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TIDBITS – FEB.15, 2024 – READER COMMENTS: ISRAELI
SETTLEMENTS–OBSTACLE TO PEACE; HIGH GROCERY BILLS; PHIL OCHS;
STANDING TOGETHER; PELOSI, BIDEN, SOLIPSISM; WE WHO BELIEVE IN FREEDOM
– SONGS AND STORIES; HOLLY NEAR; CELEBRATING BARBARA EHRENREICH;  
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February 15, 2024
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_ Reader Comments: Israeli Settlements--Obstacle to Peace; Grocery
Bills Still High; Phil Ochs; Standing Together; Pelosi, Biden,
Solipsism; We Who Believe In Freedom - Songs and Stories; Holly Near;
Celebrating Barbara Ehrenreich; How to Sue the Klan; _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Announcements AND cartoons - Feb.15, 2024,
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* RE: ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS STAND IN THE WAY OF PEACE. BIDEN CAN
DEFUND THEM ALL  (NORM LITTLEJOHN)
* BORDER CRISIS ?  - NEVERMIND, IT CAN WAIT  --  CARTOON BY
DENNIS GORIS
* RE: THE REAL REASON YOUR GROCERY BILL IS STILL SO HIGH  (DANIEL
MILLSTONE)
* FORGETFUL  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH
* RE: THE UAW IS ORGANIZING THE SOUTH  (CHUCK LEVENSTEIN)
* RE: PILOTS GOT THEIR PAYDAY. NOW FLIGHTS ATTENDANTS ARE PUSHING
AIRLINES FOR HIGHER WAGES  (MIRIAM FRANK)
* WHITE WASHING BLACK HISTORY  --  CARTOON BY CLAY BENNETT
* RE: CASUALTIES OF A FAILED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM  (ARLENE HALFON)
* RE: TROUBADOUR OF 1960S NEW LEFT IS CELEBRATED IN NEW EXHIBIT AT
WOODY GUTHRIE MUSEUM  (JUDITH PASTERNAK; MIKE MAUER)
* RE: SUPER BOWL ADS TO PROMOTE ISRAEL  (DAVE LOTT)
* SPECIAL COUNSEL HUR  --  CARTOON BY CLAY BENNETT
* RE: WHY A FACTION OF BDS IS ATTACKING STANDING TOGETHER  (KEVIN
YOUNG; NORA LAPIN)
* RE: EXPOSED: US DEA USED CRIMINALS TO SPY ON, DESTABILIZE
VENEZUELA, MEXICO, BOLIVIA  (AUSTIN KELLEY)
* RE: LEONARD BERNSTEIN’S RADICALISM  (LEONARD J. LEHRMAN)
* RE: BOB MOSES: GARDENER OF MINDS  (SONIA COBBINS)
* RE: WHY SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS  (DAVID BERGER)
* FORCED LABOR FUNNIES  --  CARTOON BY JEN SORENSEN

* NANCY PELOSI, JOE BIDEN AND THE SPECTACULAR SOLIPSISM OF OUR
NATION'S CAPITAL  (TOM GALLAGHER)

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

* WE WHO BELIEVE IN FREEDOM - SONGS AND STORIES OF LIBERATION  --
 CHICAGO  --  FEBRUARY 18  (SONGS FOR CEASEFIRE; TZEDEK CHICAGO;
CHICAGO ARTISTS AGAINST GENOCIDE)

* IN THE ZOOM ROOM  -  HOLLY NEAR: BECAUSE OF SONG  -- FEBRUARY
19  (THE FIRST COAST FREETHOUGHT SOCIETY)

* CELEBRATING BARBARA EHRENREICH: IN HER WORDS  --  NEW YORK CITY
 --  FEBRUARY 20  (PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ECONOMIC
HARDSHIP REPORTING PROJECT AND ANNABELLE GURWITCH)

* FILM SCREENING - HOW TO SUE THE KLAN  -  NEW YORK CITY  --
 FEBRUARY 28  (CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS)

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RE: ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS STAND IN THE WAY OF PEACE. BIDEN CAN DEFUND
THEM ALL
 

If President Biden is serious about recognizing Palestinian statehood,
he has powerful tools to pressure Israel in that direction. Defunding
the settlements would be a great first step.

