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Conservative Plan To Dismantle Govt; UAW Message to Ford and Big 3;
88% people under 30 view unions favorably; Solidarity Rally with UAW;
JOIN THE MARCH TO END FOSSIL FUELS -- September 17]
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OF SCOTTSBORO; CONSERVATIVE PLAN TO DISMANTLE GOVT; UAW MESSAGE TO BIG
3; 88% PEOPLE UNDER 30 VIEW UNIONS FAVORABLY; SOLIDARITY RALLY WITH
UAW; JOIN MARCH TO END FOSSIL FUELS – SEPT 17  
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JOIN THE MARCH TO END FOSSIL FUELS -- September 17 _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources, Announcements, AND cartoons -
Sept.7, 2023, xxxxxx

 

* CORRECTION: THIS IS HOW THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN GENERAL STRIKE
HAPPENS…

 

* RE: LABOR DAY: UNPRECEDENTED CORPORATE GREED DEMANDS UNPRECEDENTED
WORKER RESPONSE  (DAVID NEWBY)
* VALUE, LABOR, CAPITAL  -- CARTOON BY DR. JAMES MACLEOD
* RE: TRUMP’S USE OF SCOTTSBORO BOYS CASE COMPARISON RAISES
EYEBROWS AND IRE OF JUDGE  (KENTUCKY ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST AND
POLITICAL REPRESSION; STEVE KRUG)
* RE: CONSERVATIVE GROUPS DRAW UP PLAN TO DISMANTLE THE US
GOVERNMENT AND REPLACE IT WITH TRUMP’S VISION  (NORM LITTLEJOHN;
CHARLES PATRICK LYNCH)
* MAGA FUNDRAISING  --  CARTOON BY ADAM ZYGLIS
* RE: BIG PHARMA’S AMERICAN CON  (PETER ARNO)
* UAW MESSAGE TO FORD AND BIG 3
* RE: WILL STARBUCKS’ UNION-BUSTING STIFLE A UNION REBIRTH IN THE
US?  (L A KURTH)
* RE: UNION AND QUEER  (MIRIAM FRANK)
* RE: CAN WE LEARN FROM CUBA’S SUSTAINABLE REVOLUTION?  (TIM
SHEARD)
* RAMASWAMY ON CLIMATE CHANGE  --  CARTOON BY CLAY JONES
* RE: THE STORY OF OUR UNIVERSE MAY BE STARTING TO UNRAVEL
 (CHARLES PATRICK LYNCH)
* DO NOT ALLOW YOUR OWNER  --  CARTOON BY K J LAMB
* RE: ‘IT’S LIKE 1948’: ISRAEL CLEANSES VAST WEST BANK REGION
OF NEARLY ALL PALESTINIANS  (DANIEL JORDAN)
* RE: DEFENDING ALLENDE  (SAM WEBB; HOWARD KAPLAN)
* RE: THE NEW RUSSIAN PRESENCE IN CUBA  (HARRY TARG)
* RE: ‘ORPHANED BY DECREE’: ITALY’S SAME-SEX PARENTS REACT TO
LOSING THEIR RIGHTS  (SONIA COBBINS)
* RE: BANANAS FOR SOCIALISM  (DAN MORGAN)
* STILL DRINKING THE KOOL AID  --  CARTOON BY DAVE WHAMOND

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RESOURCES:

* 88% OF PEOPLE UNDER 30 VIEW UNIONS FAVORABLY—A RECORD-BREAKING
LEVEL OF SUPPORT FROM YOUNG WORKERS   (AFL-CIO; STEVEN GREENHOUSE)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
 

