The Anti-Defamation League has long been a tool for advancing apartheid in Israel and South Africa. Funded by the ADL, an SFPD officer infiltrated activist groups in San Francisco, broke into houses, and collected activists’ personal information for sale to foreign intelligence agencies in Israel and South Africa. In 1993, the extent of the surveillance and collaboration between the parties was unveiled when three activists sued the ADL and won.

We are honored to be joined by one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit against the ADL, Steve Zeltzer. A longtime resident of San Francisco, Steve is a socialist, labor activist, and a co-founder of the Labor Committee of the Middle East, where his encounter with the ADL first began.

Join us for a conversation with Steve about this historic case, and how we can apply lessons from the repression of the past to the repression of today.