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TIDBITS – MAR.14, 2024 – READER COMMENTS: STATE OF THE UNION AND
CEASEFIRE; OPPENHEIMER AND NUCLEAR DANGER TODAY; HAITI; TAKE ACTION
– REJECT AIPAC; WEBINAR: ISRAEL AFTER OCTOBER 7; STANDING TOGETHER
NYC FUNDRAISER; BOOK TALK–THE RIGHT TO LEARN; MORE  
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_ Reader Comments: State of the Union and Ceasefire; Oppenheimer and
Nuclear Danger Today; Haiti; Take Action - Reject AIPAC; Webinar:
Israel After October 7; Standing Together NYC Fundraiser; Book Talk --
The Right to Learn; Cartoons; more..... _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Take Action, Announcements AND cartoons -
Mar. 14, 2024, xxxxxx

 

* STATE OF THE UNION  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON
* POISINING THE BLOOD OF OUR COUNTRY  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON

* RE: BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR DOCTOR: HOW MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CARE
DENIALS AFFECT PATIENTS  (ELINORE KRELL)
* RE: THE MISSING NEWS ABOUT GAZA  (NORM LITTLEJOHN; MINTA COLBURN;
TOM GOGAN)
* RE: TWO OPPENHEIMERS, TWO VIEWS OF WHO SHOULD CONTROL THE BOMB
 (DANIEL MILLSTONE)
* RE: MAJOR US CORPORATIONS THREATEN TO RETURN LABOR TO ‘LAW OF
THE JUNGLE’  (LAURIE BURGESS)
* DONALD TRUMP – SMOOTH CRIMINAL OR NAH?  --  CARTOON BY LALO
ALCARAZ
* RE: PHARMA’S SECRET MIDDLEMEN ARE POISONING HEALTH CARE
 (CHARLES PATRICK LYNCH)
* RE: FLORIDA IS SWAMPED BY DISEASE  (DAVE LOTT)
* IVF DISASTER  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS
* RE: “EMPIRE’S LABORATORY”: HOW 2004 U.S.-BACKED COUP
DESTABILIZED HAITI & LED TO CURRENT CRISIS  (DAVE)
* RE: UNIONS CAN’T BE REBUILT PIECEMEAL. WE NEED TO GO BIG.
 (NATALYA PANTELEYEVA)
* FLOORED  --  CARTOON BY JEN SORENSEN

TAKE ACTION:

* REJECT AIPAC  (JUSTICE DEMOCRATS, US CAMPAIGN FOR PALESTINIAN
RIGHTS ACTION, JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE ACTION, IFNOTNOW MOVEMENT, THE
WORKING FAMILIES PARTY, SUNRISE MOVEMENT, SHOWING UP FOR RACIAL
JUSTICE, MPOWER CHANGE ACTION FUND, THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF
AMERICA, COMMONDEFENSE.US, JEWS FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE,
CENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY ACTION, OUR REVOLUTION, DREAM DEFENDERS,
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS OF AMERICA, ROOTSACTION, GRASSROOT GLOBAL
JUSTICE ACTION, JUSTICE IS GLOBAL ACTION, FUTURE COALITION, PEACE
ACTION, NATIONAL IRANIAN AMERICAN COUNCIL ACTION, AND GEN-Z FOR
CHANGE)

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

* ONLINE WEBINAR  --  ISRAEL AFTER OCTOBER 7  --  MARCH 17
 (HAARETZ-UCLA Y&S NAZARIAN CENTER)

* WEBINAR  --  GAZA, PROTEST, REPRESSION AND GERMANY'S CONUNDRUM
SUNDAY  - MARCH 17  (UNITED FOR PEACE & JUSTICE)

* BOOK TALK -- THE RIGHT TO LEARN: RESISTING THE RIGHT-WING ATTACK
ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM  --  NEW YORK  --  MARCH 20  (TAMIMENT
LIBRARY & ROBERT F. WAGNER LABOR ARCHIVES)

