[ Reader Comments: Guilty But Not Impeached; Bernie Sanders
campaign; Martin Luther Kings Legacy; Organizing Workers; Afghanistan,
Guantánamo; Black History Month resources; Labor Scholarships
available; Harry Belafonte celebration; Announcements;]
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TIDBITS - FEB. 6, 2020 - READER COMMENTS: GUILTY -NOT IMPEACHED;
SANDERS CAMPAIGN; MARTIN LUTHER KING'S LEGACY; ORGANIZING;
AFGHANISTAN, GUANTÁNAMO; BLACK HISTORY MONTH RESOURCES; LABOR
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE; HARRY BELAFONTE CELEBRATION; ANNOUNCEMENTS;  
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_ Reader Comments: Guilty But Not Impeached; Bernie Sanders campaign;
Martin Luther King's Legacy; Organizing Workers; Afghanistan,
Guantánamo; Black History Month resources; Labor Scholarships
available; Harry Belafonte celebration; Announcements; _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources, Announcements AND cartoons -
Feb. 6, 2020, xxxxxx

 

Re: Democracy Is Fragile. Civil Rights Activists Already Know That.
(Robert Rosario; Luigi Carriz; Jose Sanchez Cordero; Sharai Rudolphi;
Jan Horowitz)
A Monarchy, If He Can Get It  --  cartoon by Pat Bagley
Re: Dershowitz Is Wrong — Abuse of Power Is Grounds for Impeachment
(Calvin St. James; Gordon Galland; Gil Suarez Rolon)
State of the Union 2020  --  cartoon by Jimmy Margulies
Re: Young People Are Set to Make History With Bernie Sanders—If They
Show (Raymond Acevedo)
Re: The Sanders Revolution in Des Moines, Iowa (Laurel MacDowell)
Re: If Democrats Want to Honor Legacy of Dr. King, Says Ocasio-Cortez,
"We Have to Be Dangerous Too" (Jim Price; Alice Newton; Claire
O'Connor; Eleanor Roosevelt; Disraelly Gutierrez Jaime; Michael Smith)
Bolton Begs to Differ  --  cartoon by Tom Toles
Re: Breaking News From Corporate Media: Billionaires Do Not Like
Socialism (Peter Knowlton; Judy Atkins; Irene Jacobson; Wendi Galczik)
Re: Reporters Face New Threats From the Governments They Cover
(Anastasia Kitsul)
Re: How to Organize Your Workplace Without Getting Caught (Jon
Forster)
Re: How Chaos at Chain Pharmacies Is Putting Patients at Risk (Leanna
Noble; Miñi Solá de Ysern)
Re: Libya: Before and After Muammar Gaddafi (Mike Liston; Tom Downes)
The Afghanistan Papers and a Mother’s Question (Mary Hladky - United
for Peace & Justice)
Re: 18 Years After Its Opening, Justice Remains Elusive for Prisoners
of Guantánamo (Rosin Lopez; Frank R. Berrios; Aida Rivera)

RESOURCES: 

Muslim Ban​: Expansion Fact Sheet (Muslim Advocates)
Black History Month: Activism Through Artists, Lawyers, and
Storytellers (Center for Constitutional Rights)
24 Children's Books To Read To Your Kids In Honor Of Black History
Month (Taylor Pittman - HuffPost)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Film Showings: Black Solidarity in a Global Context - New York -
February 6, 13, 18, 26 and 29 (Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung)
Prosecution of Julian Assange: His Right to Publish is Our Right to
Know - Queens - February 15 (FAIR, National Lawyers Guild-NYC, NYC
Free Assange, Big Apple Coffee Party, OR Books)
Webinar: Dr. Martin Luther King and the Fight for Economic Justice -
February 23
NYC Metro Mobilization Meeting for World Conference/Rally/March - New
York - February 13 (Peace Action New York State)
Webinar to Commemorate the Life of Jack O'Dell - February 24
(Socialist Education Project)
Debate: Sanders or Warren - Time to Choose? - New York - February 24
(The Nation Magazine)
City Winery Presents: A Celebration of the Music of Harry Belafonte at
The Apollo - March 1
Full Scholarships for Labor & Social Justice Champions! - Deadline
March 3, 2020 (CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies)
Fellowships for Young Women in the Labor Movement - Deadline April 15,
2020 (WILL Empower - Women Innovating Labor Leadership)

TODAY IN HISTORY 

SEATTLE GENERAL STRIKE - FEBRUARY 6, 1919 (SEATTLE GENERAL STRIKE OF
1919 PROJECT)

 

RE: DEMOCRACY IS FRAGILE. CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ALREADY KNOW THAT.
 

Robert Rosario
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Luigi Carriz
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Mitch McConnell’s conduct of Trump’s Senate trial recalls the
baleful history of southern racial injustice in the civil rights era.
Wow, such truth. Wish we would all have seen and heard the truth at
Trumps trial but Moscow Mitch saw to it that we had that southern type
of justice.

Jose Sanchez Cordero
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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yes - morals, ethics, and humanity matter!

Sharai Rudolphi
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Sad, interesting perspective.

