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July 6, 2023, xxxxxx

 

* THE SUPREME COURT POSES FOR END TERM PORTRAIT
* RE: CESSPOOL OF CORRUPTION  (NORM LITTLEJOHN; ELEANOR ROOSEVELT)
* LADDERS FOR SOME  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH
* RE: SLAVE CASES ARE STILL CITED AS GOOD LAW ACROSS THE U.S. THIS
TEAM AIMS TO CHANGE THAT  (MAXWELL SHAW)
* RE: A TOXIC FOG OF COMPLACENCY…  (JAMES H. WILLIAMS)
* STUDENT DEBT...AND VOTING  --  MEME
 (SOLIDARITYINFOSERVICE.ORG)
* AFFIRMATIVE ACTION  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS
* RE: RETURNING TO LAUREL  (JONATHAN ODELL; MARIAN ALLEN; RUTH
MOODY; ELAINE BEY; JANE GILMAN)
* CLIMATE CATASTROPHE OR REPUBLICAN BULLSHIT  -- CARTOON BY DR.
JAMES MACLEOD
* RE: MAX ELBAUM’S “MAGA AUTHORITARIAN RULE..." AND TOM
GALLAGHER'S "CORNELL WEST: THE PRIMARIES CALL."  (DANIEL ASHWORTH)
* RE: THE PEACE MOVEMENT AND UKRAINE: JOHN FEFFER REPLIES TO CRITICS
 (PAUL ARENSON)
* VOTING DOES MATTER  (JAMES E. VANN)

RESOURCES:

* MIGRANTS DROWN IN THE MEDITERRANEAN — POSTER OF THE WEEK
 (CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL GRAPHICS)

* I SURVIVED READING  -- MEME

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

* FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE LIVING - HONOR THE PAST: FIGHT FOR THE
FUTURE - PHILADELPHIA - JULY 7  (MOTHER JONES MUSEUM)

* THE SOUTH-NORTH DIALOGUE - CHARTING A PATH TO A NEW INTERNATIONAL
ECONOMIC ORDER - JULY 17  (ROSA-LUXEMBURG-STIFTUNG)

* SOCIALISM IN OUR TIME - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - BERLIN -
SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 1  (JACOBIN MAGAZINE AND TRANSFORM! EUROPE)

 

THE SUPREME COURT POSES FOR END TERM PORTRAIT

 

RE: CESSPOOL OF CORRUPTION
 

Term limits are a good long-term way to address the structural
problems with the court, but meanwhile, we need to expand the court
before the current majority facilitates the final slide into fascism.

Norm Littlejohn
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FDR was right.

Eleanor Roosevelt
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LADDERS FOR SOME  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH

 

Mike Luckovich
June 29, 2023
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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RE: SLAVE CASES ARE STILL CITED AS GOOD LAW ACROSS THE U.S. THIS TEAM
AIMS TO CHANGE THAT
 

Wouldn't it be enlightening to catalog how many of these slave related
cases have been cited without reference by Supreme Court Justices or
their clerks in the past?

Maxwell Shaw

 

RE: A TOXIC FOG OF COMPLACENCY…

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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Why is the US not helping to put out these fires?

James H. Williams
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STUDENT DEBT...AND VOTING  --  MEME  (SOLIDARITYINFOSERVICE.ORG)

 

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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS

 

Rob Rogers
June 30, 2023
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RE: RETURNING TO LAUREL
 

Happy to see xxxxxx
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has picked up my essay about the blockbuster tv show  "Home Town."

Jonathan Odell
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LAUREL JONES COUNTY BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM FEATURED IN ANOTHER MEDIA
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NEWS😊❤️

Marian Allen
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This probably is not the only town that has a past that was not pretty

Ruth Moody
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A must read article!!

Elaine Bey
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Anyone who (like me) watches lots of HGTV, should read this story by a
native of Laurel, MS ... for a reality check.

Jane Gilman
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CLIMATE CATASTROPHE OR REPUBLICAN BULLSHIT  -- CARTOON BY DR. JAMES
MACLEOD

 

Dr. James MacLeod
June 26, 2023
MacLeodCartoons
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RE: MAX ELBAUM’S “MAGA AUTHORITARIAN RULE..." AND TOM GALLAGHER'S
"CORNELL WEST: THE PRIMARIES CALL."
 

