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Workers Deaths, Polluters, Private Equity, Crypto Currency, Debt
Crisis, School Vouchers; SpaceX Explosion; xxxxxx Cooking
Controversy; Lots of Announcements; Cartoons; more]
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TIDBITS – MAY 4, 2023 – READER COMMENTS: YOUNG VOTERS; WRITERS
STRIKE; CORPORATE EVIL – WORKERS DEATHS, POLLUTERS, PRIVATE EQUITY,
CRYPTO CURRENCY, DEBT CRISIS, SCHOOL VOUCHERS; SPACEX EXPLOSION;
xxxxxx COOKING CONTROVERSY; LOTS OF ANNOUNCEMENTS  
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_ Reader Comments: Writers Strike; Young Voters; Corporate Evil -
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Crisis, School Vouchers; SpaceX Explosion; xxxxxx Cooking
Controversy; Lots of Announcements; Cartoons; more _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Announcements AND cartoons - May 4, 2023,
xxxxxx

 

* RE: YOUNG VOTERS WILL TRANSFORM EVEN THE REDDEST STATES  (DAVID
JOHNSON; REED FROMER; RICHARD TETU)
* RE: HOLLYWOOD’S WRITERS ARE ON STRIKE. HERE ARE FIVE THINGS YOU
NEED TO KNOW  (PATRICIA DOWLING)
* ON THE WGA PICKETLINE
* IT'S NOT THE WRITERS WHO WILL BE GRINDING HOLLYWOOD TO A HALT
 (ALEX O'KEEFE)
* RE: DIRTY DOZEN 2023  (KIPP DAWSON)
* 8 HOURS FOR WORK 8 HOURS FOR REST 8 HOURS FOR WHAT WE WILL
* RE: PRIVATE EQUITY IS GUTTING AMERICA — AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT
 (NORM LITTLEJOHN)
* RE: HOW THE WAR ON CRYPTO TRIGGERED A BANKING CRISIS  (MARK ROTH)

* RE: FORDHAM GRADUATE STUDENTS WALK OUT OF TEACHING TO DEMAND A
BETTER CONTRACT  (KIPP DAWSON)
* HOMELESS IS COMPLICATED  --  CARTOON BY JOE HELLER
* RE: SCHOOL VOUCHER BILLS SEEK TO DEFUND AND PRIVATIZE PUBLIC
SCHOOLS  (ROBERT BRESSLER)
* RE: IT’S ABOUT POWER  (NORM)
* RE: PARTISANS HAD THE COURAGE TO INVENT A NEW WORLD  (OCCUPY PALM
BEACH)
* RE: DESANTIS AND NETANYAHU: SHAMELESS, DANGEROUS ANTI-DEMOCRATIC
BROTHERS-IN-ARMS  (LILLY SANABRIA; MARION CROSSMAN)
* RE: SPACEX EXPLOSION SPARKS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AFTER COATING
TEXAS COMMUNITY IN ASH  (DAVID BLACKLOCK; SUSAN FISK; MARK WALKER;
RAMON AGUILAR; WAYNE CHRISTIAN)
* RE: THE POVERTY PARADOX: UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AMID
AMERICAN PROSPERITY  (CHARLES PATRICK LYNCH)
* RE: WHAT HOME COOKING DOES THAT RESTAURANTS CAN’T  (CAROL
HANISCH)
* RE: PLEASE EAT IN THE LIBRARY  (GARY ANDERSON; JEANNETTE FERRARY)


 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

* SING IN SOLIDARITY CONCERT - NEW YORK - MAY 7  (SING IN
SOLIDARITY)

* JOSHUA MYERS — OF BLACK STUDY - IN CONVERSATION WITH JAMES COUNTS
EARLY - WASHINGTON, DC  - MAY 7  (POLITICS AND PROSE BOOKSTORE)