Jan Horowitz
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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A MONARCHY, IF HE CAN GET IT  --  CARTOON BY PAT BAGLEY
 

Pat Bagley
February 2, 2020
The Salt Lake Tribune
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RE: DERSHOWITZ IS WRONG — ABUSE OF POWER IS GROUNDS FOR IMPEACHMENT
 

Dershowitz is lauded as having one of the best legal minds of our
time. But. He seems to have extreme lapses in judgment. As part of the
Epstein underage sex crime debacle, he stated he only got a massage.
Same decision a drunken sailor would have made with an underage girl,
maybe. So, when you defend trump you enter into the irrational, untrue
and indefensible.

Calvin St. James
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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The Divine Right of Kings revisited..

Gordon Galland
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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In NY we got a few sayings like, "Fugetaboutit" or in this case
"Whattapeesashit"!!!

Gil Suarez Rolon
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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STATE OF THE UNION 2020  --  CARTOON BY JIMMY MARGULIES
 

Jimmy Margulies
February 3, 2020

 

RE: YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SET TO MAKE HISTORY WITH BERNIE SANDERS—IF THEY
SHOW
 

I live in Puerto Rico the Youth is powerful. 600, 000 thousand voted a
Governor in office down here. And 1.5 million young people got his
corrupted ass out in 72 hours. I'm 60 years of age and never in my
life time have I seen a multitude of Young people determine and
willing to run over the capital building.

Young people make change and get shit done

Raymond Acevedo
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: THE SANDERS REVOLUTION IN DES MOINES, IOWA
 

America is a great country with energy, enterprise and know how. Its
people are friendly and there is prosperity even if it is unevenly
shared.

Politically many people are brainwashed by corporate America and by
organized religion.

The result is America is way behind other industrial countries when it
comes to universal health care and other social programs. So go Bernie
go and congratulations to the youth supporting him. Change in the
political system is long overdue. After watching the Senate's self
interested approach to impeachment this past week, it is clear that
substantial change is necessary. But you will still be up against the
great performer, Trump.

Laurel MacDowell

 

RE: IF DEMOCRATS WANT TO HONOR LEGACY OF DR. KING, SAYS OCASIO-CORTEZ,
"WE HAVE TO BE DANGEROUS TOO"
 

very short and to the point

Jim Price
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Read the history of the failure of people to unite and compromise that
let to Hitler. And MLK used strategy and compromised. This is
dangerous, revisionist rhetoric.

Alice Newton
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Every time she speaks she says things I've
been thinking but didn't know. What a bold, revolutionary, DANGEROUS
power she offers us! 

Claire O'Connor

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Some of us won't live long enough for "incremental changes" to make
any difference. We've got one chance left to fix this mess. Don't blow
it.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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With its adherence to centrism over progressivism, the Democratic
Party is run by “true believers” in the notion that “we can
capitalism our way out of poverty” by rejecting bold, far-reaching
initiatives like Medicare for All and the Green New Deal in favor of
incremental changes to the healthcare and economic systems.

“And that’s an area where I agree with Dr. King, that that
assessment is flawed,” Rep. Ocasio-Cortez said. “We can’t sit
around and use the high school history version of Dr. King,”
Ocasio-Cortez said. “King’s life did not end because he said ‘I
have a dream.’ It ended because he was dangerous to the core
injustices of this nation…If we want to honor him, we have to be
dangerous too.”

Disraelly Gutierrez Jaime
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Michael Smith
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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BOLTON BEGS TO DIFFER  --  CARTOON BY TOM TOLES
 

Tom Toles
January 27, 2020
The Washington Post
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RE: BREAKING NEWS FROM CORPORATE MEDIA: BILLIONAIRES DO NOT LIKE
SOCIALISM
 

“By reporting what multimillionaire and billionaire CEOs say about
efforts to change a system they so clearly have a huge stake in
staying the same, without highlighting, or even mentioning, their
conflict of interest, corporate media are doing their audiences a
disservice—effectively propagandizing them into supporting a model
their owners and advertisers benefit from. If media are to perform
their role as the fourth estate properly, they should really be
scrutinizing power, not uncritically amplifying it.”

Peter Knowlton
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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It’s like asking the boss if it’s ok if you form a union!

Judy Atkins
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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thanks to you Billionaires, we hate Capitalism----u destroy everything
u touch all in the name of greed.

Irene Jacobson
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Billionaires are great....roasted on a spit at 30 minutes to the
pound...Eat the rich!

Wendi Galczik
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: REPORTERS FACE NEW THREATS FROM THE GOVERNMENTS THEY COVER
 

Great piece if you care about free press and national security issues.

Anastasia Kitsul
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR WORKPLACE WITHOUT GETTING CAUGHT

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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This all very nice, and informative, about how to use public media and
the press, but it doesn't say anything about how to approach your
fellow colleagues and determine whether there is some wide spread
dissatisfaction and the how to build a cadre of Activists who you can
rely on to help organizing. Also one should talk about mapping the
workplace and accessing co-workers commitment to organizing a union.
Will they pursue this no matter what? Are they interested by still
need reinforcing? Are they non-committal? Or are they actively
anti-union?