* FIGHTING FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE: STANDING TOGETHER NYC FUNDRAISER
 --  BROOKLYN  --  MARCH 24

* ONLINE - THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE AND LABOR STRUGGLES
TODAY  --  MARCH 28  (ABRAHAM LINCOLN BRIGADE ARCHIVES -ALBA)

 

* NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ON APRIL 17

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STATE OF THE UNION  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON

Nick Anderson
March 8, 2024
Reform Austin
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POISINING THE BLOOD OF OUR COUNTRY  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON

 

Nick Anderson
March 11, 2024
Pen Strokes [[link removed]]

 

RE: BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR DOCTOR: HOW MEDICARE ADVANTAGE CARE DENIALS
AFFECT PATIENTS
 

The authorization/referral requirements of advantage plans are there
because the private for-profit healthcare insurance industry is
managing the overall healthcare system in our country.

Many people, including myself, are in such plans because of their
lower premium costs.  Until our federal government confronts the
insurance system that is controlling how we are getting healthcare we
will continue being denied the necessary care as described in this
article.

Elinore Krell
Baltimore MD

 

RE: THE MISSING NEWS ABOUT GAZA
 

To understand Palestine and Israel, we need more coverage of the
everyday structural violence of occupation. Disinformation involves
lying by commission. Decontextualization, on the other hand, is about
lying by omission.

While much has been made of the differential coverage of Palestinian
versus Israeli suffering over the past several months, by far the
greater asymmetry is to be found when comparing coverage of the weeks
of kinetic violence after October 7 with that of the decades of
structural violence before. The reason for this asymmetry runs far
deeper than political agendas.

Norm Littlejohn
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Much has been said about the right to self-defense. I'm not all that
gung-ho on the concept of self-defense, but if one is going to make
that argument, one should take into account the aggression directed
toward Palestinians for the last 75 years. The right to
"self"-defense, if one is going to argue it, must cut both ways.

Minta Colburn
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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This quotation is from the article below.

News networks cover bombings, shootings, and other forms of kinetic
violence because they are loud, finite events that seize our
attention. By contrast, the everyday structural violence of Israel's
occupation and apartheid is comparatively uneventful.

Now try replacing the phrase "Israel's occupation and apartheid" with
"US militarism and hegemonism "   ... and you get some idea of USA's
structural militarism's functions more or less"quietly" in its
everyday operation.  US militarism is structural because it is baked
in as THE use-of-force key component of US (neo-)imperialism, imho.

Tom Gogan

 

RE: TWO OPPENHEIMERS, TWO VIEWS OF WHO SHOULD CONTROL THE BOMB
 

I loved the Oppenheimer movie (and I'm liking the book that inspired
it American Prometheus). But I have been edgy about how both portray
two people close to J. Robert Oppenheimer: his wife Kitty and his
brother Frank. Here, via xxxxxx
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KC Cole looks more closely at Frank, his work and thinking.

Daniel Millstone
Posted on xxxxxx

 

RE: MAJOR US CORPORATIONS THREATEN TO RETURN LABOR TO ‘LAW OF THE
JUNGLE’
 

Greetings. I have already sent an email directly to Steven Greenhouse
about this, but want to call to your attention a significant error in
the story
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that you printed regarding the NLRB's constitutionality.

I am the attorney representing the 8 terminated SpaceX employees in
the case that triggered the unconstitutionality issue so am quite
familiar with the facts.

The article
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reports, incorectly, that "The NLRB declined the Guardian's request
for comment. It has yet to file a legal response defending its
constitutionality." In fact, the NLRB submitted a brilliant brief to
the court in Texas debunking this theory and defending its
constitutionality. The briefing is all public record so I don't
understand how this error occurred. In any event, the public should
know about and have access to the NLRB's very fine brief on this
issue.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Regards,

Laurie Burgess

 

DONALD TRUMP – SMOOTH CRIMINAL OR NAH?  --  CARTOON BY LALO
ALCARAZ

 

Lalo Alcaraz
March 12, 2024
pocho.com
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RE: PHARMA’S SECRET MIDDLEMEN ARE POISONING HEALTH CARE
 

Did anyone think that the evil rich would just stop taking as much as
they can from people? Really?

