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Rebecca Vilkomerson @rvilkomerson.bsky.social · 15d

honored my book with @alissashira “Solidarity is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from Jewish anti-Zionist Organizing” is included in this list from @haymarketbooks.org with so many other crucial titles

more here: www.solidaritylovebook.org

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Rebecca Vilkomerson @rvilkomerson.bsky.social · 15d

Shana Tova, fuck ICE, and Free Palestine!

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Rebecca Vilkomerson @rvilkomerson.bsky.social · 19d

appreciate this coverage! I and others quoted here all noted that humanitarian aid often obscures culpability--in this case that Palestinians in Gaza are not just experiencing famine as a humanitarian crisis but are being starved by Israel as a weapon of genocide

Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 19d

A prominent Jewish group gave $1 million to an Israeli group for aid in Gaza. One philanthropy expert said the grant reflects a “shift" in the Jewish community towards increased concern for Palestinians—without compromising existing political alignments.

An Israeli Group Aiding Gaza Becomes a New Favorite of US Pro-Israel…

IsraAID has begun providing humanitarian aid to Palestinians, but some aid workers remain wary.

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Rebecca Vilkomerson @rvilkomerson.bsky.social · 20d

it takes some serious chutzpah for the president of BARNARD, who punished STUDENTS for speaking out against a GENOCIDE, to say we need more right wing zealots on campus in the name of “nonviolent disagreement.” every word of this is hypocrisy of the sickest order www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...

Opinion | Barnard President: Charlie Kirk Challenged College Students. We Need More Like Him.

www.nytimes.com

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Rebecca Vilkomerson @rvilkomerson.bsky.social · 22d

When Andrew Cuomo has to shift (slightly) his position on the genocide in Gaza because he understands that the New York electorate simply cannot abide by standing by and letting it happen, you know times really are a-changing, at an unspeakable cost in blood.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/n...

NY Times headline that says "Cuomo, Staunch Supporter of Israel, Says "horrific" Gaza War Must End. The remarks were a departure for former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who trails Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in the New York City mayor's race

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23d

"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys

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may @maysuser.name · 27d

charlie kirk has received infinitely more sympathy and support from liberals than every single trans person, immigrant, and palestinian combined

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Alex Taliadoros @alexctaliadoros.bsky.social · Sep 6

The “We Are All DC” March is massive. Thousands of people marching down 16th Street NW against the occupation of DC.

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · Sep 5

1/ Zohran Mamdani’s upset win in the NYC Democratic mayoral primary was powered by a massive grassroots campaign:

50,000 canvassers.

Over 1 million doors knocked.

A message centered on affordability across communities.

How Zohran Mamdani Achieved Escape Velocity from Politics as Usual

An optimistic, disciplined Left can draw centrists into the coalition—by rejecting their politics.

inthesetimes.com

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Rebecca Vilkomerson @rvilkomerson.bsky.social · Sep 5

way to normalize masked men kidnapping people off the street @nytimes.com

But, to answer: as American as the KKK, I guess

screen shot of the NYTimes being it’s stupid self asking if law enforcement masking is Un-American, with a picture of a balaclava with an american flag peeping through its eye hole

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Rebecca Vilkomerson @rvilkomerson.bsky.social · Sep 2

@daniarajendra.bsky.social and I have a new piece up at @inthesetimes.com looking at the Mamdani-Lander alliance and what it can mean for left-led coalition building, the power of principled politics, and the flow from protester to canvasser. Take a look!
inthesetimes.com/article/zohr...

How Zohran Mamdani Achieved Escape Velocity from Politics as Usual

An optimistic, disciplined Left can draw centrists into the coalition—by rejecting their politics.

inthesetimes.com

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Rebecca Vilkomerson @rvilkomerson.bsky.social · Aug 29

makes me feel slightly less insane to read this by @ahjohnson.bsky.social in @inthesetimes.com

inthesetimes.com/article/new-...

Why Does the New York Times Keep Ignoring Polls Showing Mamdani Leading with Jewish Voters?