We should heed Max Elbaum’s urgent warning
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on the neofascist threat. He writes “An authoritarian bloc with a
fascist core is driving for control of all branches of the federal
government; the rest is detail.” Brother Elbaum also stresses the
particular and central importance of the struggle for racial equality,
to the struggle for democracy in the US. He asks “Will the next
chapter of US history be a reprise of the Confederacy and Jim Crow? Or
will we be able to achieve a Third Reconstruction?”

But the “detail” I’m unclear about is highlighted indirectly by
Brother Gallagher’s piece
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Gallagher cites Peter Beinart’s May NYT editorial, that stressed the
need for left electoral pressure due to Biden’s center-right foreign
policy. He notes Biden’s “split personality. On domestic policy,
he’s been the most progressive president since Lyndon Johnson.”

Beinart appears sanguine about Biden “twinning” support for
Ukraine with resolve to avoid direct confrontation with Russia.
(Though I wonder if his allusion to LBJ, is oblique reference to how
the Vietnam war is gave us Nixon and torpedoed domestic progress.)

On the other hand - and unstated in Brother Gallagher’s piece - is
that Cornell West has urged using considerable US pressure to force a
ceasefire with respect to the proxy imperialist war taking place in
Ukraine. West is harshly critical of Biden’s hawkish Ukraine
policies, and simultaneously supportive of Russian peace activists
resisting Putin’s militarism.

At least in my eyes, the war in Ukraine has empowered militarism and
neofascism in Russia, Ukraine, and the EU. The "detail" I urge more
consideration of is its corrosive impact on consistent defense of
democracy in the US. This seems promised by Cornell West's candidacy.

Daniel Ashworth

 

RE: THE PEACE MOVEMENT AND UKRAINE: JOHN FEFFER REPLIES TO CRITICS
 

As a pacifist, I am alarmed at the dearth responses to John Feffer.
His original article on the FPIF site was problematic in that it
echoed the talking points of neoliberals and Military Industrial
Complex apologists. And I am a critic who 1) has long liked Feffer and
2) have nothing but contempt for Putin.

Feffer to me is guilty in the interview and his original article of
criticizing the anti-war left, painting with a broad brush:

Feffer;
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While making some valid points, he repeats the attacks made on
pacifists and those of us who believe military aid to Ukraine by the
US and Nato will not stop Russian aggression but, rather, make things
worse. Feffer joins both Dems and liberals who believe the US has
suddenly found its moral center and leftists who support Ukrainian
socialists and anarchists who want the weapons despite the hypocrisy
of the US.

Unfortunately, the only critique I see of Feffer is by Medea Benjamin
and friends. Which is fine insofar as it goes.

Their response:

Benjamin et al
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And in fairness, they do seem a little tone deaf in claiming to listen
to Ukrainian voices.

But also, they are the initial targets of Feffer and it would be good
to see other responses that both argue with Feffer's pro weapons
stance and also emphasize that Russia gets no sympathy. So far I have
not seen any.

I know that Stephen Zunes, Joseph Gerson and others have more nuanced
views. As a pacifist, it seems all too easy for fellow leftists like
Eric Draitser or John Feffer to look the other way when US weapons
kill Russian conscripts. Hopefully, xxxxxx can find some non
Putinista left voices to respond respectfully yet critically to Feffer
and Shalom.

Thanks

Paul Arenson
Tokyoprogressive.org [[link removed]]

 

VOTING DOES MATTER
 

I am amazed and disappointed by the number of peers who dwell on
Biden's age, yet never mention his incredible record of
accomplishments -- accomplishments that benefit all Amerikans -- even
with a fractured Congress.  Of course, there've been disappointments
(viz, permitting new oil drilling in Alaska; refusal to expand the
Supreme Court; upholding the Republican-privileged Senate filibuster
...), but considering his many successes, Joe has more than earned a
second term.

VOTING DOES INDEED MATTER.  As strange as it seems, the 4-times
impeached/indicted Trump -- who hardly qualifies as a legitimate human
-- is still supported by 34% of voters and, unbelievably, by 61% of
Republicans.  In his waning days in office, Trump ensconced a 6 to 3
reactionary Supreme Court majority that will reign unchallengeable for
at least two generations into the future.  Trump's discredited Court
has visibly demonstrated its primary objective:  Rolling back --
overnight -- every hard-won social advance of the last 60 years ...
some of which took 40 years to achieve.