* ‘PANTHER WOMEN,’ A PLAY HONORING REVOLUTIONARY BLACK WOMEN,
 IN SOUTH SHORE (CHICAGO) - RUNS THROUGH MAY 27  (BLOCK CLUB
CHICAGO)

* THE ONE STATE REALITY: WHAT IS ISRAEL-PALESTINE? - MAY 11
 (MASSACHUSETTS PEACE ACTION)

* TRANSNATIONAL DIALOGUE ON DECOMMISSIONING OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS:
NEW ENGLAND (USA) & NORTHWEST RUSSIA - MAY 19  (CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE
DISARMAMENT AND COMMON SECURITY)

 

RE: YOUNG VOTERS WILL TRANSFORM EVEN THE REDDEST STATES

That would be good news. I hope it is true.

David Johnson
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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IF their ballot access isn’t sabotaged by Republican schemes.

Reed Fromer
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Some of those demographics are startling to me, but I do hope
Republicans just fade away.

Richard Tetu
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: HOLLYWOOD’S WRITERS ARE ON STRIKE. HERE ARE FIVE THINGS YOU NEED
TO KNOW

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
[[link removed]])
 

Patricia Dowling
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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ON THE WGA PICKETLINE

 

 

Lalo Alcaraz Retweeted [[link removed]]
Cʜʀɪsᴛᴏᴘʜᴇʀ Dᴇʀʀɪᴄᴋ (Writer on STAR TREK: PICARD
S2 & 3, THE EQUALIZER S3)
May 2, 2023

 

IT'S NOT THE WRITERS WHO WILL BE GRINDING HOLLYWOOD TO A HALT

 

 

RE: DIRTY DOZEN 2023
 

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
[[link removed]])
 

"Workers' Memorial Week honors workers who have become sick, injured,
or lost their lives on the job. The 2023 Dirty Dozen are companies
which put workers and communities at risk due to unsafe practices."

Kipp Dawson
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
[[link removed]]

 

8 HOURS FOR WORK 8 HOURS FOR REST 8 HOURS FOR WHAT WE WILL

 

 

RE: PRIVATE EQUITY IS GUTTING AMERICA — AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT
 

It’s an incentive system that encourages risky, even reckless
behavior but, insulated from liability, they face little consequence
if those plans fail.  This explains why private equity firms often
have such sorry consequences for everyone except themselves.

Norm Littlejohn
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
[[link removed]]

 

RE: HOW THE WAR ON CRYPTO TRIGGERED A BANKING CRISIS

 

Sorry, this is bs. Complete. It's like a Mafia boss claiming that he's
just a businessman.

What problem does crypto solve? None. It has used whole countries'
worth of electricity for a decade, to "mine" the tokens. Its fervent
supporters are no different than, say, goldbugs.

What is the value of any token? That depends on the value that minute,
which will change. What backs it? Nothing at all. What does it
provide? It's a great way to receive a ransom. (Oh, that's right, the
FBI managed to find someone and arrest them.) Overwhelmingly, the
purpose of it is tax avoidance and illegal transactions.

Oh, and conning the marks. As Charlie Stross put it years ago, "Quick,
invest in crypto now, or you'll miss your chance to lose everything!"
A few people made out like bandits, and the rest - a lot of people
lost a lot of money.

"Extrajudicial war on crypto"? A correct phrasing would be they were
doing their jobs, and there was nothing "extrajudicial" about it.

mark roth, computer programmer and sr. systems administrator (so, yes,
I do know whereof I speak)

 

RE: FORDHAM GRADUATE STUDENTS WALK OUT OF TEACHING TO DEMAND A BETTER
CONTRACT

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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Fordham grad students take action.

"More than 300 graduate student workers at Fordham University’s Arts
and Sciences school began a three-day walkout this Monday, resulting
in hundreds of canceled classes amid growing frustration with the
state of their union contract negotiations with the university."

