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TIDBITS – FEB. 8, 2024 – READER COMMENTS: 47 US CITIES CALL FOR
CEASEFIRE; WHY A FACTION OF BDS IS ATTACKING STANDING TOGETHER;
CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL IN PUERTO RICO; WHAT REPUBLICANS FEAR; 52ND
CONTINGENT OF THE VENCEREMOS BRIGADE – LEARN MORE  
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February 8, 2024
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_ Reader Comments: 47 US Cities Call for Ceasefire; Why a Faction of
BDS is Attacking Standing Together; Confederate Memorial in Puerto
Rico; What Republicans Fear; Labor and Organizing; 52nd Contingent of
the Venceremos Brigade - Learn More _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources, Announcements, AND cartoons -
Feb..8, 2024, xxxxxx

 

* 47 U.S. CITIES HAVE CALLED FOR A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA
* THE PLAN  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH
* THE ORANGE JESUS  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS
* RE: WHY A FACTION OF BDS IS ATTACKING STANDING TOGETHER  (ETHAN
YOUNG)
* RE: EXPLAINING ISRAEL’S ‘INTELLIGENCE FAILURE’ ON HAMAS
 (MARCIA SLATKIN)
* RE: OBAMACARE CREATED BIG MEDICINE  (DENISE GERDES)
* RE: TECH WORKERS DESERVE A UNION  (CELESTE SULIIN BURRIS)
* RE: THE SOUTH, WHERE AUTOMAKERS GO FOR A DISCOUNT  (NORM
LITTLEJOHN)
* CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL IN PUERTO RICO  (MARGARITA M ASENCIO-LOPEZ)
* WHAT REPUBLICANS FEAR  --  CARTON BY DR. JAMES MACLEOD
* RE: ORGANIZING IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD: WHAT WE NEED TO GET RIGHT
 (EDWARD CLOONAN)

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

* 52ND CONTINGENT OF THE VENCEREMOS BRIGADE - LEARN MORE  --
 MARCH 7  -  OPEN HOUSE

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47 U.S. CITIES HAVE CALLED FOR A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA
 

 

THE PLAN  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH

 

Mike Luckovich
February 4, 2024
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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THE ORANGE JESUS  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS

 

Rob Rogers
February 6, 2024
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RE: WHY A FACTION OF BDS IS ATTACKING STANDING TOGETHER
 

Palestinian Campaign's attack on Standing Together
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brings to mind the danger of misunderstanding the concept of 'better
fewer.' The PC states: 'Standing Together’s premise is that a shared
home can be achieved for Palestinians and Israelis if they refuse
“hatred and choose empathy.” It claims to mobilize Jewish and
Palestinian citizens of Israel in pursuit of “peace, equality, and
social and climate justice,” yet it fails to even mention the
elephant in the room: Israel’s 75-year-old regime of
settler-colonialism and apartheid, the root cause of “conflict”
and violence. Its approach is reminiscent of the morally bankrupt
suggestions to South Africans resisting apartheid in the past to
eschew “hatred” and “conflict” and embrace peace and empathy
without calling for ending apartheid.'

Plenty to chew on here, but I come away with reminiscences about the
use of litmus tests applied to ostensibly pro-peace forces. The point
is to expand the united front, not restrict it to the pure. Given how
f'd up the Israeli government is regarding anti-Arab, anti-Muslim
denial of all rights - including the right to live - and its influence
in the society as a whole, the significance of Standing Together
should not be boiled down to 'too little, too late.' Without allies,
there is no front, and without a front, there are no victories.

Ethan Young
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RE: EXPLAINING ISRAEL’S ‘INTELLIGENCE FAILURE’ ON HAMAS
 

People around me believe that Netanyahu needed a war so as not to go
to jail. That would make ignoring the warnings a deliberate
self-protective decision -- dastardly, cowardly, dishonest, ultimately
tragic and very costly in lives and human well-being.

Marcia Slatkin

 

RE: OBAMACARE CREATED BIG MEDICINE
 

Obamacare didn't create big medicine, it created BIG INSURANCE.

Denise Gerdes
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RE: TECH WORKERS DESERVE A UNION

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As a retired computer programmer and a union member for more than
forty years, I approve this message.

Celeste Suliin Burris
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RE: THE SOUTH, WHERE AUTOMAKERS GO FOR A DISCOUNT

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Because the South has had a feudal economy almost since Europeans got
there.

Norm Littlejohn
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CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL IN PUERTO RICO
 

Since 1903, a school building stood in the town of Cabo Rojo, Puerto
Rico, bearing the name of "JLM Curry". This man was a white
supremacist, confederate soldier and legislator, and representative of
segregated education until his death in 1903. Puerto Rico became a
colony of the USA in 1898, thereafter some schools were named after
Americans (Garfield, Farragut, Poe, Whitman, Edison, etc.), and we got
Curry in Cabo Rojo. After a hard struggle, in November 12, 2023, the
building was renamed "María Civico". This woman was a slave, freed in
1876, and became a praised coutourier.

Margarita M Asencio-Lopez

 

WHAT REPUBLICANS FEAR  --  CARTON BY DR. JAMES MACLEOD

 

Dr. James MacLeod
February 4, 2024
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RE: ORGANIZING IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD: WHAT WE NEED TO GET RIGHT
 

Great article BUT no discussion of American imperialism wars which too
often are initiated and /or supported by Dem party and unions.

Edward Cloonan

 

52ND CONTINGENT OF THE VENCEREMOS BRIGADE - LEARN MORE  --  MARCH 7
 -  OPEN HOUSE
 

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where you can meet past Brigadistas to learn more about what to expect
on the trip this year.

* MARCH OPEN HOUSE:  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7 AT 5 PM PT/8 PM ET

 

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