Come Hear Holocaust Survivor
Dr. Hajo Meyer Saturday, February 19th - 7:30 PM First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles Channing Hall, 1st Floor 2936 West 8th Street, Los Angeles 90005 With Special Guest Osama Abu-Irshaid Moderated by Marcy Winograd $5-50 Suggested Donation. No one turned away for lack of funds. For Information Email: [email protected] or Call: (323) 825-1389 Or Visit: www.neveragainforanyone.com <http://www.neveragainforanyone.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=articl e&id=1337:holocaust-survivor-hajo-meyer-condemns-modern-zionism&catid=117:in -the-media&Itemid=807> Holocaust Survivor Hajo Meyer Condemns Modern Zionism Hajo Meyer, an author, political activist and Auschwitz concentration camp survivor, compared Israels relations with the Palestinians to Nazi relations with Jews during the Holocaust at a conference held at Emory on Wednesday. Dr. Meyer remains determined to deliver message despite Zionists desperate attacks during his US 16-city Tour... Please join Dr. Hajo Meyer in sharing the lesson of his experience in Auschwitz: Never Again for Anyone. Dr. Meyer will be joined by Osama Abu-Irshaid of the American Muslims for Palestine to discuss the urgency of this message in the United States today. The event will be MC'd by progressive activists and former Congressional candidate Marcy Winograd. In the face of the on-going ethnic cleansing of Palestine, attacks and persecution of Muslim and Arab communities in the U.S. and Canada, as well as on-going attacks against the rights of immigrants, and those dispossessed of land & livelihood, we assert a commitment to our collective humanity. We stand against the notion that never again be applied to some & not all. Channing Hall is fully wheelchair accessible, but we regret that church restrooms require one to walk a few steps. Traducción en español disponible. Tour co-sponsors: American Muslims for Palestine <http://www.ampalestine.org/> , International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network <http://www.ijsn.net/home/> , and Middle East Children's Alliance <http://www.mecaforpeace.org/> . Local endorsers: Council on American-Islamic Relations-Los Angeles, Critical Resistance-Los Angeles, Jewish Voices for Peace-Los Angeles, Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles, Boycott/Divestment/Sanctions for Justice in Palestine-Los Angeles (BDS-LA) National endorsers: US Palestinian Community Network, Friends of Sabeel - North America, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, Tree of Life, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions - USA, Haymarket Books, International Socialist Organization. Holocaust survivor Hajo Meyer remains determined to deliver message despite Zionists desperate attacks Holocaust survivor Hajo Meyer remains undaunted, in delivering his message of hope to honor those who perished in the Holocaust by upholding human rights for all people, despite verbal attacks by Zionists, who are resorting to insults and intimidation to silence open discussions about racist Israeli policies. The protestors, who decried Hajos experience surviving 10 months in the Auschwitz death camp, are being spurred on by action alerts from national Zionist organizations whose track records show a willingness to ignore First Amendment protections when it comes to criticizing Israel policies. These include the Anti-Defamation League <http://www.adl.org/PresRele/IslME_62/5973_62.htm> , the Zionist Organization of America <http://talkingtachlis.blogspot.com/2011/02/sunday-protest-of-jew-banning-ha te-tour.html> , the local Jewish Federation <http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/564984/ffb07b828b/289535021/a6531b7af2/> , Stand With Us, and Hillel. Right-wing and anti-Islam bloggers David Horowitz <http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/01/28/event-at-rutgers-will-promote-hate-i gnorance-and-trivialization-of-the-holocaust/> and Pamela Gellar <http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/01/rutgers-students-ne ed-you-tonight-protest-holocaust-deniers-and-islamic-supremacists.html> , who got her 15 minutes of fame by condemning the Park51 Mosque in New York, also have taken an active role in trying to disrupt the nationwide Never Again for Anyone tour. In Southfield, MI, on Sunday, protestors interrupted Hajos speech demanding he show them the number Nazis tattooed on his arm and asking him if he were really a Jew. This action came just a few days after several Zionist protesters, encouraged by Gellar <http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/01/barring-jews-at-rut gers-university.html> , the Jewish Federation and others, turned out in attempts to disrupt the event at Rutgers University on Jan. 29. (See video of Rutgers Hillel students thanking Gellar here http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgw8os_thank-you-pamela-geller_news) Some people think I would be saddened when I am accused of fabricating my experience as a Holocaust survivor, but nothing could be further from the truth, Hajo said. I am outraged. I am outraged that the life-affirming tenants of Judaism have been usurped by those who would exploit the memory of Nazi tyranny to oppress at the Palestinian people. As a survivor of the Holocaust, I am so angry that Zionists and those who support illegal and racist Israeli policy apply our call of Never Again to just a few when what we need to be saying is Never Again for Anyone. Organizers of the Never Again for Anyone campaign point out that open educational discussions are more important than ever, given the divisive atmosphere in current American politics, the wave of anti-Islam sentiment gripping the country as well as the mass demonstrations for freedom and liberty taking place in the Middle East. In the course of trying to stifle debate at Rutgers, protesters ended up intimidating event participants <http://www.forward.com/articles/135148/> including Hillel members, who were afraid to leave the lecture hall because of the ferocity of the protesters outside. Also, Rutgers University police <http://www.neveragainforanyone.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=articl e&id=1311:zionists-falsely-charge-exclusion-of-jews-from-rutgers-holocaust-m emorial-event&catid=102:icetabs&Itemid=732> said theyd never seen a situation as volatile as the Zionist protesters, who harassed <http://www.neveragainforanyone.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=articl e&id=1334:bakadeserves-apology-for-defamatory-accusations&catid=109:statemen ts&Itemid=733> women wearing Islamic headscarves as well as gay and lesbian students. In the end, however, the university has confirmed <http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/statements/2011/statement-of-preside-2011013 0/> , that it was the protestors intimidating tactics which forced them to lock the doors excluding many interested participants. 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