Bill Attacking Free Speech on Palestine/Israel Now in SC Senate

SC State Rep. Alan Clemmons recently smeared the liberal Jewish peace group J Street as “anti-Semitic”, an extreme opinion that was widely panned.  But the SC House recently passed a bill sponsored Clemmons that would enshrine the same kind of smear tactics into SC law.  H.3643  invokes a controversial and vague State Department definition of anti-semitism to smear and  silence legitimate criticism of the state of Israel on campuses in South Carolina.  Language in the bill referencing a “What is Anti-Semitism Relative to Israel?” fact sheet is a direct attack on First Amendment protected political speech and intentionally blurs the line to conflate and equate legitimate viewpoints on Palestine/Israel with anti-Semitism, a backdoor form of censorship.  We’ve challenged the bill in both House and Senate subcommittees; both mostly ignored our concerns and rubber stamped the bill without discussion.  However, the bill was blocked in the last session by Senator Brad Hutto.  Now there is a rush now to get the bill passed with the new session in January of 2018.

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Hummus Tasting, Wed, Oct 22, 6:15pm

Some companies which sell hummus in the United States are also supporters of human rights violations.

On Wednesday, October 22, come to the Augusta Main Library at 823 Telfair St at 6:15 pm to sample hummus prepared by local chefs and learn how to make it yourself.

At 6:30 pm, we screen the award-winning documentary “A World Not Ours,” the third film in the POV Series.

If you want to make hummus yourself and bring it to the event, contact us.