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EMBASSIES; ENDING PROPERTY TAXES; ALABAMA COMMUNISTS IN THE JIM CROW
SOUTH; ISRAELI PAVILION REMAINS SHUT AT VENICE BIENNALE; EARTH WEEK;
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_ Reader Comments: Trump on Trial; Bombing Embassies You Are Not At
War With; Ending Property Taxes; Alabama Communists in the Jim Crow
South; Israeli Pavilion Remains Shut at Venice Biennale; Earth Week;
John Brown Day; Nakba Days of Action; more; _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Announcements, Shorts, AND cartoons - Apr.
18, 2024, xxxxxx

 

* RE: WHERE IS AMERICA’S ‘RULES-BASED ORDER’ NOW?  (JACK
RADEY)
* IRAN ATTACK  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS
* TRUMP ON TRIAL  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON
* FIRST THINGS FIRST  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH
* RE: CAN GROCERY WORKERS TAKE BACK THEIR UNION?  (L A KURTH)
* RE: IT’S TIME TO END THE QUIET CRUELTY OF PROPERTY TAXES
 (SUSAN COLLIER LAMONT)
* RE: HOW ALABAMA COMMUNISTS ORGANIZED IN THE JIM CROW SOUTH  (NORA
LAPIN)
* TRUMP CRIMINAL TRIAL RECAP: DAY TWO  --  CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ

* RE: GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – APRIL 17, 2024  (ETHAN YOUNG)
* NOTE:  THERE WILL BE NO TIDBITS NEXT WEEK, APRIL 25

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SHORTS:

* ISRAELI PAVILION REMAINS SHUT AS ARTIST RUTH PATIR CALLS FOR A
CEASEFIRE AND HOSTAGE RELEASE  (KATE BROWN - ARTNET)

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

* JOIN CAMPAIGN NONVIOLENCE FOR OUR FIRST ANNUAL EARTH WEEK
MOBILIZATION BETWEEN APRIL 22–MAY 1  (PACE E BENE NONVIOLENCE
SERVICE)

* JOHN BROWN DAY 2024  --  LAKE PLACID, NY  -- MAY 11  (JOHN
BROWN LIVES!)

* NAKBA DAYS OF ACTION: STOP ARMING ISRAEL  --  WASHINGTON, DC  -
 MAY 14-15, 2024  (US CAMPAIGN FOR PALESTINIAN RIGHTS)

 

* MEMORIAL FOR MARCIA ROTHENBERG & MEL ROTHENBERG  -  CHICAGO  -
 MAY 26

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RE: WHERE IS AMERICA’S ‘RULES-BASED ORDER’ NOW?
 

"The US is deploying forces to the Middle East to deter Iran from
retaliating against Israel's strike on the embassy in Syria that
killed a number of Iranians." Law? Bombing countries you aren't at war
with? Bombing embassies? S'cool, if we or our friends do it. But don't
you DARE raise your hand in retaliation.

Law? As Sylvester Stallone (as Judge Dread) put it, "I YAM DA LAW!!!"

Jack Radey
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IRAN ATTACK  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS

 

Rob Rogers
April 16, 2024
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TRUMP ON TRIAL  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON

 

Nick Anderson
April 15, 2024
Counterpoint
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FIRST THINGS FIRST  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH

 

Mike Luckovich
April 11, 2024
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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RE: CAN GROCERY WORKERS TAKE BACK THEIR UNION?

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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What a great meaty detailed article!

L A Kurth

 

RE: IT’S TIME TO END THE QUIET CRUELTY OF PROPERTY TAXES
 

I'm speculating here, but I'll bet that the person who owns a $500.000
house earns less than a third what the person who owns a $1.5 million
house. Even if properly assessed, I'd guess that the more well-off a
person is, the less they contribute, as a percentage of their wealth,
to their local community in terms of taxes - both property and sales
taxes. Anyone know for sure?

Susan Collier Lamont
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RE: HOW ALABAMA COMMUNISTS ORGANIZED IN THE JIM CROW SOUTH
 

I was somewhat shocked by the very insignificant mention of Joseph
Gelders, a Birmingham native, physics professor, and extremely active
Communist activist who eventually became a friend of Eleanor
Roosevelt.  Additionally his daughter Marge was a major activist who
later became a professor at the University of California.
 Furthermore Virginia Durr, the sister-in-law of Supreme Justice Hugo
Black, may not have been a CP member, but was certainly a major force
for civil rights in Birmingham.

