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Lenni Brenner (born 1937) is an American Marxist writer. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Marxism is the political philosophy and practice derived from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. In the 1960s, Brenner was a prominent civil rights activist and a prominent opponent of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia

Brenner was born into an Orthodox Jewish family. Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized He became an atheist at age 10 or 12[1] and a Marxist at age 15. Atheism Marxism is the political philosophy and practice derived from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Brenner's involvement with the American Civil Rights Movement began when he met James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality, later the organizer of the "freedom rides" of the early 1960s. The American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968 refers to the reform movements in the United States aimed at abolishing racial discrimination against African James Leonard Farmer Jr ( January 12, 1920 – July 9, 1999) was a Black civil rights activist who was one of the "big 4" leaders Freedom Rider is also a song by Traffic and later Rascal Flatts Civil Rights activists called Freedom Riders rode in interstate buses The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 He also worked with Bayard Rustin, later the organizer of Martin Luther King's 1963 "I had a dream" March on Washington. Rustin redirects here for the unrelated film see Rustin (film Bayard Rustin ( March 17, 1912 – August 24 Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader (Neither were Marxists. )

Brenner was arrested three times during civil rights sit-ins in the San Francisco Bay Area. He spent 39 months in jail when a court revoked his probation for marijuana possession, because of his activities during the Berkeley Free Speech Movement at the University of California in 1964. Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a The Free Speech Movement (FSM was a Student protest which took place during the 1964-1965 school year on the campus of the University of California Berkeley under Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar.

He was an anti-war activist from the first days of the Vietnam war, speaking frequently at rallies in the Bay Area. In 1963 he organized the Committee for Narcotic Reform in Berkeley. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1968 he co-founded the National Association for Irish Justice, the American affiliate of the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association ( Cumann Chearta Sibhialta Thuaisceart Éireann) was an organisation which campaigned for Civil rights in Northern

In the 1990s, he and Kwame Ture (aka Stokely Carmichael), the legendary "Black Power" leader of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, co-founded the Committee against Zionism and Racism. Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael ( June 29, 1941 November 15, 1998) also known as Kwame Ture, was a Trinidadian Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael ( June 29, 1941 November 15, 1998) also known as Kwame Ture, was a Trinidadian The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (or SNCC, pronounced "snick" was one of the principal organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement They also published The Anti-War Activist.

Writing

Brenner is the author of four books: Zionism in the Age of the Dictators, The Iron Wall: Zionist Revisionism from Jabotinsky to Shamir, Jews in America Today, and The Lesser Evil, a study of the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. His books have been widely translated][2], and have been favorably reviewed in 11 languages by prominent publications, including The Times, The London Review of Books, Moscow's Izvestiaand the Jerusalem Post. The Times is a daily national Newspaper published in the United Kingdom since 1785 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. The London Review of Books (or LRB) is a Fortnightly British literary and political magazine For the Thoroughbred racehorse see Izvestia (horse Izvestia (Известия) is a long-running high-circulation daily Newspaper The Jerusalem Post is an Israeli daily English-language Broadsheet Newspaper, founded on December 1, 1932

His articles have also appeared in The Nation, Amsterdam News, Jewish Guardian, Atlanta Constitution, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Middle East Policy, Middle East International, Journal of Palestine Studies, New Statesman, Al-Fajr and United Irishman. This article is about the US Publication. For other newspapers magazines and alternate uses by the same name see The Nation (disambiguation. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily Newspaper in Atlanta Georgia, USA and its suburbs. The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs is a magazine published 9 times per year in Washington D Middle East Policy is the leading academic Peer-reviewed journal on the Middle East region in the field of Foreign policy founded in 1982 published quarterly The Journal of Palestine Studies is an Academic journal established in 1971 The New Statesman is a British Left-wing political Magazine published weekly in London. The United Irishman title has been a very popular newspaper title in Ireland and a number of newspapers have been published under the title

In 2002, he edited 51 Documents: Zionist Collaboration with the Nazis. It contains complete translations of many of the documents quoted in Zionism in the Age of the Dictators and The Iron Wall. In 2004, he edited Jefferson & Madison On Separation of Church and State: Writings on Religion and Secularism.

Brenner spoke at the inaugural meeting in London of Jews Against Zionism

Brenner is said to be working on a memoir, tentatively called The World's Grouchiest Marxist.

References

  1. ^ Lenni Brenner: biographical details
  2. ^ Zionism in the Age of the Dictators has been translated into Japanese: Fuashizumu jidai no shionizumu, by Shiba Kensuke (芝健介), Hosei Daigaku 2001, and German (in a revised edition), asZionismus und Faschismus : über die unheimliche Zusammenarbeit von Zionisten und Faschisten, tr. Verena Gajewski Homilius, Kai, Berlin 2007

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