Charles Patrick Lynch
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: FLORIDA IS SWAMPED BY DISEASE
 

“To pretend that the vaccine is unnecessary to eradicate measles is
completely illogical, because that’s the reason it’s been gone
from our country”

Dave Lott
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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IVF DISASTER  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS

 

Rob Rogers
March 12, 2024
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RE: “EMPIRE’S LABORATORY”: HOW 2004 U.S.-BACKED COUP
DESTABILIZED HAITI & LED TO CURRENT CRISIS
 

"The root of this crisis is not last week, it’s not this week,
it’s not even Ariel Henry. But we have to go back to 2004 with the
coup-d’état,” says Pierre. “the whole world is participating in
the occupation of Haiti unwittingly.”

Dave

 

RE: UNIONS CAN’T BE REBUILT PIECEMEAL. WE NEED TO GO BIG.

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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Labor has changed dramatically in many ways, most notably, the level
of education has definitely improved.

Much is possible for the future, not holding onto the past.

How did the Poles achieve a change in the conditions of repression and
dictatorship? The History of Solidarity
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Читать полностью:

[English translation available.]

Natalya Panteleyeva

 

FLOORED  --  CARTOON BY JEN SORENSEN

 

This is the second time in fifteen years or so that I’ve gotten
stuck in an airport overnight. Passengers were sprawled out in every
possible spot. Some were snoring loudly, a feat of sleep unimaginable
in those circumstances, especially given the twice-hourly
announcements to NOT LEAVE YOUR BAGGAGE UNATTENDED.

I’ve been to Seattle and San Francisco in recent months, but somehow
the inequality in DC seemed more pronounced than I was expecting, and
greater than I’d seen on previous trips. 

_Help keep this work sustainable by joining the Sorensen Subscription
Service! [[link removed]] Also on Patreon
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Jen Sorensen
March 6, 2024
jensorensen.com
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REJECT AIPAC
 

REJECT AIPAC is a broad coalition of progressive groups working
together to take on the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
(AIPAC) and its affiliated dark money Super PACs across electoral,
political, digital and organizing strategies. The coalition calls on
candidates for federal office to take the Reject AIPAC Pledge
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contributions from AIPAC and/or aligned PACs. 

JOIN US [[link removed]]  

Together, Justice Democrats, US Campaign for Palestinian Rights
Action, Jewish Voice for Peace Action, IfNotNow Movement, the Working
Families Party, Sunrise Movement, Showing Up for Racial Justice,
MPower Change Action Fund, the Democratic Socialists of America,
CommonDefense.us, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, Center for
Popular Democracy Action, Our Revolution, Dream Defenders, Progressive
Democrats of America, RootsAction, Grassroot Global Justice Action,
Justice is Global Action, Future Coalition, Peace Action, National
Iranian American Council Action, and Gen-Z for Change will organize
Democratic voters and elected officials to reject the destructive
influence of the Republican megadonor
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AIPAC on the Democratic primary process and our government’s policy
towards Palestine and Israel.

PRESS INQUIRIES  [email protected]

 

ONLINE WEBINAR  --  ISRAEL AFTER OCTOBER 7  --  MARCH 17
 (HAARETZ-UCLA Y&S NAZARIAN CENTER)

 

Join us for an exclusive online conference exploring the aftermath of
the October 7 attack and Gaza war. Gain invaluable insights from
experts on how these events are reshaping Israel's foreign relations,
Israeli-Palestinian dynamics, global Jewish communities, and domestic
politics. Don't miss out on this opportunity to understand the
unprecedented changes firsthand.

REGISTER NOW!
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MAR. 17, 2024 | ONLINE | 12 PM (EST), 9 AM (PST), 6 PM (IL)

The Hamas assault on Israel on October 7 and the war it triggered in
Gaza–by far the most deadly conflict between Israel and the
Palestinians since 1948–are seismic shocks whose impact is yet to be
fully understood.

