The Forward: Faith and fury in L.A.
Just before Mayor Karen Bass imposed a curfew in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday night, she stood with faith leaders in Grand Park, urging firm but peaceful resistance to President Donald Trump’s immigration raids.
- “We will not obey in advance. We will not turn our gaze. We will not fan the flames of extremism. We will not answer violence with violence,” Rabbi Sharon Brous said in a speech in which she compared the president to the “authoritarian” Pharaoh of the Bible. (Los Angeles Times)
A growing number of anti-Israel activists are also showing up to the protests, where causes like Palestinian solidarity and immigrant rights are being linked under a shared framework of anti-oppression and social justice.
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