* SOLIDARITY SUMMER RALLY WITH THE UAW  -  THIS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER
10  (UAW, MOVEON, WORKING FAMILIES PARTY)
* JOIN THE MARCH TO END FOSSIL FUELS  --  SEPTEMBER 17  --  NEW
YORK CITY  (MARCH TO END FOSSIL FUELS)
* "THE ART OF REVOLUTION" - NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 16 - OCTOBER 21
 (THE CENTER FOR CUBAN STUDIES)
* CELEBRATING THE FIRST 40 YEARS. VISIONING THE NEXT 40. - THE
SHALOM CENTER - VIRTUAL EVENT - OCTOBER 5

 

CORRECTION: THIS IS HOW THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN GENERAL STRIKE
HAPPENS…

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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This article cited data from the Cornell ILR Labor Action Tracker
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presently some 921 strikes and labor actions happening at over 1,400
locations throughout the United States." This figure is inaccurate, as
many of those strikes have already ended and are therefore not
occurring presently. Unfortunately, it is difficult to say how many
strikes are presently occurring for a number of reasons.

The Labor Action Tracker demonstrates that U.S. workers have organized
nearly 950 strikes across the U.S. since the beginning of 2021. Over
200,000 workers were on strike in July, which is the highest monthly
total since at least January 2021.

 

RE: LABOR DAY: UNPRECEDENTED CORPORATE GREED DEMANDS UNPRECEDENTED
WORKER RESPONSE
 

Basic--required!--reading for Labor Day:

David Newby
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VALUE, LABOR, CAPITAL  -- CARTOON BY DR. JAMES MACLEOD

 

Dr. James MacLeod
September 4, 2023
MacLeodCartoons
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RE: TRUMP’S USE OF SCOTTSBORO BOYS CASE COMPARISON RAISES EYEBROWS
AND IRE OF JUDGE
 

But Chutkan scolded the lawyers, and the twice impeached, four-times
indicted Trump, whom earlier this year a civil jury found liable for
sexual assault. She cited the Supreme Court’s Scottsboro Boys ruling
at the time, saying, “The court noted that a sizable crowd greeted
the defendants at Scottsboro after their arrest and that the
community’s attitude was one of great hostility. The defendants’
trials began six days after indictment. The Supreme Court found that
there was a clear denial of due process because the trial court failed
to give the defendants’ reasonable time and opportunity to secure
counsel, and the defendants were incapable of adequately making their
own defense.”

Chutkan continued: “Trump is represented by a team of zealous,
experienced attorneys and has the resources necessary to efficiently
review the discovery and investigate. I have seen many cases unduly
delayed because a defendant lacks adequate representation or cannot
properly review discovery because they are detained. That is not the
case here.”

The Scottsboro Boys rape cases represent the dark racist part of
American history where nine Black youths were falsely accused of
raping two white women in 1931 while traveling on a train near
Scottsboro, Alabama. The accusations led to trials with all-white
juries. Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Haywood Patterson, Olen
Montgomery, Ozie Powell, Willie Roberson, Eugene Williams, and Andy
Wright were all tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. Another
defendant, Roy Wright, saw his trial end in a mistrial when some
jurors held out for a death sentence even though the prosecution asked
for life imprisonment.

Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
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Playing the long game:

While I agree trumps use of the Scottsboro case was wrong, I disagree
about it being stupid. Political gaming is nothing new, his use of the
Scottsboro case was meant for his cult. The language Trump has used
has always claimed that he and his supporters were the down trodden
and abused by the system. He also uses dog whistle and blatant racism.
What better way to demonstrate these falsehoods than by comparing his
case to Scottsboro? Trump realizes that he can solidify his cult base
with this BS regardless of whether he wins or loses the case.
Purposely angering a Black judge is icing on the cake for this fascist
and his followers

Steve Krug

 

RE: CONSERVATIVE GROUPS DRAW UP PLAN TO DISMANTLE THE US GOVERNMENT
AND REPLACE IT WITH TRUMP’S VISION
 

With a nearly 1,000-page “Project 2025” handbook and an “army”
of Americans, the idea is to have the civic infrastructure in place on
Day One to commandeer, reshape and do away with what Republicans
deride as the “deep state” bureaucracy, in part by firing as many
as 50,000 federal workers.

