My latest on the Israel/Palestine conflict. Who is showing up in the streets; what are they saying, and why polarization isn't moving US public opinion or policy in a better direction. What's missing? An actual peace movement. https://open.substack.com/pub/theconnector/p/as-war-rages-where-is-the-us-peace

A deep dive into how America's Jews are responding to Oct 7, looking at this week's massive March for Israel (which featured a very well known antisemitic pastor, John Hagee, because he is a friend of Israel) and the current efforts of the massive Mothers Against College Antisemitism Facebook group to ban a new documentary about how young American Jews are questioning what they were taught about Israel. https://open.substack.com/pub/theconnector/p/how-anti-antisemitism-is-losing-its?r=ef0i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

My latest newsletter. Jewish-Arab solidarity organizers in Israel/Palestine have a message for activists here. https://open.substack.com/pub/theconnector/p/if-its-not-helping-then-shut-the?r=ef0i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

My latest on the chasm that has opened up on the center-left in America over the Israel-Palestine conflict https://open.substack.com/pub/theconnector/p/your-funeral-is-inconvenient-for?r=ef0i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Any left that condones or excuses or lionizes the massacre of civilians as “resistance” is not a left worth supporting. https://theconnector.substack.com/p/no-place-to-stand

Hamas's Saturday slaughter of Israelis has revealed many things, including bad takes and blind spots from the center to the left (I'm not going to even bother with the right), but most painfully, a growing schism inside the progressive movement that is personal and only being talked about quietly. More here: https://open.substack.com/pub/theconnector/p/what-israelpalestine-hot-takes-have?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

I know we'd rather think about almost anything else, but IMHO President Biden's recent comments about Trump make one this really clear: the 2024 general election has begun and there's a real danger of a fascist movement taking power. More here in my latest edition: https://open.substack.com/pub/theconnector/p/the-phoney-war-is-ending-are-we-ready?r=ef0i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Tough topic to broach: Are Democratic donors giving less because they think progressive orgs are overdoing their diversity/equity/inclusion agendas? My latest: https://open.substack.com/pub/theconnector/p/donor-exhaustion-is-it-the-fault?r=ef0i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

My latest: why we're at an inflection point for the 2024 election (already!) and also why we need to change not just where and when we donate to affect politics, but how we organize. https://open.substack.com/pub/theconnector/p/the-poverty-of-democratic-organizing-813?r=ef0i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web