Polling shows mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in a commanding lead with Jewish New Yorkers, but you won’t read about it in the paper of record.

inthesetimes.com

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Rebecca Vilkomerson @rvilkomerson.bsky.social · Aug 22

this piece does something desperately needed: offers a meaningful path forward for liberal zionists beyond recent handwringing, while calling out (with receipts!) their complicity with the genocide until very recently. By @simonerzim.bsky.social jewishcurrents.org/rhetoric-wit...

Rhetoric Without Reckoning

A new wave of liberal Zionist criticism of the Israeli government rings hollow without accountability for the genocide.

jewishcurrents.org

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Aug 10

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · Jul 17

Yesterday, 12 countries announced their commitment to a full arms embargo on the Israeli government. The resolution comes out of an emergency summit in Bogota where the Hague Group gathered to coordinate legal and diplomatic action to counter the “climate of impunity” for Israeli war crimes.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · Jul 10

Miss Rachel continues to have more of a moral backbone than 99% of public figures

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Rebecca Vilkomerson @rvilkomerson.bsky.social · Jul 8

Oh so the organization raising private funds for a genocidal army is having ethical problems? Shocking

www.jta.org/2025/07/08/i...

Friends of the IDF in crisis after internal report alleges financial abuse and toxic culture - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The U.S.-based charity has raised hundreds of millions of dollars by promising to meet the emergency needs of Israeli soldiers during the war in Gaza.

www.jta.org

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Rebecca Vilkomerson @rvilkomerson.bsky.social · Jul 8

extremely excellent news. the ADL is a dangerous right wing org still trying to masquerade as a civil rights group and has no place in our schools. kudos to the NEA for this decision!

mondoweiss.net/2025/07/the-...

The National Education Association just voted to cut all ties to the Anti-Defamation League

In a momentous vote, the National Education Association voted to cut all ties with the Anti-Defamation League. The reason? “Despite its reputation as a civil rights organization, the ADL is not the so...

mondoweiss.net

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Redeye @redeyeradio.bsky.social · Jul 7

Season Highlights: Rabbi Alissa Wise + Rebecca Vilkomerson in B.C. - Solidarity is the Political Version of Love: Lessons from Jewish Anti-Zionist organizing @rvilkomerson.bsky.social @alissashira.bsky.social @avilewis.bsky.social @ijvcanada.bsky.social @mivasair.bsky.social from Jan tiny.cc/wfuo001

An evening with the authors of a book on Jewish anti-Zionist organizing (encore)

Podcast Episode · Redeye · 2025-07-04 · 1h 1m

tiny.cc

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Rebecca Vilkomerson @rvilkomerson.bsky.social · Jun 25

I ❤️ NY

Thank you @mollycrabapple.bsky.social--this completely nails it, in tone and facts

Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · Jun 25

"They tried to cut Jewish New Yorkers off from the rest of New York, as if we don’t also suffer from staggering rent and inflation. They tried to use fear to play us for chumps.

And they failed." mollycrabapple.substack.com/p/we-fucking...

We Fucking Won

Here's to you, Zohran Mamdani. And here's to us, New York

mollycrabapple.substack.com

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Rebecca Vilkomerson @rvilkomerson.bsky.social · Jun 24

got a real lesson in the political economy/climate justice of trees while canvassing in the crazy heat (ZOHRAN#1, NO CUOMO).

Wealthier blocks have trees & shade & are bearable. The poorer the block the fewer the trees, the more brutal the heat. it must be a difference of 10-20 degrees

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · Jun 22

I think that if you were not familiar with the supposed political values of the Democratic Party, its performance over the last five months would lead you to conclude that they are primarily a pro-genocide party with center right economics and a fierce commitment to loyalty and gate keeping.

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Hell Gate *subscribe today!* @hellgatenyc.com · Jun 22

Khalil is now leading a march up alongside his supporters up Amsterdam Avenue and towards Columbia.

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Rebecca Vilkomerson @rvilkomerson.bsky.social · Jun 21

fuck the islamophobes, the dessicated and debased Dem establishment, and the craven and willfully clueless New York Times. We have a city to win!

#JewsForZohran

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · Jun 21

Mahmoud Khalil is free. May his release lead to the release of all who are detained and incarcerated from the US to Palestine, in ICE facilities and in prisons. And may his courage inspire us to remain steadfast in fighting for Palestinian liberation.

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