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FUELS – THIS SUNDAY; LOOMING UAW STRIKE – WHAT YOU CAN DO;
ABORTION RIGHTS; AFRICA AND FRANCE; CLASS VISITS BY ANTI-WAR VETERANS;
50 YEARS AGO DEMOCRACY DIED IN CHILE; CARTOONS;  
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Africa and France; Class Visits by Anti-War Veterans; 50 Years Ago
Democracy Died in Chile; Cartoons; more.... _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources, Announcements, AND cartoons -
Sept 14, 2023, xxxxxx

 

FOSSIL FUELS ARE NOT HEALTHY FOR CHILDREN AND OTHER LIVING THINGS  --
JOIN THE MARCH THIS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH

 

* Re: ‘Corporate Media Will Always Side With CEOs’: Sanders Rips
Coverage of Looming UAW Strike  (Michael Henry Starks)
* Re: Why a 4-Day Workweek Is on the Table for Autoworkers  (Edward
Cloonan)
* Re: Sara Nelson: Attacks on Abortion Rights Are Attacks on All
Workers  (Arlene Halfon; Holly Syrrakos; Lawrence Rockwood)
* Trickle Down Economics  --  Explained
* Re: How the War on Poverty Stalled  (Tracy Ann Essoglou; Ben
Cupp)
* Re: Smart Ass Cripple: How SSI Keeps People Poor  (Molly Hauck)
* Lots of Evidence  --  Cartoon by Mike Luckovich
* Re: Will Starbucks’ Union-Busting Stifle a Union Rebirth in the
US?  (David Newby)
* Re: Global Left Midweek – Africa and France  (Ethan Young)
* Syphilis-zation  --  Cartoon by Mike Stanfill
* Re: The Movement and the Mayor  (L A Kurth)
* Re: Teaching SNCC: The Organization at the Heart of the Civil
Rights Revolution  (Thomas Porter; Diana G. Collier)

RESOURCES:

* AHEAD OF POTENTIAL UAW STRIKE, AUTOMAKERS RAKE IN RECORD PROFITS -
UAW-AUTOMAKERS NEGOTIATIONS PIT FALLING WAGES AGAINST SKYROCKETING CEO
PAY  (ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE)

* WE ARE NOT YOUR SOLDIERS! - SCHEDULING FALL CLASS VISITS BY
ANTI-WAR VETERANS  (WORLD CAN'T WAIT)

* 50 YEARS AGO DEMOCRACY DIED IN CHILE — POSTER OF THE WEEK
 (CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL GRAPHICS)
 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

* CHILEAN PEÑA FOR HISTORICAL MEMORY - ITHACA, NY - SEPTEMBER 16
 (CHILEAN SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE FOR THE RECUPERACIÓN DE LA MEMORIA
HISTORICA)

* ABORTION RIGHTS AND THE FUTURE OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS - VIRTUAL
EVENT - SEPTEMBER 19  (BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE)

 

FOSSIL FUELS ARE NOT HEALTHY FOR CHILDREN AND OTHER LIVING THINGS  --
JOIN THE MARCH THIS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH

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Join us on September 17th* in New York City as we march, rally, and
protest to demand that President Biden take bold climate action. Biden
must reject new fossil fuel projects, phase out fossil fuel
production, and declare a climate emergency.

 

RE: ‘CORPORATE MEDIA WILL ALWAYS SIDE WITH CEOS’: SANDERS RIPS
COVERAGE OF LOOMING UAW STRIKE
 

If the UAW strikes, you can support the striking workers and their
families by:  not automatically accepting mainstream media coverage
as true or complete; not crossing their picket line, and -- with or
without a strike -- not buying Teslas cars build by nonunion labor.

Michael Henry Starks
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RE: WHY A 4-DAY WORKWEEK IS ON THE TABLE FOR AUTOWORKERS

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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19.00 an hour to paint cars 70 hours a week to survive.

People want real lives beyond a workplace.

I certainly did in my life.

My interests outside the shoppe were more important than bottles and
bank deposits.

Simultaneously I liked the shoppe- but theatre,union,family, politics
were all more important.

I think a lot of hard working people are being denied today and there
will be political consequences sometime in my daisy days.

Edward Cloonan

 

RE: SARA NELSON: ATTACKS ON ABORTION RIGHTS ARE ATTACKS ON ALL WORKERS
 

The connection is even greater than stated.

