[ Reader Comments: Young Voters Message; McCarthys MAGA Holds
Country Hostage; Military Budget, Arms for Israel; Harry Belafonte,
Social Justice Song list; May Day in New York; Webinars: Ukraine What
Next?; Fighting for Democracy in the Workplace]
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TIDBITS – APR 27, 2023 – READER COMMENTS: MCCARTHY’S MAGA HOLDS
COUNTRY HOSTAGE; MILITARY BUDGET, ARMS FOR ISRAEL; HARRY BELAFONTE,
SOCIAL JUSTICE SONG LIST; MAY DAY IN NEW YORK; UKRAINE WHAT NEXT?;
FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE WORKPLACE  
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April 27, 2023
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_ Reader Comments: Young Voters Message; McCarthy's MAGA Holds
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Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources, Announcements, AND cartoons -
Apr. 27, 2023, xxxxxx

 

* RE: PROGRESSIVE YOUNG VOTERS TO BIDEN: ENERGIZE US AND WIN OR
IGNORE US AND LOSE  (CHARLES PATRICK LYNCH)
* RE: SPEAKER MCCARTHY IS FEELING THE HEAT  (CHARLES WEILAND; DAVID
PEARCE; CARLOS MONTALVO; CANDIDO MERCADO; JOAN MCCORKLE) 
* REAL ESTATE  --  CARTOON BY CLAY JONES
* RE: CONGRESS MEMBERS URGE PROBE INTO USE OF US WEAPONS BY ISRAEL
 (SONIA COBBINS; ARLENE HALFON)
* RE: SPURRING AN ENDLESS ARMS RACE  (DAN MORGAN; CHARLES)
* RE: UNDERSTANDING THE LATEST RESTRICTIONS ON MIFEPRISTONE
 (QUINTON JOHANSEN)
* BIDEN LAUNCH  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS
* RE: THE DEMOCRATS’ APPALLING FAILURE TO CONFRONT THE ROGUE,
RIGHT-WING SUPREME COURT  (LAWRENCE ROCKWOOD)
* RE: HARRY BELAFONTE, SINGER, ACTOR AND TIRELESS ACTIVIST, DIES
AGED 96  (MICHAEL DOVER)
* LIGHTS CAMERA FICTION  --  CARTOON BY BRENDAN LOPER
* TUCKER CARLSON  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON
* RE: AMAZON DELIVERY DRIVERS IN CALIFORNIA JOIN TEAMSTERS  (JOEL
C. MCCLURG; MIRIAM HAIMAN-GONZÁLEZ)
* RE: GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – APRIL 26, 2023  (ALAN HART;  ETHAN
YOUNG)
* MIKE LINDELL  --  CARTOON BY CLAY BENNETT

Resources:

* GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY SHOWCASING ART THAT IMAGINES WORLD WHERE
BLACK PEOPLE ARE FREE OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM  (BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO)

Announcements:

* VOICES FROM PALESTINE: VIRTUAL REPORTS FROM THE GROUND  - APRIL 30
(CAMBRIDGE BETHLEHEM PEOPLE TO PEOPLE PROJECT)

* A MAY DAY FOR ALL WORKERS - MARCH IN NEW YORK - MONDAY, MAY 1 (MAKE
THE ROAD NY)

* THE TOWN HALL PRESENTS: THE PEOPLE SPEAK - AND SING! - NEW YORK -
MAY 2

* SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER MAY WORKSHOP SERIES - MAY 3, 10
AND 17 (LABOR NOTES)

* WEBINAR: UKRAINE: 2014, TODAY, WHAT NEXT? - MAY 3 (VETERANS FOR
PEACE UKRAINE WORKING GROUP)

* FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE WORKPLACE: THE NEW LABOR MOVEMENT -
NEW YORK CITY -  MAY 4 (CUNY GRADUATE CENTER AND CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR
AND URBAN STUDIES)

 

RE: PROGRESSIVE YOUNG VOTERS TO BIDEN: ENERGIZE US AND WIN OR IGNORE
US AND LOSE

Ah, makes me feel young again! Add universal health care, serious rent
control, and public education, and goodness gracious you may be there/

Charles Patrick Lynch
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RE: SPEAKER MCCARTHY IS FEELING THE HEAT
 

McCarthy is a SINO — a Speaker in name only. He gave away all the
power of a real Speaker to the crazies in the House.

Charles Weiland
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The inmates are running the asylum 

David Pearce
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A self-absorbed idiot leading a party of Political misfits: it’s no
wonder they make the Keystone Cops ????? look like geniuses. He gets
to see his stupidity each and every day. He is thrilled to have George
Santos his motivational mentor!

