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TIDBITS – OCT. 3 – READER COMMENTS: ISRAEL BLOCKED HUMANITARIAN
AID TO GAZA; GOP ANTI-WORKER POLICIES; REMEMBERING PETER N. CARROLL;
ALVA L’NEZ JONES BUXENBAUM, EDUCATOR AND ACTIVIST; BOOKS ABOUT
PALESTINE; CAMPUS FREE SPEECH CRISES, 1964/2024; MORE  
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October 3, 2024
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_ Reader Comments: Israel Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza; GOP Has
Anti-Worker Policies; Remembering Peter N. Carroll; Alva L'nez Jones
Buxenbaum, Educator and Activist; Books About Palestine; The Campus
Free Speech Crises, 1964/2024; Cartoons; more.. _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources, Announcements, AND cartoons -
Oct. 3, 2024, xxxxxx

 

* RE: KAMALA HARRIS WILL WIN THE POPULAR VOTE  (E. KRELL)
* RE: DAMNING REPORT REVEALS HOW ANTONY BLINKEN LIED TO CONGRESS ON
ISRAEL  (CHUCK DINEEN)
* RE: ISRAEL DELIBERATELY BLOCKED HUMANITARIAN AID TO GAZA, TWO
GOVERNMENT BODIES CONCLUDED. ANTONY BLINKEN REJECTED THEM.
 (MARY-ALICE STROM)
* THE 118TH CONGRESS  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON
* RE: HOW LEBANON TRANSFORMED ANTHONY BOURDAIN  (RICHARD ROSA)
* PROTECTOR  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS
* RE: REPUBLICANS HAVE ANTI-WORKER POLICIES — THEY ARE NOT THE
PARTY OF LABOR  (JIM STONE)
* RE: SHOULD YOU LOSE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE IF YOU HAVE A CRIMINAL
RECORD?  (ARLENE HALFON; WILSON)
* JUST THE FACTS, MENG, AND NOTHING BUT THE FACTS!  --  CARTOON BY
 LALO ALCARAZ
* RE: HOW ONE DONOR-ADVISED FUND HELPS LEONARD LEO WEAPONIZE
PHILANTHROPY  (BRAD SMITH)
* RE: PETER N. CARROLL 1943–2024  (FRANCISCO GONZALEZ; BILL
EHRHART; LITA KURTH)
* RE: WHAT IS A BLACK FILM? THIS AND OTHER TANTALIZING QUESTIONS ARE
TACKLED IN JUSTIN SIMIEN’S NEW DOCUMENTARY, ‘HOLLYWOOD BLACK’
 (KENTUCKY ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST AND POLITICAL REPRESSION)
* RE:  LORRAINE HANSBERRY: RADIANT, RADICAL — AND MORE THAN
'RAISIN'  (ROY SCHULMAN)

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* ALVA L'NEZ JONES BUXENBAUM, EDUCATOR AND ACTIVIST, PASSED AWAY ON
MAY 15, 2024 AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS

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RESOURCES:

* ISABELLA HAMMAD’S (INCOMPLETE) ESSENTIAL LIST OF BOOKS ABOUT
PALESTINE FEATURING JEAN GENET, GHASSAN KANAFANI, MAHMOUD DARWISH, AND
MORE  (LITERARY HUB)

.
 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

* DEEPAK BHARGAVA & STEPHANIE LUCE: "PRACTICAL RADICALS: HOW
OPPRESSED PEOPLE CHANGE THE WORLD"  -  VIRTUAL  - OCTOBER 10  (THE
HAVENS WRIGHT CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE)

* 60 YEARS OF FREE SPEECH: A PANEL WITH ICONS OF BERKELEY ACTIVISM
 - BERKELEY - OCTOBER 15  (THE BERKELEY FORUM)

* THE MYTH OF AMERICAN IDEALISM: HOW U.S. FOREIGN POLICY ENDANGERS
THE WORLD  -  NEW YORK  -  OCTOBER 16  (THE NEW SCHOOL)

* DISSENTERS TIDALWAVE ANNUAL CONFERENCE  - CHICAGO - OCTOBER 25 -
27

* THE FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT @ 60: THE CAMPUS FREE SPEECH CRISES,
1964/2024 - NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30  (TAMIMENT LIBRARY & ROBERT F.
WAGNER LABOR ARCHIVES)

.

