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TIDBITS – SEPT. 21, 2023 – READER COMMENTS: AUTO STRIKE; UKRAINE
WAR; BILLIONAIRE TAX, DEMS, SCOTUS; AFRICA AND FRANCE; WALTER
MOSLEY’S NEW; NUCLEAR TRUTH TELLING; REMEMBERING BARBARA EHRENREICH;
NANO STERN SINGS VICTOR JARA; VITO MARCANTONIO;  
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* RE: WHY AUTO WORKERS ARE STRIKING  (CAROL HANISCH)
* KEVIN MCCARTHY: JUST TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF ALL THIS  --
 CARTOON BY BILL BRAMHALL
* RE: OTHELLO AND THE WAR  (STAN NADEL; DANIEL JORDAN)
* SENATE GOP PRAYER MEETING  --  CARTOON BY JACK ZIEGLER
* RE: TOP DEMS PRESS SUPREME COURT TO BLOCK BILLIONAIRE TAX  (PETER
DREIER; ROBERT B. OVERTON; DAN IMMERGLUCK)
* RE: ECUADOR JUST SHOWED THE WORLD WHAT IT MEANS TO TAKE CLIMATE
CHANGE SERIOUSLY  (BERNARD CLEYET)
* RE: GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – AFRICA AND FRANCE  (DAN MORGAN; ETHAN
YOUNG; WALTER YONN)
* NOT KID-FRIENDLY  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH
* RE: WAR RESISTERS' LEAGUE ORGANIZES THE FIRST U.S. VIETNAM WAR
PROTEST  (NAOMI COHEN GOLDSTEIN)
* RE: WALTER MOSLEY’S NEW YORK: CLASSES DIVIDED, RACES AT WAR
 (LORRAINE SUZUKI)

Announcements:

* Human Rights and Democracy Teach In - Kalamazoo, MI - September 25
 (Kalamazoo College Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership)

* Nuclear Truth Telling - In Memory of Daniel Ellsberg - Webinar -
September 26  (The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy)

* CBH Talk | Remembering Barbara Ehrenreich - Virtual Broadcast -
September 28  (Brooklyn Public Library)

* Nano Stern Sings Victor Jara - U.S. Tour Dates - October 2 - 20 -
Amherst, MA; Brooklyn, NY; Chicago, IL; Tucson, AZ; Flagstaff, AZ;
Stanford, CA; Los Angeles, CA

* The Purgatory Trial of Vito Marcantonio - New York - October 4 - 15
 (The American Theatre of Actors)

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RE: WHY AUTO WORKERS ARE STRIKING

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It struck me while watching the inspiring Friday Night video "Why the
UAW" Is Striking" that getting rid of the tier system in labor
situations is akin to getting rid of unequal pay for women and Black
people. That too is a tier system. I couldn't help but wonder if the
white man in the video who is passionately clear that he should get
the same pay as the guy next to him sees it that way. I hope so. And I
wanted to hear from some of the women and Black people, who are in the
photos. Not all UAW autoworkers are white men. Solidarity all around!

Carol Hanisch

 

KEVIN MCCARTHY: JUST TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF ALL THIS  --
 CARTOON BY BILL BRAMHALL

 

Bill Bramhall
September 14, 2023
New York Daily News
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RE: OTHELLO AND THE WAR
 

There's no real criticism of Russia's invasion here and near as I can
tell Grossman wants us to see Putin as a victim rather than a
perpetrator.  This sort of stuff was bad enough in defense of the
Soviet Union, but now that it's used to defend Russian imperialism
(which has no pretensions of being socialist) it is beneath contempt.
 Grossman's analyses used to be worthy of respect, but after this I'm
afraid not any more.

Stan Nadel

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And what exactly should Ukraine negotiate away? What would the US
negotiate away if it were invaded?