Norm Littlejohn
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Just because we call something a Foundation and it says it is
bi-partisan, that don't mean a thing. Heritage is part of a plot to
carefully destroy the Federal Government, then allow the rich to rule
more directly without legal oversight or interference. These are not
just friendly disagreements, this is an attack on the US government,
and the Dems either need to stand up and stop it or be declared as
meaningless. Can't trust Congress, can't trust the courts, it may get
very ugly indeed.

Rights of ordinary people were not won in Congress or the Courts, but
in the streets. When people get angry enough to roll their wheelchairs
into bank lobbies and block streets, we may get good health care.
Right now it seems like most Americans prefer dying on their knees to
standing up and fighting back. Sigh. Good article, good warning.

Charles Patrick Lynch
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MAGA FUNDRAISING  --  CARTOON BY ADAM ZYGLIS

 

Adam Zyglis
September 6, 2023
The Buffalo News
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RE: BIG PHARMA’S AMERICAN CON
 

Excellent and informative article -- Big Pharma's American Con. One
quick question: If one of the ten drugs selected for negotiation
becomes ineligible prior to 2026 (e.g. you mentioned Enbrel is a
possibility), does CMS have the authority to add another drug for
negotiation in this first round?

Thank you,

Peter Arno

 

UAW MESSAGE TO FORD AND BIG 3

 

 

RE: WILL STARBUCKS’ UNION-BUSTING STIFLE A UNION REBIRTH IN THE US?

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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Time is on the side of the rich

L A Kurth

 

RE: UNION AND QUEER

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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Unions still hold onto necessary and forceful ethics appropriate for
LGBTQ organizing today. We are still affirming solidarity on the job,
as we guard our powerful histories and develop a forceful labor
movement of the future.

Miriam Frank, author
Out in the Union: A Labor History of Queer America

 

RE: CAN WE LEARN FROM CUBA’S SUSTAINABLE REVOLUTION?

 

Thanks so very much for the timely article on Cuba's sustainable
economy.

Tim Sheard

 

RAMASWAMY ON CLIMATE CHANGE  --  CARTOON BY CLAY JONES
 

Clay Jones
August 30, 2023
Claytoonz
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RE: THE STORY OF OUR UNIVERSE MAY BE STARTING TO UNRAVEL

 

Scientists have a tendency to look for order in what they are
studying, to have rules that fit and processes that are orderly.
Perhaps that is the problem. The universe might have a stronger dose
of randomness than we expected, a bit more chaos. Rules that change,
processes that work in different ways in different times and places.
In which case, our standard model is not really wrong as long as we
don't make it a universal model but rather a description of what
happened at one point in time in a very large universe.

Now we can see that other things seemed to have happened at the same
time. So, the universe becomes more complicated , harder to create a
rigid structure for, and maybe, more interesting. So what do we do?
Keep studying and collecting data. What an exciting time to live in.

Charles Patrick Lynch
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DO NOT ALLOW YOUR OWNER  --  CARTOON BY K J LAMB

 

K J Lamb

 

RE: ‘IT’S LIKE 1948’: ISRAEL CLEANSES VAST WEST BANK REGION OF
NEARLY ALL PALESTINIANS
 

Stop calling these invaders settlers. The word settler feeds, and is
fed by, the invaders' propaganda machine.

Daniel Jordan PhD

 

RE: DEFENDING ALLENDE
 

Superb article. Allende and his politics resonate loudly a half
century later.

Sam Webb
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Oy. Victor Jara lives

Howard Kaplan
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RE: THE NEW RUSSIAN PRESENCE IN CUBA
 

The essay on Russia and Cuba makes light of the 60-year US blockade on
Cuba. No mention is made of the Cuban economic recovery after the
special period and little on the draconian effect of the Trump/Biden
reversals of Obama’s opening. Of course, Farber, a career Cuba
hater, would not mention Cuba’s healthcare system and Covid nor the
Cuban doctors who traveled the world to help victims of Covid. And
given Cuba’s deep economic crisis brought on by US policies they are
forced to take help from where they can.

xxxxxx’s politics seems to be shifting from balance to
one-sidedness.