What's already clear is that the magnitude of these events will have
major, long-term repercussions for Israel's foreign relations, for
Israeli-Palestinian relations, for Jewish communities worldwide, and
for Israel's domestic politics and societal relations.

This conference will explore these repercussions, offering insights
and analyses from a wide range of speakers. Going beyond the news of
the day, the conference will provide viewers from around the world
with a much-needed comprehensive, yet nuanced, understanding of how
the October 7 attack and resulting war have profoundly changed Israel
and its critical relationships in an unprecedented fashion.

Among The Speakers

* THOMAS FRIEDMAN - The New York Times Foreign Affairs Columnist
* PROF. DOV WAXMAN - The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation
Chair in Israel Studies and Director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center
for Israel Studies
* MORAN ZER KATZENSTEIN - Founder of Bonot Alternativa (Building an
Alternative) women's movement
* AHMAD TIBI - Knesset member and Co-Chairman of Hadash-Ta'al party
* MAJOR GENERAL (RES.) YAIR GOLAN - Former IDF deputy chief of
staff, running for leadership of Israel's Labour Party
* YAEL GERMAN - Former Health Minister and former Israeli ambassador
to France
* MAJOR GENERAL (RET.) NOAM TIBON - Former Commander of the IDF
Northern Formation
* RABBI GESA S. EDERBERG - Jewish Community Berlin and Masorti
Germany
* JOSHUA LEIFER - Author of the forthcoming book 'Tablets Shattered:
The End of an American Jewish Century and the Future of Jewish Life'
* ANAT SARAGUSTI - Israeli journalist and commentator
* HUSSEIN IBISH - Senior Resident Scholar, Arab Gulf States
Institute in Washington (AGSIW)
* EMILY TAMKIN - Journalist and Author of Bad Jews: A History of
American Jewish Politics and Identities
* DR. NIMROD GOREN - Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute &
President of the Mitvim Institute
* MAOZ INON - Peace Entrepreneur
* DR. RULA HARDAL - A political scientist, research fellow at the
Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem and Co- Director of “A Land
For All - Two States, One Homeland”
* CHUCK FREILICH - Former deputy national security adviser in Israel
now senior fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies in
Tel Aviv
* AHMED MAHER - Senior Political Editor at Al Majalla
* JONATHAN FREEDLAND - The Guardian columnist and co-host of the
Unholy podcast
* ALUF BENN - Haaretz Editor-in-Chief
* ESTHER SOLOMON - Editor-in-Chief, Haaretz English
* AMIR TIBON - Diplomatic correspondent, Haaretz
* NETTA AHITUV - Writer and Editor, Haaretz
* ALLISON KAPLAN SOMMER - Haaretz journalist and host of Haaretz
Podcast
* JUDY MALTZ - New York and Jewish World correspondent, Haaretz
* ALON PINKAS - Senior writer, Haaretz
* RAVIT HECHT - Political analyst, Haaretz
* HILO GLAZER - Haaretz journalist

 

WEBINAR  --  GAZA, PROTEST, REPRESSION AND GERMANY'S CONUNDRUM
SUNDAY  - MARCH 17  (UNITED FOR PEACE & JUSTICE)

 

GAZA, PROTEST, REPRESSION AND GERMANY'S CONUNDRUM.
A two-hour panel and discussion featuring grassroots insights from
movement leaders in Germany and the U.S.

New York, USA                         Sun, 17 Mar 2024 at
13:00 EDT

Berlin, Germany                       Sun, 17 Mar 2024 at
18:00 CET

San Francisco, USA                 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 at 10:00
PDT

London, United Kingdom         Sun, 17 Mar 2024 at 17:00 GMT

The global wave of protest against Israel’s conduct of the war in
Gaza has drawn crackdowns on speech from the streets to university
campuses. One place government repression aimed at individuals and
groups supporting Palestine has been particularly notable has been
Germany. ON MARCH 17, UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE WILL PRESENT A
WEBINAR FEATURING A VARIETY OF VOICES FROM GERMANY, AND ACCOUNTS OF
SIMILAR EXPERIENCES IN THE UNITED STATES. Learning about what is
happening in Germany, a country with a history of official regulation
of how the Holocaust can be discussed and how “anti-Semitism”
should be defined, could provide new insights into the challenges we
face in promoting a fair and open discussion of the Gaza crisis, and
the history that has led us here.