Daniel Jordan

 

SENATE GOP PRAYER MEETING  --  CARTOON BY JACK ZIEGLER
 

Jack Ziegler
April 19, 2004
The New Yorker

 

RE: TOP DEMS PRESS SUPREME COURT TO BLOCK BILLIONAIRE TAX
 

It turns out that Neal Katyal, a regular "talking head" on MSNBC, is
the lawyer and front man for a corporate-funded attack on progressive
taxes. He also has an awful track record of defending child slavery
and supporting Trump's nominees to the Supreme Court. This is
outrageous. MSNBC should replace him ASAP.

Peter Dreier
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It is very sickening to see just how plutocrats rule and dictate
policy.

Robert B. Overton
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He represents everything that so many (esp young) progressives hate
about the Democratic Party.

Dan Immergluck
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RE: ECUADOR JUST SHOWED THE WORLD WHAT IT MEANS TO TAKE CLIMATE CHANGE
SERIOUSLY
 

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"It was a form of "climate appeasement" comparable to Chamberlain's
failure to prepare for war in the 1930s."

Wow have you got it backwards!  — that myth must die!

Even while Chamberlain was signing the Munich Agreement, he was
agreeing a huge increase in spending to increase Britain's armament in
preparation for war. He must have known from the situation outlined to
him by General Ismay, that Czechoslovakia was lost, that war was bound
to come.

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No way could England fight a war then— totally unprepared.  By
delaying it, England improved the spits and increased production and,
thereby, won the battle of Britain.  I think Chamberlain was a hero.

Please correct that article.

Bernard Cleyet

 

RE: GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – AFRICA AND FRANCE
 

The author asserts that Russia is a brutal imperialist in Africa,
gives no evidence. The clear preference shown by the masses on the
streets speaks otherwise. Where there are corrupt electoral processes
military coups may be the only solution and several of these coups
have clear mass support. The author's preference for pro western
governments shows.

Dan Morgan
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Dan Morgan: Please be more straightforward. Achille Mbembe opposes
imperialist domination by the west. Where does he indicate he prefers
"pro western government"? When did popular support for coups become an
indication that the coups are progressive? Mbembe does offer a
solution to corruption in its many forms: mass democratic political
action and the cultural awakening that comes with it. Despair on the
left is leading to romanticizing some deadly alternatives.

Ethan Young, moderator, Global Left Midweek

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Thanks. Not addressed is the enormous impact climate change is having
on the fragile structures of government and civil society.

Walter Yonn
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NOT KID-FRIENDLY  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH

 

Mike Luckovich
September 18, 2023
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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RE: WAR RESISTERS' LEAGUE ORGANIZES THE FIRST U.S. VIETNAM WAR PROTEST

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One correction to your report on first times. The first demonstration
in the U.S. against the war in Vietnam was not the one organized by
the War Resisters League in 1963. The first demonstration against the
war in Vietnam was held on August 2, 1962, organized by Youth Against
War & Fascism. Although it was not a large protest, Ho Chi Minh heard
about it and sent word through a visiting journalist that it was an
example of what needed to be done by anti-war forces in the U.S.

Please print this correction.

Naomi Cohen Goldstein

 

RE: WALTER MOSLEY’S NEW YORK: CLASSES DIVIDED, RACES AT WAR

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The title of Walter Mosley’s provocative new novel, “Every Man a
King,” is a motto with a violent history. It was the catchphrase of
the firebrand Louisiana populist Huey Long, who might have challenged
Franklin Roosevelt from the left in 1936, were he not assassinated
first.

These words — a cry for equality from a bygone era — are a snug
fit for Mosley’s novel, which skitters across the spectrum between
orthodox and radical like a polygraph needle wired to a nervy
accomplice.

Lorraine Suzuki
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HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY TEACH IN - KALAMAZOO, MI - SEPTEMBER 25
 (KALAMAZOO COLLEGE ARCUS CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERSHIP)

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 25 @ 6:00 - 8:00 PM.

