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The campus protests have been non-violent. There is no evidence that Jewish students are unsafe.
As a Jew, even as a non-observant Jew, I have been subject to antisemitic slurs and comments my entire life. It hasn’t made me uncomfortable. It has…
18 hrs ago
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Fred Klonsky
Columbia and Barnard's Jewish faculty condemns the misuse of the fight against antisemitism as the new McCarthyism.
A letter to Columbia's president.
Apr 24
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Fred Klonsky
Campus protests spread. Once again that is where America's conscience can be found.
In spite of the arrest of hundreds of students on a number of university campuses, the movement against Israel’s war on Palestinians, and the Biden…
Apr 23
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Fred Klonsky
The incredible shrinking right of free speech.
Is it free speech if nobody can hear it?
Apr 22
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Fred Klonsky
Bipartisan support for forever wars and warrantless surveillance is not a win for peace and democracy.
As I write this on Saturday morning the House is expected to pass a $95 billion package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. They might as well be called the…
Apr 20
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Fred Klonsky
Free the Columbia 100. Keep cops off campus.
The movement protesting U.S. support for Israel’s Gaza War shows no sign of going away. In fact, it grows larger every day.Fred Klonsky in Retirement is…
Apr 19
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Fred Klonsky
Are the Chicago cops on security detail at the DNC trained by the Israeli Defense Force, paid for by the Anti Defamation League?
Today’s meeting of the Chicago City Council will consider an ordinance permitting Chicago police and federal law enforcement officials to enforce…
Apr 17
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Fred Klonsky
Rest easy, Slim.
The first time I met Slim was in 1967 or ‘68. We were organizing against the Vietnam war at Los Angeles City College, trying to set up a student…
Apr 16
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Fred Klonsky
Faith Ringgold. Artist/Activist.
The artist Faith Ringgold died this week at the age of 93. It was only a few months ago that her work was on exhibition at Chicago’s Museum of…
Apr 14
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Fred Klonsky
Chicago's top cop is not into civilian control of the cops.
In the wake of the killing of Dexter Reed.
Apr 13
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Fred Klonsky
The killing of Dexter Reed. Have targeted traffic stops replaced stop and frisk?
When Mayor Brandon Johnson appointed Larry Snelling as police superintendent Snelling promised he would have his officer’s backs. I don’t recall this as…
Apr 10
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Fred Klonsky
The killing of Dexter Reed. Have targeted traffic stops replaced stop and frisk?
When Mayor Brandon Johnson appointed Larry Snelling as police superintendent Snelling promised he would have his officer’s backs. I don’t recall this as…
Apr 10
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Fred Klonsky
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