Left movements are engaged in some of the hardest work there is — politically, emotionally and spiritually — because it involves changing peoples’ perceptions of the world, fighting against a status quo that is accepted as a given. That is true for abolitionists, for queer and trans people fighting for their rights, for the Land Back movement, and for all those fighting against capitalism. It is also true of anti-Zionist Jews organizing for Palestinian freedom, as we have for over two decades.
This work often requires challenging your own communities, engaging with and moving through painful feelings, and building a vision of a new world — tasks that can be very lonely for a long time. That has been the reality of our work too, and we have tried to share it in all its complexity, pain, beauty and strategic utility in our new book, Solidarity is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist Organizing, about our years in staff leadership at Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP)…..more