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RE: KAMALA HARRIS WILL WIN THE POPULAR VOTE
 

Why go to the expense of conducting a national election when it will
be a small number of states that will decide the presidential election
via the Electoral College?  Why don't we just have the elections in
those states and forget about the rest of us who don't matter?

E. Krell
Baltimore MD

 

RE: DAMNING REPORT REVEALS HOW ANTONY BLINKEN LIED TO CONGRESS ON
ISRAEL
 

Leaked documents show that the secretary of state received two
explosive reports on Israel blocking aid to Gaza—right before he
told Congress the exact opposite. Two U.S. government agencies
advocated a pause in arms sales to Israel, in May.

The State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration
also concluded that Israel was blocking humanitarian aid, recommending
that nearly $830 million in weapons and bombs to Israel, paid by U.S.
taxpayers, should be frozen under the Foreign Assistance Act. USAID
echoed the recommendation, writing in its memo that the U.S. should
pause additional arms sales to the country.

Food for Gaza, including flour that could have fed nearly 1.5 million
Palestinians for five months, was stockpiled less than 30 miles from
the Gazan border in an Israeli port, the memo stated. In February,
however, Israel stopped allowing flour into the territory, accusing
the recipient, the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
in the Near East, or UNRWA, of having ties to Hamas. An independent
investigation would find no evidence for Israel’s claims.

Chuck Dineen
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: ISRAEL DELIBERATELY BLOCKED HUMANITARIAN AID TO GAZA, TWO
GOVERNMENT BODIES CONCLUDED. ANTONY BLINKEN REJECTED THEM.
 

Blinken told Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli
government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting” aid, even though
the U.S. Agency for International Development and others had
determined that Israel had broken the law.

Mary-Alice Strom
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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THE 118TH CONGRESS  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON

 

Nick Anderson
September 26, 2024
Pen Strokes [[link removed]]

 

RE: HOW LEBANON TRANSFORMED ANTHONY BOURDAIN

(post on xxxxxx - June 9, 2019
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"After a few days in Beirut itself, Bourdain and his team moved to a
hotel just north of the capital, closer to their eventual evacuation
spot. By then, Israeli jets were bombing not only areas with a
Hezbollah presence, but bridges and power plants across the country.
Yet the show never became about the experience of a terrorized
American stranded in a scary place. Bourdain never made it about
Bourdain—Lebanon was the story. And even during the dramatic scene
of his departure, on a ship surrounded by Marines and hundreds of
other evacuees—Americans and dual citizens—his focus remained on
Lebanon and the distraught faces of its people, leaving behind country
and family, uncertain of whether they’d ever return.

"Despite the trying circumstances he faced, Bourdain still managed to
produce a 43-minute piece later nominated for a news and documentary
Emmy. We were also nominated for our coverage of the 2006 war, albeit
in a different category, and won. While Bourdain did not win (although
he would go on to pick up many other Emmys), I knew his episode had
told my country’s story better than I ever could. I cried when I
watched it."

Richard Rosa
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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PROTECTOR  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS

 

Not only is Trump a sexual predator, he has done more to deny women's
access to reproductive health care than anyone in the last half
century. How he can keep a straight face while calling himself a
"protector" of women is beyond me.

Rob Rogers
September 27, 2024
TinyView [[link removed]]

 

RE: REPUBLICANS HAVE ANTI-WORKER POLICIES — THEY ARE NOT THE PARTY
OF LABOR

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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"In my view, Vance’s support for workers hinges almost entirely on
white Christian nationalism. He does not want to uplift the US working
class in all its vibrant, multiracial, multigender beauty; he wants
(white, male, Christian) workers to earn better wages so that their
(white, female, Christian) spouses can stay home and raise more
(white, Christian) children."

