Israel: State of Peace or Violence? Interview with Lenni Brenner 1/4

Interview with special guest Lenni Brenner. Brenner is an author of several books regarding Israel, and we talk about the current Palestinian conflict in Gaza with Israel. We also talk about Israels apartheid policies that mirrored South Africa and the Jim Crow South.

Lenni Brenner now lives in New York City. See an article about his political activities in UC Berkeley in the 1960s Lenni Brenner was born into an Orthodox Jewish family. He became an atheist at 12, and a Marxist at 15, in 1952. His involvement with the Black civil rights movement began on his first day in the organized left, when he met James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality, later the organizer of the "freedom rides" of the early 60s. He was active in the mid 50s with Bayard Rustin, later the organizer of Martin Luther King's 1963 "I had a dream" March on Washington. He was arrested 4 times during civil rights sit-ins in the San Francisco Bay Area, and again during the Berkeley Free Speech Movement at the University of California in 1964. While in jail for his activities on the campus, he spent 4 days in intense discussion with Huey Newton, later the founder of the Black Panther Party. Subsequently he worked with Kathy Cleaver. More recently, in the 90s, he and Panther leader Bobby Seale defended their activities during the 60s on Morton Downey's TV show. He was an anti-war activist from the 1st days of the Vietnam war, speaking frequently at rallies in the Bay Area. In 1963 he organized the Committee for Narcotic Reform in Berkeley. In 1968 he co-founded the National Association for Irish Justice, the American affiliate of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association. In the 90s he and Kwame Ture (aka Stokely Carmichael), the legendary "Black Power" leader of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, co-founded the Committee against Zionism and Racism. They also published The Anti-War Activist. He is presently organizing the Coalition for Narcotic Law Reform. Mr. Brenner is the author of 4 books, Zionism in the Age of the Dictators, The Iron Wall: Zionist Revisionism from Jabotinsky to Shamir, Jews in America Today, and The Lesser Evil: The Democratic Party. His books have been favorably reviewed in 10 languages by prominent publications, including the London Times, The London Review of Books, Moscow's Izvestia and the Jerusalem Post. He has written over 100 articles for many publications, including the Amsterdam News, the Anderson Valley Advertizer, the Atlanta Constitution, CounterPunch, the Jewish Guardian, the Nation, the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Middle East Policy, Middle East International, the Journal of Palestine Studies, the New Statesman of London, Al-Fajr in Jerusalem and the United Irishman in Dublin. Brenner has an amusing response to the Zionist smear which is used against all Jewish critics of Zionism. At the "Jews against Zionism" forum in London on 18 June 2003, he said: "Those who call me a self-hating Jew should talk to my girlfriends. They all tell me that I am in love with myself."

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[2upacShakur]

fuckin zionists stole the palestianians land they shud give it bak fuck zionists and their corrupt government

[No1118117]

If someone annexed your backyard and started building a home on it without your permission, would you pack up and leave even if your neighbors told you they would take you in and give you a place to live?

At any rate, the point is moot because forcing a racially identifiable group to pick up and leave, even if to a place inhabited by a similar group, no matter the means, is considered ethnic cleansing in the eyes of the law.

[darrellmellissa]

@faziljaved They lost there country when they syeped aside to let 6 countrys invade and slaughter the jews,, They bet on the wrong horse, They dont get there money back on a bad bet..  Lets say that your a little uninformed, I hate to use the word stupid.

[faziljaved]

@darrellmellissa which arab they should take in? palestinians are living in their own country. its the israelies which US should take in and the whole matter is solved. i am amazed at your stupidity

[No1118117]

I'm sorry I thought you were only discussing Arabs living in the Gaza strip and West Bank, not the refugee diaspora which I agree, will probably have to just live with it.

[darrellmellissa]

If my neighbors said move out of your house because we are going to kill your next door neighbor, Then you can move back in and then you will have 2 houses, Only your partners in crime did not do there job.. Now you want to move back in as thou nothing happened,, Sorry your neighboor hold you responsible for the attemp on there life.

[DaveIrie]

Israeli operatives working for Mossad were caught & arrested for celebrating and filming the attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11 and were reported by the police to have had explosives in their van. The NY Times and Fox News reported that witnesses saw them set up to film prior to the attack, meaning that they knew about it in advance. On a talk show in Israel 3 of the 5 were interviewed with the other 2 in the audience and one of them stated "our purpose was to document the event".

[darrellmellissa]

JOe, inlighten me, What has your statement got to do with my comment.