The one on one communications are still critical whether via social
media or in person, though the latter is almost always more effective.

Anyhow, this is not really a guide to organizing your workplace, but
more of a guide about how to not get caught.

In Solidarity,

Jon Forster
Local 375/DC37/AFSCME

 

RE: HOW CHAOS AT CHAIN PHARMACIES IS PUTTING PATIENTS AT RISK
 

For profit, corporate health care is an oxymora and will NEVER provide
the health care we all deserve. Only "beneficiaries" are CEOs and BIG
shareholders. Singlepayer health care NOW!

Leanna Noble
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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These are the reasons why I left work at Walgreens. It costs
pharmacists their health to try and please both the non pharmacist
supervisors and clients.
The stress is terrible and to be constantly pressed to meet a sales /
profit goals is unbearable.

Miñi Solá de Ysern
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: LIBYA: BEFORE AND AFTER MUAMMAR GADDAFI
 

U.S. came, U.S. wrecked their land, U.S. stole their oil. It's the
same old song. 

Mike Liston

     =====

This article articulates what I have been trying to say for years to
people. Gaddafi kept the region stable. Of course, I am one of the few
Americans who read his Green Book. It's a short read, only 110 pages
or so. Thanks for the article

Tom Downes

 

THE AFGHANISTAN PAPERS AND A MOTHER’S QUESTION
 

The Washington Post recently released the Afghanistan Papers
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which are internal government documents that exposed the lies told to
the American people, documenting early on that the Afghanistan War was
a debacle and could not be won. Yet, our government chose to continue
that war now in its 19th year.

As the mother of an infantry officer who served in Zhari District,
Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, at the height of President Obama’s
surge, _I HAVE A QUESTION_:  _How do three Presidents and top
military leaders responsible for the Afghanistan War, justify their
actions to those mothers who lost a child for no good reason?_  

_OUR GOVERNMENT, AND THOSE WHO ENABLE ENDLESS WAR, HAVE CLEARLY SHOWN
US WHAT THEY THINK OF OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN, THE ONES THEY
PROCLAIM TO HONOR AND RESPECT – THAT, IN FACT, THEIR LIVES ARE
DISPOSABLE, AND CAN BE SIMPLY THROWN AWAY, SACRIFICED FOR LIES,
UNWILLING TO ADMIT THE AFGHANISTAN WAR COULD NOT BE WON, DAMN THE
CONSEQUENCES__.  _

As the Afghanistan Papers clearly outline, lies were told to benefit
ladder climbing officers, falsely documenting progress on their watch,
when none was made. And lies were told by our government leaders, on
both sides of the aisle, who knew, or should have known that the war
was futile. And the arms makers made a killing off of killing, raking
in billions of dollars, year after year. They were just fine with the
concept of endless war and endless profits. All of this is despicable
and disgraceful.   _THOSE IN POWER HAVE DEEPLY BETRAYED OUR MILITARY
MEN AND WOMEN._

These facts are just another way to continually torture families who
lost a loved one, or whose family member returned home from war
broken, physically and mentally.

And to add more insult to injury, Congress overwhelmingly approved, in
the wake of these horrendous revelations, the ever-increasing Pentagon
budget of $738 billion.

Also, the U.S. has dropped more bombs on Afghanistan in 2018 and 2019
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than at any other time since the war began. In 2019 alone, the US
dropped 7,423 separate munitions on Afghanistan targets representing a
dramatic increase in bombings since President Barack Obama's "surge"
in 2010, when 5,101 bombs were dropped.  These bombings have greatly
increased civilian casualties. And to what end? Killing civilians is
the most effective recruitment tool, creating more enemies determined
to fight America.          

So, for the record – we have documented proof that the U.S.
government has gone to war for lies in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
And these lies have cost the lives of at least 66,000 U.S. troops and
the lives of well over a million civilians.    

How can we ignore these facts? Where is our humanity? Where is our
anger?    

The war in Afghanistan is criminal, the horrors outlined in the
Afghanistan Papers demand accountability. Congressional hearings must
be held and the Afghanistan War must end now.  

We must stop the killing, take the trillions of dollars devoted to
endless war and instead invest in our people, invest in our
environment, and invest in our future.      

STOP THE MADNESS – NO MORE WAR.  

Mary Hladky
United for Peace & Justice Coordinating Committee
Military Families Speak Out, a UFPJ member group  

United for Peace & Justice [[link removed]]
244 Fifth Ave,  Suite D55
New York, NY 10001

(917) 410-0119
[email protected]

 

RE: 18 YEARS AFTER ITS OPENING, JUSTICE REMAINS ELUSIVE FOR PRISONERS
OF GUANTÁNAMO
 

Very sad and cruel. Too many years have passed in this concentration
camp.

Rosin Lopez
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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They been there for 28 years

Frank R. Berrios
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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In fact, they were all condemned since the beginning without trial in
the best American tradition... too many years imprisoned...

