-supremacist and anti-Semitic violence. As we mourn white-supremacist murders, places of worship need community defense, not more cops. ...

February 27, 2018

Jewish Joy, Jewish Resistance: Resilience Practices from Purim

Tomorrow night, Jewish people around the world will celebrate Purim. Between the costumes, the Hamentashen, the Hamilton-themed skits, and the halachicly-mandated debauchery, Purim is one ...

October 26, 2017

Link Roundup: Apocalypse Preppers

Today, a couple links on apocalypse preparation, the Black Panthers, and local organizing models. Stockpiles, Self-Reliance, & Survival Skills — How Some Women Are Preparing ...

October 16, 2017

Link Roundup: If This is Not a Battle, What is it?

Today, a few pieces from around the web on illness, ability, and access. If this is not a Battle, what is it? (On reframing the ...

October 13, 2016

Free Zine Alert: Uncovering a Legacy of Student-Employee Solidarity at Duke

Duke Students and Workers in Solidarity In the spring semester of 2016, I was one of the founding members of Duke Students and workers ...

September 21, 2016

Notes on Burnout from Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers)

Last spring, my friend Rachel lead an interfaith Shabbat outside of Duke’s administrative building, where nine undergrads held a week-long sit-in to protest anti-black racism ...

February 21, 2016

Link Roundup: On Transformative Justice, A World Without Violence, and Prison Abolition

Content note: State violence, racism, mass incarceration, police brutality, gender violence including rape and child abuse In the days since sorority and fraternity students at Duke ...

December 16, 2015

Free Podcast Alert: Disrupting the Archive

When protest movements, hate speech, and other turbulent events sweep a university, they enter into conversations rich with history and often fraught with conflict. This ...

October 27, 2015

Link Roundup: Emotional Labor, Tone Policing, and the “Rules of Engagement”

Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the *rules of engagement* we create in our conversations– within family, online, and in our communities. Especially in ...