Register here:
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SPEAKERS:

* WIELAND HOBAN, Executive Director of Jüdische Stimme für
gerechten Frieden in Nahost (Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the
Middle East), Germany

* YASMEEN DAHER, Palästina Spricht (Palestine Speaks), Germany

* AMIRA NASEREDDIN, PA_Allies (Palestinians & Allies), Germany

* ADAM BROOMBERG, Artists + Allies x Hebron (AAH), Germany

* BARBARA DOUGAN, ESQ., Legal Director, Center on American Islamic
Relations (CAIR), Massachusetts, USA

* Moderators: George Friday, National Coordinator, United for Peace
and Justice, and MaTT De Vlieger, Facilitator, Ceasefire Action
Committee, Berlin, and Former United for Peace and Justice National
Coordinator

 

BOOK TALK -- THE RIGHT TO LEARN: RESISTING THE RIGHT-WING ATTACK ON
ACADEMIC FREEDOM  --  NEW YORK  --  MARCH 20  (TAMIMENT LIBRARY &
ROBERT F. WAGNER LABOR ARCHIVES)

 

BOOK TALK -- THE RIGHT TO LEARN: RESISTING THE RIGHT-WING ATTACK ON
ACADEMIC FREEDOM WITH ELLEN SCHRECKER AND JENNIFER RUTH

March 20, 2024, 6pm,
Bobst Library Room 251
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012

Will the truth disappear from our colleges and universities? For
decades a well-funded campaign by ultra-conservative pundits and
politicians has been seeking to destroy the legitimacy and integrity
of American higher education. Its current iteration is the wave of
outrageous legislation passed by dozens of red-state legislatures to
prevent teachers at every level from dealing with politically
contentious topics. _The Right to Learn_ examines these repressive
measures and the academic community’s growing campaign to resist the
authoritarian threat they pose to our political freedom.

Co-edited by Valerie Johnson, Ellen Schrecker, and Jennifer Ruth_, The
Right to Learn: Resisting the Right-Wing Attack on Academic
Freedom_ brings together essays from scholars and activists at the
forefront of the fight for academic freedom in higher education. This
empowering collection, which spans over 40 years of history through to
today, highlights the ways in which those a the front lines of the
battle for academic freedom are fighting against educational gag laws,
book bans, and more.

_The Right to Learn_ is forthcoming with a publication date on April
9th, 2024. While books will not be available for purchase at the
event, attendees will receive a discount code that offers 25% off of
the book if used at checkout through the Beacon Press website
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supplies last. Limit one discount code per person. Valid for one
transaction. Discount code is not redeemable for cash, is
non-transferable and cannot be used in conjunction with any other
offer or discount. Valid on beacon.org [[link removed]]. US
mailing address required. 

SPEAKERS:
 

ELLEN SCHRECKER is well known for her scholarship on McCarthyism and
higher education. A retired professor of history at Yeshiva
University, her latest book is The Lost Promise: American Universities
in the 1960s
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JENNIFER RUTH is associate dean in the College of the Arts and
professor in the School of Film at Portland State University. She has
written about academic freedom and higher education in publications
such as the New Republic, Truthout, Academe, the Chronicle of Higher
Education, Inside Higher Ed, and Ms. Her most recent book, co-written
with Michael Bérubé, is It’s Not Free Speech: Race, Democracy, and
the Future of Academic Freedom
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Register
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FIGHTING FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE: STANDING TOGETHER NYC FUNDRAISER  --
 BROOKLYN  --  MARCH 24

 

For one night, we are inviting our supporters to take a pause together
and challenge ourselves to nourish the spirit & soul of our movement

