The Interplay of Local Struggles and International Solidarity

This chapter highlights the critical role of free speech and listener-supported radio in nurturing democratic institutions, using WBAI as a key example. It also explores the Jewish left's views on international solidarity and its relevance to local community struggles, urging a dialogue on enhancing grassroots efforts against anti-Semitism and other marginalized issues.

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Beyond The Pale is live from São Paulo Brazil with Shoshana Brown and guests: Audrey Sasson, Em Hilton, Eva Borgwardt and Brandon Schorsch.

Em Hilton is a Jewish organiser and writer based in London. She is the International Policy Director of Diaspora Alliance and a co-founder of Na'amod: UK Jews Against Israeli Occupation and Apartheid.

Eva Borgwardt is a Jewish organizer based in Brooklyn. She is the National Spokesperson for IfNotNow, a movement of American Jews organizing to end U.S. support for Israel's system of apartheid and demand equality, justice, and a thriving future for all Palestinians and Israelis.

Audrey Sasson is the Executive Director of Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), and the organization’s first Mizrahi leader to serve in the position. She has nearly 30 years experience building the organized left, as a community organizer, social worker, and campaign director, on issues ranging from immigrant worker struggles and tenant rights to sustainable economies and racial justice.

Brandon Schorsch joined Jewish Community Action in January 2020 after several years working in progressive issue advocacy and electoral politics in the Twin Cities. Having seen a childhood friend become radicalized online in the early 2010s, Brandon had been personally researching hate/extremism for many years before working on JCA's Combating Antisemitism and White Nationalism campaign. Over the last three years, he has developed/co-developed numerous trainings examining contemporary antisemitism's origins, mechanisms, motivations, and intersections with other forms of marginalization and oppression. Through JCA's programming, he has trained several thousand people and brought crucial analysis to dozens of community organizations, government offices, and religious congregations.

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