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TIDBITS – FEB.29, 2024 – READER COMMENTS: ALABAMA SUPREME COURT
DECISION; AARON BUSHNELL; NEX BENEDICT; HOW TO AVOID CLIMATE COLLAPSE;
JERUSALEM YOUTH CHORUS NORTH AMERICAN SPRING TOUR; SOUTHERN STUDENT
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE REUNION; CARTOONS; MORE…  
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February 29, 2024
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_ Reader Comments: Leap Year; Alabama Supreme Court Decision; Aaron
Bushnell; ¡Presente! Nex Benedict; How to avoid climate collapse;
Jerusalem Youth Chorus North American Spring Tour; Southern Student
Organizing Committee Reunion; Cartoons; more.... _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources, Announcements, AND cartoons -
Feb.29, 2024, xxxxxx

 

* MICROSCOPIC PERSON  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH
* RE: MEET THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE  (NORM
LITTLEJOHN; JIM MAYNARD; BILL HENNING)
* EMBRYOS ARE PEOPLE, TOO  --  CARTOON BY ANN TELNAES
* "THE TORAH, THE MISHNAH, THE TALMUD AND LATER RABBINIC SOURCES
CONSIDER THE WOMAN'S PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH BEFORE THAT OF THE
FETUS...."  (RABBI MARA NATHAN)
* THE GOOSE STEP  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON
* RE: THE NATIONAL FIGHT FOR RENT CONTROL  (GEORGE LESSARD)
* NO WORRIES  --  CARTOON BY CHRISTOPHER WEYANT
* RE: AFTER SETTING HIMSELF ON FIRE, US AIRMAN AARON BUSHNELL DIES
DECLARING ‘FREE PALESTINE’  (JUDITH EISENSCHER SCHAFFNER; IF AN
AMERICAN HERO - MEME; HANK RAMÍREZ)
* RE: THE NEGLECTED HISTORY OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL  (GREGORY ST.
JAMES MUNDY)
* RE: STRANGELY LENIN  (L A KURTH)

RESOURCES:

* ¡PRESENTE! NEX BENEDICT - POSTER OF THE WEEK  (CENTER FOR THE
STUDY OF POLITICAL GRAPHICS)
 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

* ONLINE FORUM - HOW TO AVOID CLIMATE COLLAPSE? EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
ELECTIONS AND ROLE OF THE LEFT… INTERNATIONAL TRANSFORM!DANMARK
CONFERENCE  --  MARCH 16  (TRANSFORM!DANMARK – IN COOPERATION
WITH TRANSFORM!EUROPE, AND GLOBAL AKTION, NOAH – FRIENDS OF THE
EARTH, SCIENTIST REBELLION DANMARK, SOLIDARITET, RED-GREEN ALLIANCE,
AND OTHERS)

* THE JERUSALEM YOUTH CHORUS ANNOUNCES “A DIFFERENT SONG”: NORTH
AMERICAN SPRING TOUR A 4-CITY TOUR FROM MARCH 29-APRIL 14

* SSOC - SOUTHERN STUDENT ORGANIZING COMMITTEE REUNION  -
 NASHVILLE  - JUNE 14 - 16

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MICROSCOPIC PERSON  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH

 

 

Mike Luckovich
February 23, 2024
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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RE: MEET THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE
 

Apparently, Alabama has no recall process that would apply to a Chief
Justice of the state Supreme Court. The legislature could probably
impeach him for this blatant violation of the First Amendment of the
US Constitution, but ... don’t hold your breath, anybody.

Norm Littlejohn
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Enlow is a pro-Trump “prophet” and leading proponent of the
“Seven Mountain Mandate,” a “quasi-biblical blueprint for
theocracy” that asserts that Christians must impose fundamentalist
values on American society by conquering the “seven mountains” of
cultural influence in U.S. life: government, education, media,
religion, family, business, and entertainment

Jim Maynard
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This from the pages of "you can't make this stuff up."

"In summary, the theologically based view of the sanctity of life
adopted by the People of Alabama encompasses the following: (1) God
made every person in His image; (2) each person therefore has a value
that far exceeds the ability of human beings to calculate; and (3)
human life cannot be wrongfully destroyed without incurring the wrath
of a holy God, who views the destructions of His image as an affront
to Himself. Section 36.06 recognizes that this is true of unborn human
life no less than it is of all other human life —that even before
birth, all human beings bear the image of God, and their lives cannot
be destroyed without effacing his glory."

From the decision by Alabama Chief Justice Tom Parker in the IVF case.
Separation of Church and State much? How about the US Constitution?
And what of people whose religion does not comport with this view?
What about their freedom of religion?

