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AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING; MYTHS ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS’S LOSS;
SCOUNDREL TIME – LESSONS FROM THE MCCARTHY PERIOD FOR TODAY; YOUR
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_ Reader Comments: Trump 2.0; Resistance 2.0 and Community
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* FOR NOW, HERE'S A BIG HUG  (JON COLBURN)
* TRUMP TO LADY LIBERTY: ‘HASTA LA VISTA, B****!’  --  CARTOON
BY LALO ALCARAZ
* RE: THE 2017 TRUMP RESISTANCE PLAYBOOK IS OUT. COMMUNITY
ORGANIZING IS IN.  (MARY-ALICE STROM)
* RE: RESISTANCE 2.0  (BERNARD SAMPSON)
* PANDORA'S BOX  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS
* RE: FOUR MYTHS ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS’S LOSS  (SEYMOUR JOSEPH)
* RE: WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH THE LATINE VOTE?  (DAVID BERGER)
* RE: ARIZONA IMMIGRANTS FEAR RETURN TO MASS ARRESTS AS STATE PASSES
‘SECURE OUR BORDER’ ACT  (ROBERTO E. VARGAS)
* TAKE US TO YOUR LEADER  --  CARTOON BY DAN PIRARO
* RE: ELON MUSK’S TAKEOVER  (GREGORY KESTEL)
* PUTIN'S MOUTHPIECE  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON
* RE: RANDY NEWMAN'S GENIUS FOR POLITICAL IRONY  (VICKI ROVERE)
* RE: BLUE COLLAR EMPIRE  (JOEL SHUFRO; DANIEL MILLSTONE)
* RE: SANDERS SAYS US COMPLICITY IN GAZA ‘MUST END’ AHEAD OF
SENATE VOTE TO BLOCK ARMS TO ISRAEL  (REGINA KELLY)
* RE: ISRAELI ETHNIC CLEANSING NEARS COMPLETION IN NORTHERN GAZA
 (MARY-ALICE STROM)
* HATE NEVER MADE ANY NATION GREAT  --  CHARLIE BROWN AND RERUN
* RE: FRAMED: INNOCENTS IN U.S. PRISONS  (EBONY WALLACE)
* RE: IN 1949, A UNION OFFICIAL INVITED COLLEAGUES TO HIS ENGLEWOOD
HOME. SOME WERE BLACK. VIOLENCE ENSUED.  (DANIEL MILLSTONE).
* KOOL FLUORIDE  --  CARTOON AND COMMENTARY BY CLAY JONES.
* SCOUNDREL TIME  (BRUCE HARTFORD)

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YOUR HELP NEEDED:

* CUBANS NEEDS OUR HELP MORE THAN EVER  (GLOBAL LINKS)

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FOR NOW, HERE'S A BIG HUG

 

 

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Congregation President at Smithfield United Church of Christ

 

TRUMP TO LADY LIBERTY: ‘HASTA LA VISTA, B****!’  --  CARTOON BY
LALO ALCARAZ

 

 

Lalo Alcaraz
November 15, 2024
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RE: THE 2017 TRUMP RESISTANCE PLAYBOOK IS OUT. COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IS
IN.
 

The Women’s March is now the People’s March, and groups working to
oppose Trump’s agenda are highlighting specific actions volunteers
can take.

Taylor Salditch, the executive director of Supermajority, a group that
organizes young low-propensity voters around progressive issues, said
she also thinks now is the time for listening and not reacting.

She said what feels necessary right now is the understanding that when
it comes to talking to and about women, diversity of thought — and
issues — matters.  “If you are reaching for contempt over
curiosity, you’re doing bad organizing,” Salditch said.

Mary-Alice Strom
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RE: RESISTANCE 2.0
 

Both the circumstances and tactics will necessarily be different from
the anti-Trump resistance of 2017, and there is little room for error.

Bernard Sampson
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PANDORA'S BOX  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS

 

Each of Trump's cabinet choices is scarier than the last. I keep
thinking of that scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark when the Nazis open
the Ark and their faces begin to melt.

Rob Rogers
November 19, 2024
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RE: FOUR MYTHS ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS’S LOSS
 

All the reasons given for Harris’s loss ignore the 900-pound
elephant in the room: the attempted insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.

If this were a “normal” election — meaning a battle between two
politicians of reasonable stature — the reasons given for the loss
of one of them would be worthy of consideration. But what occurred on
Jan. 6 should have not only smashed Donald Trump's future ambitions,
but should have sent him to jail. That horror of Jan. 6, and the
candidate responsible for it, should have been in the forefront of the
Democratic campaign.

The loopholes our legal system unfortunately contain, provide wily
lawyers the opportunities to delay a case, as they’ve been able to
do for three years. That delay, coupled with the Jan. 6 horror being
all but overlooked in the subsequent years by the Democrats and the
media, permitted Trump to not only be selected by the GOP as their
nominee but to win the election.