Carlos Montalvo
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To think he's 3rd in line for the presidential seat

Candido Mercado
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Screw with that debt ceiling buster and you have no one to blame but
you when the floor opens up

Joan Mccorkle
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REAL ESTATE  --  CARTOON BY CLAY JONES

 

Clay Jones
April 24, 2023
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RE: CONGRESS MEMBERS URGE PROBE INTO USE OF US WEAPONS BY ISRAEL
 

It is very brave in these times to stand up to two sacred cows, the
weapons industry and Israeli human rights abuses, at the same time.
Thanks to you few who value peace and human life more than careerist
opportunism.

Sonia Cobbins
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"Conditioning" the use of US funds is useless unless ALL our funds are
conditioned on the same principles, no matter what they are
theoretically used for. If all we say is that our funds can't be used
for weapons or for settlements, they'll use American money for items
they would ordinarily pay for with their own money and use their money
to pay for the "forbidden" activities. ALL AMERICAN Aid to Israel must
stop until the occupation is ended (whether with one Democratic State,
two Democratic States, two States allowing dual citizenship or some
other ethical solution).

Arlene Halfon

 

RE: SPURRING AN ENDLESS ARMS RACE
 

The Empire in crisis desperately tries to keep its dominance in the
only way it knows how.

Dan Morgan
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Because the arms makers fund congress

Charles

 

RE: UNDERSTANDING THE LATEST RESTRICTIONS ON MIFEPRISTONE
 

Sad the Right cares nothing for the Breathing. Breath is the standard
of life in the Bible. Yes, suffering for many, including women who
experience miscarriages.

Quinton Johansen
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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BIDEN LAUNCH  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS

 

Rob Rogers
April 25, 2023
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RE: THE DEMOCRATS’ APPALLING FAILURE TO CONFRONT THE ROGUE,
RIGHT-WING SUPREME COURT
 

Democrats have to remember how they got on the court, the Democrats
losing the elections of 2000 and 2016. Democrats can't win without
moderate pro-choice Catholic voters. Democrats have to say goodbye to
NARAL.

Lawrence Rockwood
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: HARRY BELAFONTE, SINGER, ACTOR AND TIRELESS ACTIVIST, DIES AGED 96
 

"When the movement is strong, the music is strong." - Harry Belafonte.

He is quoted in this piece by the Resistance Chorus
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Overcome in his honor at Berklee School of Music, it is near the top
of this Social Justice Song
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last four years: 

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Michael Dover, Cleveland

 

LIGHTS CAMERA FICTION  --  CARTOON BY BRENDAN LOPER

 

Brendan Loper
April 17, 2018
The New Yorker

 

TUCKER CARLSON  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON

 

Nick Anderson
April 24, 2023
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RE: AMAZON DELIVERY DRIVERS IN CALIFORNIA JOIN TEAMSTERS

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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Amazon, like Joe Lewis said, "You can run but you can't hide"!

Joel C. McClurg
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Amazon is a bully.

Miriam Haiman-González
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RE: GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – APRIL 26, 2023
 

Have you not noticed the contradiction between cheering on a U.S.
proxy war against Russia (as xxxxxx does) while at the same time
fretting about the seconds ticking away on the Doomsday Clock?

Alan Hart
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The "Putin is naughty, but..." chorus is fixated on a connection
between support for Ukraine and nuclear war. IMO it's a fear mongering
non sequitur to cover up Putin's culpability.

Ethan Young
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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MIKE LINDELL  --  CARTOON BY CLAY BENNETT

 

Clay Bennett
April 21, 2023
Chattanooga Times Free Press
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GARFIELD PARK CONSERVATORY SHOWCASING ART THAT IMAGINES WORLD WHERE
BLACK PEOPLE ARE FREE OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM  (BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO)

 

Visitors can see "An Otherworldly Existence: Afrofuturism & the
Environment" starting Thursday at the conservatory.
 

Credit: Eric Allix Rogers / The Garfield Park Conservatory
By Trey Arline
April 26, 2023
Block Club Chicago
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GARFIELD PARK — A new art exhibit at the Garfield Park Conservatory
depicts a futuristic world where Black history and iconography blend.

Visitors can see “An Otherworldly Existence: Afrofuturism & the
Environment” starting Thursday at the conservatory, 300 N. Central
Park Ave. It will be available through June 30. The exhibit shows a
future where Black people are free of marginalization and
environmental neglect.

