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TIDBITS – JUNE 22, 2023 – READER COMMENTS: DANIEL ELLSBERG;
WINNING WORKING CLASS VOTERS; RFK, JR.; MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS;
UNHOUSED; CHILE; SUDAN; NATIONAL ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST & POLITICAL
REPRESSION TURNS 50; CARTOONS; MORE…  
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Jun 22, 2023 - Reader Comments, Announcements, Cartoons, xxxxxx

 

* RE: DANIEL ELLSBERG, AMERICAN HERO  (DANIEL MILLSTONE)
* THE ROAD NOT TAKEN  --  CARTOON BY ED BAGLEY
* RE: TRUMP’S KRYPTONITE: HOW PROGRESSIVES CAN WIN BACK THE
WORKING CLASS  (SONIA COBBINS)
* RE: REMEMBERING GUS NEWPORT, A PROGRESSIVE TITAN  (ISABEL
BERKELHAMMER)
* RE: WE IGNORE ROBERT F KENNEDY JR’S CANDIDACY AT OUR PERIL
 (NORM LITTLEJOHN; JILL CHESLER; HEIDI MAYREE WEGLEITNER)
* RE: AMERICA IS FACING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS  (ARLENE HALFON)
* RE: GOP WANTS TO DESTROY SOCIAL SECURITY AS WE KNOW IT  (MAX
MASTELLONE)
* RE: WHO’S UNHOUSED IN CALIFORNIA? LARGEST STUDY IN DECADES
UPENDS MYTHS  (CHARLES PATRICK LYNCH)
* MULTINATIONAL NAVAL TASKFORCE SEARCHES FOR TITANIC SURVIVORS (BUT
WHERE THE BROWN PEOPLE AT?)  --  CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ
* RE: CHILE: “WE ARE CURRENTLY WITNESSING AN ACCELERATION OF
AUTHORITARIANISM AND THE DEPRIVATION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS”  (DAN
MORGAN)
* RE: READERS RESPOND:  “PEOPLE’S MEDIA” NETWORK, BUT
PRO-RUSSIA AND PRO-CHINA  (MIKE LOCKER)
* BUSY DAY ON 5TH AVENUE  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH
* DINNER AT MAR-A-LAGO  --  CARTOON BY JEFF DANZIGER
* RE: KNEECAPPING ‘A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN’ WITH A FOUR-EPISODE
FINAL SEASON SUCKS  (TAMI J. FRIEDMAN)

Announcements:

* NIGHT FOR SUDAN - ALEXANDRIA, VA - JUNE 24  (SUDANESE AMERICAN
PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATION)

* NATIONAL ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST & POLITICAL REPRESSION - 50ᵗʰ
ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE - NOVEMBER 3 - 5 - CHICAGO

 

RE: DANIEL ELLSBERG, AMERICAN HERO

 

Didn't Daniel Ellsberg open our eyes and minds to some of the twisted
paths of government war decisions. Thanks to xxxxxx
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for sending around Chip Gibbons’ praise for the work of Daniel
Ellsberg, of blessed memory. A story, told by C Clark Kissinger,
suggests Ellsberg was an early opponent of the Vietnam War and
attended the April, 1965, anti-war demonstration organized by SDS.

Daniel Millstone
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THE ROAD NOT TAKEN  --  CARTOON BY ED BAGLEY

 

Ed Bagley
June 17, 2022
The Salt Lake Tribune
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RE: TRUMP’S KRYPTONITE: HOW PROGRESSIVES CAN WIN BACK THE WORKING
CLASS
 

That is a great start to understanding working class voter alienation.
They live every day with the harsh economics that result from policies
that come from elite decisions like NAFTA and so on. I would also
emphasize the inspirational, how wonderful it would be if all races
and religions could unite for jobs and to build a peaceful economy
that protects nature and the environment. Bread and Roses!

Sonia Cobbins
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RE: REMEMBERING GUS NEWPORT, A PROGRESSIVE TITAN
 

A Great Article/Obit

Isabel Berkelhammer

 

RE: WE IGNORE ROBERT F KENNEDY JR’S CANDIDACY AT OUR PERIL
 

If recent developments in the Kennedy campaign have demonstrated
anything, it’s that denial is not a viable political strategy. His
sycophantic treatment of Elon Musk is about as un-populist as a person
can get, with Kennedy comparing the onetime richest man alive to the
heroes of the American Revolution “who died to give us our
Constitution.”

Norm Littlejohn
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So glad you’re writing about him. He’s really dangerous. That
magical Kennedy name…🤬

Jill Chesler
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Another compelling piece of writing by Naomi Klein.

Heidi Mayree Wegleitner
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RE: AMERICA IS FACING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS
 

Bernie has been my hero since I first saw his name. While I don't
always agree with him completely, I have never really disagreed with
him. His discussion of problems has always been accurate although I
might want slightly different solutions. In any case he is never
wrong. (Ex: Need for Universal Health Care. I found Warren's solution
closer to what I would have done, but his is still fine and the
problem needs solving in one way or another.)

What a shock to read this article. "Worst" in "Modern History?" What
horror is he talking about? What time period? There were and are
people in this country who have experienced wars and violence and
poverty. There are immigrants from war torn countries. There were
generations who saw their fathers go off to war and killed. Perhaps he
means problems that have affected middle-class white kids for the past
twenty years?

And the statistics. Yes, it's bad but what statistics is he comparing
this to? Were these studies done in the past? I don't remember ever
being asked these questions when I was a teen-ager. If they were
asked, to what demographics?

