Shane Burley + Ben Lorber, Building “Safety Through Solidarity”
How can we stand in solidarity with those seeking justice while also avoiding antisemitism? How do we resist those who seek to conflate the two? How do we forge coalitions across communities in order to overcome the politics of division and fear? Two activist journalists present a progressive, intersectional approach to the vital question: “What can we do about antisemitism?”
Antisemitism is on the rise today: from synagogue shootings by white nationalists, to right-wing politicians and media figures pushing George Soros conspiracy theories. It’s clear that exclusionary nationalist movements are growing. By spreading division and fear, they put Jews, along with other marginalized groups and multiracial democracy itself, at risk.
And since the outbreak of war in Gaza, debates around antisemitism have become more polarized and have higher stakes than ever.
Using personal stories, historical deep dives, frontline reporting, and interviews with leading changemakers, Burley and Lorber’s “Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antis-Semitism” helps us break the current impasse to understand how antisemitism works, what’s missing in contemporary debates, and how to build true safety through solidarity for Jews and all people.
Part of the “Chew on This!” Speaker Series theme: Roots & Resilience.
Book sales + signing after the program.
In partnership with Jewish Book Council.
ABOUT:
Shane Burley is a journalist based in Portland, Oregon. He is the author or editor of four books on social movements, including “Why We Fight: Essays on Fascism, Resistance, and Surviving the Apocalypse” (AK Press, 2022). His work has been featured on NBC News and in The Baffler, The Daily Beast, Jewish Currents, Haaretz, and Yes! Magazine.
Ben Lorber is a Senior Research Analyst at Political Research Associates, a social movement think tank, where he studies and publishes on antisemitism and white Christian nationalism. Prior, he worked supporting justice-driven young Jewish communities across the country and writes extensively on antisemitism, Israel/Palestine, and Jewish identity.
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