{"id":289411,"date":"2024-06-14T06:33:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T06:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=289411"},"modified":"2024-06-15T05:44:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T05:44:44","slug":"splc-slashes-staff-by-25-union-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=289411","title":{"rendered":"SPLC slashes staff by 25%, union says"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Post Millennial \u2013 June 12, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/splc-expands-hate-watch-to-doctors-who-oppose-child-sex-changes\">Southern Poverty Law Center<\/a>, an IRS designated charity with almost a billion dollars in &#8220;reserves,&#8221; laid off a quarter of its staff. In a scathing rebuke from the <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-splc-lawyer-accused-of-domestic-terrorism-in-antifa-linked-attack-on-atlanta-police-site-granted-5000-bail\">SPLC<\/a> Union that represents staff with the charity, the organization was slammed for the decision, which they say will have &#8220;a catastrophic impact&#8221; on the work done by the SPLC.<\/p>\n<p>While the union lists immigration justice and the &#8220;mission to dismantle white supremacy,&#8221; the SPLC also has expanded their &#8220;hate watch&#8221; map to include parents rights groups Christian and religious groups, critics of child sex changes, and others who do not toe the line of progressive ideology.\u00a0The SPLC&#8217;s list includes medical organizations Do No Harm, Genspect, Partners for Ethical Care, and the Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine, placing them alongside recognized white supremacy organizations including KKK chapters.<\/p>\n<p>The union worries that with these staff cuts, the efforts of the SPLC to &#8220;strengthen intersectional movements and advance human rights through support of educators&#8221; will be undermined.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SPLC\u2019s decision has a catastrophic impact on the organization\u2019s work in support of immigrants seeking justice and its mission to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements and advance human rights through support of educators.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SPLC Union (@SPLCUnion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SPLCUnion\/status\/1801018467958554962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The cuts were announced by the SPLC Union on X, who said that the decision came down from President Margaret Huang. Huang apparently said that &#8220;the cuts would allow greater &#8216;focus&#8217; on racial justice, but failed to explain how eliminating immigrant justice work and anti-racist education work served that goal,&#8221; the union said.<\/p>\n<p>Some of those who were let go were union stewards and other officials within that employee rights group. More than 60 people were fired from their positions. &#8220;Functionally eliminating the Learning for Justice department leaves educators, students, and caregivers without resources and support in building curricula and orienting classrooms toward justice work,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Functionally eliminating the Learning for Justice department leaves educators, students, and caregivers without resources and support in building curricula and orienting classrooms toward justice work.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SPLC Union (@SPLCUnion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SPLCUnion\/status\/1801018471544770831?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m so sorry this is happening to you,&#8221; Human Events Daily&#8217;s Jack Posobiec said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m so sorry this is happening to you <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lh2EXcBS5h\">pic.twitter.com\/lh2EXcBS5h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jack Poso \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1801060583816442044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You &amp; your colleagues, both current &amp; former, have caused significant harm &amp; division with your well-funded lies &amp; propaganda. I hope the whole lot of you goes down, &amp; one day in the future people can read about the shameful period of American history you were involved in,&#8221; The Post Millennial&#8217;s Andy Ngo said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You &amp; your colleagues, both current &amp; former, have caused significant harm &amp; division with your well-funded lies &amp; propaganda. I hope the whole lot of you goes down, &amp; one day in the future people can read about the shameful period of American history you were involved in. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gXZcO9BWqb\">https:\/\/t.co\/gXZcO9BWqb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Ng\u00f4 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1801066526147039530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ngo further shared reporting on the amassing by the SPLC of &#8220;hundreds of millions in donations by spreading hoaxes about a violent surge in hate crimes attributed to Trump. This same organization employs a staffer who was charged with domestic terrorism in Georgia over a violent RICO case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The SPLC amassed hundreds of millions in donations by spreading hoaxes about a violent surge in hate crimes attributed to Trump. This same organization employs a staffer who was charged with domestic terrorism in Georgia over a violent RICO case. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/43uztHJOzD\">https:\/\/t.co\/43uztHJOzD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Ng\u00f4 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1801061092770070794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your entire organization is trash, and America will be better off when it\u2019s forced to lay off every single employee,&#8221; said The Federalist&#8217;s Sean Davis.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your entire organization is trash, and America will be better off when it\u2019s forced to lay off every single employee. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IC1ysEeCr0\">https:\/\/t.co\/IC1ysEeCr0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmdav\/status\/1801058722438881556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On Monday,\u00a0@splcenter\u00a0labeled the California Family Council a &#8216;hate group&#8217; because they &#8216;back parental notification policies that would require school staff to inform a student\u2019s parent if their student uses a different pronoun or name that does not align with their biological sex.&#8217; I leave you to draw your own conclusions about today&#8217;s news,&#8221; Will Swaim of the Cal Policy Center said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/splcenter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@splcenter<\/a> labeled the California Family Council a &quot;hate group&quot; because they &quot;back parental notification policies that would require school staff to inform a student\u2019s parent if their student uses a different pronoun or name that does not align with their biological\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BMyTdF6YFX\">https:\/\/t.co\/BMyTdF6YFX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Will Swaim (@WillSwaim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillSwaim\/status\/1801064837105230296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/splc-slashes-staff-by-25-union-says\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy Les Visible<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Southern Poverty Law Center, an IRS designated charity with almost a billion dollars in &#8220;reserves,&#8221; has just laid off a quarter of its staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Commentary","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=289411"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":289412,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289411\/revisions\/289412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=289411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=289411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=289411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}