Forced pregnancy is slavery; many of the other issues raised describe
slavery. All at a time that low-paid workers are being forced into
greater and greater slavery by forced working conditions.

Arlene Halfon

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It would nice if the AFL-CIO would adopt this position. Way overdue.

Holly Syrrakos
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Don't listen to extreme MAGA and extreme NARAL, please sign the 2024
Florida Constitutional Amendment Ballot Initiative supported by
Planned Parenthood and the ACLU and restore Roe v Wade.

Lawrence Rockwood
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TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS  --  EXPLAINED
 

 

RE: HOW THE WAR ON POVERTY STALLED
 

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Did it stall or was it stalled?

Tracy Ann Essoglou
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We don't have a war on poverty, we have a war on the poor.

Ben Cupp
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RE: SMART ASS CRIPPLE: HOW SSI KEEPS PEOPLE POOR
 

Do you have a petition that we could sign and send it to our
Congresspeople and senators?

Molly Hauck

 

LOTS OF EVIDENCE  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH
 

Mike Luckovich
September 13, 2023
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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RE: WILL STARBUCKS’ UNION-BUSTING STIFLE A UNION REBIRTH IN THE US?

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The changes in regulations that the NLRB has recently implemented are
important, but they will never get Starbucks to the table.  And there
will not be significant labor law reform until Senate Democrats get
rid of the filibuster.

So it looks to me like Starbucks workers won't get a contract until a
majority of shops, union or not, are willing to go on strike
simultaneously on a national level--and stay on strike until Starbucks
agrees to a basic national contract.  Such a strike will  take a
major organizing drive and resources from SEIU and Workers United
(with support from other unions and the AFL-CIO).

But that could mean not only justice for Starbucks workers--it would
almost certainly set off an explosion of organizing at Amazon, Trader
Joe's and many, many more companies across the country.  A new dawn
for the American Labor Movement!

David Newby
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RE: GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – AFRICA AND FRANCE
 

the situation in former French colonies in Africa is growing more dire
by the day. I found this piece and was struck by its detailed
analysis. Using e-translators, I was able to take it in, no easy task.
There is nothing in our common ideology that gets us closer to the
heart of world-shaking developments in Africa. Read and consider.

Ethan Young
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SYPHILIS-ZATION  --  CARTOON BY MIKE STANFILL

 

Mike Stanfill
September 14, 2023
Raging Pencils
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RE: THE MOVEMENT AND THE MAYOR

Really great article!

L A Kurth

 

RE: TEACHING SNCC: THE ORGANIZATION AT THE HEART OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS
REVOLUTION
 

SNCC was a part of the movement CORE was older and initiated the
freedom rides the movement was a national movement of Black people
which included things such as the Harlem Rent strikes Let's teach the
true history

Thomas Porter

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How can Sanchez even be thinking of writing about SNCC without
mentioning Kwame Ture / Stokely Carmichael
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You have to wonder... No mention in article.

Hopefully his students will look into it and show him up.

Diana G. Collier
Editorial Director
Clarity Press [[link removed]], Inc.
2625 Piedmont Rd. NE, Ste. 56
Atlanta, GA. 30324
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AHEAD OF POTENTIAL UAW STRIKE, AUTOMAKERS RAKE IN RECORD PROFITS -
UAW-AUTOMAKERS NEGOTIATIONS PIT FALLING WAGES AGAINST SKYROCKETING CEO
PAY  (ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE)

 

United Auto Workers (UAW) members at Ford, GM, and Stellantis are
poised to strike this week when their contracts expire tonight.
Profits at the three Detroit automakers skyrocketed 92% from 2013 to
2022, totaling $250 billion. Forecasts for 2023 expect more than $32
billion in additional profits.

By contrast, autoworker concessions made following the 2008 auto
industry crisis were never reinstated. These concessions included a
suspension of cost-of-living adjustments. As a result, workers’
wages in the union and nonunion sector alike are falling further
behind inflation.

UAW-automakers negotiations pit falling wages against skyrocketing CEO
pay

U.S. auto companies have the means to invest in EVs, pay workers a
fair share, and still earn healthy profits

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

Profits at the “Big 3” auto companies—Ford, General Motors, and
Stellantis— skyrocketed 92% from 2013 to 2022, totaling $250
billion. Forecasts for 2023 expect more than $32 billion in additional
profits.