Norm Littlejohn
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BORDER CRISIS ?  - NEVERMIND, IT CAN WAIT  --  CARTOON BY DENNIS
GORIS

 

 

Dennis Goris
February 10, 2024
Dennis Goris
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RE: THE REAL REASON YOUR GROCERY BILL IS STILL SO HIGH
 

One of the more enraging bits of wisdom from established economists is
that we should get over the problems posed by inflation. Every time I
buy milk ($3) butter ($5), coffee ($8) and eggs ($3.79), I am reminded
that food costs much, much more than I am prepared to pay.  The
Washington Post (link in the comments) tells us “supply chain”
stories. IMO, obviously, the real story is about food industry
monopolies able to squeeze us. Thanks, therefore to xxxxxx
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for helping to set things straight on the high prices we’re paying.

Daniel Millstone
Posted on Facebook

 

FORGETFUL  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH

 

Mike Luckovich
February 13, 2024
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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RE: THE UAW IS ORGANIZING THE SOUTH

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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Maybe it's the southern workers who are organizing the UAW.?

Chuck Levenstein

 

RE: PILOTS GOT THEIR PAYDAY. NOW FLIGHTS ATTENDANTS ARE PUSHING
AIRLINES FOR HIGHER WAGES

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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Bravo for the fighting flight attendants!!  It's a worthy cause that
the can be won.

Miriam Frank

 

WHITE WASHING BLACK HISTORY  --  CARTOON BY CLAY BENNETT

 

Clay Bennett
February 5, 2024
Chattanooga Times Free Press
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RE: CASUALTIES OF A FAILED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
 

Among the many reasons for our failed health care system, other than
the privatization that leads to low costs for the Corporate Owners of
health organizations are the lack of sufficient people willing to work
in the system. It's not just nurses at all levels but many
professionals of many kinds at all levels.

One example, I'm familiar with are Public Health Professionals. High
levels of education and training are needed. Education needed is
frequently at a MPH or PhD level. Getting education in this country is
expensive. Many people who would love to go into the various fields
may have to borrow thousands of dollars to get the necessary degrees
but salaries are low. People who are in highly paid professions, and
who have greater political power, because of their incomes, complain
that they repaid their student loans, they don't want anyone getting
away without paying theirs.

Many people follow their interests regardless of cost and future debt.
However, many people do the math and decide that going into these
professions just isn't rational. So, we don't get the Public Health
Professionals (and nurses and other medical professionals) that are
needed. The lack of people in this and other Health Professions is
probably far more costly to our society than free education (as in all
other wealthy countries) and/or debt forgiveness would be. But our
ridiculous "ethic" keeps the larger population sicker and poorer and
our society suffers. An on-going cycle down.

Oh, will they ever ever learn?

Arlene Halfon

 

RE: TROUBADOUR OF 1960S NEW LEFT IS CELEBRATED IN NEW EXHIBIT AT WOODY
GUTHRIE MUSEUM

 

This one is my song: Phil Ochs — When I'm Gone

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Judith Pasternak

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Yes, Ochs "had become disillusioned", and he indeed had his vocal
cords injured during the robbery. But the fundamental reason that
these things led to his suicide was that he suffered from mental
illness. Better to name it, so as to remove the stigma and make it
easier for people to seek treatment.

Mike Mauer
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RE: SUPER BOWL ADS TO PROMOTE ISRAEL
 

Yet another reason for me to root against the Patriots.

Dave Lott
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SPECIAL COUNSEL HUR  --  CARTOON BY CLAY BENNETT

 

 

Clay Bennett
February 10, 2024
Chattanooga Times Free Press
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RE: WHY A FACTION OF BDS IS ATTACKING STANDING TOGETHER
 

Disappointing article
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 I was hoping for a real explanation of why part of the BDS movement
dislikes Standing Together. That would require an honest engagement
with the PACBI statement on how Standing Together "normalizes"
occupation. Rather than examining the PACBI argument, Etan Nechin
spends most of the piece implying, without evidence, that PACBI is
animated by visceral hatred of Jewish Israelis and of any interethnic
cooperation. My point is not to render any particular judgment on
PACBI or Standing Together -- just to note that the piece doesn't live
up to the headline and reproduces a harmful trope about the
irrationality of Palestinians.

