NEA leadership rejects member vote to sever ties with ADL, but teachers hail rising member support for Palestine

In a press release, Educators For Palestine, one of the leading groups behind the initiative, denounced the decision by the Board of Directors, saying that it succumbed to “pressure from outside right-wing groups like the ADL,” and that the decision “harms union power.” However, the press release still claims the recent vote by the majority of members as a victory. The top of the ADL’s website features a response thanking the NEA’s Executive Committee and Board for rejecting “the dangerous boycott of the ADL’s education materials.” The ADL describes itself as “A global leader in combating antisemitism, countering extremism and battling bigotry wherever and whenever it happens.” Najimy said that an important next step is for NEA members to take up the campaign within their own schools across the country and organizing for the institutions of the union to take up the Drop The ADL campaignat the local and state levels.

Author: Sam Carliner

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