BDS's main effect is as a symbol of what a peaceful resistance could look like, and it reveals the derangement of American politics in how virulently various states, municipalities, and institutions crack down on BDS, real or imaginary. Like you say there may not be much of anything to boycott or divest from, but powers here want to make…
BDS's main effect is as a symbol of what a peaceful resistance could look like, and it reveals the derangement of American politics in how virulently various states, municipalities, and institutions crack down on BDS, real or imaginary. Like you say there may not be much of anything to boycott or divest from, but powers here want to make it clear that you will be punished severely if you at all associate yourself with that idea.
The punishment of aligning your union is the long-term implications that directly impact future efforts for work here, which obviously some members felt personally concerned about and ignored to the point they needed to file a lawsuit. If members want to go join in the streets, as Nolan points himself, they can. There are plenty of people there. To my point, it's both not a labor cause and highly inaccurate, so I'm generally very ambivalent about the BDS allyship struggles in the scheme of things aside from that it will undoubtedly be used to continue to scapegoat Jews regardless of whether or not Trump wins in the next election and all of the other things we're not paying attention to right now here because everyone is mad about Israel.
BDS's main effect is as a symbol of what a peaceful resistance could look like, and it reveals the derangement of American politics in how virulently various states, municipalities, and institutions crack down on BDS, real or imaginary. Like you say there may not be much of anything to boycott or divest from, but powers here want to make it clear that you will be punished severely if you at all associate yourself with that idea.
The punishment of aligning your union is the long-term implications that directly impact future efforts for work here, which obviously some members felt personally concerned about and ignored to the point they needed to file a lawsuit. If members want to go join in the streets, as Nolan points himself, they can. There are plenty of people there. To my point, it's both not a labor cause and highly inaccurate, so I'm generally very ambivalent about the BDS allyship struggles in the scheme of things aside from that it will undoubtedly be used to continue to scapegoat Jews regardless of whether or not Trump wins in the next election and all of the other things we're not paying attention to right now here because everyone is mad about Israel.