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Should the U.S. Keep Giving Israel $10 million/day?

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Date:
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Time:
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Event Type:
Speaker
Organizer/Author:
Margli Auclair
Location Details:
Walnut Creek Library, Oakview Room
1644 No. Broadway
Walnut Creek

Author and journalist Alison Weir will discuss her book on the history of the U.S.-Israel "special relationship," analyze media coverage of the issue, and report on why the U.S. gives Israelis 7,000 times more than to others around the world.

Learn about the real roots of the violence in Israel-Palestine as Weir covers the history and context ignored by mainstream media.

A Q&A session will follow the presentation, and copies of "Against Our Better Judgment" will be available for purchase.

Sponsored by Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center and Rossmoor Voices for Justice in Palestine
Added to the calendar on Fri, Mar 4, 2016 4:06PM
§Alison Weir, Journalist and Author
by Nancy Tubbs, nancy_tubbs@fullcalendar.com
Walnut Creek Library, Oak View Room
1644 North Broadway
Walnut Creek, CA 94596

In her book, Against Our Better Judgment, The hidden history of how the U.S. was used to create Israel, Weir brings together meticulously sourced evidence to outline the largely unknown history of U.S.-Israel relations. She is also the founder of IF AMERICANS KNEW.

Weir will discuss the history of the U.S. -Israel "special relationship," analyze media coverage of the issue, and report on why the U.S. gives Israelis 7,000 times more than to other countries around the world.

This is a FREE event, donations will be accepted to defray costs. Co-sponsored by Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center, Rossmoor Voices for Justice in Palestine, If Americans Knew and Friendly Favors.

No Charge, donations accepted to defray costs.

Comments (Hide Comments)
by Glenn Benjamin Merchant
I am not able to travel to Walnut creek and am aware of this topic for I have been to Alison's lecture here in San Francisco in 2015. I am concerned that we have not have had a rally here in San Francisco since 2014. This topic is going cold fast. A California legislator by the name of Travis Allen was trying to pass an anti BDS boycott Israel bill and I was concerned if that bill did in fact pass? And if so , it is unconstitutional and blatantly racist. Hypocritically ridiculous. In light of the murder of Lavoy Finnicum in Utah we should all be paying very close attention to what our governments, state and national are up to.
by Zero Tolerance to racism
Why is the Walnut Creek Public Library giving a venue to white supremacist Alison Weir ?


Backgrounder on Alison Weir from the US Campaign to end the Occupation- a group that has publically disavowed Alison Weir:

Alison Weir has been a frequent guest of white supremacist Clay Douglas on his hate radio show, the Free American. Clay Douglas is concerned primarily with the survival of the White race. Examples of his racist, homophobic rhetoric can be easily found on the internet

"In the course of Weir's appearance with Clay Douglas on August 25, 2010, she was silent when Douglas invoked the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and engaged in a racist diatribe against Jews. Her troubling associations and choices further include giving interviews to a range of far-right outlets including The American Free Press, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has identified as a hate group, and the anti-gay, anti-Jewish pastor Mark Dankof."

Her work has also been featured on the website of the former head of the Klu Klux Kan, David Duke

She has not disavowed, debated, or challenged the thinking of any of these outlets individuals or institutions.

Please gather in protest at the Walnut Creek Public library. Keep Walnut Creek Hate free

Wed, Mar 30, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Walnut Creek Library (Oak View Room)
1644 N Broadway, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
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