(gratitude to xxxxxx
[[link removed]] for this article and
background articles about the struggle at Fordham, and much more)

Kipp Dawson
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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HOMELESS IS COMPLICATED  --  CARTOON BY JOE HELLER

 

Joe Heller
October 2, 2019
Country Messenger
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(Scandia, MN)

 

RE: SCHOOL VOUCHER BILLS SEEK TO DEFUND AND PRIVATIZE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
 

The MAGA educational plan is to preserve two segregated societies;
separate and unequal.

Robert Bressler
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: IT’S ABOUT POWER

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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“We heard from the rail workers. We heard from the truckers. We’ve
got the longshoremen in the house, too,” said Leonard Riley, a
longshore worker with the International Longshoremen’s Association
(ILA) Local 1422 and member of the SWA Coordinating Committee,
addressing a packed house at the Teamsters Local 71 union hall during
the opening program of the 2023 Southern Worker School.

Norm
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: PARTISANS HAD THE COURAGE TO INVENT A NEW WORLD
 

To fight fascism, you have to know what you're for.

Occupy Palm Beach [[link removed]]
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: DESANTIS AND NETANYAHU: SHAMELESS, DANGEROUS ANTI-DEMOCRATIC
BROTHERS-IN-ARMS
 

"Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is doing acrobatics to outflank Trump
as the most uncritically 'pro-Israel' GOP candidate. His brutal,
repressive vision for America is a perfect partner for Netanyahu's
vision for Israel and the Palestinians."

Lilly Sanabria
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Add trump to three horrible people , dictators

Marion Crossman
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: SPACEX EXPLOSION SPARKS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AFTER COATING TEXAS
COMMUNITY IN ASH
 

Not a single mention of Musk's Beavis and Butthead determination to
launch on 420, National Cannabinoid Day.

David Blacklock
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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First think I thought of with this environmental disaster! Texas
protect the environment, it's all we have!

Susan Fisk
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Damn straight.
Not that Elon would get that.

50 years ago NASA knew better than this nonsense.

America quit adequately funding NASA. It was us, but yes that coward
Nixon had plenty to do with it. All he could think was cancellation of
manned exploration (Apollo 13 was on his watch)

Yet we now want to be way out in front of where we are now.

Musk isn't doing anything that wasn't on the road map at NASA in the
70s. Comparing 1970 $s to 2022 $s is a fool's errand.

Riding a #SpaceX loose cannon to the outer solar system? No thanks

Mark Walker
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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FAA SAY NO ….. ???

Ramon Aguilar
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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This is not the first time a rocket has blown up. Why have we not
heard about concerns till now, and since when has Texas, covered by
oil fields, cared about the environment?

Wayne Christian
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: THE POVERTY PARADOX: UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AMID AMERICAN
PROSPERITY

(posting on xxxxxx Culture
[[link removed]])
 

This is the slow silly season right? Economic hardship for the many is
a deliberate policy of the wealthy so the rich can get richer. It is
not as if the American political establishment has ever been committed
to ending poverty. We just ended the child tax benefit programs that
were actually reducing child poverty, including free food at schools.

Most economic proposals will increase poverty, not eliminate it. Now
these guys claim to have discovered something new? "The new view must
reflect the fact that we need all hands on deck to fight looming,
global economic battles, and those battling for America must all be
highly skilled." What is this looming global economic battles
nonsense? Workers should not be fighting other workers for national
corporations, but rather working together globally for the benefit of
all.

Charles Patrick Lynch
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: WHAT HOME COOKING DOES THAT RESTAURANTS CAN’T
 

While I can't disagree home cooking can be sublime, I can't help
wondering if this isn't part of the backlash of shaming another
generation of women back into the kitchen—along with taking care of
all those children resulting from abortions they weren't allowed to
have.

Carol Hanisch

 

RE: PLEASE EAT IN THE LIBRARY

(posting on xxxxxx Culture
[[link removed]])
 

The two articles today on food seemed clueless about food justice. The
person who brags about eating at the best Michelin-stared restaurants
world-wide and the notion of fancy food in libraries seemed aimed at
those who can afford the expense of eating out and paying high prices.
Libraries in much of the U.S. are places where poor people go to use
the internet. As libraries are barely surviving in the U.S., the
notion of putting wine bars in them seems tone deaf. Who selects the
articles you publish?

