For over a century, the public has regarded the Anti-Defamation League as one of the most prominent civil rights watchdogs in the United States, an organization dedicated to fighting white supremacy, antisemitism, and extremism. Its data informs law enforcement. Its trainings shape classrooms. And its talking points influence the headlines. But behind the ADL’s progressive image lies a very different reality.  The Anti-Defamation League: A Critical Reader  brings together a collective of scholars, organizers, and activists to expose the ADL as a deeply reactionary and conservative force in American politics. From its roots in a Cold War-era framework of Western supremacy and settler colonialism, to its modern-day support for militarized policing, surveillance, and the repression of Palestinian rights, the ADL has long advanced a vision of justice rooted in empire, not liberation. Contributors trace how the ADL has weaponized the charge of antisemitism to shield itself from criticism, silence dissent, and undermine movements for racial justice, Palestinian freedom, and collective safety. As the call to #DropTheADL grows louder, so too does the need for urgent reflection and action. Emmaia Gelman is the Founding Director of the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism. She is a longtime activist in New York City on Palestine, policing, antiracism, and queer issues. C. Heike Schotten is Professor of Political Science and affiliated faculty in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is a member of the #DroptheADL working group, the founding collective of the Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism, and the editorial collective of the  Journal for the Critical Study of Zionism . She is the author of  Nietzsche’s Revolution: Décadence, Politics, and Sexuality  (Palgrave, 2009) and  Queer Terror: Life, Death, and Desire in the Settler Colony  (Columbia University Press, 2018).