SUNDAY, MARCH 24 · 6:30 - 8:30PM EDT

Bushwick
Brooklyn, NY

RESERVE A SEAT
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Live Music by Layali El Andalus

First Announced Musical Performance: Layali El Andalus - "Since its
formation in 2006, Layali El Andalus has brought new passion to the
music of Andalusia, North Africa and the Middle East. Founded by
Moroccan-born musicians RACHID HALIHAL (singer, oud, violin) and the
group have performed in music festivals and concerts throughout the
United States and internationally. For 20 years the group’s leader,
Rachid Halihal directed a large musical ensemble in Agadir, Morocco.
In 2010 he was invited to conduct the prestigious Aswat Ensemble in
the Bay Area of San Francisco. Learn more about Rachid Halihal at
www.rachidhalihalmusic.com [[link removed]]. ,
DAPHNA MOR (flute, recorder and ney), and various guest performers,
will bring to life a diverse repertoire of music including songs from
Andalusia, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen and the Middle East."

Standing Together Leadership

SALLY ABED is an elected national leader at Standing Together, the
Jewish-Arab grassroots movement that mobilizes people around issues of
peace, equality and social justice. In recent years, she has become a
prominent progressive Palestinian voice in Israel. Sally is a
recurring guest on the Promised Podcast and the Co-host of the new
podcast Groundwork - a mini series about Palestinians and Jews
refusing to accept the status quo and working together for change.
ALON-LEE GREEN is the National co-Director and a founder of Standing
Together. He got his start organizing Israel's first trade union of
waiters in a chain of coffee-shops and went on to found Israel's first
National Waiters Union. Alon-Lee emerged as a prominent leader of
Israel's social protest movement in the summer of 2011, and
subsequently served as a political adviser in the Knesset, Israel’s
parliament. RULA DAOOD is the National co-Director of Standing
Together and speech pathologist by profession. She is a Palestinian

About this event

PLEASE JOIN STANDING TOGETHER’S PALESTINIAN AND JEWISH LEADERSHIP,
SUPPORT THE MOVEMENT, AND JOIN THE FIGHT FOR PEACE, EQUALITY, AND
JUSTICE. Through an evening of inspiring musical performances and
guest speakers, _we will build strength together to keep choosing
hope and fighting for peace._

For this one night, we are inviting our supporters to take a moment
together and feel the spirit and soul of our movement through an
evening of connection, music, and an intentional space for
togetherness.

Standing Together is the largest Jewish-Arab grassroots movement in
Israel, building a shared future for Palestinians and Jews and
fighting for peace, equality, and social justice in Israel-Palestine.
Our work has become even more crucial since October 7th, _and the
coming years will be crucial in our fight toward a just, sustainable
future for all. Amid an extremely bloody war and dire humanitarian
catastrophe in Gaza, we are fighting for a ceasefire agreement to save
innocent lives and rehabilitate life in Gaza, and bring back the
hostages hope safely. We are building the movement within Israeli
society calling for an end to the war and the beginning of a new
future - a future with a sustainable and just peace._

Building a shared future with freedom, safety, and equality for all
Palestinians and Jews is a long and arduous mission. WE NEED YOUR
HELP TO KEEP GROWING OUR MOVEMENT and sustain our resiliency, despite
the devastation that has unfolded all around us.

Please consider joining us and/or consider sponsoring more of ST's
work through your ticket purchase and write in your personal donation
pledge to support the movement.

The evening will honor the holy month of Ramadan with an Iftar
blessing and light food served only after breaking of the fast.

Venue location is in Bushwick section of Brooklyn and will be sent to
attendees upon confirmation of ticket sale.

Venue is ADA accessible, and accessible by subway and available street
parking.

Food will be vegetarian and vegan, done kosher/halal style. If
explicitly glatt Kosher or other dietary needs or allergies please
indicate in your reservation.

*If you require financial assistance please contact the event
organizer Melanie at [email protected] for more
information.