Nora Lapin

 

TRUMP CRIMINAL TRIAL RECAP: DAY TWO  --  CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ

 

Lalo Alcaraz
April 17, 2024
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RE: GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK – APRIL 17, 2024

I wrote a polemic for this one.

Ethan Young
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ISRAELI PAVILION REMAINS SHUT AS ARTIST RUTH PATIR CALLS FOR A
CEASEFIRE AND HOSTAGE RELEASE
 

The curators and the artist representing Israel have decided to keep
the doors to the Israel pavilion closed.
 

by Kate Brown
April 16, 2024
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The artwork is installed, a video work is playing, but the show cannot
go on. Artist Ruth Patir, who is representing Israel at the Venice
Biennale, and the exhibition’s curators have decided to keep the
doors to the Israel pavilion closed as the 60th Venice Biennale opens
this week.

A sign was left on the door to the pavilion, which is located beside
the U.S. pavilion in the historic Giardini, stating that “the artist
and curators of the Israeli pavilion will open the exhibition when a
cease-fire and hostage release agreement is reached.”

Patir, who was announced as the country’s representing artist one
month before Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, made the
decision together with the exhibition’s curators, Tamar Margalit and
Mira Lapidot, following weeks of calls from pro-Palestine activists to
boycott the pavilion.

“We (Tamar, Mira, and I) have become the news, not the art. And if I
am given such a remarkable stage, I want to make it count,” said
Patir in a statement on Instagram. “I firmly object to cultural
boycott, but since I feel there are no right answers, and I can only
do what I can with the space I have, I prefer to raise my voice with
those I stand with in their scream, ceasefire now, bring the people
back from captivity. We can’t take it anymore.”

Visitors will only be able to catch a glimpse of the artist’s work
through the windows of the pavilion where her project
“(M)otherland” sits under lock and key.
Ruth Patir. Photo by Goni Riskin  //  artnet
Representatives of the Venice Biennale did not immediately respond to
a request for comment about the closure.

“In contrast to the political arena, the art world [has in the past]
pretended, or aspired, to present something more complex, ambiguous,
which could contain internal contradictions – and suddenly in a
single blow, the perception changed. You can either be on this side or
on the other side,” Lapidot, a curator at the Tel Aviv Museum of
Art, said to the Israeli newspaper _Haaretz _in an interview
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Monday in which she said the show would open as planned.

Lapidot added: “There is no longer a way to express empathy and a
position that is more than for or against, and that fundamentally
contradicts everything I understand about what art is.”

The newspaper also reported that the Israeli Foreign Ministry had
confirmed there would be additional security in place at the pavilion.

As art world insiders were pulling up to Venice in vaparettos on
Sunday and Monday in Venice, the question circulating was about what
kinds of protests may transpire on the grounds of the Giardini this
week. For months, pro-Palestinian organizations have been calling on
the Venice Biennale to exclude Israel from the prestigious exhibition
and for other participating artists to boycott the entire event.

On Tuesday, other national pavilions at the biennale had flyers on
view indicating support of Palestine, titled “The Palestine
Pavilion: What is the Future of Art—A Manifesto Against the State of
the World.” Palestine does not have a pavilion at the event since
Italy does not recognize it as a sovereign state.

In an open letter issued at the end of February
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“any official representation of Israel on the international cultural
stage is an endorsement of its policies and of the genocide in
Gaza.” Its signatories included the photographer and activist Nan
Goldin and artists representing other countries in the Biennale,
including artists representing Chile, Finland, and Nigeria. ANGA did
not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.

In response to the open letter, Italy’s culture minister Gennaro
Sangiuliano ruled out the possibility of barring Israel
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it has the duty to bear witness to its people precisely at a time like
this when it has been attacked in cold blood by merciless
terrorists,” stated the politician.

Margalit told the _New York Times_
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calling for a cease-fire at such an official capacity, as an artist
representing the country, could draw criticism from Israeli
lawmakers—the government has covered about half the pavilion’s
costs and did not know of the planned protest ahead, Margalit said.

“(M)otherland” explored the patriarchal gaze on motherhood and the
pressure on women to become mothers. It draws on her own experience of
the medical world and pressure from doctors for her to preserve her
chance to become a mother in spite of a medical condition. She
recorded her medical appointments for use in her work. A video,
slightly viewable from outside in the Giardini, shows broken up
fertility goddess sculptures with broken limbs crying out in anguish.
Patir told the _New York Times_ that the artwork also reflected her
sadness and frustration over the conflict between Israel and Gaza.

