Gillibrand Defends Women’s March Roiled by Anti-Semitism Scandal, Will Speak at Iowa March
Contrary to recent media reports, Sen. Kristen Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) is scheduled to participate in the Women’s March Saturday.
Linda Sarsour
When Condemning Anti-Semitism Is Just Too Much
On January 21, 2017, the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration, millions of people took to the streets across the country to protest the 45th president and support a host of progressive causes. The Women’s March, as the protests were called, became a broader, unified movement of the political left, and the darling of so many in the media and Democratic politicians who called for resistance against societal “oppression” in the age of Trump.
Gillibrand Undermined Local Women’s March Leaders by Lavishing Praise on Embattled Founders
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) is facing criticism for ignoring the work of local Women’s March leaders by lavishing praise on the organization’s four most prominent leaders last year.
Two Women’s March Leaders Shared Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories at First Leadership Meeting in 2016
Two leaders of the Women’s March shared anti-Semitic conspiracy theories at the first meeting of the organization’s leadership in November 2016, according to others present at the meeting.
Warren No Longer Speaking at Immigration Conference With Controversial Women’s March Leader
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), who was initially scheduled to speak at the same conference as controversial Women’s March organizer and liberal activist Linda Sarsour, is no longer speaking at the conference due to a scheduling conflict.
Warren and Controversial Women’s March Leader to Speak at Immigration Conference
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) will attend an immigration conference next month with Women’s March organizer and liberal activist Linda Sarsour, who has come under increased scrutiny for her ties to radical Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan.
Sarsour Alternately Apologetic and Defiant About Women’s March Links to Farrakhan
Left-wing activist Linda Sarsour has been alternately apologetic and defiant this week about the Women’s March and its previous refusal to disavow radical Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan.
Women’s March Founder Calls On Current Leaders to Step Down for Permitting Racist, Anti-Semitic Rhetoric
The founder of the Women’s March called on its current leaders to step down for permitting racist rhetoric and anti-Semitism to infiltrate the movement. Teresa Shook accused several leaders of having “steered the Movement away from its true course.” Founder of the @womensmarch calls for current leaders to step down for allowing …
Alyssa Milano Refuses to Speak at Next Women’s March, Cites Anti-Semitism
Actress Alyssa Milano said in a recent interview that she does not intend to support the Women’s March so long as it defends “bigotry or anti-Semitism.”
What Anti-Semitism Is
Many of the seemingly authoritative takes of the last few days on the heinous shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue show a fundamental misunderstanding of what anti-Semitism actually is and what causes its slimy tentacles to take hold of people and societies.