Jim Stone
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: SHOULD YOU LOSE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE IF YOU HAVE A CRIMINAL
RECORD? 
 

No. Voting is the most important right we have.

If everyone who is found guilty of a crime loses the right to vote,
injustices will never be resolved.

Who knows more about our criminal justice system than the people
embroiled in it and taking away their right to vote means that these
injustices will never be recognized and corrected. Taking that right
away means that you remove whatever avenues for correcting injustices
we have.

Invent a rationale for people to be charged. Charge people under some
ridiculous rationale. It will never be corrected.

Arlene Halfon

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I think if we are serious about rehabilitation in the prison system,
we should help prisoners lead a civic life. One of those things should
the right to vote. In some countries, the prison system actually
escorts prisoners to the vote booths to vote and back to the prison. I
believe the more a prisoner is connected to the world outside the
better he or she is ready to live in society.  

Wilson

 

JUST THE FACTS, MENG, AND NOTHING BUT THE FACTS!  --  CARTOON BY
 LALO ALCARAZ

 

Lalo Alcaraz
October 1, 2024
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RE: HOW ONE DONOR-ADVISED FUND HELPS LEONARD LEO WEAPONIZE
PHILANTHROPY 
 

Why should he get a tax break for his political contributions, I
don't.

Brad Smith

 

RE: PETER N. CARROLL 1943–2024
 

Peter N. Carroll, a respected and prolific writer, poet, and US
historian, died after a short illness on September 16, surrounded by
his family. He was 80. Dr. Carroll was a Chair Emeritus of ALBA and
one of the key individuals involved in the founding of the Abraham
Lincoln Brigade Archives.

[To this moving tribute, we would like to add this note: Peter was the
creator of the Poetry feature of xxxxxx, and has been our poetry
editor since its inception. We have been enriched by his comradeship,
creativity and energy. Our condolences to the family and to all who
have known and will miss this restless spirit. -- moderator]

Francisco Gonzalez
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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I was very sad to hear that Peter Carroll has died. He had just
accepted my latest poem on August 27th, but when I read in xxxxxx
that he had suddenly passed away, I figured the poem would not be
posted, so I was very surprised to see it posted on September 27th. I
consider it Peter's parting gift to me, and I'm grateful to xxxxxx
for posting it.

Bill Ehrhart

      =====

So very sad to hear of Peter Carroll's passing. Who is the new
moderator?

Lita Kurth
San Jose

 

RE: WHAT IS A BLACK FILM? THIS AND OTHER TANTALIZING QUESTIONS ARE
TACKLED IN JUSTIN SIMIEN’S NEW DOCUMENTARY, ‘HOLLYWOOD BLACK’

(posting on xxxxxx Culture
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What is a Black film? How do we know it’s a Black film? These are
slippery questions that defy Dr. Umar-ish simplicity about what is or
isn’t Black. Is it a Black film because it’s a story about Black
characters that stars Black actors? OK, but what if that story about
Black characters is directed by a white person? “The Wiz” is
absolutely a Black story that has a particularly African-American
flair to it. But it’s directed by the great Sidney Lumet, who was
white. “The Color Purple” (1995) and “A Soldier’s Story”
tell deeply African-American stories, but they, too, were directed by
white men — Steven Spielberg and Norman Jewison. What about Quentin
Tarantino’s “Jackie Brown”? Even though it was released in 1997,
it’s basically a Blaxploitation film. But, also, what about the
brilliant film “Shame” by the British legend Steve McQueen? There
are no major Black characters but it’s directed by a Black man.

This question and more are part of a fascinating new docuseries about
the history of Black cinema on MGM+ called “Hollywood Black” by
the filmmaker Justin Simien, best known for directing “Dear White
People.”

Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
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Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE:  LORRAINE HANSBERRY: RADIANT, RADICAL — AND MORE THAN
'RAISIN' 

(posting on xxxxxx Culture
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A new biography of the pioneering African American dramatist and
intellectual. 

Roy Schulman
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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ALVA L'NEZ JONES BUXENBAUM, EDUCATOR AND ACTIVIST, PASSED AWAY ON MAY
15, 2024 AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS.

 

By Daniel Rosenberg

Alva was born in New Orleans LA on September 14, 1935. She was raised
by educators Alvin Jones, a professor at Xavier University, and Inez
Geddes, a public school teacher. Like other members of her family,
Alva attended Xavier Preparatory High School in New Orleans, where she
first became involved in the movement against Jim Crow segregation. As
a high school student, she presaged the interests of her later life by
collecting articles on the struggles going on around her.

Alva was raised with a family legacy of educators, activists, and
civic leaders. Alva was taught how to push against injustice and
demand civil rights by the example her family set. As a student at
Fisk University, and then as parent, educator, and community member,
she lived a life of activism.

Alva became active in civil rights organizations and protests during
and after high school. She organized for and participated in the Youth
March for Integrated Schools movement in 1958 and 1959, under the
leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr. Her encounters in such
nation-wide initiatives for racial equality led also to her joining
the Communist Party USA after moving to Philadelphia. She married
David Buxenbaum in 1960. Alva was one of the leading personalities in
the Party-led Progressive Youth Organizing Committee in the early 60s.
She was a charter member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC) in 1962. Not surprisingly, her activism attracted the
notice of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

After settling in New York, she went on to chair the Party’s Women
Commission, and thus engaged in a battery of initiatives for women’s
rights. These included her role in founding and helping lead Women for
Racial and Economic Equality (WREE) and her leadership in the
Women’s International Democratic Federation with which WREE became
affiliated. In this connection, she was part of the U.S. delegation to
the World Congress of Women in Berlin in 1975. In collective settings
and in her own right, she contributed substantively to theories of
women and work, including the exploitive qualities of housework. She
left the Communist Party in 1991.

Alva was well aware of her history and drew upon it for examples when
speaking with community members, children, and interested younger
scholars.  She transmitted to generations to come the legacies of
historical resistance to injustice passed down to her. Her family was
historically prominent in New Orleans African American civic and
community life. Alva’s parents, aunts, and uncles were active in the
NAACP and the Urban League long before the modern civil rights
movement. Her great-grandparents belonged to the Citizens’ Committee
whose late 19th century anti-segregation resistance led to the arrest
of Homer Plessy and thus to the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1894.

Alva’s involvements in public education movements in New York took
off when her children began school. As a vocal parent leader, she
extended her participation when she ran successfully for her district
school board in the 1970s. She evolved as parent-educator. She taught
elementary school in New York City for 35 years before becoming an
Assistant Principal for five years and Principal for four years at PS
368: The Hamilton Heights School (K-5) in Washington Heights.

Alva enjoyed reading and was a member of two long standing book
groups. In this light, she strongly upheld the social value of
literacy and multilingualism:

 “I have always believed strongly that children should learn and
become literate in more than one language; their first language and a
second language. Children learn second languages easily when
immersed.  Language literacy is also transferable, especially when
you are young.”

An avid traveler, Alva found ample opportunity to use her language
affinities in trips to Spain, Costa Rica, and Morocco, as well as
annual visits to Puerto Rico.

She was a supporter of and participant in the arts, especially
inspiring the organization Kindred CRAFT. She enjoyed a long
association with the sculptor and painter Helen Ramsaran. Alva had an
infectious spirit and an always-present sense of humor, making her
principles and beliefs easily accessible to others.

Alva is remembered as a warm, engaging, embracing, dedicated person.
Her loving regard for family, friends, comrades, neighbors, and
co-workers extended to her predecessors and successors in social
movements.