CEO pay at the Big 3 companies has jumped by 40% during the same
period and the companies paid out nearly $66 billion in shareholder
dividend payments and stock buybacks.

Autoworker concessions made following the 2008 auto industry crisis
were never reinstated, including a suspension of cost-of-living
adjustments. As a result, workers’ wages in the union and nonunion
sector alike are falling farther behind inflation: Across the U.S.,
auto manufacturing workers have seen their average real hourly
earnings fall 19.3% since 2008.

Broadly sharing profits with workers will be even more critical as the
industry focuses on becoming greener—both in what and how they
produce cars and trucks. The Big 3 firms are set to receive record
taxpayer-funded incentives to support their expansion into electric
vehicle (EV) manufacturing. EV transition policies and the economic
and climate potential they promise will not be sustained if auto
workers and auto communities are again asked to sacrifice good jobs.

Read full report here
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Phone: 202-775-8810 • [email protected]

 

WE ARE NOT YOUR SOLDIERS! - SCHEDULING FALL CLASS VISITS BY ANTI-WAR
VETERANS  (WORLD CAN'T WAIT)

 

 

As the autumn semester begins, WE ARE NOT YOUR SOLDIERS
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with teachers and professors to visit classes and engage in dialog
with students during this 2023-24 school year. Our speakers, all
veterans of the U.S. armed forces are prepared to share their
experiences and knowledge and answer questions from the students. The
need to stop U.S. aggressive militarism and wars against peoples
around the world remains urgent. 

While openly sharing experiences of time in the military is very
difficult, the presenters feel an urgency to do so as that is not what
is done by recruiters. It’s important as well for young people who
are not considering enlisting but who are unaware of U.S. military
history or entanglements as is the case in most of society in this
country. Students need to know realistically what they may face if
they join up, not a glossed-over picture that ignores the
traumatization which often starts right in boot camp and, if the
recruit goes on to active duty, can lead to facing a life-time dealing
with guilt. Issues of morality are raised when considering what it
means to live in a country with 800 bases located around the world.
What does that mean for the interests of humanity and our planet?

We will be doing a mix of in-person and remote visits depending on the
location. We can go literally anywhere remotely. Get in touch to see
if you’re in an area where we can have a direct appearance. There is
no fee charged to the educator or school!

Contact us as soon as possible so we can get your class/es on our
schedule. If you desire, we will work with you to prepare for the
visit and/or to follow up. EMAIL
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you are not involved in education yourself, please be sure to share
this information with a friend or family member who is.

We Are Not Your Soldiers Speakers:

Dean Feinman
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Urgo
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Burns
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Rubin
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Gabriel Vazquez
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…And, in case you missed it, please listen to the podcast or watch
the video of the Aug. 15, 2023 interview on Talk World Radio of Debra
Sweet and Miles Megaciph about We Are Not Your Soldiers and our work
to further reduce military recruitment.

 

50 YEARS AGO DEMOCRACY DIED IN CHILE — POSTER OF THE WEEK  (CENTER
FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL GRAPHICS)

 

 

¡Todos Solidarios con Chile Contra El Terror Fascista!
Unite in Solidarity with Chile Against Fascist Terror!
World Peace Council
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Chicago, IL
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Monday, September 11, 2023, marked the 50th anniversary of the United
States-engineered coup-d’état in Chile. This was the first
September 11th that lives in infamy.

On that date in 1973 the democratically elected government of
President Salvador Allende was violently attacked by the Chilean
military led by General Augusto Pinochet, destroying Chile’s first
socialist government and instituting nearly two decades of brutal
military rule. 

Over the next 17 years, Pinochet’s military dictatorship killed or
“disappeared” more than 3,000 people, and arrested and tortured
40,000 political prisoners. Thousands more fled into exile or remain
missing. 

Prior to the Chilean coup, the U.S. had grown concerned about the
spread of communism and socialism in Latin American countries
following the start of the Cold War. As a result, Salvador Allende, a
self-proclaimed Marxist and a member of the Chilean Popular Socialist
Party, was targeted by U.S. officials, including former President
Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger. They perceived his pledge to
nationalize the mostly U.S.-owned copper companies in Chile as a
threat to the U.S. economic interests and would contribute to the
spread of socialism in Latin America. 