Bill Henning
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EMBRYOS ARE PEOPLE, TOO  --  CARTOON BY ANN TELNAES

 

Ann Telnaes
February 21, 2024
Washington Post
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"THE TORAH, THE MISHNAH, THE TALMUD AND LATER RABBINIC SOURCES
CONSIDER THE WOMAN'S PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH BEFORE THAT OF THE
FETUS...."

 

 

High Holy Days 5782 The Right to Choose is a Jewish Value: the battle
for choice, autonomy and  progress in America Rabbi Mara Nathan
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Rabbi Mara Nathan

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the Senior Rabbi at Temple Beth-El in San Antonio, Texas where she has
served since 2014. She is the first woman to serve as senior rabbi of
a major congregation in the State of Texas. Rabbi Nathan has made
community building, social justice, worship innovation and community
outreach her main priorities. Previously, Rabbi Nathan served as the
Associate Rabbi and Director of Congregational Learning at Larchmont
Temple in Larchmont, NY, where she worked in various capacities from
1994-2014. During her almost twenty years of service at Larchmont
Temple, she played an instrumental role in all aspects of
congregational life including spiritual worship, ritual, and lifelong
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THE GOOSE STEP  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON

 

Nick Anderson
February 22, 2024
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RE: THE NATIONAL FIGHT FOR RENT CONTROL
 

In the US 🇺🇸 Rent control is back from the dead with a
vengeance, with serious organizing campaigns underway in at least 15
states.

George Lessard
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NO WORRIES  --  CARTOON BY CHRISTOPHER WEYANT

 

 

Christopher Weyant
February 14, 2024
Boston Globe
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RE: AFTER SETTING HIMSELF ON FIRE, US AIRMAN AARON BUSHNELL DIES
DECLARING ‘FREE PALESTINE’
 

I was a bit taken aback by the article xxxxxx published idealizing
the death of Aaron Bushnell, the U.S. serviceman who set himself on
fire to protest the genocide in Gaza. While I agree with his
sentiments about the dire necessity of a cease fire and humanitarian
aid and a resolution for the national aspirations of the Palestinian
people, I cannot condone the unnecessary taking of a life, even one's
own in protest. I do not want even one more person to die in this
conflict. I don't know if Bushnell had any mental problems or not, but
I do believe that had he lived and used his energies to help mobilize
a mass movement in support of the Palestinians, that would have been
far more effective.

His death, unfortunately, will change nothing and even if more follow
him (I hope not), it will not change U.S. policy. Only mass
mobilization via demonstrations and voting will have any chance of
doing that. I do remember the immolations of Vietnamese Buddhist
priests during the Vietnam War, but I am not sure that they, as
shocking as they were, actually contributed to the ending of the war.
May Bushnell rest in peace.

Judith Eisenscher Schaffner

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We will carry on your legacy, Aaron Bushnell!!!

Hank Ramírez
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RE: THE NEGLECTED HISTORY OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL
 

AMERICA ONCE PREVENTED GENOCIDE BUT TODAY THEY ARE PROMOTING IT!

The United States entered World War II, to stop the killing of
innocent Jews. Now is encouraging Israel to kill innocent women and
children. Women and children who had their land taken from them and
put into concentration areas were watched and treated like dogs in a
kennel. While the U.S., and Britain, took these people's land and gave
it to the Jews after WWII. In 2020 the World International Court said
that it was illegal for Israel to take the land, but they have not
returned any of it and probably will not.

Yet, will not stop them in their killings and mistreatment of
Palestinians. When they should force Israel into a Two-State Solution?
The United States watches the way Israelis treat Palestinians and
rewards them every year with billions of American taxpayer dollars for
them to continue the mistreatment.

Committing these atrocious horrors will only make those who were
peaceful become violent with hate against you who have slaughtered
their innocent families and friends. You may think you are victorious
today, but because of what you have done to innocent people, there
will come a much worse disaster upon you! Those who follow God do not
ask for revenge, but only justice upon those who harmed them, not
going out harming those who have not!

Gregory St. James Mundy
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RE: STRANGELY LENIN

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Wonderful book review!

L A Kurth

 

¡PRESENTE! NEX BENEDICT - POSTER OF THE WEEK

 

Johanna Toruño
Unapologetic Street Series
Digital print, 2024
Los Angeles, CA

Nex Benedict was a 16-year-old, non-binary Choctaw high school student
in Owasso,

Oklahoma. Nex was gender-expansive and used They/Them pronouns. They
enjoyed nature, drawing, reading, playing video games and loved their
cat, Zeus.

