{"id":23565,"date":"2020-11-20T21:32:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T04:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/?p=23565"},"modified":"2020-11-20T21:32:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T04:32:14","slug":"olivia-katbi-smith-1st-amendment-nemesis-journalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amicuscuria.com\/wordpress\/olivia-katbi-smith-1st-amendment-nemesis-journalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Olivia Katbi-Smith: 1st Amendment Nemesis & Journalist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Olivia Katbi-Smith<\/strong>
Status:\u00a0Professional
University:\u00a0OSU
Organizations(s):\u00a0BDS<\/a>,\u00a0JVP<\/a>,\u00a0SJP<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Olivia Katbi-Smith has\u00a0glorified<\/a>\u00a0terrorists,\u00a0expressed\u00a0<\/a>support for violent protesters and is an\u00a0activist<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP)<\/a>. She has\u00a0promoted<\/a>\u00a0anti-Israel agitators,\u00a0demonized<\/a>\u00a0Israel and\u00a0endorsed<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS)<\/a>\u00a0movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Olivia, a very public personality, has also brought a lawsuit in Multnomah County against a fellow journalist for publishing common public knowledge about her (including her address) which she argues is ‘doxing’ and ‘private’ information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The claim is certainly legally dubious, but if the information ever was ‘private’, it certainly won’t be in the course of a very public trial. The fact her address is likely embossed on every check she writes and circulates among 3rd parties appears to have escaped her notice, along with her voter registration. As a public persona, she has no expectation of privacy derived from such mundane facts anymore than her hair\/eye\/skin color. A glance at the car she drives parked in her driveway reveals as much about her domicile as any publication. Neither ‘doxing’ nor photography is a crime–nor should it be. No tort arises from the recitation of such pedestrian facts. And, many are of legitimate public interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On November 19, 2018, Katbi-Smith\u00a0posed<\/a>\u00a0for a group photo taken during the 2018 National SJP conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 2018 National SJP conference was\u00a0held<\/a>\u00a0on November 16-18, 2018 at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The conference was themed \u201cRadical Hope: Resistance in the Face of Adversity.” The conference\u00a0website<\/a> \u00a0stated: \u201c[t]he reason we can have hope is that Zionism…can be destroyed.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Katbi-Smith was a fellow<\/a> at the John Glenn School of Public Affairs at Ohio State University (OSU) in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In February 2018, Katbi-Smith was\u00a0elected<\/a>\u00a0co-chair of\u00a0Portland\u2019s Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)<\/a>.
As of June 2019, Katbi-Smith\u2019s LinkedIn page\u00a0said<\/a>, and Mondoweiss\u00a0confirmed<\/a>\u00a0that she was an \u201cIndividual Giving Manager” at\u00a0Mondoweiss<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Olivia Katbi Smith<\/strong>\u00a0is the co-chair of the\u00a0Portland Democratic Socialists of America<\/a>. She is married to\u00a0Connor Smith<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2020 Olivia Katbi Smith<\/strong> ran for Co-Chair of Portland Democratic Socialists of America<\/a> steering committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Candidate’s statement: I am an unapologetic Arab, Marxist, feminist who is running for re-election to be your chapter co-chair in 2020. I joined DSA immediately after Trump\u2019s election, and I\u2019m proud to have helped build the chapter and lead us to the place we are now. But our fight is only just beginning.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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…I organized at my own workplace (and was fired for doing so), stood up against fascists in the streets, and helped our chapter build relationships with key faith, labor and community leaders and organizations locally, nationally, and internationally.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Members of the\u00a0DSA Ella Baker & Lucy Parsons Training<\/a>\u00a0Closed FB Group, as of August 20, 2017 included\u00a0Olivia Katbi Smith<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Admins of\u00a0Portland Democratic Socialists of America<\/a>\u00a0public Facebook page, as of August 29, 2017:<\/p>\n\n\n\n