The Chilean coup marked the start of Operation Condor, a covert
U.S.-planned and supported state terror network that joined eight
military dictatorships in the Southern Cone countries of South
America–-Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, and
Ecuador. 

In the 1970s, Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State in the Nixon and
Ford administrations, was a major architect of Operation Condor, a
campaign of political repression involving assassination, torture, and
intelligence operations. The program aimed to eradicate alleged
socialist and communist influence and ideas and to destroy active or
potential opposition movements against the participating governments.
Due to its clandestine nature, the precise number of deaths directly
attributable to Operation Condor is unknown, but the death toll is
estimated to be over 60,000. 

U.S. military and intelligence officials secretly collaborated
with Operation Condor and provided organizational, intelligence,
financial, and technical assistance to the operations. 

Although the U.S. spent hundreds of thousands of dollars against
Allende’s presidential campaign, he narrowly won the presidency in
1970. Nixon and his allies continued to devote millions of dollars to
obstruct Allende's ability to govern, and they eventually
succeeded—by funding and training the Chilean military—in
overthrowing Allende’s democratically elected government three years
later.  

Many families of the victims continue to call for justice and
accountability
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the Chilean government. This past August, the Chilean government
announced the first official search
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the disappeared victims of the violent state-sponsored
kidnappings. The remains of 307 people have since been identified and
recovered
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over 1,100 people are still missing.

With the death of Allende came the death of democracy in Chile. The
coup led to the dissolution of the Chilean Congress, the suspension of
their constitution, and sent shockwaves through Latin America, raising
concerns about the threats to democracy in the region.

Recommended Viewing:

“Missing [[link removed]],” 1982 film
based on the true story of Charles Horman, a young American writer and
filmmaker who was “disappeared” during the early days of the
Chilean coup. Directed by Academy Award winning Costa-Gavras and
Starring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, and David Clennon.

References:

* The U.S. set the state for a coup in Chile | NPR
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* Chile to Search for 1,000+ Victims of forced disappearances by
Pinochet dictatorship | NPR
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* Operation Condor: The Cold War Conspiracy that Terrorised South
America | The Guardian
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* Chile Coup 50th Anniversary | Democracy Now
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* Chile Coup U.S. Secret Files | Democracy Now
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* Divided Chile Marks 50 Years Since Pinochet's Bloody Military Coup
| Reuters
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* Presidente de la República en presentación del Plan Nacional de
Búsqueda | Prensa Presidencia
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ABORTION RIGHTS AND THE FUTURE OF STATE CONSTITUTIONS - VIRTUAL EVENT
- SEPTEMBER 19  (BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE)

 

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As the U.S. Supreme Court retreats from protecting many civil rights,
it has opened a vacuum for state courts to fill. State constitutions,
which often include rights not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution,
have taken on new importance. There has been a flurry of state court
activity since the Supreme Court’s June 2022 ruling
in _Dobbs_ ended the federal constitutional right to an abortion.

With so much at stake, the Brennan Center for Justice has
launched _State Court Report_, offering context and commentary about
notable state cases, legal trends, and cutting-edge scholarship. On
the _State Court Report_ website, newsletter, and in events, experts
will take a closer look at state constitutional rights litigation and
the consequences for American democracy.

Join us for a live virtual panel exploring the aftermath
of _Dobbs_ and its implications for state courts and constitutions
on Tuesday, September 19, at 6 p.m. ET. Panelists include Cheri
Beasley, former chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court;
David Cohen, a reproductive rights scholar at Drexel University; and
Alicia Bannon, director of the Brennan Center Judiciary Program and
editor in chief of _State Court Report_. Emily Bazelon of the _New
York Times Magazine_ and Yale Law School will guide a conversation on
the role of state courts in adjudicating reproductive rights cases, as
well as the future of state constitutionalism.

_Produced in partnership with the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership
Center_

Speakers:

* ALICIA BANNON
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Judiciary Program, Brennan Center for Justice; Editor in
Chief, _State Court Report_
* CHERI BEASLEY [[link removed]],
Former Chief Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court
* DAVID COHEN
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Professor of Law, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
* Moderator: EMILY BAZELON
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Times Magazine_; Truman Capote Fellow for Creative Writing and Law,
Yale Law School

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