The exhibit features work focused on Afrofuturism and the
environmental racism experienced by Black people throughout the
world, according to the conservatory’s website
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It was created by collage artist Kee Merriweather, a South Side
native.

Afrofuturism explores futuristic, sci-fi settings where people of
African descent are at the forefront of technological advancements.

Conservatory exhibitions coordinator Onyx Engobor told Austin Weekly
News
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pieces were chosen since environmental injustice and racism have
historically affected Garfield Park’s Black and Brown residents and
the West Side overall
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“Environmentalism as a whole, as a system and as an institution has
historically excluded Black and Brown people and Indigenous people,”
Engobor said, according to Austin Weekly News. “It’s really
important to the conservatory to make space for representation of
Black and Brown people and marginalized people in the outdoors.” 

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VOICES FROM PALESTINE: VIRTUAL REPORTS FROM THE GROUND  - APRIL 30
(CAMBRIDGE BETHLEHEM PEOPLE TO PEOPLE PROJECT)

 

SUNDAY, APRIL 30 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

A new hour-long program featuring Palestinian activists, cultural
workers, community organizers, educators, and health workers speaking
on the ground from Palestine: timely interviews with audience
participation.

This program is produced by the Cambridge-Bethlehem People-to-People
Project (CBPPP) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. CBPPP is a
community-based solidarity initiative to foster awareness of the
realities facing Palestinians living under Israeli occupation in
Greater Bethlehem and beyond through people-to-people contacts and
special projects.

REGISTER HERE
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EMAIL CBPPP FOR MORE INFORMATION: [email protected]

 

A MAY DAY FOR ALL WORKERS - MARCH IN NEW YORK - MONDAY, MAY 1 (MAKE
THE ROAD NY)

 

 

This #MayDay, we march for the excluded, those who toil in homes, on
the streets, and behind bars. Join us this year to march for the
respect and dignity of ALL workers!

May 1st, 2023
10 AM
Washington Sq. Park

We hope to see you there!

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THE TOWN HALL PRESENTS: THE PEOPLE SPEAK - AND SING! - NEW YORK - MAY
2

 

THE TOWN HALL PRESENTS

THE PEOPLE SPEAK - AND SING!

VOICES OF PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Featuring:
ROSARIO DAWSON, ARIANA DEBOSE, MICHAEL EALY, STEPHANIE HSU, VALERIE
JUNE, L MORGAN LEE, MARTHA REDBONE AND AARON WHITBY, MARISA TOMEI, M.
WARD, KERRY WASHINGTON AND DJ LAYLO

TUESDAY, MAY 2 | 8PM

Join leading artists and activists including Marisa Tomei, Kerry
Washington, and Stephanie Hsu at The Town Hall on May 2nd for the book
launch of Voices of a People's History of the United States in the
21st Century. Featuring powerful readings and music, this event
showcases over 100 texts from social movements that have shaped the
21st century, including contributions from Angela Y. Davis, Colin
Kaepernick, and Naomi Klein. Inspired by the original Voices of a
People's History, this new book is a testament to the ordinary people
who have taken collective action to shape history and offers
inspiration for those seeking to change the future.

Inspired by the original Voices of a People’s History of the United
States, edited by Anthony Arnove and people’s historian Howard Zinn
(1922–2010), this new book features speeches, essays, poems, and
calls to action from Black Lives Matter, #MeToo, Indigenous struggles,
immigrant rights activists, the environmental movement, disability
justice organizers, and frontline workers during the global pandemic
who spoke out against the life-threatening conditions of their labor.
Together, their words remind us that history is made not only by the
rich and powerful, but by ordinary people taking collective action.

Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the 21st
Century offers inspiration for those seeking to understand our recent
history in order to change it.

Every ticket includes a copy of the book

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As a National Historic Landmark, The Town Hall has played a
significant role in New York City's cultural life and social evolution
since 1921, when it was built by a suffragist organization as a
gathering place for all New Yorkers. 

 

SECRETS OF A SUCCESSFUL ORGANIZER MAY WORKSHOP SERIES - MAY 3, 10 AND
17 (LABOR NOTES)

 

Photo: Jim West / jimwestphoto.com
These workshops are based on our widely-acclaimed book, _Secrets of a
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trainings will be held via Zoom.

The sessions will run WEDNESDAYS FROM 7:30-9:30PM EASTERN
(4:30-6:30PM PACIFIC) ON MAY 3RD, 10TH, AND 17TH. We ask that you
attend all three workshops in the series.

Once you register, you will receive a link to join via Zoom. We will
send emails weekly with links to sessions on the day of the event. Be
sure to check all of your email folders, including your spam folder,
for the session links and to download and update Zoom beforehand.