Harry Targ

 

RE: ‘ORPHANED BY DECREE’: ITALY’S SAME-SEX PARENTS REACT TO
LOSING THEIR RIGHTS
 

Don't those right wing troglodytes have anything better to do than to
break up families?

Sonia Cobbins
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RE: BANANAS FOR SOCIALISM

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Excellent! I would add that much of the sweat now inherent in organic
production will be abolished by the use of robotics.

Dan Morgan
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STILL DRINKING THE KOOL AID  --  CARTOON BY DAVE WHAMOND

 

Dave Whamond
November 1, 2021
The Week
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88% OF PEOPLE UNDER 30 VIEW UNIONS FAVORABLY—A RECORD-BREAKING LEVEL
OF SUPPORT FROM YOUNG WORKERS   (AFL-CIO)

 

71% of Americans support unions—majorities of Republicans and
Independents
 

Today, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler and Secretary-Treasurer Fred
Redmond delivered an inaugural State of the Unions address
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where they released NEW POLLING 
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people’s support of unions—especially that of young workers—and
their view of unions as critical to growing the middle class and
providing opportunities for working people to thrive. Additionally,
both officers stressed that with this unprecedented level of support,
working people in unions are prepared to organize like never before,
hold big corporations accountable and restore America’s promise for
all. 

“The idea of a union may sound complicated, but in reality, unions
are just a group of people coming together. They are about each of us
becoming the most powerful version of ourselves that we possibly
can,” SAID SHULER. “And there is nothing better than finding that
power alongside the people we work with and being a part of something
bigger than ourselves. That’s _all_ a union is. It’s that
simple. People in this country have been searching for their power for
a long time now, young people especially.”

You can read President Shuler’s full remarks here
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“Every day, more and more working people are finding out that the
labor movement is the solution to low wages and unsafe workplaces, to
inequality and discrimination. That the labor movement is the only
institution in America that has the infrastructure and reach to
address and vanquish oppression in all its forms,” SAID
REDMOND. “That working people—standing together and standing up
for one another—are an incredible force for progress at work, in our
unions, in our economy and in our democracy.” 

You can read Secretary-Treasurer Redmond’s remarks here
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BELOW ARE SOME OF THE POLL’S KEY FINDINGS. FULL RESULTS OF THE GBAO
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* 7 IN 10 AMERICANS (71%) support unions cutting across party lines.
A majority of Republicans and more than two-thirds of Independents
join 9 IN 10 (91%) DEMOCRATS in supporting unions. It’s crystal
clear from these numbers that Americans of all political stripes want
and need unions.
* An unprecedented number of young Americans support unions.
Nearly 9 IN 10 (88%) PEOPLE UNDER 30 view unions favorably. We’ve
never seen a number that high, which is testament to the deep desire
of young people to act collectively to demand respect and dignity on
the job.
* In the midst of a number of ongoing worker strikes around the
country, Americans are strongly supportive of working people walking
off the job for better wages and working conditions. THREE-FOURTHS OF
AMERICANS support workers going on strike and support is strong
regardless of party affiliation.
* Americans are concerned about tech companies putting profits over
the well-being of people in the implementation of artificial
intelligence. 70% OF PEOPLE express concern that AI will displace
workers, with women workers especially concerned given AI’s
potential to exacerbate inequity on the job. 

“I started this apprenticeship knowing that it would equip me with
the training and expertise to put me on a solid path to a good
career,” SAID LUIS ARRIAZA 17, a union apprentice at the
Electricity and Wiring Program at Lynn Vocational Technical Institute
in Massachusetts. “Through my apprenticeship, I know that I will be
able to earn a living wage, gain critical benefits and protections and
continue developing my skills. I am passionate about the work that I
do and I am grateful that I will experience firsthand the solidarity
and support of a good union job.” 