She touched the lives of thousands of children and parents, mentoring
and training dozens of teachers according to her vision of humane
education. She takes her place as a prime mover of progressive change.

She is survived by daughters -- Kim Una Buxenbaum and Nina Inez
Buxenbaum –and four grandchildren - Kris Alvin Buxenbaum, Linez
Nichole Buxenbaum, Scarlett Mackenzie Jones and Sterling Piersen
Jones.

Alva was predeceased by her sons Alan (who died of SIDS as an infant)
and Kris Geddes Buxenbaum.

 

ISABELLA HAMMAD’S (INCOMPLETE) ESSENTIAL LIST OF BOOKS ABOUT
PALESTINE - FEATURING JEAN GENET, GHASSAN KANAFANI, MAHMOUD DARWISH,
AND MORE  (LITERARY HUB)
 

By Isabella Hammad
September 24, 2024
Literary Hub
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There are a very many great books about Palestine and by Palestinians,
and to condense them into a single essential list is a difficult task.
Some books recently celebrated in the anglosphere, either written in
English or translated into English (among other languages), include:
Rashid Khalidi’s _The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine_
[[link removed]], Adania Shibli’s _Minor
Detail_ [[link removed]], Fady
Joudah’s _[…]_ [[link removed]], Susan
Abulhawa’s _Against The Loveless World
[[link removed]]_, Mohammed El
Kurd’s _Rifqa_ [[link removed]], Ibtisam
Azem’s _The Book of Disappearance_
[[link removed]], and Mosab Abu
Toha’s _Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear_
[[link removed]]. The below is a very
incomplete list of a few other, mostly older, classic titles that have
meant a lot to me.

* Elias Khoury, The Gate of the Sun
[[link removed]]  (1998)
* Sahar Khalifeh, The Passage to the Plaza
[[link removed]]  (1990)
* Mourid Barghouti, I Saw Ramallah
[[link removed]]  (1997)
* Assorted writings of Walid Daqqa
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* Jean Genet, Prisoner of Love
[[link removed]]  (1986)
* Ghassan Kanafani, Umm Saad
[[link removed]]  (1969)
* Edward Said, The Question of Palestine
[[link removed]]  (1979)
* Mahmoud Darwish, Memory for Forgetfulness: August, Beirut 1982
[[link removed]]   (1987)
 

_[ISABELLA’S HAMMAD’s Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and
Narrative [[link removed]] is available now
from Grove Press.]_

 

DEEPAK BHARGAVA & STEPHANIE LUCE: "PRACTICAL RADICALS: HOW OPPRESSED
PEOPLE CHANGE THE WORLD"  -  VIRTUAL  - OCTOBER 10  (THE HAVENS
WRIGHT CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE)

 

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Thursday, October 10
12 noon US Central Time / 6 pm UK

REGISTER FOR THE EVENT HERE
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This event is presented in collaboration with the School for Workers
[[link removed]] at UW-Madison.

This is an online event, which you can join via zoom. If you would
like to attend, you must register in advance on TicketTailor (click on
the link above, or visit our website). You will be sent a confirmation
email after registering with instructions on how to join. If you do
not receive the meeting link, please check your junk mail folder. For
any additional information, email [email protected].

DEEPAK BHARGAVA is President of the JBP Foundation. Since 2019, he has
been a distinguished lecturer at the CUNY School of Labor and
Urban Studies.

He previously led Community Change for 16 years, where he worked to
strengthen the community organizing field and launched coalitions that
achieved major policy reforms at the federal level on issues such as
poverty, health care, and immigration. Bhargava has trained and
mentored hundreds of leaders who’ve played key roles in progressive
organizations and social justice movements, and, more recently, he
co-founded a new organization, Leadership for Democracy and Social
Justice, which trains and supports early and mid-career people working
for social change, especially people of color, women, LGBTQ people and
people from working-class backgrounds.

