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Activists Protest Foxman in
Michigan
 BIRMINGHAM, Mich.—On March 26, protesters gathered in front
of the Birmingham Community House to protest the appearance
of Abraham Foxman, the national director of the
Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
The peaceful rally, which drew activists from all over
Michigan, was led by the local chapters of the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation and the Armenian Democratic Liberal
Organization. For two hours, activists held signs and
distributed information about the ADL to those attending the
event. It was later discovered that Foxman had unexpectedly
canceled his appearance at the event.
“The Armenian community will not be silenced when it comes
to speaking out on the truth,” said ANC of MI chairman Armen
Derderian. “We will continue to work here in Michigan and
throughout the nation to expose Foxman’s complicity of
denial on this important human rights issue.”
Prior to the demonstration on March 23, the organizing
bodies placed a full-page advertisement in the Observer &
Eccentric newspaper. The article, entitled “Shame on You
Abraham H. Foxman,” alerted readers to the ongoing
controversies of the ADL’s denial .
Since August 2007, the ADL has been under pressure from a
series of grassroots protests, led by the ANC along with
progressive Jewish figures, to change its policy regarding
the Armenian genocide.
Recently, former ADL regional director for the New England
Region, Andrew H. Tarsy, who was fired for calling upon
Foxman to properly characterize the Armenian genocide, has
teamed up with Facing History and Ourselves. This
Brookline-based educational organization focuses on
preventing prejudice by teaching about the Holocaust and
other examples of genocide.
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