Aida Rivera
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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MUSLIM BAN​: EXPANSION FACT SHEET
 

Presidential Proclamation Expands Muslim Ban to Six Additional
Countries
Proclamation effective date: February 21, 2020

Fact Sheet - click here
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Take action to stop this.Tell Congress to pass the NO BAN Act. It will
not only repeal the current MuslimBan, it will also prohibit
discrimination on the basis of religion by any president.

Take action​: ​muslimadvocates.org/muslim-ban
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Muslim Advocates [[link removed]]
P.O. Box 34440
Washington, DC 20043

[email protected]
202.897.2622

 

BLACK HISTORY MONTH: ACTIVISM THROUGH ARTISTS, LAWYERS, AND
STORYTELLERS
 

As an organization that stands with social movements and communities
resisting oppression, we know that change is possible when artists,
storytellers, and lawyers dream together. This Black History Month, we
celebrate the extraordinary Black artists, storytellers, and lawyers
who have challenged the world we have and helped us imagine the world
we want to see. We are proud to highlight this special group of
creatives, allies, and movement partners who are using their
tremendous gifts to advocate for racial justice, human rights, and
social and political transformation.

Activism through artists

For over 50 years, we have been uplifted, sustained, and inspired by
countless artists who not only urgently “reflect the times,” but
whose work charts an irresistible future. 

We have strategized with the legendary HARRY BELAFONTE and
rapper TEF POE during the Ferguson uprisings; we partnered with
Grammy Award-winning jazz great ESPERANZA SPAULDING and the
extraordinary poets SAUL WILLIAMS and AJA MONET on the treatment
of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. We’ve worked with artist and
actor YASIIN BEY to end stop-and-frisk; filmmaker STANLEY
NELSON on the legacy of Black radical activism; Danny Glover to
address the political crisis in Haiti; filmmaker JACQUELINE OLIVE on
modern-day lynchings and Broadway performer TANYA BIRL to end
solitary confinement.

We worked in partnership with JAY-Z on the closure of the infamous
jail on Rikers Island; actress KERRY WASHINGTON on police killings
and filmmaker DREAM HAMPTON on trans justice. We have a continuing
partnership with THE DREAM UNFINISHED ACTIVIST ORCHESTRA’S annual
concert for Civil Rights, which has featured talents of
vocalist HELGA DAVIS, violinist KELLY HALL-TOMPKINS, award-winning
contemporary composers like JESSIE MONTGOMERY and COURTNEY BRYAN,
and vastly underappreciated past composers like FLORENCE
PRICE and WILLIAM GRANT STILL. 

Our Executive Director Vince Warren
[[link removed]], a jazz
and funk musician, often says “There are only two things worth doing
in life - alleviating pain, and creating beauty.” At the Center for
Constitutional Rights, we honor the Black artists who do both, who do
it all. Here’s to Black History, Black Future, and Black Art!

FEATURED ARTISTS:

* Darlene Newman
* Zeelie Brown
* Dario Calmese

Center for Constitutional Rights [link removed]
[[link removed]]
666 Broadway
7th Floor
New York, NY 10012

Main: 212-614-6464
Donations: 212-614-6448
Fax: 212-614-6499

 

24 CHILDREN'S BOOKS TO READ TO YOUR KIDS IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY
MONTH
 

By Taylor Pittman
Updated February 1, 2019
HuffPost
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February marks Black History Month
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and storytime is just one of the many occasions when you can teach
your kids about the accomplishments of black pioneers and
trailblazers.

Children’s books are famously bad at embracing diversity
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In 2016, the Cooperative Children’s Book Center at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison
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3,400 kids’ books, fewer than one-quarter of them featured a main
character who was black, Asian, Latino or Native American. So it’s
vital that parents share the books that _are_ available with their
kids.

Luckily, there are many helpful resources
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these titles within close reach. For Black History Month, Lee & Low
Books [[link removed]], a multicultural children’s book
publisher, offers helpful book recommendations.
[[link removed]] Every
day in February, The Brown Bookshelf
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or illustrator and their work. Helping Kids Rise
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a #ReadingBlackout
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initiative to read books by black authors) at the encouragement
of YouTuber Denise Cooper.
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With suggestions from the organizations above, plus some others, we
put together a list of kids’ books by black authors, about black
figures or focused on black culture.

Read full article here
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* Tiny Stitches: The Life of Medical Pioneer Vivien Thomas
* Look What Brown Can Do!
* Baby Flo: Florence Mills Lights Up the Stage
* I Have A Dream
* Coretta Scott
* Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space
Race
* Bippity Bop Barbershop
* Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
* The Story of Ruby Bridges
* I, Too, Am America
* Mae Among the Stars
* Rosa
* Last Stop on Market Street
* Juneteenth for Mazie
* Princess Hair
* Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
* Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X
* Ellington Was Not a Street
* Ron's Big Mission
* Bronzeville Boys and Girls
* Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
* The Snowy Day
* The Nutcracker in Harlem
* Yesterday I Had The Blues

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FILM SHOWINGS: BLACK SOLIDARITY IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT - NEW YORK -
FEBRUARY 6, 13, 18, 26 AND 29
 

Audre Lorde
credit: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
In the spirit of Audre Lorde, who encouraged Afro-Germans to make
themselves visible within a culture that kept them isolated and
silent, _Black Solidarity in a Global Context_ is a month of
programming that explores the deep roots of art, activism, and culture
between Germany and the Black world.