Gary Anderson

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I agree that this article describes a practice that is aimed at those
who can afford it. It was posted as information about a trend in
library practices, not as an endorsement. It shows perhaps the
desperation of libraries in trying to stay viable and to attract
enough patronage to keep operating.

Jeannette Ferrary

 

SING IN SOLIDARITY CONCERT - NEW YORK - MAY 7  (SING IN SOLIDARITY)

 

Join us for our first concert of 2023! This will be a cabaret-themed
trip to Weimar-era Berlin, with stops along to way to 1930s America by
way of the labor movement.

 

JOSHUA MYERS — OF BLACK STUDY - IN CONVERSATION WITH JAMES COUNTS
EARLY - WASHINGTON, DC  - MAY 7  (POLITICS AND PROSE BOOKSTORE)

 

SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2023 - 5:00PM

THIS EVENT IS FREE WITH FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED SEATING.

5015 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington, DC 20008

Joshua Myers considers the work of thinkers who broke with the racial
and colonial logic of academic disciplinarity and how the ideas of
Black intellectuals created different ways of thinking and knowing in
their pursuit of conceptual and epistemological freedom. Bookended by
meditations with June Jordan and Toni Cade Bambara, _OF BLACK
STUDY_ focuses on how W.E.B. Du Bois, Sylvia Wynter, Jacob
Carruthers, and Cedric Robinson contributed to Black Studies
approaches to knowledge production within and beyond Western
structures of knowledge. Especially geared toward understanding the
contemporary evolution of Black Studies in the neoliberal university
and allows us to consider the stakes of intellectual freedom and the
path toward a new world.

JOSHUA MYERS is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Howard
University. He is the author of _Cedric Robinson: The Time of the
Black Radical Tradition_ and _We are Worth Fighting For: A History
of the Howard University Protest of 1989_.

Cultural educator JAMES COUNTS EARLY was born in Ocala, Florida, on
January 12, 1947. Early studied Spanish at Morehouse College in
Atlanta, earning his B.A. in 1969. He also spent a year studying in
Panama at the Canal Zone College. After graduation, Early attended
Howard University, where he received his M.A. degree in 1971, and then
studied for his Ph.D. degree. While there, he also attended Georgetown
University, where he studied Portuguese at the Advanced Portuguese
Institute. Active in many organizations, Early served on the founding
steering committee of the International Network for Cultural Diversity
and was the humanities coordinator of the Trans-Africa Afro Americans
and Cuba Cultural Conversation Project in 2000. He has served on the
board of directors of the Children's Studio School since 1993, and
since 1995 on the National Black Program Consortium, a program that
funds independent black filmmakers. Early is a renaissance man. He
writes on the politics of culture, lectures internationally and works
with those in prison. Skilled with languages, Early is fluent in
Spanish, can converse in Portuguese, reads French and has some
knowledge of Mandarin Chinese.

 

‘PANTHER WOMEN,’ A PLAY HONORING REVOLUTIONARY BLACK WOMEN,  IN
SOUTH SHORE (CHICAGO) - RUNS THROUGH MAY 27  (BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO)

 

Taylor Talhame as Elaine Brown rehearses on a set designed to
replicate a Black Panther Party office circa the late '60s ahead of
Friday's debut of "Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation."
 (Credit: Khaliq Visuals / Block Club Chicago)
The "immersive" tale of a young Black woman consulting the stories of
Black radical icons like Angela Davis, Assata Shakur and Elaine Brown
runs through May 27.

Maxwell Evans
April 28, 2023
Block Club Chicago
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SOUTH SHORE — A South Shore-based theater company’s first
in-person production debuts this weekend, immersing its audience in
the underrepresented stories of the women behind Black radical
movements.