The successes of the Biden-Harris Administration are too numerous to
list.  however, in just the first 2-1/2 years in the White House, it
can be safely proclaimed that this Administration has produced more
beneficial accomplishments than any administration in history ...
including:

*     The "Cares Act" (with $1400 cash stimulus to every Amerikan)
*     The "Inflation Recovery Act" (formerly "Build Back Better
Act") -- Grants to all states, local jurisdictions, and businesses to
help recover from the Covid pandemic
*     Passed the "Infrastructure Bill" (over 6,900 projects in
4000 communities in all 50 states, territories, tribal nations ... so
far, 750,000 new jobs in just its first year
*     Passed the "CHIPS & Science Bill" to invigorate, update and
free the US semiconductor chips industry from foreign competitors
*     Historical month-after-month creation of over 11MM total
jobs (3.5% unemployment rate, a 50-year low)
*     Record low unemployment for Blacks, Latinx, & people with
disabilities
*     Provided debt relief for 40MM student loans  [Rescinded 30
June 2023 by the Trump Supreme Court]
*     Over 100 acts that lowered household energy costs
*     Helped reduce artificially bloated gas prices
*     Passed the most significant gun violence prevention
legislation in 30 years
*     Increased the value of Pell Grants for higher education
*     Lowered health insurance costs by $800 for every Amerikan
*     Expanded access to Health Care for 5MM new households
*     Gained approval for Govt to negotiate with Big Pharma to
lower drug prices
*     Established $15 minimum wage for Federal workers and
contractors
*     Fully vaccinated 79% of Amerikans against the Covid-19
pandemic
*     Restored US respect and leadership among world nations
*     Achieved unity and financial and military contributions of
world nations in assisting Ukraine's repelling of Russia's illegal
invasion
*     Established "Total Connectivity Program" to deliver hi-speed
Internet to over 16MM households
*     Rescued an economy wrecked by the Trump administration
*     Protected LGBTQ+ legislation and rights  [Rescinded 30 June
2023 by the Trump Supreme Court officially authorizing segregation and
discrimination as a "personal right"]
*     Strongly supported "Affirmative Action" in college
admissions  [Rescinded 30 June 2023 by the Trump Supreme Court]
*     In 2021, achieved the lowest historical child poverty rate
*     Reduced family hunger by 32%
*     Confirmed the most judges (many are Black women) to lower
courts since JFK
*     Selecting and electing Kamala Harris, as the first
Black-Asian Woman Vice President of the US
*     Appointed the first Black woman, Ketanji Jackson Brown, to
Supreme Court
*     Appointed the first majority non-White Cabinet in history,
including 1st LGBTQ as Transportation Secretary, 1st woman as Treasury
Secretary, 1st Native American woman as Interiors Secretary, 1st woman
Director of National Intelligence, and 1st Black Defense Secretary &
Commander of the Pentagon
*     Made the largest investments in history in clean drinking
water, power grid, electric vehicle chargers, strongest vehicle
emissions standards, and offshore wind & climate resilience projects
*     Pledges -- as a priority of his second term -- to codify
"Roe v Wade" (women's reproductive freedom) into the Constitution
 [Rescinded 24 June 2022 by the Trump Supreme Court]

It is immediately obvious that permitting a rotted Republican
government and majority White House-Congress-Supreme Court
constituency means not only the death knell of a democratic civil
society ... but can be the end of democracy itself.

James E. Vann,
Founding Member of the California Peace & Freedom Party, and
CoChair, with the esteemed Arthur Kinoy, Esq, of the former
National Committee for Independent Political Action (NCIPA)

 

MIGRANTS DROWN IN THE MEDITERRANEAN — POSTER OF THE WEEK  (CENTER
FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL GRAPHICS)

Danger
Anti Racist Group of Rethymno Students
Offset, 2003
Rethymno, Crete (Greece)
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_Poster text: [English:] danger antiracist festival [Greek:] Third
Anti-Racist Festival of Rethymno Municipal Garden of Rethymno Danger
No Human Being is Illegal 27-28 September 2003 Home of Immigrants
Anti-Racist Group of Rethymno Students_

Nearly 700 people are missing or presumed dead after a large fishing
boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea earlier this month. The
passengers on board the Adriana included migrants and refugees from
Egypt, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Palestine who were attempting
to cross from Libya to Italy – up to 100 children were below deck.
To date, there are 104 survivors, 82 deaths, and hundreds still
missing. 