Pandemics--yes, my generation experienced Polio. Abortion? Yes,
teen-agers in my generation committed suicide so their parents
wouldn't find out. Being gay? Yep, a big problem and more suicides
because they thought there was something wrong with them, We never
even heard of "Trans" kids; what were their solutions back then? Was
it suicide or (as reported) kids who "accidentally" hung themselves
while practicing a form of masturbation.

He's talking about the "horrors" of falling behind in school; not
playing sports; being isolated; seeing relatives and friends die. What
generation hasn't seen this? What part of the world hasn't seen this?

Bernie--your description of current problems may be accurate but your
"facts" are way off.

Please, please, don't join the ranks of heroes I can no longer
believe. There are a lot of problems that need to be solved and we
need to stop backsliding on solutions as is happening now. Yes, we are
closer to the end of life on this planet, but other generations
worried about the same things except that it would have been the "end
of life" on a smaller scale--in their village or even country. It
feels the same either way.

The need for solutions become unbelievable when the "facts" behind the
problems are inaccurate.

Arlene Halfon
Washington, CC

 

RE: GOP WANTS TO DESTROY SOCIAL SECURITY AS WE KNOW IT
 

Let’s get it straight—it’s the US RULING CLASS that wants to get
rid of SS and what’s left of the meager US social welfare program,
pursuing its austerity policy. The Repubs AND Dems are its enablers.

Max Mastellone
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RE: WHO’S UNHOUSED IN CALIFORNIA? LARGEST STUDY IN DECADES UPENDS
MYTHS
 

The last time I looked for an apartment in SF, it was $1000 a month
for a very small studio, if you could find one. BUT, that's first and
last month and a month security to move in, plus half a month agent
fee. So, $3500 in cash. Most people can't save that much, don't have
it, can't get it. So, if you can hang on to your housing, you are
okay, but if you fall off the edge of the table, you often cannot get
back up. When I looked, there were only a few studios (large closets)
at that price. So, I don't live in CA anymore, good riddance, eh?

Charles Patrick Lynch
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MULTINATIONAL NAVAL TASKFORCE SEARCHES FOR TITANIC SURVIVORS (BUT
WHERE THE BROWN PEOPLE AT?)  --  CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ

 

Lalo Alcaraz
June 21, 2023
pocho.com
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RE: CHILE: “WE ARE CURRENTLY WITNESSING AN ACCELERATION OF
AUTHORITARIANISM AND THE DEPRIVATION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS”
 

Just a comment on the translation: where it says "the withdrawal of
workers’ private pension funds", it would be clearer to say "the
withdrawals people made from their private pension funds". She makes
very good points. The comment "the left’s lack of an economic
programme to overcome neoliberalism" is not totally true, but it is
true that the left's economic proposals were not fought for at the
level needed, and did not achieve enough votes in the Assembly to be
incorporated in the proposed new constitution.

Dan Morgan
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RE: READERS RESPOND:  “PEOPLE’S MEDIA” NETWORK, BUT PRO-RUSSIA
AND PRO-CHINA
 

In the name of transparency the article the People's Media
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should have mention that the Daily Beast is also owned by a multi
billionaire company/individual.-- IAC.  See below.

Mike Locker

Who owns the Daily Beast?
Here's the answer: IAC, a US megacorporation worth $12 billion: IAC
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BUSY DAY ON 5TH AVENUE  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH

 

Mike Luckovich
June 22, 2023
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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DINNER AT MAR-A-LAGO  --  CARTOON BY JEFF DANZIGER

 

Jeff Danziger
June 12, 2023
The Rutland Herald
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RE: KNEECAPPING ‘A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN’ WITH A FOUR-EPISODE FINAL
SEASON SUCKS

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How odd this review never mentions the word “women.” What gives?

Tami J. Friedman
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NIGHT FOR SUDAN - ALEXANDRIA, VA - JUNE 24  (SUDANESE AMERICAN
PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATION)

 

SUDAN GALA NIGHT *ليلة للسودان*

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SATURDAY, JUNE 24 @ 06:30 - 12:30 منتصف الليل

 

NATIONAL ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST & POLITICAL REPRESSION - 50ᵗʰ
ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE - NOVEMBER 3 - 5 - CHICAGO

 

In 1973, the National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression
(NAARPR) was formed to free Angela Davis and all political prisoners.
 Chapters flourished across the country and fought against racism,
repression of workers' rights, and mass incarceration. 50 years later,
the Alliance, its branches, and affiliate organizations have continued
to organize and mobilize thousands in the fight against police
violence and political repression across the country.

The Alliance has worked to oppose increased police budgets and pushed
for that money to be put towards meeting the demands of the people,
continued to fight for and free the wrongly incarcerated, and advanced
the struggle for community control of the police across the country.
In Chicago, we have fought for and won local and citywide bodies for
civilian oversight that gives us a pathway to community control of the
police. CAARPR then organized pro-accountability candidates to win the
majority of Council seats in 14 of Chicago's 22 local Police Districts
in the February 28th, 2023 elections. The lessons from Chicago are a
historic advance in which our people have fought for and won the
democratic demand to determine how our communities are policed, where
the community has a decisive voice.

If ever there was ever a time to defend and extend the democratic
rights of the people to organize and protest, that time is now and
that is precisely why we have called for and must build this National
Conference, to consolidate our organizational gains as well as make
plans for further expansion and political sharpening among our ranks.
Organizing the conference will take a lot of work and resources—to
do outreach, provide food, print materials and supplies, and other
event and coordination expenses.

We are therefore asking our allies and supporters to contribute to
this moment of history and resistance.

REGISTER TO BECOME PART OF THE THIRD BIANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR THE
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