He has served on the boards of numerous organizations, including the
Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights, the Open Society
Foundations (US), and 350.org [[link removed]], where he was Board
Chair. He currently serves on the board of the Democracy Fund.

Bhargava is the co-author of Practical Radicals: Seven Strategies to
Change the World with Stephanie Luce (New Press, 2023) and co-editor
of Immigration Matters: Movements, Visions, and Strategies for a
Progressive Future with Ruth Milkman and Penny Lewis (New Press,
2021). He was a Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute from
2020-2023, where he co-authored The Statue of Liberty Plan: A
Progressive Vision for Migration in the Age of Climate Change with
Rich Stolz and The Death of “Deliverism” in Democracy Journal
with Shahrzad Shams and Harry Hanbury, which explores the relationship
of economic policy to political allegiances.

He has written extensively about community organizing, public policy
related to poverty and economic justice, progressive strategy, civic
engagement, and racial justice among many other topics for the New
York Times, the Guardian, USA Today, the Nation, the American
Prospect, Huffington Post, and Democracy Journal, and he has
been featured in major news outlets such as National Journal, The
Washington Post, Politico, National Public Radio, and MSNBC.

Bhargava is married to Harry W. Hanbury, a documentary filmmaker. He
was born in Bangalore, India, and grew up in New York City, where he
currently resides.

STEPHANIE LUCE is Professor of Labor Studies at the CUNY School of
Labor and Urban Studies, and Professor of Sociology at the Gradate
Center, City University of New York (CUNY).

She received her BA in economics at the University of California,
Davis and both her PhD in sociology and her MA in industrial relations
from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

She is the author of Fighting for a Living Wage, and co-author
of The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy, and The Measure of
Fairness. She is also author of Labor Movements: Global Perspectives.
Her latest book, co-authored with Deepak Bhargava, is Practical
Radicals: Seven Strategies to Change the World.

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
 

For more information, visit www.havenswrightcenter.wisc.edu
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or email Adrienne Pagac at [email protected].

 

60 YEARS OF FREE SPEECH: A PANEL WITH ICONS OF BERKELEY ACTIVISM  -
BERKELEY - OCTOBER 15  (THE BERKELEY FORUM)

 

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15 · 5:30 - 7:30PM PDT

West Pauley Ballroom
2495 Bancroft Way 
UC Berkeley 
Berkely, California 94720

FREE

RESERVE A SPOT
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This October marks the 60th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement at
Berkeley, a pivotal moment in campus history that showcased the power
of student activism. To celebrate this milestone and inspire a new
generation of students, the Berkeley Forum presents an anniversary
panel featuring Free Speech Movement veterans Bettina Aptheker, Lynne
Hollander Savio, and Jack Radey. The event will include an
introduction to the Movement by student activism expert Dr. Robert
Cohen, a moderated panel discussion, and an extended audience Q&A,
providing attendees an opportunity to engage directly with these
remarkable speakers.
 

THE MYTH OF AMERICAN IDEALISM: HOW U.S. FOREIGN POLICY ENDANGERS THE
WORLD  -  NEW YORK  -  OCTOBER 16  (THE NEW SCHOOL)

 

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Come join us at this event in NYC
[[link removed]]!!! Going to be
talking Chomsky with some truly fascinating people:

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2024, 6:30PM TO 8:00PM (EDT)

Room UL104, University Center
The New School
63 5th Avenue New York NY

REGISTER [[link removed]] 

A panel discussion and Q&A on the ideas and work of NOAM CHOMSKY,
including his new book: THE MYTH OF AMERICAN IDEALISM with the
book's co-author Nathan Robinson
[[link removed]], who is
also the editor-in-chief of Current Affairs magazine
[[link removed]].

Speakers will examine Chomsky's critiques of U.S. foreign policy from
Vietnam to Iraq to Gaza and discuss why his searing analysis of U.S.
power remains vital and relevant.