“Panther Women: An Army for the Liberation,” written by India
Nicole Burton, premieres with a sold-out show Friday. The performances
are held at a newly renovated venue dubbed The Davis, 1825 E. 79th St.
in South Shore.

Performances are 7:30-9 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and 2-4 p.m. Sunday
through May 27. Tickets are $20. Click here
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buy tickets.

“Panther Women” tells the story of Journey, a woman in her mid-30s
who looks to the stories of Black revolutionary elders like Angela
Davis, Elaine Brown and Assata Shakur as she discovers herself amid
modern life.

The contributions and struggles of the three iconic women — and
others in the Black Panther Party and Black liberation movements —
are explored through dance, music, poetry, monologues and more.

With fourth-wall-breaking moments and an “immersive” costume and
set design by Mari DeOleo, the production transports the audience to a
Black Panther Party office circa the late-’60s, director
Myesha-Tiara said.

“We want you to walk into the space and feel like, ‘Whoa, is it
1968 or 2023?'” Myesha-Tiara said. “It’s as if you yourself are
a Black Panther, because that’s how close you are to the show.”

Perceptions Theatre
[[link removed]],
which showcases playwrights of color and was founded by Myesha-Tiara,
and Prop Thtr
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a longstanding off-Loop company, co-produced the show.

“The team and the artists did an immense amount of research into the
women the story is based on,” said Olivia Lilley, lead producer of
“Panther Women” and Prop Thtr’s outgoing artistic director.
“Every single element is really reflective of that research.”
 

Left to right: Jerlaune Jenkins as Assata Shakur, Alexis Dupree as
Angela Davis and Taylor Talhame as Elaine Brown rehearse ahead of
Friday’s opening performance of “Panther Women”  (Credit:
Matthew Gregory Hollis / Block Club Chicago)
Burton’s “Panther Women” comes to Chicago as part of a
“rolling world premiere” developed through the National New Play
Network [[link removed]], a pipeline of nonprofit theaters
that gives a platform to new productions.

The production was previously staged in Cleveland and Indianapolis,
where it took on unique forms compared to what Chicago audiences will
experience, Lilley said.

“Each city and state gets a different cast, and each performance is
completely different from the last one,” Lilley said.

“The first one [in Cleveland] was on a big stage in a theater, and
it was very, very dance-heavy. This one, it’s the first production
I’ve seen of the play where the women are really among [the
audience] and the language is the star.”

The one-month run at the Davis — named after Angela Davis — will
include special performances, including a sold-out Mother’s Day
brunch, a “kids fun day” and a planned day celebrating local women
of the Black Panther Party.

The kids day, which is 2-5 p.m. May 6, honors the Black Panthers’
attention to youth nutrition
[[link removed]] and
literacy. Free food, arts and crafts, games, a yoga session and puppet
shows are on the agenda, while kids can learn choreography from the
“Panther Women” production.

The crew is also working on inviting women who were Black Panther
Party members to a special performance dedicated to them. The date for
that program is to be determined.

“One ex-Panther woman came to see our previews last week,”
Myesha-Tiara said. “We were so blessed to have her there as someone
who actually experienced these things in real life.”

Perceptions Theatre is in the process of establishing the former tax
office on 79th Street that will host the “Panther Women”
production as its new home, Myesha-Tiara said.

“Right now, we rent spaces from different Black-owned businesses on
the South Side,” she said. “But we’re hoping [for the spot] on
79th to … be our space for the moment, until we move into a bigger
space that will still be on the South Side of Chicago.”

Perceptions will also host its third annual BIPOC Play Festival this
year. It’s planned for late August and will showcase up to eight
one-act productions by Chicago playwrights of color.

“We’re going to continue to create art that reflects the
neighborhood that we live in and continue to teach theater education
to people who look like us to make sure they have an opportunity in
the artistic community,” Myesha-Tiara said.