Speaker Info:

SALLY ABED is an elected national leader at Standing Together, the
Jewish-Arab grassroots movement that mobilizes people around issues of
peace, equality and social justice. In recent years, she has become a
prominent progressive Palestinian voice in Israel. Sally is a
recurring guest on the Promised Podcast and the Co-host of the new
podcast Groundwork - a mini series about Palestinians and Jews
refusing to accept the status quo and working together for change

ALON-LEE GREEN is the National co-Director and a founder of Standing
Together. He got his start organizing Israel's first trade union of
waiters in a chain of coffee-shops and went on to found Israel's first
National Waiters Union. Alon-Lee emerged as a prominent leader of
Israel's social protest movement in the summer of 2011, and
subsequently served as a political adviser in the Knesset, Israel’s
parliament.

RULA DAOOD is the National co-Director of Standing Together and speech
pathologist by profession. She is a Palestinian citizen of Israel,
born and raised in the Galilee village of Kafr Yasif and began her
activism in her home city and later became involved in promoting
Jewish-Arab partnership in mixed (Jewish-Arab) cities. Before joining
Standing Together, Rula worked as a community organizer, organizing
events and protests that drew hundreds of activists.

ITAMAR AVNERI is a social and peace activist. He is a community
organizer and a member of national leadership in Standing Together
(Omdim Beyachad-Naqif Ma'an). He is also a member of the Israeli
Climate Forum, founded by President Yitzhak Hertzog, and a Ph.D.
student in History of Science at Bar-Ilan University.

URI WELTMANN is National Field Organizer for Standing Together, and a
founding member of the movement in 2015. A long-time peace and
anti-occupation activist, he also has a background in neighborhood
community organizing and LGBT political organizing. Born 1984, he
lives in Tel-Aviv with his partner and their two daughters. A teacher
by profession, he enjoys Math and Marxism.

Standing Together is a grassroots movement mobilizing Jews and
Palestinians from all over Israel in pursuit of peace, equality,
social and climate justice. While the minority who benefit from the
current status quo of occupation and inequality seek to keep us
divided, we know that we — the majority — have far more in common
than that which sets us apart. When we stand together, we are strong
enough to fundamentally alter the existing socio-political reality.
The future that we want to see — with peace and independence for
Israelis and Palestinians, full equality for all citizens, and true
social, economic and environmental justice — is possible. Because
where there is struggle, there is hope.

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE: LAYALI EL ANDALUS -

"Since its formation in 2006, Layali El Andalus has brought new
passion to the music of Andalusia, North Africa and the Middle East.
Founded by Moroccan-born musicians RACHID HALIHAL (singer, oud,
violin) and the group have performed in music festivals and concerts
throughout the United States and internationally.

For 20 years the group’s leader, Rachid Halihal directed a large
musical ensemble in Agadir, Morocco. In 2010 he was invited to conduct
the prestigious Aswat Ensemble in the Bay Area of San Francisco. Learn
more about Rachid Halihal at www.rachidhalihalmusic.com
[[link removed]]. , DAPHNA MOR (flute, recorder and
ney), and various guest performers, will bring to life a diverse
repertoire of music including songs from Andalusia, Morocco, Tunisia,
Egypt, Yemen and the Middle East."

NEW ANNOUNCED MUSICAL ACT! The Resistance Revival Chorus (RRC) is
a collective of more than 60 women, and non-binary singers
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song into the resistance, and to uplift and center women’s voices.
The RRC will be joining the evening to breathe joy and song into the
movement and moment.

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Standing Together [[link removed]]
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ONLINE - THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FACTORY FIRE AND LABOR STRUGGLES
TODAY  --  MARCH, 28  (ABRAHAM LINCOLN BRIGADE ARCHIVES -ALBA)

 

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Thursday, March, 28 at 3 PM ET / 12 PM PT

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Please join us as we explore the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
 and Labor Struggles Today in this special presentation and
discussion as part of Women's History Month.

We will be joined by Mary Anne A. Trasciatti and Suzanne Pred Bass!
Stay tuned for additions to the panel!

