{"id":37894,"date":"2017-08-14T06:13:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T12:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=37894"},"modified":"2017-08-14T06:13:51","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T12:13:51","slug":"zionist-feminists-shunned-at-slutwalk-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/zionist-feminists-shunned-at-slutwalk-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Zionist feminists shunned at SlutWalk Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/jta.org\/\">JTA<\/a>) \u2014 About a dozen Zionist feminist activists participated in SlutWalk Chicago despite opposition to their presence.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37895\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Slutwalk.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37895\" class=\"wp-image-37895 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Slutwalk-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Slutwalk\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Slutwalk-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Slutwalk.jpg 880w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37895\" class=\"wp-image-37895 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Slutwalk-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"Slutwalk\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Slutwalk-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Slutwalk.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-37895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women participate in the annual SlutWalk Chicago march against sexual violence in Chicago, August 11, 2016. (Screenshot from Facebook)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The new Zioness group had\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2017\/08\/10\/news-opinion\/united-states\/after-dyke-march-controversy-jews-form-group-for-progressive-zionists\">announced<\/a>\u00a0that it would join in the annual demonstration Saturday against sexual violence to promote the idea that Zionism and progressive values are compatible.<\/p>\n<p>SlutWalk Chicago organizers said prior to the march that they did not support the Zioness initiative\u2019s participation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSlutWalk Chicago does not support the \u2018Zioness progressives\u2019 planning on coming to the walk Saturday. We at SlutWalk Chicago stand with Jewish people, just as we stand for Palestinian human rights. Those two ideologies can exist in the same realm, and taking a stance against anti-Semitism is not an affirmation of support for the state of Israel and its occupation of Palestine,\u201d the group wrote on its Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe oppose all oppressive governments whether they be the United States or Israel, as we recognize these regimes often disproportionately oppress women and femmes. We find it disgusting that any group would appropriate a day dedicated to survivors fighting rape culture in order to promote their own nationalist agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The women joined a rally ahead of the march in a local park. According to reports, they carried signs depicting a woman wearing a Star of David necklace and in some cases wore\u00a0rainbow-colored T-shirts emblazoned with a Star of David. When they waved their signs, other SlutWalk participants blocked them from view with the red umbrellas they were carrying as a symbol of solidarity with sex workers.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the speeches, which concluded with a Palestinian activist telling the crowd \u201cyou cannot be a Zionist and feminist,\u201d the crowd began chanting \u201cFree Palestine,\u201d the Windy City Times\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.windycitymediagroup.com\/lgbt\/Marchers-police-and-Zionists-collide-at-SlutWalk\/60071.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Zioness participants and others dropped out during the march through downtown Chicago, according to the Windy City Times. The march reportedly started with about 150 women and ended with about 60.<\/p>\n<p>In front of Trump Tower, marchers stopped to destroy a replica of Donald Trump\u2019s head. Toward the end of the march, some participants scuffled with police, leading five of them to be arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers of the SlutWalk initially said they would ban Stars of David from the event, but later\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/2017\/08\/01\/news-opinion\/united-states\/slutwalk-chicago-says-star-of-david-will-be-permitted-national-flags-will-not\">altered their policy<\/a>\u00a0to allow\u00a0religious symbols but not national flags.<\/p>\n<p>The SlutWalk policy came in the wake of a controversy over the Chicago Dyke March in June, when three Jewish participants at the LGBTQ demonstration were ejected for carrying LGBTQ Pride flags adorned with the Star of David. Dyke March organizers said the women were advocating for Israel at an anti-Zionist event.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, SlutWalk Chicago released a statement\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1q3V6IZv4QuavMckDuP8ob7Bndr2tJpnwX8m7uai9yTM\/pub\">titled<\/a>\u00a0\u201cPalestinian Rights are a Feminist Cause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a feminist, transnational movement calling for an end to rape culture, we march in solidarity with all Palestinians suffering the impact of the State of Israel\u2019s brutal policies. The reasons for this are simple.\u00a0In the words of Linda Sarsour, one of the architects of the 2017 Women\u2019s March who also organized A Day Without a Woman, \u00a0\u2018You either stand up for the rights of all women, including Palestinians, or none.\u2019 In a nutshell, women\u2019s rights are human rights,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the rights of Palestinians are degraded by the State of Israel\u2019s policies across the whole territory they control \u2013 including the West Bank as well as Gaza, where Israel controls all entry and exit in this tenth year of military blockade \u2013 the treatment of Palestinian women is particularly dehumanizing.\u201d<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Zionist%20feminists%20shunned%20at%20SlutWalk%20Chicago\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8790,8795,8788,8743,8744],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37894"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37898,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37894\/revisions\/37898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}