Adriana is one of the deadliest migrant shipwrecks in the past decade
but the scant news coverage would suggest otherwise. During the search
for survivors of the Adriana, media coverage was focused on the
search for the Titan, a 21-foot submersible, owned and operated by
OceanGate Expeditions, a private research and tourism company that
conducted underwater trips to the wreck site of the Titanic. 

Migrants, like those on the Adriana, make the perilous journey out of
desperation–fleeing economic crises and political
instability–largely exacerbated by generations of colonization and
environmental exploitation, U.S. foreign policy, and climate change.
The infuriating reality is that these deaths were preventable.
European immigration policies (or lack thereof) force hundreds of
thousands of migrants each year into treacherous waters. Since 2014, 
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migrants have been recorded as missing during their journey across the
Mediterranean Sea
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The route from North Africa and the Middle East across the
Mediterranean to Europe, is most often used by migrants without
documentation. 

The disparity between the international efforts made to locate the
five Titan passengers versus the 700+ plus refugees is stunning. The
U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, the French and Canadian government all
combined efforts to locate Titan. Meanwhile, most of
the Adriana’s survivors were aided by private yacht owners who
responded to distress calls from the ship. Few were aided by the Greek
Coast Guard.

CSPG’s Poster of the Week was made in Greece, but uses the immigrant
crossing "Caution" sign first created by Caltrans (California
Department of Transportation) in San Diego in 1990. It has now become
an internationally recognized icon for immigrant rights.

Progressive immigration policies now!

RESOURCES:

* AS MEDIA SPOTLIGHTS TITANIC SUB, HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS WHO DIED IN
GREEK SHIPWRECK GET SCANT COVERAGE
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 (DEMOCRACY NOW)

* EUROPE'S DEADLY BORDER POLICIES
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 (HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH)

* MIGRATION WITHIN THE MEDITERRANEAN - 27,629 MISSING MIGRANTS SINCE
2014 [[link removed]]  (MISSING
MIGRANTS PROJECT)

Center for the Study of Political Graphics
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I SURVIVED READING  -- MEME

 

 

FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE LIVING - HONOR THE PAST: FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE
- PHILADELPHIA - JULY 7  (MOTHER JONES MUSEUM)

 

FRIDAY, JULY 07, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT

1400 John F Kennedy Blvd
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We will gather at the site of the March of the Mill Children to
recognize the long fight against child labor. At the intersection of
North Broad Street and JFK Blvd, at the site of the historic marker
where Mother Jones began her march from Philadelphia to New York to
protest child labor.

We are still in that fight.

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THE SOUTH-NORTH DIALOGUE - CHARTING A PATH TO A NEW INTERNATIONAL
ECONOMIC ORDER - JULY 17  (ROSA-LUXEMBURG-STIFTUNG)

 

EVENT LOCATION

Atelier 29
Rue Jacques De Laling 29
1000 Bruxelles

DATE

17.07.2023, 14:00 - 17:00 HR

Fifty years ago, 27 nations from across the world gathered in Paris
for the Conference on International Economic Co-operation (CIEC).
Setting up special commissions on energy, raw materials, development,
and finance, the Conference marked the highpoint of so-called
“North-South Dialogue,” the debates of the 1970s that set out to
restructure the relationships between liberated nations of the South
and their former colonizers in the North.

Today, the economic relationship between the South and North is once
again under severe strain. Yet we lack a common forum to facilitate
the North-South dialogue that animated the debates of the 1970s. The
result is not only the sustained domination of Northern interests in
the international economic system, but also the absence of common
vision to motivate allies across the North-South divide in their
pursuit of economic cooperation, and the absence of a shared plan to
build it.

Hosted on the occasion of the EU-CELAC Summit by the Progressive
International and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, the South-North
Dialogue
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ideal context to revive, relaunch and rejuvenate the these debates.
Fifty years and 300 kilometres from the original CIEC, the new
dialogue will invert the terms of its original: led from the South to
dictate terms of cooperation to their Northern neighbours.

Convening parliamentarians, diplomats, scholars, and social leaders to
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