Kevin Young
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There is a real Israeli left with a magazine and notable figures like
Gideon Levy of Haaretz. I certainly think that they should be
encouraged.

Nora Lapin
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: EXPOSED: US DEA USED CRIMINALS TO SPY ON, DESTABILIZE VENEZUELA,
MEXICO, BOLIVIA
 

Ben Norton and company practice the anti-Imperialism of Fools! Please,
please let's find better sources for these stories than campists.
Their tankie spin only serves to hurt the left in the long run.

Austin Kelley

 

RE: LEONARD BERNSTEIN’S RADICALISM

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Re your otherwise rather good article on Leonard Bernstein: Bernstein
was active in the American Soviet Music Society. So were Ned Rorem,
Muriel Smith, and a number of others mentioned below. But not during
his undergraduate years at Harvard, 1935-39! At least 6 years
later....

The Music Committee of "The National Council of American-Soviet
Friendship", organized in 1943, was active under the chairmanship of
Sergei Koussevitzky; he was supported by prominent musicians—Aaron
Copland, Roy Harris, Fritz Reiner, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Lily Pons,
André Kostelanetz, and Benny Goodman. After the war, in 1946, the
American-Soviet Music Society was set up as an independent
organization; among their officers and members were Leonard Bernstein,
Marc Blitzstein, Morton Gould, Daniel Saidenberg, Elie Siegmèister.
There was a national Advisory Board of thirty-five members, and an
"American-Soviet Music Review" was published, but it did not flourish
beyond the first issue in autumn 1946. The political circumstances of
the late 1940's—The Cold War, McCarthyism—made the Society cease
its activities within a few years. The tragic post-war estrangement
between the Soviet Union and its former allies was reflected almost
immediately in the field of music.

The photograph that Elie Siegmèister had on his piano, which hangs on
my wall, of Copland, Siegmèister, Bernstein and Blitzstein, is from a
1945 organizational meeting of those composers, to set up the American
Soviet Music Society; which was active until killed by the Cold War.
 (Same with the American Soviet Medical Society, which my parents
were active in, around the same time.)

With kind regards -

Leonard J. Lehrman
ljlehrman.artists-in-residence.com
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RE: BOB MOSES: GARDENER OF MINDS

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This Robert Moses (not the other one) is one of my heroes. He
identified math literacy as a frontier that had to be conquered for
the sake of equality. So he started the Algebra Project.

Sonia Cobbins
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RE: WHY SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS

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I find the Reeves article to be woefully inadequate. Without getting
into details this article discusses the question of equality without
dealing with the struggles for equality occurring over the millennia.

Marx said "All history is the history of class struggle." I think that
this little tidbit should be added to any review of a book on
equality, whether it's mention in the source book or not.

David Berger

 

FORCED LABOR FUNNIES  --  CARTOON BY JEN SORENSEN

 

This cartoon is based on the AP story
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“Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to
hundreds of popular food brands” that was published recently.
(It’s a long piece, so if you’re in a hurry, you can check out
their “takeaways” article
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the report.) To put it briefly, prisoners are doing a lot more labor
in the food supply chain than I think most of us realized. While some
inmates choose to work, many are compelled to do so under threat of
punishment. The 13th Amendment allows involuntary labor as punishment
for a crime, so the practice — which disproportionately affects
people of color — can look an awful lot like slavery. The Louisiana
State Penitentiary in Angola, where inmates do farm work, is literally
located on a former slave plantation. These jobs often pay pennies or
nothing at all.

