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A thread on why the @ADL today is proving itself to be a shande--a shame--to its own origins and to the values it claims to uphold.
The @ADL was created in the wake of the lynching of Leo Frank, a Jewish man who was not only a victim of antisemitic violence but of antisemitic state power.
In Minneapolis, #GeorgeFloyd& #39;s death at the hands of racist police continues to be defended by anti-Black state power.
In Minneapolis, #GeorgeFloyd& #39;s death at the hands of racist police continues to be defended by anti-Black state power.
The only response from the @ADL--a group purportedly dedicated to "fighting hate"--about the racist state-sanctioned murder of #GeorgeFloyd seems to be this tweet from @JGreenblattADL, which congratulates the Minneapolis Police Department for bringing in the FBI.
This week, instead of showing its support for the protesters in Minneapolis fighting for justice for #GeorgeFloyd, the @ADL is pushing out its newest report on "anti-Israel" activity on US college campuses--which it considers a threat to Jewish students& #39; safety.
Despite the rise of antisemitic and white supremacist incidents across campuses, the @ADL focuses its report on @NationalSJP, @jvplive, and @USCPR_, who work to support the Palestinian movement for justice and equality, which is gaining ground across the progressive landscape.
And, if you look through the @ADL& #39;s responses and non-responses to police and state violence against Black and brown people in this country, you& #39;ll notice there& #39;s no mention of #BlackLivesMatter 
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The @ADL does not consider their fight against antisemitism to be aligned with the #BlackLivesMatter https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> movement or any other movement which understands the role state actors, like the police, play in upholding racist violence.
Instead of fighting state-sanctioned violence, the @ADL condones and facilitates it--namely through sponsoring exchange programs between US police, which have long histories of racism, and Israeli security forces, which enforce a brutal occupation over Palestinian communities.
Beyond the @DeadlyExchange, throughout the years, the @ADL has often turned to surveillance--a tool of the state with violent implications--against Muslim communities and progressive activists.
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Despite being born from righteous outrage against antisemitic state-sanctioned violence, the @ADL--through its unflinching support of Israel, consistent collaboration with police, and unwillingness to see structural racism-- consistently reveals itself to side with the state.
It& #39;s long overdue for progressives, Jewish and non-Jewish, to stop working with the @ADL. This is not a matter of a difference of strategy or outlook. The @ADL actively undermines our movements to challenge state power and achieve real justice and equity for our communities.
If you want to support Jewish organizations that are working on a national level to fight racism and state violence and understand the important connections that exist between white supremacy, anti-Black racism, and antisemitism, support the work of @jewishaction and @jvplive.