_Subscribe to Block Club Chicago
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501(c)(3), journalist-run newsroom. Every dime we make
funds reporting from Chicago’s neighborhoods._

 

THE ONE STATE REALITY: WHAT IS ISRAEL-PALESTINE? - MAY 11
 (MASSACHUSETTS PEACE ACTION)

 

THU MAY 11 @ 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM EDT

REGISTER
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Is it time to let go of the two-state solution?

A one state reality already predominates in the territories controlled
by the state of Israel, according to the authors of an article in
the May/June issue of _Foreign Affairs_
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which is more fully laid out in their book, a collection of
essays,_ __The One State Reality_
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What is Israel/Palestine? _

From their publishers, Cornell Press, “The book forces a
reconsideration of foundational concepts such as state, sovereignty,
and nation; encourages different readings of history; shifts
conversation about solutions from two states to alternatives that
borrow from other political contexts; and provides context for
confronting uncomfortable questions such as whether Israel/Palestine
is an ‘apartheid state.’ ”

They also address the role of the United States in the current
situation.

“The United States bears considerable responsibility for entrenching
the one-state reality, and it continues to play a powerful role in
framing and shaping the Israeli-Palestinian issue. Israeli settlement
construction in the West Bank would not have survived and accelerated,
and occupation would not have endured, without U.S. efforts to shield
Israel from repercussions at the United Nations and other
international organizations. Without American technology and arms,
Israel would probably not have been able to sustain its military edge
in the region, which also enabled it to solidify its position in the
occupied territories.”

SHIBLEY TELHAMI is the Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and
Development at the University of Maryland, Director of the University
of Maryland Critical Issues Poll, and a nonresident senior fellow at
the Brookings Institution. He has advised every U.S. administration
from George H.W. Bush to Barack Obama. He is the author and editor of
numerous books including his best-selling book, _The Stakes: America
and the Middle East,_ _The World through Arab Eyes: Arab Public
Opinion and the Reshaping of the Middle East, The Peace Puzzle:
America’s Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989-2011, _and
his forthcoming book: _Peace Derailed: Obama, Trump, Biden, and the
Decline of Diplomacy on Israel/Palestine, 2011-2022_ (co-authored).
Telhami is a recipient of the Excellence in Public Service Award,
awarded by the University System of Maryland Board of Regents in 2006,
the University of Maryland’s Honors College 2014 Outstanding Faculty
Award, and the University of Maryland’s Distinguished
Scholar-Teacher Award in 2018. In 2013, he was selected by the
Carnegie Corporation of New York as one of the “Great Immigrants.”

NATHAN BROWN is a Professor of Political Science and International
Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George
Washington University. He teaches courses on Middle Eastern politics
as well as on comparative politics and international relations.  He
has received the Oscar and Shoshana Trachtenberg Award for Scholarship
from George Washington University and the Harry Harding teaching award
from the Elliott School of International Affairs and named a
Guggenheim Fellow, a Carnegie Scholar, and a fellow at the Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars. In 2013-2015, Dr. Brown was
president of the Middle East Studies Association, the academic
association for scholars studying the region. His research has been
funded by the United States Institute of Peace and two Fulbright
fellowships.  He serves on the board of trustees at the American
University in Cairo and is nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace.  He served as an advisor for the
committee drafting the Palestinian constitution, USAID, the United
Nations Development Program, and several NGOs.

REGISTER TO ATTEND
[[link removed]].
 

Massachusetts Peace Action [[link removed]]  
11 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-354-2169

 

TRANSNATIONAL DIALOGUE ON DECOMMISSIONING OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS: NEW
ENGLAND (USA) & NORTHWEST RUSSIA - MAY 19  (CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE
DISARMAMENT AND COMMON SECURITY)

 

May 19, 2023
U.S.-Russian People-to-People Online Mini-Conference
10:00 am - 12:30 pm EDT

CLICK TO REGISTER  
[[link removed]]

Civil society organizations from the US and Russia are co-hosting a
conference to explore the environmental hazards and opportunities of
decommissioning nuclear power plants.