MARY ANNE A. TRASCIATTI is Professor of Rhetoric and Public Advocacy
and Director of Labor Studies at Hofstra University. She is also
president of Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition. Dr. Trasciatti
studies working-class social movements, social protest, public memory,
and practices of commemoration. She is completing a book on the civil
liberties activism of radical labor organizer Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
and is co-editor of two recent anthologies: Talking to the Girls:
Intimate and Political Essays on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
(New Village Press, 2022) and Where Are the Workers?: Labor’s
Stories at Museums and Historical Sites (Univ. of Illinois Press,
2022). Since 2010, she has helped organize the annual official
Triangle Fire commemoration and has led the project to build the
Triangle Fire Memorial, scheduled for dedication in 2023. It is the
first labor memorial and one of only a handful of memorials to women
in New York City.

SUZANNE PRED BASS is the great-niece of Rosie Weiner who died in the
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, and Katie Weiner who survived. She
has served on the executive board of the Remember the Triangle Fire
Coalition since its inception in 2008. She spoke as a family
representative at both the October 2023 Triangle Fire Memorial
Dedication Ceremony and the 2011 Triangle Fire Centennial
Commemoration and is featured in the HBO Documentary Triangle:
Remembering the Fire. Suzanne has spoken at the Tenement House Museum,
Eldridge Street Synagogue, Italian Cultural Institute of New York,
FIT, and other venues. Her writing appears in See You In The Streets:
Art, Activism And Remembering The Triangle Fire by Ruth Sergel, and
Talking To The Girls edited by Edvige Giunta and Mary Anne Trasciatti.
She has a private practice as a psychotherapist, and was the founder
and artistic director of the Todd Mountain Theater Project which
produced new plays for 16 years. She had the privilege of being hired
by George Watt to work as a clinician at Maimonides Community Mental
Center in the 1970’s. She and her husband divide their time between
New York City and upstate New York.

The Perry Rosenstein Cultural Series

In honor of philanthropist and visionary Perry Rosenstein, whose
Puffin Foundation has made so many ALBA programs possible, ALBA
presents an interactive series of events, bringing together diverse
progressive voices to enhance understanding and awareness of
progressive traditions in America and beyond, and to put those
traditions in the context of today’s troubling political and social
climate.

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NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION ON APRIL 17

THE FUTURE WE STAND FOR   --  A CALL FOR A NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
FOR HIGHER EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD: APRIL 17, 2024

 

1. ORGANIZE A LOCAL ACTION ON YOUR CAMPUS FOR APRIL 17. This could be
a teach-in, demonstration, walkout, or whatever would be useful and
feasible for you, oriented to the key issues that you are already
organizing around.  There will also be a live-streamed panel (time
and details coming soon), and you could organize a watch party and
live discussion on your campus.
 
2. HAVE YOUR CAMPUS ORGANIZATION (UNION LOCAL, AAUP CHAPTER, ETC.)
ENDORSE THE STATEMENT THE FUTURE WE STAND FOR.  We are not seeking
individual endorsements; the idea is to have every participating
campus organization endorse institutionally.  This statement will be
released to the press with a list of all participating organizations.
 
3. REGISTER YOUR ORGANIZATION'S PARTICIPATION AND ENDORSEMENT OF THE
STATEMENT USING THIS FORM
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4. INVITE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO PARTICIPATE USING THIS EMAIL
TEMPLATE
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YOU CAN COPY AND PASTE.  Reach out to other higher ed labor
organizations, student groups, professional associations, and racial
justice organizations on your campus and beyond.  If you belong to an
AAUP chapter, contact your state conference/board and ask them to
endorse the statement and email the invitation to all state chapters.
 
Not sure what kind of local action you'd like to organize?  We've
created an editable shared doc
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ideas.  Feel free to use this -- but note that the only way to
officially register your participation is using the form above (#3).
 
Thanks to everyone!  If you have follow-up questions, contact the
steering committee at [email protected]
 
Thanks,
 
Rebecca Karl (NYU AAUP)
Bill Mullen (Purdue AAUP)
Amy Offner (AAUP-Penn)
Emily Steinlight (AAUP-Penn)
For the Steering Committee

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