With the rise of new far-right movements globally, international
solidarity and the exchange of artistic and activist practices are an
increasingly important aspect of anti-racist work. While new knowledge
is now almost immediately shared via social media, this solidarity has
a rich, often hidden history. From Black GIs who recognized the linked
threats of American racism and European fascism, to international
anti-apartheid work and the Black power movement, Black activists have
consistently shared tactics and inspiration in the ever-present
struggle against white supremacy. Through film screenings, talks, and
panel discussions, this event series sheds light on both the
often-lost history of transatlantic Black solidarity and contemporary
movements for creative expression, solidarity, and equality across the
African diaspora.

PROGRAM
FEB 6: Talk & conversation | C& Projects x RAGGA NYC: Planetary
Connections
@Goethe-Institut, 7:00 PM

FEB 13: Screening of Leo Hurwitz’s _Strange Victory, _with
Michael Gillespie (CCNY Associate Professor of Media and Communication
Arts)
@Maysles Cinema, 7:00 PM
Get tickets
[[link removed]?]

FEB 18: Screening of _Audre Lorde: The Berlin Years_
@Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, 6:30 PM

FEB 26: Screening of _Free Angela Davis and All Political
Prisoners, _and conversation with director Shola Lynch
@Goethe-Institut, 7:00 PM

FEB 29: Black Solidarity In A Global Context: A Transatlantic
Roundtable
@Goethe-Institut, 4:00 PM

LOCATIONS
Goethe-Institut New York: 30 Irving Place
Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung: 275 Madison Avenue, suite 2114
Maysles Documentary Center: 343 Malcolm X Blvd

ALL EVENTS FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Co-presented with Goethe-Institut NY.

Find out more, click here
[[link removed]].

Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Inc. [[link removed]]
275 Madison Avenue, Suite 2114
New York, NY 10016

 

PROSECUTION OF JULIAN ASSANGE: HIS RIGHT TO PUBLISH IS OUR RIGHT TO
KNOW - QUEENS - FEBRUARY 15
 

A PANEL OF EXPERTS WILL CONFRONT THE DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF THE US
GOVERNMENT PROSECUTING JULIAN ASSANGE UNDER THE ESPIONAGE ACT OF 1917.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2020

2:00 PM – 4:30 PM EST

CUNY School of Law
2 Court Square West
Queens, NY 11101

Leading journalists, attorneys, and human rights defenders will hold a
panel discussion just weeks before the extradition trial of WikiLeaks
founder Julian Assange, who if sent to the United States would face
the first ever charges of Espionage for the publication of truthful
information in the public interest. If the Trump Administration can
imprison a foreign publisher for life for exposing war crimes, what
can't it do? And is the _New York Times_ next? These esteemed
speakers will consider these questions and what we can do to protect
the First Amendment.

Speakers:

* JIM GOODALE, former NYT General Counsel
* RENATA AVILA, human rights attorney
* GLEN FORD, executive editor, Black Agenda Report
* MAX BLUMENTHAL, journalist, The Grayzone

New video statements from:

* NOAM CHOMSKY
* ALICE WALKER
* DANIEL ELLSBERG

Moderator:

* IDALIN BOBÉ, founder of TechActivist.org

The Courage Foundation is an international whistleblower support
network, campaigning for the public and legal defense of Julian
Assange and WikiLeaks at DEFEND.WIKILEAKS.ORG
[[link removed]].

_Sponsored by FAIR, National Lawyers Guild-NYC, NYC Free Assange, Big
Apple Coffee Party, OR Books_

Click here for map
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A short walk from the Court Square Subway Station (7 train, E train, G
train)

 

WEBINAR: DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING AND THE FIGHT FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE -
FEBRUARY 23
 

Join Dr. Michael Honey, author of the book, To the Promised Land,
Martin Luther King and the Fight for Economic Justice
[[link removed]] (the suggested reading), in
a discussion of his work on Dr. King.  Dr. Honey is also the editor
of a collection of writings by Dr. King, "All Labor has Dignity
[[link removed]]" and the
author of Going Down Jericho Road The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther
King's Last Campaign
[[link removed]].
This promises to be a discussion worthy of participation by all.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2020  --  8:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST

Register here
[[link removed]].

 

NYC METRO MOBILIZATION MEETING FOR WORLD CONFERENCE/RALLY/MARCH - NEW
YORK - FEBRUARY 13
 

Plans for the upcoming World Conference, Rally and March for
Disarmament, Peace, Climate & Justice
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taking place from April 24-26, 2020 are moving along. Hundreds of U.S.
and international activists will be coming to Riverside Church on
April 24-25 and joining a march from Union Square to the U.N. on
April 26. We are expecting 800 Japanese activists, including
hibakusha, to mark the 75th Anniversary of the atom bombing of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We will be connecting our issues: prohibition
and elimination of all nuclear weapons, reversing the climate crisis,
and social and economic justice. Come be a part of the planning and
outreach on February 13th
[[link removed]]
and fill out your free registration here
[[link removed]]
for the April 24-25 conference.