Participants will discuss ways to improve safety during the
decommissioning of nuclear power plants through greater transparency
and effective interaction of stakeholders based on democratic
principles that ensure everyone's right to a clean and safe
environment.

New England and Northwest Russia have a lot in common. Both regions
host commercial nuclear power plants. While some are planning to
extend their operational life, others have begun decommissioning or
are already partially decommissioned. This process should ensure the
transfer of these facilities to a state that will be environmentally
safe for present and future generations.

In both countries, this process is controlled by nuclear power plant
operators and regulatory authorities. However, the process is
insufficiently transparent, and lacks legal procedures for the
effective and informed participation of residents and regional
legislators.

Our transnational dialogue is aimed at overcoming geopolitical enmity
and is designed to demonstrate the benefits of civil cooperation in
order to improve the environmental safety outcomes of nuclear
decommissioning, something that is important not only for our own
countries but for the planet we all share.

Using New England and the North-West of Russia as a model, our
speakers will address how citizens and regional legislators can make
the decommissioning process safer, making environmental well-being and
public safety a priority. We will also examine the opportunity
provided by an “autopsy” of decommissioned reactors in the context
of reactors seeking lifetime extensions.

Presenters: SARAH ABRAMSON, OLEG BODROV, HENRIETTA COSENTINO, PAUL
GUNTER, DEB KATZ, NIKOLAI KUZMIN, ANDREY TALEVLIN. Hosted by JOSEPH
GERSON.

CONFERENCE AGENDA

10:00 AM

WELCOME

HOST JOSEPH GERSON will welcome participants with an overview of the
conference and explain  the technical aspects of participating on the
zoom platform, including interpretation..

10:10 AM

Introduction
Sarah Abramson and Oleg Bodrov will provide an overview on the basics
of the nuclear power plant decommissioning process, including what is
stated to be available to the public for engagement in this process.

10:15 AM

PANEL 1: THE KNOWN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS OF DECOMMISSIONING IN THE
CURRENT EXPERIENCE

* Vermont Yankee: DEB KATZ.
* Pilgrim, MA: HENRIETTA COSENTINO
* Leningrad NPP: OLEG BODROV

10:55 AM 

PANEL 1 Q&A OPEN TO CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS, LED BY LINDA PENTZ
GUNTER AND NATHANIEL TRUMBULL

11:05 AM

PANEL 2: ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS & OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED BY
DECOMMISSIONING

* Reactor “autopsy”and how it can serve license renewal
opposition. PAUL GUNTER
* The Seabrook model for community engagement and
intervention. SARAH ABRAMSON
* Necessary Mechanisms for the Conscious Participation of Civil
Society in Nuclear Regions in the Decommissioning of Nuclear Power
Plants. NIKOLAI KUZMIN

11:40 AM

PANEL 2 Q&A OPEN TO CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS, LED BY LINDA PENTZ
GUNTER AND NATHANIEL TRUMBULL

11:50 AM

_10 MINUTE BREAK_

12:00 PM

PANEL 3: OPENING UP PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE DECOMMISSIONING PROCESS

* The experience of a lack of an open process and public engagement,
and how to remedy it. Russian perspective. ANDREY TALEVLIN 
* The experience of a lack of an open process and public engagement,
and how to remedy it. USA perspective. HENRIETTA COSENTINO

12:20 PM

PANEL 3 Q&A OPEN TO CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS, , LED BY LINDA PENTZ
GUNTER AND NATHANIEL TRUMBULL

12:30 PM

HOST JOSEPH GERSON concludes the conference, reflecting on the
message, and how attendees can stay abreast of the joint resolution
that will be crafted by the conference organizers and later conveyed
to policy makers. This resolution will restate that decommissioning
processes must include increased public engagement, and bolster the
public’s power as a key stakeholder in discussions that determine
the fate of a nuclear power plant in their community.

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