Symbolic Identifiers and Jewish Stereotypes by Gilad Atzmon
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Jews are usually proud to define themselves as Jews. Some Jews may, for instance, proudly carry the Jewish banner (Jews for Peace, Jews for Justice, Jews for Jesus and so on) as if they believe that the 'J' word contains special righteous attributions. However, they also will be gravely offended if they are called a 'Jew' by others. Suggesting to a Jew that "he is a Jew" or "behaves like a Jew" can be regarded as a serious 'racist' offence.
It is linguistically noticeable that the symbolic identifier 'Jew' or 'Jewish' operates as both noun and as an adjective. As much as the term points to a 'thing' it is also descriptive. However, I assume that symbolic identifiers associated with ideological and identity politics tend to function in a dual grammatical mode. The words 'feminist', 'socialist', 'Nazi' and 'white supremacist' can point to a human subject but they can also be descriptive. I guess, for instance, that a feminist who proudly carries the feminist flag may also accept that being called 'a feminist' will also assign some particular characteristics and ideological beliefs. Crucially, we also accept that being a feminist, a socialist, a Nazi or a white supremacist are matters of political choice. People are not born feminists or as socialists. They adopt those ideologies or identities later in life.
Hypocrites by Nahida the Exiled Palestinian
An extract:
You are not welcome in our stolen land of Palestine with your existing mentality
Before we accept you and welcome you as guests and as our brothers and sisters in our land that you have stolen:
Go
Repent
Wash the blood off your hands
Weep the souls of the little ones you've murdered
Weep the innocent villages you've destroyed
Weep the blessed olive trees you've uprooted
Weep the tears of little girls you've orphaned
Weep the mutilated bodies of small boys you've devastated
Weep the tens of thousands of youth you've disabled
Weep the tens of thousands of homes you demolished
Weep the millions of aching hearts of refugees you've created
Weep the soil of the Holy Land you've polluted
Weep the stream waters and ancient wells you've poisoned
Weep the hundreds of thousands of bodies you've tortured
Weep the hills and orchards you've disfigured
Weep the alleyways you've dissected
Weep the landscape you've cut to pieces
Weep the towns you've bombed to oblivion
Weep the dignified women you've dishonoured
Weep the enduring elderly you've humiliated
Weep the infants you prevented from getting to hospitals
Weep the laughter and giggles of tiny ones you've muted
Weep the scents of herbs and blossoms you've suffocated
Weep the farms you've destroyed and confiscated
Weep the culture of embroidery, humus and falafel you've robbed and claimed
Weep the prophets' messages you've abused and defiled
Weep the Divine Guidance you've corrupted
Weep the Ten Commandments you've violated?
To read it all:
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Interview with Carlos Latuff by Kourosh Ziabari
I don't trade ideology for money
Interview by Kourosh Ziabari for Iran's Jame-Jam newspaper
The hero of "freedom of speech", boycotted by the corporate, mainstream media that are irresistible against the astringent truth: this is the most precise and accurate introduction which I can present about Carlos Latuff. Born in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he is an artist of conscience whose artistic commitment and morality prevented him from becoming the pawn of imperialism. Carlos Latuff is a world-renowned cartoonist who has long brought into existence artistic works and cartoons in which the footsteps of creativity, novelty, intelligence and decency can be traced noticeably. He has never been given the opportunity to showcase his matchless cartoons in the New York Times, Guardian, Washington Post, BBC or CNN; however, the narrow hallways of personal blogs and independent media outlets which allowed his cartoons to breathe in the atmosphere of publicity, made him a man of genuineness and reality, known by those who seek something beyond the outdated, obsolete propaganda of "all options are on the table"......
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