What: 3rd NYC Meeting to Plan for the World Conference/Rally/March on
Disarmament, Peace, Climate & Justice April 24-26 2020 
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When: Thursday, February 13, 6:30-8:30 PM

Where: Bernie Wohl Community Center, 647 Columbus Ave at 91st Street

RSVP REQUESTED
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Free. Light Refreshments.

Open to the Public. For more information contact, [email protected].  

_Facebook Event: _https://www.facebook.com/events/497547031171921/
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AGENDA: 

* Reports from NYC Organizers involved with 2020 Climate, Justice,
Peace/Disarmament Campaigns
* Updates on World Conference Program/Registration - Joseph Gerson
of AFSC & CPDCS. FREE registration [link removed]
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* Updates on World Conference Rally/March - Aziz Dehkan
* Organize! Breakout Sessions
* International Information - Facilitator: Joseph Gerson
* Rally/March Organizing - Facilitator: Aziz Dehkan
* Outreach by Boro - Facilitator: Sally Jones
* Action Calendar - Facilitator: TBD
* Art Projects/Art Build - Facilitator TBD

Meeting Facilitators: Aziz Dehkan and Deseri Tseptis

Initiating organizations: _American Friends Service Committee,
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament &
Common Security, Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace,
Gensuikin, Gensuikyo, International Pax Christi, International Peace
Bureau, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
International Trade Union Confederation, Mouvement de la Paix,
Movimiento Antinuclear de la República Argentina (MARA), Nihon
Hidankyo, Nuclear Free Philippines Coalition, Peace Action, U.S. Labor
Against the War, Western States Legal Foundation_   

Thursday, February 13, 2020
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST

Goddard Riverside Bernie Wohl Center
647 Columbus Avenue
New York, NY 10025

For more information contact: [email protected]

Peace Action New York State [[link removed]]
Church St. Station
P.O. Box 3357
New York, NY 10008-3357

T: 646-723-1749
F: 646-723-0996
E: [email protected]
W: panys.org [[link removed]]

 

WEBINAR TO COMMEMORATE THE LIFE OF JACK O'DELL - FEBRUARY 24
 

 

We invite you to celebrate and learn about the life of Jack O’Dell,
one of the great radical strategists and thinkers of the last
seventy-five years. Jack recently passed away at the age of 96 and has
left a legacy of activism that few can match.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 - The webinar will begin at 6 pm Pacific
Time
WEBINAR TO COMMEMORATE THE LIFE AND WORK OF JACK O’DELL

BILL FLETCHER, JR. will lead a round table conversation with people
who worked with Jack: JANE POWER, NIKHIL SINGH, JAMES CAMPBELL, LESLIE
CAGAN, SHARON MAEDA, GENE BRUSKIN and MICHAEL ZWEIG.

THE WEBINAR WILL BEGIN AT 6 PM PACIFIC TIME AND RUN FOR 90 MINUTES.
(BE SURE TO ADJUST TIME TO WHERE YOU LIVE.)

Register here for the Webinar through Zoom
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You will receive a confirmation email containing information about
joining the webinar.

Jack was rarely in the public eye, yet his work changed the world. He
embodied the class, race and gender intersectional approach to theory
and organizing that we so urgently need today. Among his many roles
were lead organizer of the voter registration campaigns in the South
led by the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.; chair of the Board of
Pacifica Radio for twenty years, leading what was the most important
left voice on radio in the US;  served as a shop steward of the
National Maritime Union in the 1940’s, a position that ignited his
lifelong commitment to the labor movement; and editor and contributor
to Freedomways, the leading theoretical journal of the civil rights
movement, from 1961 – 1986.

In the peace movement, Jack held positions in SANE-Freeze and the
peace activities of the American Friends Service Committee, was a
leader of the anti-war movement's opposition to the first Gulf War in
1990-91, and was a lead organizer of the 1982 march against nuclear
weapons that brought one million people to New York City’s Central
Park. He was a close advisor, particularly on international issues, to
Rev. Jesse Jackson during his presidential campaigns and the
Rainbow-PUSH coalition. Jack was the driving force in imagining and
drafting the Democracy Charter (www.asej.net [[link removed]])
to serve as a vehicle in building a multi-issue, interconnected
movement for substantive democracy in the United States.

The webinar is open to all. You can submit comments or questions by
email to [email protected] beforehand or by using the chat function
during the webinar.

The webinar is sponsored by the Socialist Education Project
[[link removed]] of the Committees of
Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism of which Jack was an
advisory board member.

DEBATE: SANDERS OR WARREN - TIME TO CHOOSE? - NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 24
 

SANDERS OR WARREN: TIME TO CHOOSE?

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24  |  6:30PM

Tishman Auditorium
63 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10003

With SENATORS BERNIE SANDERS AND ELIZABETH WARREN vying with a crowded
field to take on Donald Trump in the November presidential election,
the Democratic Party is on the cusp of nominating the most progressive
candidate of our lifetimes.

