My Pandora station is Boyz II Men.
— Linda Sarsour
You can't be a feminist in the United States and stand up for the rights of the American woman and then say that you don't want to stand up for the rights of Palestinian women in Palestine. It's all connected.
I think Bernie Sanders is a realist.
We show up to fight racism, anti-black racism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia, misogyny, patriarchy, anti-Semitism, because after Donald Trump is out of office, there will still be all those things here.
I get to say I was alive when the first Palestinian woman went to Congress. I was alive when the first Somali woman, in a hijab, who's black and Muslim - she's literally an immigrant, a refugee, black and Muslim and a woman and progressive.
As one of the national organizers of the Women's March back in 2017, immediately after the Women's March, over 20,000 women across the country had registered to run for office - the largest numbers we've seen in probably our entire American history for women to run in this way.
We will continue to organize. You have seen consistent organizing since the Women's March on Washington in every corner of this country.
Rudy Giuliani is a known racist Islamophobe.
My family is originally from Palestine, who came here to the United States, you know, from an occupied land to find a better life and find security and safety.
There are no perfect leaders.
The Palestinian people were governing themselves before the creation of the State of Israel.
When I stand up here, and I'm fighting for your rights and the rights of all people in these United States of America, I am a true patriot.
Minister Farrakhan absolutely says anti-Semitic, misogynistic and homophobic remarks. And we have unequivocally rejected all forms of racism and hate, including anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, homophobia, transphobia, etc.
Being a Muslim American activist, I've been targeted by the right wing in a way that is very dangerous.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism, and I intend to continue to push my country to respect the rights of all its citizens. I will not be silenced.
I began my work as director of the Arab American Association of New York in the wake of the horrific attacks of 9/11.
BDS has been used as a tactic to raise awareness for Palestinian people, including women and their children.
There is no country in this world that is immune to violating human rights.
One of the things that makes me horrified about a Trump administration is the continued use of code words like 'law and order.'
We are taught to attack the forces of evil and not those doing evil. That is what we are trained in.
Dan Donovan was the district attorney at one point who could not indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo, who choked Eric Garner on video, for the whole country to watch, for the whole world to watch. And he actually, immediately after that, won a seat in Congress. He beat a Democrat to get into Congress.
Slavery was legal. Japanese interment was legal in this country. Segregation was legal.
Since when can somebody tell me a time or a case where there has been a Syrian refugee in this country who has committed an act of terror?
I'm impacted by my women's reproductive rights.
I'm the national co-chair for the Women's March on Washington.
The progressive Left is sometimes very uncomfortable for staunch pro-Israel supporters, but what's very clear to me is that the progressive Left does not make Jews feel unsafe.
Jared Kushner is the last person that should be trying to bring peace to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
If you're on the side of the oppressor, or you're defending the oppressor, or you're actually trying to humanize the oppressor, then that's a problem.
I believe that this is the land of religious freedom and that that applies to Muslims. And if I have to make it apply to Muslims with the work that I do, I'm going to do that.
You've probably seen that any visible Palestinian-American woman who is at the forefront of any social-justice movement is an immediate target of the right wing and right-wing Zionists. They will go to any extreme to criminalize us and to engage in alternative facts, to sew together a narrative that does not exist.
I will not walk away from the people and communities whom I love deeply. I will continue to raise my voice for justice and equality for all, organize communities who want to defend the rights of black people, stand against policies that target and marginalize Muslims, and advocate for health care for all people.
If you woke up this morning and you are breathing, and you are Muslim, then you are political. You have no choice but to be political in a country that has politicized you and politicized your religion.
When you talk about feminism, you're talking about the rights of all women and their families to live in dignity, peace, and security. It's about giving women access to health care and other basic rights.
We, as Palestinian-Americans... will not change who we are to make anyone comfortable.
I've been working with Jews for over 20 years.
We are rooted in Kingian nonviolence.
Can we be against anti-Semitism and understand that it's at the root of white supremacy? So you can't tell me to combat anti-Semitism if you're not ready to join me and tell me, 'Let's end white nationalism and white supremacy,' which is really the real threat on all Americans.
Reading a teleprompter is not what makes you presidential. It's your actions that you take, and it's democracy.
People see whatever the media first reports.
We have to, as a progressive movement, organize climate justice and reproductive rights and racial justice. We've got to do this. We can't continue to organize in silos.
We will protect our constitutional right to boycott, divest, and sanctions in this country.
I'm not going to hide my positions to make anyone else feel comfortable.
I hope that we when we stand up to those who oppress our communities that Allah accepts from us that as a form of jihad.
It's not enough just to elect people of color and women of color and progressives. We need to make sure that they have a work plan and that they are - continue to align with the communities that helped get them to where they're at.
I haven't given up on my country. I believe in the potential. I believe in the Constitution.
It just doesn't make any sense for someone to say, 'Is there room for people who support the state of Israel and do not criticize it in the movement?' There can't be in feminism. You either stand up for the rights of all women, including Palestinians, or none. There's just no way around it.
My work has always been rooted in nonviolence, as espoused by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
I'm going to make mistakes. I'm going to say things I may not understand have hurtful impact on people. I always call people to call me in, to educate me. And to love me enough and to see my contributions in a way that, when I become better, our country becomes better.
