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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's death at the hands of racist police continues to be defended by anti-Black state power.
In Minneapolis, #GeorgeFloyd'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' 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's responses and non-responses to police and state violence against Black and brown people in this country, you'll notice there's no mention of #BlackLivesMatter 
. This is not an accident. https://www.adl.org/news/media-watch/adl-on-black-lives-matter
. This is not an accident. https://www.adl.org/news/media-watch/adl-on-black-lives-matter
The @ADL does not consider their fight against antisemitism to be aligned with the #BlackLivesMatter movement or any other movement which understands the role state actors, like the police, play in upholding racist violence.
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.
https://apnews.com/023896bc28a9bf8dbfd6bb3a93ff802a https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-13-mn-22383-story.html
https://apnews.com/023896bc28a9bf8dbfd6bb3a93ff802a https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-04-13-mn-22383-story.html
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'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.