_Help keep this work sustainable by joining the Sorensen Subscription
Service! [[link removed]] Also on Patreon
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Jen Sorensen
February 7, 2024
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NANCY PELOSI, JOE BIDEN AND THE SPECTACULAR SOLIPSISM OF OUR NATION'S
CAPITAL
 

by Tom Gallagher

February 14. 2024

When Nancy Pelosi relinquished her position as Speaker of the House at
the end of the last congressional session much of the country may have
assumed that she retired from Congress entirely. In fact, until
recently the less diligent among her own district's political
observers might have been forgiven for thinking the same, given that
she appeared to have entered into a type of still-in-office retirement
– adopting the title of Speaker Emerita while serving on no
congressional committees.

No more, though. Her recent outburst against opponents of Israel's
ongoing devastation of Gaza that has followed upon Hamas's October
assault left no doubt that – for better or worse, she's still at it.
What particularly raised eyebrows was her call for an FBI
investigation of whether the people disrupting President Biden's
speaking engagements by shouting out demands to support a Gaza
ceasefire were funded by Russia. To wit: "What we have to do is try to
stop the suffering in Gaza ... But for them to call for a ceasefire is
Mr. Putin's message."

Putin's message is it? This is a spectacular level of obliviousness
– for anyone, really, much less for someone who within the past two
years ranked second in order of succession to the presidency of the
United States. In a statement defending her call for an investigation
of the funding of opponents of the Biden Administration's pro-war
policies, her office referred to her being "Informed by three decades
on the House Intelligence Committee." Perhaps if she had kept her
committee membership current she'd have been cognizant of the December
12, 2023 United Nations General Assembly vote calling for an
"immediate humanitarian ceasefire" in the Israel-Hamas war, and in
particular the 153–10 margin (with 23 abstentions) of its passage.
So, was that 153 countries delivering Putin's message?

And wait, it gets worse – NATO! Our government went all out not only
in maintaining NATO – a Cold War era organization – into the
post-Cold War era, but pushed its expansion all the way to the Russian
border. And whether or not you think this was a provocation that
contributed significantly to Russia's current actions, there's little
arguing but that NATO is currently reckoned as an explicitly
anti-Putin alliance. So what to make of the fact that NATO's member
states backed the ceasefire resolution by a 20-2 margin (and 9
abstentions), with only the Czech Republic joining the U.S. in
opposition? Is NATO too dominated by nations intent on delivering
Putin's message? Should we get the CIA out there investigating that
one, Madam Speaker Emerita? (As if they're not already.)

Of course it would be one thing if this were just an instance of
cluelessness on the part of a single member of Congress, but the
degree to which our government is out of sync with the rest of the
world goes far beyond that. Consider the matter of another UN
resolution, this one recurrent: Last November the General Assembly
voted overwhelmingly against the US's economic and trade embargo
against Cuba, declaring it to be in violation of the Charter of the
United Nations and of international law.

Although few Americans will be aware of this vote due to the scant
attention accorded it by our newsmedia, our press corp might
reasonably defend their minuscule reporting on the grounds that a
resolution against the U.S. embargo – in place since 1960 – didn't
much qualify as news, in that this was the 31st such vote, one having
occurred in every year since 1992, with the exception of the 2020
Covid year, and each one resulting in the policy's condemnation. The
outcome of this most recent vote, by the way, was 187-2 (U.S. and
Israel), with one abstention (Ukraine).

Now, as to the matter of Pelosi's concern for stopping the suffering
in Gaza: One hopes that she is sufficiently up to date to realize
that, upon hearing Israel's January 26 claim that some United Nations
Relief and Works Agency employees were involved in the Hamas attack
that precipitated Israel's ongoing invasion, Biden immediately halted
American funding of the agency. UNRWA currently operates schools and
centers estimated to be sheltering more than half of the entire
population of Gaza and is the territory's principal source of food.
Without the funding cut off by the U.S. and ,a number of other
nations, it will not be able to operate and will be unable to pay its
30,000 Palestine-based employees, 13,000 of whom are in Gaza. (The
Israeli charges that are currently crippling the agency were leveled
against 12 UNRWA employees, less than one tenth of one percent of its
total Gaza workforce.)

