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Day: February 23, 2017

Birthright: the Free Trip that comes with a Cost

Posted on February 23, 2017March 3, 2018 by Benjamin

Do not let propaganda advertising the trip as a ‘touching, beautiful way to connect with the broader Jewish community’ fool you. Birthright is a colonial tool, not an innocent, fun trip to take with your friends.

How Orwellian is Trump’s America?

Posted on February 23, 2017March 29, 2018 by Benjamin

For a state to be Orwellian necessitates two ingredients: language as a tool of deception to obfuscate critical thought and a surveillant autocratic government that coerces national loyalty. At this point, Trump’s America is neither.

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