Cost: $15 for the whole series. Includes access to all workshops until
space is filled. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.

Also available: registration plus 50 percent off a one-year
subscription to Labor Notes magazine—$30!

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session. Please feel free to contact us with other accessibility needs
or questions.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS SIGNING UP,
EMAIL: [email protected].

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS

BEATING APATHY

Are you beating your head against the wall trying to get other workers
involved? This workshop is for you. Hear success stories from those
who’ve turned their workplaces around and turned apathy into action.
Learn practical organizing tools for engaging your co-workers, taking
action, and getting results.

ASSEMBLING YOUR DREAM TEAM

Your workplace may feel like an unorganized mess, but the truth is
you’re not starting from zero. There’s organization there
already—though it might have nothing to do with the union. Learn how
to map out the existing networks in your workplace, identify the
leaders in those networks, and then knit them together into an
organizing committee.

TURNING AN ISSUE INTO A CAMPAIGN

Everybody has complaints and frustrations, but an organizer has the
power to turn problems into opportunities. Learn how to sort through
the issues you hear from co-workers, bring people together, and make a
plan to solve them.

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WEBINAR: UKRAINE: 2014, TODAY, WHAT NEXT? - MAY 3 (VETERANS FOR PEACE
UKRAINE WORKING GROUP)

 

Register Here
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The Veterans For Peace Ukraine Working Group (in formation) seeks to
promote a just, moral, and legal resolution to Russia’s invasion and
occupation of Ukraine by:

* Amplifying progressive Ukrainian-centric perspectives on the war.
* Providing material aid to the victims of the war.
* Promoting a progressive post-war reconstruction without austerity
measures.
* Advocating for a secure and peaceful post-war coexistence between
all parties involved.
* Acknowledging that “Russia out of Ukraine” is the most direct
route to peace.

_Note that this working group, in formation, originally organized as
“Veterans For Peace For Ukraine,” and then later as the
“Veterans For Peace For Ukraine caucus.” We have updated our name
and graphics at the request of the VFP National Board._

Russia Out of Ukraine

In order to bring about a genuine and lasting peace as soon as
possible, we call on the Russian Federation to unconditionally leave
the internationally recognized borders of the sovereign nation of
Ukraine, a founding member of the United Nations since 1945.

We join the 144 Member States of the United Nations that reiterated
the demand that Russia “immediately, completely and unconditionally
withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine and
called for a cessation of hostilities” during the UN’s 11th
emergency special session, 23 Feb 2023. Veterans For Peace holds a
permanent Non-Governmental Organization seat at the United Nations.

Following the exit of Russian forces from Ukraine, we hope for a
process of restorative justice and restitution for the untold
suffering of tens of millions of Ukrainians as a step towards a
lasting peace.

A progressive reconstruction plan will be needed to rebuild Ukraine,
one free of neoliberal austerity requirements imposed on the people of
Ukraine.

VETERANS FOR PEACE UKRAINE WORKING GROUP
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FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE WORKPLACE: THE NEW LABOR MOVEMENT - NEW
YORK CITY -  MAY 4 (CUNY GRADUATE CENTER AND CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND
URBAN STUDIES)

 

THURSDAY, MAY 4, 2023  --  6:30 PM

This program is offered as both an in-person and livestream event.
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IN-PERSON AND LIVESTREAM EVENT

A dramatic wave of union organizing has occurred since the pandemic,
with Amazon and Starbucks as only the most high-profile examples. In a
relatively pro-labor environment, workers are energized to fight for
their rights — witness the recent threatened rail strike and the
nurses strikes of 2022-2023 — but the nation’s unionization rate
remains historically low and employers continue to resist. How long
will the window for progress stay open? In this timely discussion,
hear from a new generation of labor leaders working on the front lines
about the opportunities and obstacles facing workers at this crucial
moment.

Featuring: KEITH BULLARD, organizer for the Union of Southern Service
Workers; MARK MEINSTER, director of organization for the United
Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE); SARA NELSON,
international president of the Association of Flight Attendants - CWA,
AFL-CIO; and ANTHONY ROSARIO, organizer from Teamsters Local 804, who
is working on the Amazon and UPS campaigns. Moderated by SARAH
HUGHES, organizer, trainer, and writer at Labor Notes, and former
coordinator of the Union Semester program at the CUNY School of Labor
and Urban Studies.

_Presented with the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, this is
the inaugural event of the conference “HOW WORKERS WIN: REBUILDING
LABOR’S POWER.”
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Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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