Plenty of progressives like both candidates but is it time to choose?
On the eve of Super Tuesday, join _The Nation_ in a debate at the New
School on February 24, at 6:30PM.
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Moderated by Editor of _The Nation_ D.D. GUTTENPLAN, speakers ZEPHYR
TEACHOUT, BHASKAR SUNKARA, BRAD LANDER, AND MAURICE MITCHELL will
debate which candidate will best defeat Donald Trump and deliver
fundamental progressive change. Admission is $10. We'll see you there!

Purchase Tickets
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CITY WINERY PRESENTS: A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF HARRY BELAFONTE AT
THE APOLLO - MARCH 1
 

Essence
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- January 17, 2020

Stars will gather at The Apollo in New York City on March 1 to
celebrate the life and work of cultural icon Harry Belafonte.

Celebrities including Common, Maxwell, Shelia E., Macy Gray, and Talib
Kweli will pay homage to the actor and singer, whose career as an
entertainer and activist has spanned decades.

City Winery
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present the event with proceeds from the celebration going to the
Popular Democracy Movement Center and the Harry Belafonte 115th Street
New York Public Library.

Throughout his life, Belafonte also known as the “King
of Calypso,” has received tons of recognition for his work as an
actor, singer, and humanitarian.

He won an Emmy in 1960 for _Revlon Revue: Tonight with Belafonte_.
Along with a Tony Award, he earned three Grammy’s for his
albums _Swing Dat Hammer_, _An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba_,
and _Belafonte At Carnegie Hall_. He even received a Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award from the academy. In 2015, Belafonte was awarded the
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the Academy Awards.

Tickets
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the celebration go on sale Friday, January 17 at 10 a.m. ET.

More information and tickets here
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100% of the net profit to benefit The Popular Democracy Movement
Center and the Harry Belafonte 115th St. NY Library 

 

FULL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LABOR & SOCIAL JUSTICE CHAMPIONS! - DEADLINE
MARCH 3, 2020 (CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND URBAN STUDIES)
 

Scholarships to Promote Diversity and Strengthen our Movements for
Labor Rights & Social Justice!

Full Tuition for the MA in Labor Studies or BA in Urban & Community
Studies.
For Info & Tips: [email protected]

Strong candidates:
        • Are passionate about labor rights and social change
        • Have a strong academic background
        • Possess leadership skills or leadership potential
        • Will complete Part I of the application by March 3,
2020

What Students Learn

Students in the M.A. in Labor Studies program develop critical
thinking, analytical, and leadership skills, while learning: labor
law, history, practical skills, and contemporary challenges facing
labor. The program is designed to support working adults or full-time
students. The B.A. in Urban and Community Studies(labor concentration)
curriculum examines policies and governance processes that affect
diverse urban working-class communities. B.A. applicants must have
completed 60 college credits.

Deadlines:

Applicants must first apply to the M.A. in Labor Studies or the B.A.
in Urban and Community Studies program by March 3, 2020. Contact
[email protected] or 718-440-1550 (day, evening or weekend)
for information and tips on writing a successful application.

DIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MARCH 24, 2020.

For more information:
Call us at (646) 313-8514

Visit us at slu.cuny.edu [[link removed]]

CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies [[link removed]]
25 West 43rd Street, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10036

 

FELLOWSHIPS FOR YOUNG WOMEN IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT - DEADLINE APRIL 15,
2020 (WILL EMPOWER - WOMEN INNOVATING LABOR LEADERSHIP)
 

 

Are you concerned about workers’ justice and women’s issues? Are
you interested in trying out a job in the workers’ rights movement,
but not sure where to start? Apply
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be a 2020 WILL Empower Apprentice! Our Apprenticeship Program is a
paid opportunity for recent college graduates and rank-and-file
activists to explore what it’s like to work for the labor and
workers’ justice movement, and to gain the skills and knowledge you
need to begin making a difference.

CONSIDER APPLYING TO BE A 2020 WILL EMPOWER APPRENTICE. APPLICATIONS
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NOW OPEN, AND ARE DUE APRIL 15, 2020. APPRENTICES WILL BEGIN WORK IN
SEPTEMBER 2020. FIND OUT MORE HERE.
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WILL Empower apprentices work for 3-12 months with unions and worker
organizations across the nation. The WILL Empower apprentices may work
in a variety of capacities, including organizing, research,
communications, politics, mobilization, and policy. Pay starts at $15
an hour.   

The 2019 apprenticeship class
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ten apprentices. They worked for: Jobs to Move America in Birmingham,
AL; the NC State AFL-CIO in Raleigh, NC; the Memphis Central Labor
Council, AFL-CIO in Memphis TN; the United Campus Workers / CWA in
Nashville, TN; UNITE HERE Local 25 in Washington, DC; Bargaining for
the Common Good Network in Washington, DC; the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters in Washington, DC; the Asian Pacific American
Labor Alliance in Washington, DC; and the Street Vendor Project in New
York, NY.

