Jewish students attacked at Auschwitz

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

I find this thread fascinating. Having just returned from a large Jewish convention in Indianapolis, I actaully heard some about this issue. I want to support the idea of oppression being totally grand. Slavery in its own (the NorthAmerican Federation of Temple Youth study theme for the year) is a major form of oppression. When you consider oppression, do you only think of it as one person's clothes or race? What about people who can't afford to pay off debts so they send their chidlren to work in sweatshops to work it off?

An example: Slavery is defined by UN as forced labor without compensation (something similar to that). 27,000,000 people are enslaved in the world today, and that does NOT include sweatshop workers because they recieve minimal compensation. While many like to speak about oppression and slavery as a historical way of life, I can vouch that right now there is a huge amount of it occurring in America and the entire world.

This is just something to keep in mind, that while some may see oppression as some hideous lifestyle, it is still a lifestyle that many families and their children have never lived outside of. Instead of argueing about who oppresses who, please take the time to act on this and take part in Social Action so as to actaully make a difference in it.