On February 7, student Nex was assaulted and beaten by three other
students in a girl’s bathroom at Owasso High School. On February 8,
after being released from the hospital and subsequently readmitted,
Nex died. Inexplicably, local police say that their death was not
caused by injuries from the assault.

Nex’s gender-expansive identity, coupled with the fact that this
crime happened in a school bathroom, has generated a lot of fear. In
2023, over 75 anti-LGBTQ+ laws were passed at the local and state
level. These include “bathroom bills" and “don’t say gay”
policies in schools. Such laws encourage open hostility and violence
against trans and gender-expansive people, including children.

We must honor Nex and all LGBTQ+ youth who have been bullied,
attacked, or killed. Gender nonconforming and trans children must be
protected, accepted, and safe. We must demand an end to this terror!

NEX BENEDICT ¡PRESENTE!

Resources:

* The Advocate | What we know about Oklahoma nonbinary teen Nex
Benedict’s tragic death
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* Associate Press | Oklahoma police say nonbinary teen’s death was
not result of injuries from high school fight
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* The Independent | Oklahoma banned trans students from bathrooms.
Now Nex Benedict is dead after a fight at school
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* Human Rights Campaign |National State of Emergency for LGBTQ+
Americans
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Center for the Study of Political Graphics
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ONLINE FORUM - HOW TO AVOID CLIMATE COLLAPSE? EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
ELECTIONS AND ROLE OF THE LEFT… INTERNATIONAL TRANSFORM!DANMARK
CONFERENCE  --  MARCH 16  (TRANSFORM!DANMARK – IN COOPERATION
WITH TRANSFORM!EUROPE, AND GLOBAL AKTION, NOAH – FRIENDS OF THE
EARTH, SCIENTIST REBELLION DANMARK, SOLIDARITET,  KRITISK REVY,
ENHEDSLISTEN/RED-GREEN ALLIANCE, AND OTHERS)

 

 

“_HOW TO AVOID CLIMATE COLLAPSE?”_ THE NEW TRANSFORM!DANMARK
CONFERENCE WILL ADDRESS THIS QUESTION BY INVESTIGATING THE ISSUE OF
THE “_EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS” _AS WELL AS “_THE ROLE OF
THE LEFT AT A TIME OF CLIMATE POLICY FAILURE OF THE EU AND NATIONAL
GOVERNMENTS” — _IN COOPERATION WITH TRANSFORM! EUROPE AND SEVERAL
OTHER PARTNERS. REGISTER NOW!

 

How to avoid climate collapse?

_European Parliament elections and the role of the Left_
_at a time of climate policy failure of the EU and national
governments_

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ORGANISERS: Transform!Danmark – in cooperation with
transform!europe, and Global Aktion, NOAH – Friends of the Earth,
Scientist Rebellion Danmark, Solidaritet,  Kritisk Revy,
Enhedslisten/Red-Green Alliance, and others

Programme

It is striking how little the climate crisis weighs in the political
priorities of today’s governments and politicians — compared to
their fast and resolute actions around Covid-19 in the spring of 2020,
and likewise the speedy decision-making after Putin’s attack on
Ukraine with huge sums of money allocated to military spending.

The extreme weather conditions have been still more present this year,
however the budget allocations from the European countries as well as
from the EU have diminished, to a great degree because of rising costs
of military spending. Rearmament and militarisation as such are some
of the worst factors increasing CO2 emissions. Also, the legal space
for climate activism has narrowed in many countries.

On the background of the European Parliament elections in June 2024,
our main focus in the coming international Transform!Danmark
conference on 16 March 2024 is the radical left and its role in the EP
elections with regard to furthering climate and environmental policies
and a social and just green transition and avoid a climate collapse.
We will look into specific cases in a number of European countries as
well as the EU Green Deal from 2019, the EU recovery plan from July
2020, the Climate Law (“Fit for 55”), the EU strategy for
adaptation to climate change as well as the steps to confront the
energy crisis.
We will also take a look at the budgets and planned climate spending
of the EU national governments and the EU and evaluate the priority
given to climate and environmental policies compared to military
spending.

As previously, we also wish to include a focus on combatting the
severe climate problems outside Europe and the responsibility of the
global North in this regard, this time by inviting a representative
from Colombia, where they have struggled to elaborate specific climate
policies.

Can the left parties, together with the climate movement, address and
impact on the situation and postpone a climate collapse? How to
develop a social and just green transition?
How to change the priorities of governments and politicians?
Militarisation and rearmament have been made such a huge priority in
most Western/NATO countries that it is practically destroying the
effort to cut CO2 and boost green transformation. The problem is not
only that the huge increase in military spending undermines the
spending on climate and welfare. Rearmament and militarisation as such
are some of the worst factors increasing CO2 emissions.