_Jo Lawson-Tancred provided additional reporting. This is a developing
story and will be updated._

 

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PEACE AND PLANET GO HAND-IN-HAND

Join Campaign Nonviolence for our first annual Earth Week mobilization
between April 22–May 1. 

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long-term movement to build a culture of peace and active nonviolence,
free from war, poverty, racism, and environmental destruction. For 10
years, we have mobilized thousands of actions and events during our
Action Days September 21–October 2. With the extreme urgency of the
climate crisis and the growing concerns about escalating war, we are
asking people to take action in April 2024.

In solidarity and partnership with climate justice and peace groups,
we are asking you to plan a nonviolent action between April 22nd
(Earth Day) and May 1st (International Labor Day). This period, known
as Earth Week, is a time when social justice groups take action on the
systemic, interwoven injustices that are driving the climate crisis,
including economic injustice, environmental racism, colonialism,
militarism, and labor injustice. 

We encourage nonviolent action on all aspects of environmental
justice, and especially those with a focus on the connections between
peace and planet. In numerous ways, militarism and fossil fuels go
hand-in-hand. To stop them, peace and planet must forge an unbreakable
alliance. This Earth Day to May Day, we encourage you to take action
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JOHN BROWN DAY 2024  --  LAKE PLACID, NY  -- MAY 11  (JOHN BROWN
LIVES!)

 

In today’s ever increasingly diverse world, it is imperative that we
engage in meaningful dialogue around the legacies of slavery, human
rights, racism, incarceration, and climate justice in order to address
the critical and complex issues of our times.

We serve as the official Friends Group for the John Brown Farm State
Historic Site carrying forth the spirit of abolitionist John Brown in
today’s world. Through education, history, and the arts we believe
we can bend the moral arc of history towards justice and equity. By
having difficult and honest conversations about complex issues we
connect the lessons of the past to the present to create a more just
society.

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NAKBA DAYS OF ACTION: STOP ARMING ISRAEL  --  WASHINGTON, DC  -
 MAY 14-15, 2024  (US CAMPAIGN FOR PALESTINIAN RIGHTS)

 

TAKE ACTION IN DC

Join the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights Action on May 14-15 for
“NAKBA DAYS OF ACTION: STOP ARMING ISRAEL” focused on the ongoing
struggle to end U.S. military funding to Israel, once and for all.

This year, we’re commemorating 76 years of the ongoing Nakba, at a
time in which Palestinians in Gaza have now lived through a
six-month-long genocide. In the midst of this devastation, people
around the world have risen up, building spaces fighting toward
Palestinian liberation. Join us in community in Washington, DC. You'll
build with movement organizers, who will share the tools to organize
with your community and create pathways for ending U.S. military
funding to Israel.

Registration is only $50, which includes meals.

If you’re interested in a scholarship to cover registration and/or
housing, PLEASE APPLY HERE BY WEDNESDAY, MAY 1
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Over the course of two days, you’ll take part in the following
events. This is a draft schedule with exact times and topics subject
to change.

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TUESDAY, MAY 14: A day of organizing skills workshops and an evening
Gaza teach-in, encompassing ways you can take action and build
campaigns to end U.S. military funding to Israel.

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 15: A day on Capitol Hill to take our demands to
members of Congress, including a permanent ceasefire across Palestine
and an end to U.S. military funding to Israel. Make sure Congress
hears our voices loud and clear. Advocacy meetings will run from about
9 AM to 4 PM, depending on the timing of your scheduled meetings.

You’re invited to take action in all sessions over the course of the
two days, but we also understand if you can only make it to some
portion. We look forward to seeing you in DC. Let's lean in to this
extremely important moment and keep pushing toward total liberation.

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traveling to the event, test for COVID-19 prior to the event, and
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MEMORIAL FOR MARCIA ROTHENBERG & MEL ROTHENBERG  -  CHICAGO  -
 MAY 26

 

SUNDAY, MAY 26 FROM 10:45 AM TO 2 PM

Promontory Field House
5491 S DuSable Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60615

We hope you will join family and friends in celebrating and honoring
the Rothenbergs, their 70 years together and the contributions they
made to the worlds around them.

Please share this announcement with others who would want to know.

For those unable to come in person, there will be a Zoom option.

For more information, and to send written or recorded remembrances,
contact:

Julia Rothenberg
juliarothen [email protected]

Please note: there is no designated parking for this venue. You will
need to park in the parking lot or street parking about ¼ mile from
the fieldhouse and walk under the viaduct to the Eastern end of
Promontory Point. Please allow adequate time

 

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