Why do something rather than nothing?

This is a class that I gave at and for Bend the Arc: Jewish Action last night (9.12). It is the beginning of thinking toward a theory of political action from out of Jewish sources. The class itself is about 45 minutes. (There are introductory comments for the first 10 or 15 minutes.) The source sheet for the class is here.

https://soundcloud.com/irmiklat/why-do-something-bta

At the end of the class Rebecca Green, the SoCal organizer suggested a number of ways to get involved and do something. Here they are:

  1. Sign the defund hate petition.
  2. Come out to the “Not One More Dollar” demonstration against GeoGroup, the largest private prison company in the country, and the operator of Adelanto Detention Center.
  3. Come to the Bend the Arc SoCal monthly community meeting