A deep dive into the TCC, the online subculture built around the glorification of mass killers, and its connections to a growing number of attacks worldwide.
Former Fox News top host Tucker Carlson has become a leading mainstream amplifier of antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories, extremist voices, and anti-Israel disinformation.
The Andinia Plan is an antisemitic conspiracy theory that claims Jews want to establish a second Jewish and Zionist state in the Patagonia region, located across Argentina and Chile. This hoax is presented as a "secret plan" and, like many antisemitic conspiracy theories, is based on the myth that Jews accumulate power, money and influence in order to dominate strategic territories. The theory was first outlined by the small nationalist party Frente Nacional Socialista Argentino …
The Islamic Republic of Iran – A History of Repressing Minorities
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The ongoing military conflict in Iran has the potential to reshape the country, not least for its diverse range of religious and ethnic minorities. While Iran has a deep and ancient history of religious and ethnic pluralism, the 1979 revolution set in motion almost five-decades of systematic persecution against the country's minority communities and Iranian women in the name of the Islamic Republic. Since 1979, the Islamic Republic has imposed a theocratic order…
The Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition
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Key PointsThe Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition, established in 2001, is an anti-imperialist organization that often calls for anti-Israel and anti-war protests across the United States.The ANSWER Coalition frequently organizes mass actions nationwide, including over 150 protests opposing the 2026 military operation against the Iranian regime, as well as hundreds of protests following Hamas’s October 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel and during the subsequent Israel…
Call to Action: Reform the UN Special Rapporteur System
Action Guide
We have long expressed deep concern over UN Special Rapporteurs who abuse their mandates, utilize antisemitic tropes, trivialize the Holocaust, and support violence against the Jewish state, to drive political agendas. While we recognize the complexity of the removal process for Special Rapporteurs and the importance of maintaining their independence, the current system has allowed for individuals whose conduct conflicts with the UN’s core values to continue serving in these influential…
Since the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas against Israel, the inverted red triangle has, in many cases, come to signify support for violent Palestinian resistance against Israel and against Zionists and Jewish people more broadly. It is used both offline and online, sometimes in the form of an emoji (🔻), and has been spraypainted on Jewish homes and institutions, often alongside antisemitic and threatening slogans. The symbol first appeared in propaganda videos from…
The UN World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa from August 31 to September 7, 2001, brought together over 12,000 representatives from 194 states and organizations to forge a common agenda against discrimination. Over two decades later, the “Durban process” has come to symbolize the United Nation’s polarization over antisemitism and anti-Zionism, a form of antisemitism which opposes the…
Investigating Digital Abuse: Mitigating Harm Online and On the Ground: A Toolkit for Law Enforcement
Action Guide
ADL’s toolkit on digital abuse and online hate equips law enforcement with tools to address hate or harassment that starts online but does not always stay there
Louisiana v. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (U.S.C.A. 5th Circuit, 2022)
Action Guide
Under the Trump Administration and continued under the Biden Administration, a public health law called Title 42 has been used against many seeking asylum and other forms of immigration relief at the U.S. border, denying them entry under the pretext of covid-19 prevention. The Biden Administration had announced that it would stop expelling migrants under Title 42 starting May 23, 2022. The plaintiff states in this case are challenging the Title 42 wind-down on Administrative Procedure Act…
November 18, 2021
Now is the time to shine a light on antisemitism through education. This webinar, for middle and high school educators and administrators, highlights the critical importance of antisemitism education in today's world. Offered are practical implementation tools related to ADL Education's programs, online learning and resources as well as specific actions schools can take in support of the "Shine a Light" campaign that takes place throughout the week of Hanukkah…
Using Children’s Literature to Foster Empathy and Challenge Anti-Immigrant Bias
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For Educators July 22, 2021
Moderator: Marsha Frith, Education Director, ADL Florida Office
Panelists: Jill Eisenberg, Director of Curriculum and Literacy Strategy, Lee & Low Books, Areli Morales, author of Areli Is a Dreamer: A True Story by Areli Morales, a DACA Recipient, Jinnie Spiegler, Director of Curriculum and Training, ADL
Children and young adult literature is a compelling entry point for helping young people learn more about people who are immigrants, the…
For Educators July 21, 2021
Moderator: Adam Strom, Director, Re-imagining Migration
Presenters: Erika Lee, Regents Professor, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Rudolph J. Vecoli Chair in Immigration History and Director of the Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota
This webinar examines anti-immigrant bias past and present. In our current climate, voices that were once on the fringe have become mainstream in our political discourse. As…
How to Effectively Respond to Bias Incidents in Your Schools
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Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Presenters: Danika Manso-Brown, Associate Education Director, and Caterina Rodriguez, Director of PreK-12 Education Programs, ADL
This webinar will help participants understand how to use ADL's toolkit, "Responding to Bias Incidents in Middle and High Schools: Resources and Best Practices for School Administrators & Educators," to address incidents effectively at their schools. By educating students about the impact of harmful language and behaviors,…
Addressing Anti-Immigrant Bias in Times of Uncertainty Confirmation
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Presenters: Julia Chang Wang and Kathy Lu, Immigrant History Initiative; Adam Strom, Re-imagining Migration; Andrea Neighbors, Smithsonian Asian American Pacific Center; and Deb Chad, ADL Education
This webinar highlights resources and strategies for educators to help address the wave of anti-immigrant and anti-Asian bias that has spread with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The webinar addresses:
Why is this important?
What is the impact on young people, those who are targeted,…
Webinars to Support Holocaust and Genocide Education
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For Educators Explore the library of webinar recordings from our Holocaust education program, Echoes & Reflections. These one-hour webinars focus on an array of topics, all designed to increase participants’ knowledge of Holocaust history, explore and access classroom-ready content, and support instructional practice to promote student learning and understanding of this complex history and its lasting effect on the world.
Echoes & Reflections utilizes unparalleled expertise…
Transformational Texts: Using Children's Literature to Open Doors on Historical and Current Events
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Speakers: Jinnie Spiegler, Director of Curriculum and Training, and Libby Otto, Associate Director of Curriculum and Training, ADL
Books for young children about historical topics like enslavement, the Holocaust, Japanese-American internment, voting rights, segregation and genocide present these subjects with both sensitivity and insight. When it comes to current event topics there are many excellent books about immigration and the refugee crisis, racial justice, transgender rights,…
United Nations Partition Plan 1947 (UN Resolution 181)
Action Guide
Following the British announcement that it would end its authority over Palestine, the question of sovereignty was considered by the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP). The UNSCOP report recommended the division of the British Mandate-controlled area of Palestine into two states, one Arab and one Jewish, with Jerusalem to be an “international” city. According to the plan, the two states, roughly equal in size and natural resources, would cooperate on major…