Each WILL Empower apprentice has two female mentors, one inside the
host organization and one who is external to the organization. WILL
Empower apprentices participate in an orientation and training in
early September at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, before
beginning their placements. 

“I left the gathering with a renewed commitment to fighting for
economic, racial, and gender justice in my life/career and in what I
hope and believe will be lifelong, supportive relationships with women
who have already helped me become a better version of myself,” wrote
Lorelei Christie in a blog
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about her experience as a 2018 WILL Empower apprentice. 

If your organization is interested in serving as a WILL Empower
apprenticeship HOST SITE, please find out more information here on
hosting an apprentice
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and fill out the host site application form
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March 31, 2020.

_WILL Empower [[link removed]] (Women Innovating Labor
Leadership) is a multi-pronged initiative designed to identify,
nurture, and train a new generation of women. It is a joint project of
Georgetown University’s Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the
Working Poor and Rutgers University SMLR’s Center for Innovation in
Worker Organization._

Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor
209 Maguire Hall | Georgetown University | 37th and O St NW
Washington, DC 20057
(202) 687-2293

Center for Innovation in Worker Organization
School of Management and Labor Relations
94 Rockefeller Rd | Rutgers University
Piscataway Township, NJ 08854
(848) 445-5973

 

TODAY IN HISTORY - SEATTLE GENERAL STRIKE - FEBRUARY 6, 1919
 

The Seattle General Strike of February 1919 was the first twentieth
century SOLIDARITY STRIKE in the United States to be proclaimed a
“general strike.” It led off a tumultuous era of post-World War I
labor conflict that saw massive strikes shut down the nation's steel,
coal, and other industries and threaten civil unrest in a dozen
cities. THE SEATTLE GENERAL STRIKE PROJECT is a multimedia website
exploring this important event. It is part of the Civil Rights and
Labor History Consortium  [[link removed]]based
at the University of Washington.

On the morning of February 6, 1919, Seattle, a city of 315,000 people,
stopped working. 25,000 union members had joined 35,000 shipyard
workers already on strike. The city's AFL unions, 101 of them, had
voted to walk out in a gesture of support and solidarity. And most of
the remaining work force stayed home as stores closed and streetcars
stopped running. The city was stunned and quiet. While the mayor and
business leaders huddled at City Hall, eight blocks away the
four-story Labor Temple, headquarters for the Central Labor Council
and 60,000 union members, hummed with activity. An elected Strike
Committee had taken responsibility for coordinating essential
services. Thousands were fed each day at impromptu dining stations
staffed by members of the culinary unions. The teamsters union saw to
it that supplies reached the hospitals, that milk and food deliveries
continued. An unarmed force of labor's "War Veteran Guards" patrolled
the streets, urging calm, urging strikers to stay at home. On the
second day, the Mayor threatened to declare martial law and two
battalions of US Army troops took up position in the city, but the
unions ignored the threat and calm prevailed. "Nothing moved but the
tide," remembered a striker years later.

Nothing moved but the tide

In that sense, the strike was a success. Big strikes in the past had
usually led to big violence, but this one remained completely
peaceful, and in doing so provided a model for later mobilizations. On
the other hand, it was becoming clear that the sympathy strike was not
working. Most of the local and national press denounced the strike,
while conservatives called for stern measures to suppress what looked
to them to be a revolutionary plot. More important, the federal
officials charged with managing the shipyards, refused to negotiate.
Some of the unions wavered on the strike's third day. Most others had
gone back to work by the time the Central Labor Council officially
declared an end on February 11. By then police and vigilantes were
hard at work rounding up Reds. The IWW hall and Socialist Party
headquarters were raided and leaders arrested. Federal agents also
closed the _Union Record_, the labor-owned daily newspaper, and
arrested several of its staff. Meanwhile across the country headlines
screamed the news that Seattle had been saved, that the revolution had
been broken, that, as Mayor Hanson phrased it, “Americanism” had
triumphed over “Bolshevism.” That was not story that most of the
strikers would tell, nor the lesson that generations of labor
activists would draw from it. The Seattle General Strike lasted only
six days, but, in a variety of different ways, has continued to be of
interest and importance ever since.

THIS MULTIMEDIA WEBSITE explores the history and consequences of the
Seattle General Strike of 1919.  Below you will find original
research articles, digitized newspaper articles and other important
documents, photographs, and extensive bibliographic materials. Start
by watching two short videos, one produced by KCTS, the other an
excerpt from _Witness to Revolution: The Story of Anna Louis Strong_
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directed by Lucy Ostrander. Then read Roberta Gold’s article
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the _Encyclopedia of Labor History Worldwide_ and "An Account of
What Happened in Seattle and Especially in the Seattle Labor Movement,
During the General Strike, February 6 To 11, 1919" 
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by Anna Louise Strong and members of the General Strike Committee.
Daren Salter has created a dramatic slide show
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tells the story of the strike with photos and headlines illustrating
key events. The most detailed account is the new centennial edition of
the _The Seattle General Strike_
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Friedheim brought up to date with an introduction, photo essay, and
afterword by James N. Gregory.

Read more here
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Seattle General Strike of 1919 Project
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