{"id":552964,"date":"2021-06-04T16:36:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T20:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=552964"},"modified":"2021-06-04T16:36:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T20:36:21","slug":"california-teacher-union-activist-u-s-is-an-evil-empire-that-funds-ugly-zionism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-teacher-union-activist-u-s-is-an-evil-empire-that-funds-ugly-zionism\/","title":{"rendered":"California Teacher Union Activist: U.S. Is An \u2018Evil Empire\u2019 That Funds \u2018Ugly Zionism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-teacher-union-activist-u-s-is-an-evil-empire-that-funds-ugly-zionism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=552964&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span>An anti-Israel activist within a California teachers union called Zionism a \u201csick bourgeois\u201d ideology and claimed that Israeli committed \u201cwar crimes.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to a report from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/california-teachers-union-activist-has-history-of-anti-semitic-posts\/\"><span>Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/a><span>, left-wing activist and teacher Soni Lloyd used his Facebook to call the U.S. an \u201cevil empire\u201d that funds \u201cugly Zionism.\u201d In a May 14 post, the teacher published a YouTube video of Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib entitled, \u201cWatch Rep. Rashida Tlaib Blast U.S. Aid for Israel &#038; Attack on Gaza in Dramatic House Floor Speech.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe evil empire funds war crimes all over the world,\u201d Lloyd wrote. \u201c[Tlaib] connects the Black and Brown struggle in the US to the Palestinian fight for self-determination against ugly Zionism. White supremacy and Zionism are sick bourgeois ideologies. End Israeli war crimes and colonization.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_231530\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231530\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-231530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Soni-Lloyd-204x300.png\" alt width=\"600\" height=\"882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/Soni-Lloyd-204x300.png 204w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/Soni-Lloyd-392x576.png 392w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/Soni-Lloyd.png 752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-231530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>via Washington Free Beacon<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Lloyd also posted a cartoon photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dropping a bomb on the Gaza strip with the assistance of Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam is handing Netanyahu bombs. An arm that is crushed beneath writes \u201cHELP\u201d in blood.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_231529\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-231529\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-231529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Bibi-300x267.png\" alt width=\"600\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/Bibi-300x267.png 300w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/Bibi-646x576.png 646w, https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2021\/06\/Bibi.png 754w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-231529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>via Washington Free Beacon<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The Free Beacon reached out to Lloyd for comment on his anti-Semitic posts. He promptly changed his Facebook profile to private.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2020, Lloyd ran an unsuccessful bid to become the president of the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) union.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>During the most recent conflict in the Middle East between the State of Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas, UTLA members voted to support a resolution that calls for the cessation of reported evictions in Sheikh Jarrah, an end to Israel dropping bombs in the Gaza strip, an end to all U.S. aid to Israel, and support for the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment Movement (BDS).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The resolution was supported by several chapter chairs, though it has not been formally voted on by UTLA leadership or the rest of the membership.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utla.net\/news\/statement-middle-east-conflict\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span> on the resolution, UTLA said:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"22\">\n<p><i><span>Concerns have come up about motions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict brought up at some of the eight UTLA Area meetings this month. The motions were debated and discussed, and they passed in some of the Area meetings. They did not pass in all of the meetings.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u2026<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>As educators, it is our job to create nurturing, safe environments for all of our students. UTLA stands against racism, sexism, anti-Semitism, xenophobia, homophobia, Islamophobia, and oppression in all forms. We stand against both anti-Jewish hate and violence and anti-Arab hate and violence wherever they occur, and we denounce the recent attacks on Jewish people in Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>According to the Free Beacon, the organization California Students United ripped into the president of UTLA for being more concerned about condemning Israel than reopening schools.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe leadership of the union representing our children\u2019s teachers has no business singling out one country and its people,\u201d California Student United said. \u201cThe position of the union you lead has thrown gasoline on the fire of what was already a volatile, unsafe, and increasingly frightening environment for Jews.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Daily Wire <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/l-a-unified-schools-to-reopen-with-online-option-in-fall\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> that the Los Angeles Unified School District will be reopening in the fall for on-campus, in-person learning five days a week. However, the district will still offer an online option for students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An anti-Israel activist within a California teachers union called Zionism a \u201csick bourgeois\u201d ideology and claimed that Israeli committed \u201cwar crimes.\u201d\u00a0According to a report from the Washington Free Beacon, left-wing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279271,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Soni-Lloyd-204x300.png","fifu_image_alt":"California Teacher Union Activist: U.S. Is An \u2018Evil Empire\u2019 That Funds \u2018Ugly Zionism\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-552964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Soni-Lloyd-204x300.png","fifu_image_alt":"California Teacher Union Activist: U.S. Is An \u2018Evil Empire\u2019 That Funds \u2018Ugly Zionism\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}