This year I’m reflecting on the fact that we failed to do our part to stop an ongoing genocide committed in our name. There are many other fronts where I have to do the work of repair. But nothing on this scale.
Avi Lewis: “This year I’m reflecting on the fact that we failed to do our part to stop an ongoing genocide committed in our name.…”
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Defending his social media post on Yom Kippur.
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