View a recording of today’s event at aflcio.tv
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Contact: Isabel Aldunate, 202-637-5018

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Here's some promising news for the nation's labor unions. A new poll
finds that Americans under age 30 voice huge support for unions --
they support unions by far greater percentages than do older
Americans.

The poll found that 88% of Americans under 30 approve of labor unions
AND that 90% of Americans under 30 voice support for strikes to
improve pay and working conditions.
The poll was commissioned by the AFL-CIO and done by GBAO.

Steven Greenhouse
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August 30, 2023

 

SOLIDARITY SUMMER RALLY WITH THE UAW  -  THIS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
 (UAW, MOVEON, WORKING FAMILIES PARTY)

 

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At 11:59 PM on September 14th, nearly 150,000 auto workers’
contracts will expire, setting up what could be one of the largest
strikes of the year. UAW is in intense negotiations with GM, Ford, and
Stellantis, fighting for higher wages, ending the tiered wage system,
and job security for all workers during the EV transition. The results
of this contract fight will define how much power workers really have.

Ready to join the fight? Join UAW President Shawn Fain, Rep. Rashida
Tlaib, WFP National Director Maurice Mitchell, MoveOn, Center for
Popular Democracy Action, Jobs with Justice, Standing up for Racial
Justice, United we Dream, and movement leaders from around the country
THIS SUNDAY AT 7:00 PM ET in a show of solidarity with UAW workers.

UAW President SHAWN FAIN will be detailing the latest on bargaining
and speaking to the best way to support. REP. TLAIB, MAURICE MITCHELL,
and others will be sharing stories of solidarity and why all of us
need to join the struggle for a fair contract.

Big business wants to roll back advances workers have made. We’re
not going to let that happen.

 

JOIN THE MARCH TO END FOSSIL FUELS  --  SEPTEMBER 17  --  NEW YORK
CITY  (MARCH TO END FOSSIL FUELS)

 

This is unacceptable — in their first week back to school, thousands
of students (in majority Black cities) are facing early dismissal or
school closures because of extreme heat.
We need a Green New Deal for Schools.

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President Biden take bold climate action. Biden must reject new fossil
fuel projects, phase out fossil fuel production, and declare a climate
emergency.

 

"THE ART OF REVOLUTION" - NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 16 - OCTOBER 21  (THE
CENTER FOR CUBAN STUDIES)

 

 

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and all donations are tax-deductible.

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CELEBRATING THE FIRST 40 YEARS. VISIONING THE NEXT 40. - THE SHALOM
CENTER - VIRTUAL EVENT - OCTOBER 5

 

WILL YOU JOIN US TO CELEBRATE 40 YEARS OF THE SHALOM CENTER?

Next month, The Shalom Center becomes 40 years old, an age-marker in
Jewish tradition that signifies the end of one cycle and the beginning
of a new one. With a new website, strategic vision, Advisory Council,
and succession plan all in place, this is certainly a momentous
occasion for us.

TO CELEBRATE THE FIRST 40 YEARS OF THE SHALOM CENTER, AND TO VISION
THE NEXT 40, WE ARE HOSTING “FORTYFEST,” A FIRST-OF-ITS KIND,
VIRTUAL HOSHANAH RABBAH SEDER ON OCTOBER 5TH FROM 7-9:30PM ET.

Filled with incredible speakers, ritualists, and musicians, and
inspired by the traditional Hoshanah Rabbah service, FortyFest will be
an ode to the The Shalom Center’s prophetic impact on progressive
Jewish and multifaith movements over the last 40 years. And even more
importantly, it will be an attempt to actively articulate and embody
the kind of prophetic imagination we’re excited to cultivate for the
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