Response to the “antisemitism awareness act of 2023”
What is happening on college campuses and what is being pushed through the Congress
The passage of the “Antisemitism Awareness Act” on May 1, the traditional day for celebrating the contributions of labor, by the House of Representatives, represents a dangerous effort to weaponize the laws and regulations established over the last 150 years to protect citizens against racial discrimination and to use them now to justify the absolute power of a corrupt government, doing the bidding of multinational banks and corporations, to punish anyone speaking out against the horrific actions taking place in Gaza. But the bill is not ultimately about Gaza, or about Israel. It is about giving the government the authority absent from the Constitution to punish citizens for speaking the truth about the illegal and unconstitutional actions of the government, or other governments around the world’.
The current dry run on the campuses of American universities of protests against the Gaza killings was intentionally watered down. It featured students wearing masks, backing corrupt Democratic Party “progressives,” who did not go far in their criticism of the state. It also had the university and the police who had been given instructions not to attack with the brutality that they are capable of in other actions.
The very fact that the campus protests were widely discussed on NPR, a controlled mouthpiece of the multinational banks which entirely ignores all spontaneous actions by citizens, tells us that these student protests were used as cover for passing this bill.
Once the “Antisemitism Awareness Law” is in place and can used to justify massive shifts in the Department of Education, and by extension American elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges and graduate programs, we can be certain that the true steel fist in the velvet glove will get to work shutting down all questions about the special relationship of the United States with Israel not only in terms of protests, but in terms of the content of courses, the text books assigned, and, by extension, in the media as a whole.
And it will not stop there. Once the precedent is in place, all criticism of just about anything can be outlawed, or subject to onerous punishments.
Moreover, there can be no doubt that this law is accompanied by the extension of the secret and top-secret classification system throughout the Department of Education, much as has been done in the Department of Energy and Department of the Treasury over the last few years. In other words, multinational financial entities will be able to give orders for education policy in the US that will be secret, for which it will be a crime (subject to massive fines and jail time) to reveal to the public.
Let us take a look at a few key passages in the Antisemitism Awareness Act.
“An act to provide for the consideration of a definition of antisemitism set forth by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education programs or activities, and for other purposes”
[a justification of Federal interference in education at all levels justified by the interpretation of the term “antisemitism” to mean “Zionism” or “Israeli policy.” It is important to note that many of the Republican advocates of these polices embrace the “Great Replacement Theory” that postulates that it is the Jews, and not the rich, who are using immigration to destroy the lives of working Americans. This devious antisemitic political movement is popular among precisely those who are suggesting that attacks on Israel are by their nature “antisemitic.” The term “antisemitic” is but a trial term, a placeholder, for what will be eventually the replaced by the term “anti-American”]
“It is the policy of the United States to enforce such title against prohibited forms of discrimination rooted in antisemitism as vigorously as against all other forms of discrimination prohibited by such title”
[There is no need for a new law against antisemitism. The topic is already addressed extensively in Federal law. The only point is to authorize the use of the term “antisemitism” to suppress free speech]
“(A) increase awareness and understanding of antisemitism, including its threat to America;
[the use of the term “threat to America” expands the definition of “antisemitism” from a civil rights issue to a “national security” issue, and thus justifies the use of secret/top secret classification, and the extended role of Homeland Security, and even intelligence and defense agencies in domestic and international operations against “antisemitism” activities by citizens]
(B) improve safety and security for Jewish communities;
[This phrase is clearly intended to justify new Homeland Security operations and provides authorization for police to do most anything to stop “antisemitism]
(C) reverse the normalization of antisemitism and counter antisemitic discrimination;
[This is a justification for further “anti-disinformation” operations through Homeland Security that can be farmed out to private intelligence, think tanks, and public relations firms]
(D) expand communication and collaboration between communities.”
[This harmless phrase is most likely referring to intelligence fusion centers that will be set up locally and internationally to track any “antisemitism” 24/7 under Homeland Security]
“Antisemitism is on the rise in the United States and is impacting Jewish students in K–12 schools, colleges, and universities.”
[This twisted reasoning implies that stopping antisemitism and protecting Jewish students permits the department of education to issue internal orders regarding teaching, the content of textbooks, the assignment of readings, and even discussion among students regarding Israel and its actions. As stated before, the ultimate goal goes far beyond criticism of Israel. The point is to use civil rights law to create a dictatorship in which criticism is not permitted. This state already exists in most of the corporate world, and government world. It is being extended to education, media, and eventually to all of civil society]
“On December 11, 2019, Executive Order 13899 extended protections against discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to individuals subjected to antisemitism on college and university campuses and tasked Federal agencies to consider the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism”
[This executive order, of questionable constitutionality, empowers “Federal agencies” to take action against individuals and groups for their writings, expressions, or actions because they are “antisemitic]
“The White House released the first-ever United States National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism on May 25, 2023, making clear that the fight against this hate is a national, bipartisan priority that must be successfully conducted through a whole-of-government-and-society approach.”
[The term “National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism” shows the move away from civil rights and into the rhetoric of national security. Such a shift opens the floodgates for the active violation of freedom of speech]
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