The panel of speakers will be comprised of those who have worked with
or been inspired by Chomsky's writings over the last 50 years: 

AMY GOODMAN - Host of the independent global news program DEMOCRACY
NOW!  [[link removed]]since 1996, author of six books,
winner of the I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence and the
Gandhi Peace Award

BEV STOHL - ran Prof. Chomsky's office at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology for over 20 years and is the author of _Chomsky and Me:
A Memoir_. 

GREG GRANDIN - professor of history at Yale University, author
of _Kissinger's Shadow, Empire's Workshop, and Fordlandia: The Rise
and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City_, which was a finalist
for the Pulitzer Prize for History and the National Book Award. 

VICTOR PICKARD - Media studies professor, Annenberg School for
Communication at the University of Pennsylvania,
author of _America’s Battle for Media Democracy: The Triumph of
Corporate Libertarianism and the Future of Media
Reform and Democracy Without Journalism?: Confronting the
Misinformation Society_.

Presented by the Julien J. Studley Graduate Programs in International
Affairs [[link removed]] at
the Schools of Public Engagement
[[link removed]].

 

DISSENTERS TIDALWAVE ANNUAL CONFERENCE  - CHICAGO - OCTOBER 25 - 27

 

It’s the most magical time of year, Tidalwave! Join us this fall for
Dissenters’ annual membership conference, where young people from
across the country will convene in Chicago for three days of
connecting, learning and taking action to build our movement to defund
war and militarism. From October 25 - 27, Dissenters from across the
country will arrive in Chicago to strategize about how we can organize
young people in the heart of U.S. empire and build our power to wage
anti-imperialist campaigns and dismantle the U.S. war machine.

Over the last 11 months, we have witnessed escalated examples of
political and war elite's influence on the global stage. While Israel
carries out the ongoing genocide of Palestinians, our mandate to take
bold action against the war machine and build a movement of millions
could not be more clear. The U.S. uses its military and financial
power, police, prisons, weapons, walls, soldiers, guns, drones, and
media to attack people worldwide and build a world where its political
and corporate elites create endless wars for personal power and
profit.

It’s up to us to create the future we need—will you join us?

Do you want to submit a workshop for Tidalwave 2024? Send us your
proposal at bit.ly/tidalwave24-workshop
[[link removed]]!

Dissenters is a new national movement organization that is leading our
generation to reclaim our resources from the war industry, reinvest in
life-giving institutions, and repair collaborative relationships with
the earth and people around the world.

We’re building local teams of young people across the country to
force our elected officials and institutions to divest from war and
militarism, and reinvest in what our communities actually need. From
campuses to congress, we are building grassroots power to cut off war
elites once and for all.

Whether you chip in a few bucks or build your own local Dissenters
team, we all have a role to play in this movement. For opportunities
to get involved, connect with us here.
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THE FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT @ 60: THE CAMPUS FREE SPEECH CRISES,
1964/2024 - NEW YORK - OCTOBER 30  (TAMIMENT LIBRARY & ROBERT F.
WAGNER LABOR ARCHIVES)

 

 

THE FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT @ 60: THE CAMPUS FREE SPEECH CRISES,
1964/2024
October 30th, 6-7:30, 2 North Reading Room, Bobst Library
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In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement
this session will probe the origins, character, and impact of the
Berkeley student revolt of 1964. It will also explore the current
state of free speech, including the pressure on universities to
repress the campus encampment movement against the war in Gaza. The
session will feature a panel discussion, a short play, and a poetry
reading.

Free, RSVP required.
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Event will be live streamed.

PARTICIPANTS:
Bettina Aptheker, Waldo Martin, Carol Christ, Robert Cohen, Lytle
Shaw, Barbara Garson, Kay Hyman, Sydney Mazik, Keith Huff,
Anne-Marie Garcia Jardine.

This event is co-sponsored by: Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner
Labor Archives, NYU Special Collections; the Social Studies program of
NYU Steinhardt; and the University of California National Center for
Free Speech and Civic Engagement
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