And the funding cutoff is not the only deadly obstacle UNRWA faces. On
February 5, the head of the agency's Gaza operations reported that "a
food convoy waiting to move into Northern Gaza was hit by Israeli
naval gunfire." In fact, the UN Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs writes that "By the agency's count, at least 154
UNRWA staff had been killed during the fighting in Gaza as of February
8. UNRWA also reported that its facilities have been hit at least 290
times during the hostilities, which have now claimed the lives of over
27,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry."

Nor is UNRWA the only agency under attack. On February 1, the Gaza
offices of Belgium's development agency were bombed and completely
destroyed. (Belgium was one of countries that did not suspend UNRWA
funding in response to the Israeli charges.) Any of these attacks may
well have been launched using weapons the Biden Administration has
been providing in abundance, bypassing Congress as needed. Is Pelosi
actually aware of any of this? Seems inconceivable that she isn't, but
then the beauty of being a member of Congress is that the job doesn't
really require knowing what goes on in the rest of the world – and
certainly doesn't require caring about what the rest of the world
thinks.

None of this solipsism in any way to be confused with any kind of
"isolationist" impulses, mind you. Just to keep our place in the world
in perspective, there are some other numbers that might also take the
average American aback: According to the Chicago Council on Global
Affairs, as of September 2022, there were 171,736 of our active-duty
military troops stationed across 178 foreign countries, the lion's
share – 115,126 – in Japan, Germany, and South Korea, where they
are stationed at one of the 312 bases our military maintains in the
three countries. The total number of U.S. foreign military bases is
estimated to be in excess of 800. (I will not hazard a guess as to the
exact number, lest I land on the correct number by chance, thereby
risking arrest since that exact number is a military secret.) American
troops in 178 foreign countries, nine of which agree with our Gaza
policy and one of which agrees with our Cuba policy! Those kind of
numbers seem strange to anyone else?

Pelosi, by the way, is running for reelection. Unfortunately, however,
the depths of her apparent disinterest in the actual events occurring
in Gaza – and who knows where else in the world – are unlikely to
be plumbed during the course of the upcoming campaign season. None of
her opponents are given the remotest chance of unseating her and her
presence is not anticipated at any candidates night events.

 

WE WHO BELIEVE IN FREEDOM - SONGS AND STORIES OF LIBERATION  --
 CHICAGO  --  FEBRUARY 18  (SONGS FOR CEASEFIRE; TZEDEK CHICAGO;
CHICAGO ARTISTS AGAINST GENOCIDE)

 

 

IN THE ZOOM ROOM  -  HOLLY NEAR: BECAUSE OF SONG  -- FEBRUARY 19
 (THE FIRST COAST FREETHOUGHT SOCIETY)

 

 

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2024 in the Zoom Room. Singer / Songwriter /
Peace Activist, Holly Near, will share stories about her life and sing
thoughtful original songs with humor, style, and craft. A lively
discussion is sure to follow. ZOOM MEETING ID: 86930248001. PASSCODE:
363219. Please RSVP and LEARN MORE about Holly Near at our Meet-up
page here: [link removed]

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organization of individuals who prefer science and reason over
religious dogma and fanaticism. We have enjoyed the nonreligious
population of Northeast Florida since 1998 as we seek ways to improve
the quality of life within our communities.

Our advocacy prefers progressive ideas over regressive ideas with an
emphasis on equality, equity, and critical thinking, through education
and community outreach.

We provide a place to discuss philosophy, science, books, movies,
current events, and a venue for local and national speakers to share
their expertise. We offer support to those who question or have
rejected religious beliefs.

Our public activities are free! Check out our YouTube Channel, monthly
meetings, newsletter, book and move discussion groups, and our monthly
Secular Sunday in the park [[link removed]]. We hope you can join
us!

 

CELEBRATING BARBARA EHRENREICH: IN HER WORDS  --  NEW YORK CITY  --
 FEBRUARY 20  (PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP
REPORTING PROJECT AND ANNABELLE GURWITCH)

 

 

SYMPHONY SPACE

CELEBRATING BARBARA EHRENREICH: IN HER WORDS

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 | 7PM | LEONARD NIMOY THALIA THEATRE

Expected Run Time is 75 minutes

This event has sliding scale ticket prices to make space for all.
Please choose the ticketing tier most comfortable for you.