Arcus Center
Kalamazoo College

Would you know if your human rights were violated? Many in the USA
take their human rights for granted. Join us on Monday September 25th
to learn about human rights, their role in democracy and what social
justice activists and advocates can do to ensure human rights are
protected in this country and beyond.

This event is open to all Kalamazoo College students and community
members.

For more information:

Kalamazoo College Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership
269-337-7398
[email protected]

 

NUCLEAR TRUTH TELLING - IN MEMORY OF DANIEL ELLSBERG - WEBINAR -
SEPTEMBER 26  (THE ELLSBERG INITIATIVE FOR PEACE AND DEMOCRACY)

 

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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM ET

The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy at UMass is beginning
a year of programs called “The Whistleblower Project: A Series on
Public Interest Truth Telling.” Our first event, on September 26 at
7pm ET, is an online panel discussion with antinuclear activists,
“Nuclear Truth Tellers: In Memory of Daniel Ellsberg.” Please
register to join us.

The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy invites you to join us
for a webinar with leading antinuclear activists to talk about the
ongoing threats posed by nuclear weapons and collective efforts to
reduce those dangers and move toward nuclear abolition. Moderator
Christian Appy, director of EIPAD, will invite questions from the
audience.

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CBH TALK | REMEMBERING BARBARA EHRENREICH - VIRTUAL BROADCAST -
SEPTEMBER 28  (BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY)
 

 

Thursday, September 28 2023    7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Center for Brooklyn History

_IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE FOR THIS PROGRAM IS AT CAPACITY! PLEASE JOIN
THE LIVESTREAM ON THE CENTER FOR BROOKLYN HISTORY PUBLIC PROGRAMS
YOUTUBE CHANNEL. TO WATCH THE BROADCAST LIVE, CLICK HERE
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PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT; WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO
ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE! DOORS WILL OPEN AT 6:30 PM._

An activist, journalist, social critic, and author of 21 books
including the groundbreaking _Nickel and Dimed_, BARBARA
EHRENREICH amplified the voices of America’s disempowered by
bringing her sharp perspective to the myth of the American dream, the
labor market, health care, poverty, women’s rights, and a society
rife with hypocrisy. Join us for a look at Ehrenreich’s intellectual
and political legacy and how it might be carried forward today
with CORNEL WEST, JIA TOLENTINO, ALISSA QUART, FRANCES FOX
PIVEN, MATTHEW DESMOND, JANET MCINTOSH, and TOM LEWANDOWSKI.
Senator BERNIE SANDERS pays tribute by video and REVEREND BILLY AND
THE STOP SHOPPING CHOIR raise the house.

_Presented in collaboration with Ehrenreich’s children, Rosa Brooks
and Ben Ehrenreich._

 

NANO STERN SINGS VICTOR JARA - U.S. TOUR DATES - OCTOBER 2 - 20 -
AMHERST, MA; BROOKLYN, NY; CHICAGO, IL; TUCSON, AZ; FLAGSTAFF, AZ;
STANFORD, CA; LOS ANGELES, CA

 

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THE PURGATORY TRIAL OF VITO MARCANTONIO - NEW YORK - OCTOBER 4 - 15
 (HE AMERICAN THEATRE OF ACTORS)

 

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF POLITICIAN VITO MARCANTONIO. ITALIAN-AMERICAN.
CATHOLIC. REPUBLICAN. PROGRESSIVE AND BLACKLISTED AS A COMMUNIST.

WORK OF ART PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS....

"THE PURGATORY TRIAL OF VITO MARCANTONIO" OFF-BROADWAY

Written and Starring ROBERTO RAGONE

Directed by ART BERNAL

Synopsis:

Vito Marcantonio, a real-life congressman that represented East Harlem
throughout the 1940's is temporarily released from purgatory to prove
his case to a modern-day audience that he is deserving to be acquitted
from spending eternity in limbo. Testimony will be given by multiple
witnesses including FDR, the gangster Tommy Lucchese and Vito’s own
grandmother.

THE AMERICAN THEATRE OF ACTORS INC,

314 West 54th Street
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