Jackie Walker invited by the Jewish Antifa Berlin

After the performances we will have a critical discussion with Jackie Walker about the way antisemitism and racism play out in her own life and work. In which way does the political weaponizing of accusations of Antisemitism prevent a critical reflection on antisemitism itself and the ways it can be manifested, also inside our own anti-racist movements.

Jackie Walker is an Afro-British Jewish activist, a member of the Labor party, and the former vice-chair of Momentum. Since October 2016, following accusations of anti-Semitism, she suffered multiple sanctions and has been subject to countless threats.
Her play „The Lynching“ is a theatrical performance, a one woman show based on the history of black struggle that addresses those false allegations mobilized against her, examining them alongside the experiences of racism and antisemitism and the struggle to bring the Palestinian narrative into the mainstream.

The Lynching Trailer:

Jackie Walker Website: http://jackiewalker.org/

 

 

 Jewish Antifa Berlin was created to counterpose a reality of the German political context in which the Jewish left comes constantly under attack, along with Palestinian and other minority and migrant groups vigorously silenced for their criticism of Israel.
Formed in Berlin in early 2017 by Jewish activists, most of them migrants from Israel, the group has worked to give room to Palestinian and Jewish voices critical of the Israeli occupation.
Jackie Walker’s intersectional perspective as a Black Jew and the debates following her suspension enable in our eyes the possibility of critical discussion on the legacy of racism antisemitism and colonialism in the European left..

Die Jüdische Antifa Berlin hat sich gebildet um sich der Realität des deutschen politischen Kontexts entgegenzustellen, in der die jüdische Linke, wie auch palästinensische und andere Migrant_innengruppen ständig angegriffen werden und versucht wird, sie mundtot zu machen. Seit ihrer Gründung in Berlin Anfang 2017 hat die Gruppe von jüdischen Aktivist_innen, größtenteils Einwander_innen aus Israel-Palästina, daran gearbeitet, kritischen palästinensischen und israelischen Stimmen gegen die israelische Besatzungspolitik Gehör zu verschaffen. Jackie Walkers intersektionale Perspektive als Schwarze Jüdin, wie auch die Debatten, die im Verlauf ihrer Suspendierungsverfahren verlaufen sind, bieten in unseren Augen die Möglichkeit einer konstruktiven Diskussion über das Vermächtnis von Rassismus, Kolonialismus und Antisemitismus innerhalb der europäischen Linken.