Actors and admirers take the stage to honor the late activist and
social critic with readings from her groundbreaking books, including
the national bestseller Nickel and Dimed. Ehrenreich’s passion for
amplifying the voices of America’s disempowered shines through in
the pages of her library, which tackles topics such as the labor
market, women’s rights, health care, science, love, and communal
joy. Hosted by Maria Hinojosa, and featuring: Caroline Aaron, Danny
Burstein, Nancy Giles, Annabelle Gurwitch, Jessica Hecht, Merritt
Wever, and Lizz Winstead! With an introduction by Alissa Quart.

TICKETS FOR THE EVENT ARE AVAILABLE AT SYMPHONYSPACE.ORG
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effort to remove price as a barrier for entry.

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FILM SCREENING - HOW TO SUE THE KLAN  -  NEW YORK CITY  --
 FEBRUARY 28  (CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS)

 

_How to Sue the Klan_ [[link removed]] is the story of
how five Black women from Chattanooga used legal ingenuity to take on
the Ku Klux Klan in a historic 1982 civil case filed by the Center for
Constitutional Rights. Their victory set a legal precedent that
continues to inspire the ongoing fight against organized hate.

Join the Center for Constitutional Rights for a screening of _How to
Sue the Klan_ and a talk-back with the filmmaker and Center for
Constitutional Rights attorneys – past and present – to discuss
this important case and its legacy.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

ANGELIKA FILM CENTER, 18 W. HOUSTON ST., NEW YORK, NY 10012

5:00 p.m.: Doors open
5:30 p.m.: Welcome and screening
6:00 p.m.: Talk-back and Q&A

RESERVE YOUR SEAT
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Speakers:

* RANDOLPH M. MCLAUGHLIN
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at Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law. Randy is a former
Center for Constitutional Rights Staff Attorney who
litigated _Crumsey v. Justice Knights of the Ku Klux Klan_ and is
featured in the film.

* BETTY LAWRENCE LEWIS
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at Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law and NYC College of
Technology. Betty is also a former Center for Constitutional Rights
Staff Attorney who litigated _Crumsey v. Justice Knights of the Ku
Klux Klan_ and is featured in the film.

* VINCENT WARREN
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Executive Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights 

* EMILY EARLY
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Associate Director of the Southern Regional Office, Center for
Constitutional Rights

* JOHN BEDER [[link removed]],
Filmmaker, _How to Sue the Klan_

More about Crumsey v. Justice Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

On April 19, 1980, four Black women stood waiting for a cab on
Chattanooga’s 9th St. when a car passed, driven by a local Ku Klux
Klan leader. His passengers, also Klansmen, worked together to fire
shotgun blasts from the open window. The gunfire wounded the four
friends, and a fifth woman was struck by flying glass as the Klansman
continued up the road, firing more shots. In criminal court, an
all-white jury acquitted two of the Klansmen and sentenced the third
to just nine months. He served only six. Civil unrest followed the
verdict, sparking national attention and the attention of attorneys at
the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York City. The
organization had been waiting for the right opportunity to use a new
legal strategy against hate groups in civil court. Center for
Constitutional Rights Attorney Randolph McLaughlin and his legal team
filed a civil case in federal court on behalf of the injured women,
arguing that they were entitled to compensation based on a
Reconstruction-era law called the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Enforcement Act.

We’re thrilled to host this event and share some of our history with
you. Find out more about the Center for Constitutional Rights’ work
supporting generations of Southern freedom fighters to transform
material conditions, dismantle systems of oppression, and advance
visions of collective liberation on our Southern Justice Rising
project page.

We hope to see you on February 28!

The Center for Constitutional Rights team

Read more about the Center for Constitutional Rights’ work
supporting generations of Southern freedom fighters to transform
material conditions, dismantle systems of oppression, and advance
visions of collective liberation on our Southern Justice Rising
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page.

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