We wish to continue the debate on how to combat climate change, and
why the current policies and state of affairs in EU/Brussels,
nationally and globally, are insufficient. The need for system change
is central in understanding the insufficiency of present policies
focussing on reform of the system and not systemic change.

This is the core of our perspective to build political, economic,
social, and ecological alternatives. The conference will also as
previously offer a bid for more long-term versions of transformed
societies: eco-socialism and eco-feminism and continue the debate on
the role of degrowth.

More information here
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THE JERUSALEM YOUTH CHORUS ANNOUNCES “A DIFFERENT SONG”: NORTH
AMERICAN SPRING TOUR A 4-CITY TOUR FROM MARCH 29-APRIL 14

 

We are thrilled to share that 18 of our singers will visit and perform
in LOS ANGELES, WASHINGTON, DC, BOSTON, AND VANCOUVER BETWEEN MARCH
29 AND APRIL 14, 2024.  The JYC "A Different Song" Tour is bookended
by a high-profile performance in Los Angeles to be announced, and a
livestreamed performance at TED 2024, TED’s flagship conference, in
Vancouver.

Download the Press Release  “A Different Song”: North American
Spring Tour A 4-City Tour from March 29-April 14
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PUBLIC PERFORMANCES
_IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ONE AMERICA MOVEMENT
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* MON. APRIL 1, 7:00PM | LOS ANGELES
_Hosted by the Greer Family _
 
* TUES. APRIL 9, 7:00PM | WASHINGTON, DC
_Hosted at and by the Adas Israel Congregation_
 
* SUN. APRIL 14, 4:00PM | BOSTON, MA AND LIVESTREAMED
_Hosted at and by Emmanuel Church and Central Reform Temple_
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The mission of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus has never been more vital:
to demonstrate a viable alternative to violence in Israel-Palestine
and sing out for peace, justice, inclusion, and equality.  We are
partnering on this tour with the One America Movement—an
organization that works with faith communities across America to fight
toxic polarization—to inspire and equip American audiences to build
bridges in their own communities even in divisive times.  The
opportunities that we have on this tour to truly amplify our
singers’ voices, like performing at TED 2024, will allow us to seize
the moment when all eyes are on Israel-Palestine and help us all sing
a different song.

How to Contribute to the Tour
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choral and dialogue program for Palestinian and Israeli youth in
Jerusalem. Our mission is to provide a space for these young people
from East and West Jerusalem to grow together in song and dialogue.
Through the co-creation of music and the sharing of stories, we
empower youth in Jerusalem with the responsibility to speak and sing
their truths, as they become leaders in their communities and inspire
singers and listeners around the world to work for peace, justice,
inclusion, and equality.

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We envision a Jerusalem—and a broader Israel-Palestine—defined not
by hatred, division and injustice, not by occupation, terror, and
violence, but by acknowledgement of a shared connection to place,
celebration of individual and collective belonging to that place, and
systems that allow that belonging to be equally realized by Jews,
Christians, and Muslims, Palestinians and Israelis alike. We reject
attempts to pit Arabs and Jews, Israelis and Palestinians, against one
another in service of systemic violence that robs all of their agency
to even imagine, let alone choose, a different way. Instead, as we
create a home for all in the chorus, we seek to show what Jerusalem
could be - and use our songs and stories, within a broad ecosystem of
change, as a catalyst to bring that future about.

Our email address is:
[email protected]

FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES:
Jackie Dentino, Director of Development, The Jerusalem Youth Chorus
(978)844-0167(c) | [email protected]

 

SSOC - SOUTHERN STUDENT ORGANIZING COMMITTEE REUNION  -  NASHVILLE
 - JUNE 14 - 16

 
Bookcover - Struggle for a Better South: The Southern Student
Organizing Committee, 1964-1969 by G Michel
SSOC Reunion - In the mid 1960s the Southern Student Organizing
Committee (SSOC) emerged from an effort by the Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to reach southern whites. With chapters
at colleges and universities across the South, SSOC also conducted
programs aimed at bringing Black and white workers together, a program
celebrating the South's Black and white musical heritage, and worked
across the South to end the Vietnam war and the draft  

SSOC VETERANS HAVE ORGANIZED A REUNION TO BE HELD JUNE 14-16, 2014 IN
NASHVILLE, TN.

Those who were involved in SSOC chapters and/or other SSOC programs
are especially urged to attend.

For further information contact Grant Cooper at [email protected] or by
phone at 504-813-9922.
 

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