I believe that since it was not an issue in the campaign, Donald
Trump’s criminality was not in the forefront of the electorate’s
reasoning. They would have realized that this is a man who cannot be
trusted to aid them in any way. That is a tragedy whose outcome will
be decided in the next four years.

Seymour Joseph

 

RE: WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH THE LATINE VOTE?
 

The diverse Latine experience, shaped by factors like immigration
status, race, and class, is too often oversimplified—both by
outsiders and within our own communities

Latine people come from colonized, Catholic-majority countries with
deeply rooted casta systems, horrific track records on femicide, some
of the most restrictive abortion laws on the books, assimilationist
policies of mestizaje, denaturalization laws most notoriously seen in
the Dominican Republican against Dominicans of Haitian descent,
legacies of slavery that in some cases continue today, political
violence against land defenders, dispossession, sexual violence, and
genocide enacted against Black and Indigenous communities. In short,
we come here ready-made for MAGA. The racism and bigotries of Latine
communities are deeply rooted in our colonial histories. Race,
anti-Blackness, and whiteness are not new concepts to us just because
the language around these subjects might differ.

Our communities have been some of the hardest hit by the economic
downturn, and “economic anxiety” is what led many to vote
Republican. While it’s true that we are experiencing higher
unemployment rates than the national average, African Americans are
experiencing an even higher unemployment rate. They also experience
generational structural violence and inequality due to their unique
history with the U.S. and because anti-Blackness is enshrined in every
aspect of American life—the worst of which is felt by African
American women. Yet this heightened economic anxiety did not cause
them to vote Republican.

David Berger
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RE: ARIZONA IMMIGRANTS FEAR RETURN TO MASS ARRESTS AS STATE PASSES
‘SECURE OUR BORDER’ ACT
 

A generation of Arizonans revolted against hardline immigration
policies and won important battles. This year, the state voted to
bring those policies back

Roberto E. Vargas
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TAKE US TO YOUR LEADER  --  CARTOON BY DAN PIRARO

 

 

Unfortunately, this will probably not be happening.
#CantHaveEverything

Dan Piraro
June 30, 2017
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RE: ELON MUSK’S TAKEOVER
 

Trump said he knew nothing about Project 2025 and yet he just
appointed Brendan Carr, the author of the Project 2025 chapter on the
FCC, to the FCC. Just what Elon Musk wanted: government subsidies for
Starlink for internet service which is more expensive than typical
broadband and less competition.

Gregory Kestel
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PUTIN'S MOUTHPIECE  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON

 

 

Matt Gaetz is getting most of the attention right now, but please
don't forget this useful idiot. She is dangerous to national security.

Nick Anderson
November 19, 2024
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RE: RANDY NEWMAN'S GENIUS FOR POLITICAL IRONY
 

I'm a fan of Randy Newman, too. But I don't think appreciating him
necessitates trashing all other political songwriters active today.
I'm a member of People's Music Network
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gamut of songs--ironic, sincere, powerful and, admittedly,
less-than-successful --to get us laughing, crying, singing along,
thinking.

Peace,
Vicki Rovere

 

RE: BLUE COLLAR EMPIRE

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Good review of book I just read

Joel Shufro

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The transformation of the many US labor unions  into allies of
government & corporations, among other things, welded the unions to US
foreign policy. AFL-CIO antics in support of CIA & USAID projects
directly harmed union movement efforts in other counties. Thanks to
Ruth Needleman [[link removed]] and xxxxxx
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careful review of a new study documenting those terrible times.

Daniel Millstone
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RE: SANDERS SAYS US COMPLICITY IN GAZA ‘MUST END’ AHEAD OF SENATE
VOTE TO BLOCK ARMS TO ISRAEL
 

"The United States government is currently in violation of the law,
and every member of the U.S. Senate who believes in the rule of law
should vote for these resolutions," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Regina Kelly
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RE: ISRAELI ETHNIC CLEANSING NEARS COMPLETION IN NORTHERN GAZA
 

An IDF general admitted that their goal was to expel residents and
provide no options for return. Netanyahu’s cabinet changes means he
is content to remain reliant not only on the ultra-Orthodox parties,
but also extremists, such as Itamar Ben-Gvir.

Netanyahu’s cabinet changes means he is content to remain reliant
not only on the ultra-Orthodox parties who favor preserving a draft
exemption that Gallant opposed, but also on extremists, such as
national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who have been explicit in
calling for a Gaza with Jewish settlers and no Palestinians.

Israel will become more of an international pariah as its actions
become ever farther removed from anything that can plausibly be
considered a just and appropriate response to the attack by Hamas last
year. To the extent that the United States associates itself with
those actions, through continued provision of arms and diplomatic
cover, it will increasingly be a target of the international
opprobrium. Specific consequences range from boycotts of U.S.
businesses to terrorism against U.S. interests and citizens.

Mary-Alice Strom
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HATE NEVER MADE ANY NATION GREAT  --  CHARLIE BROWN AND RERUN

 

 

RE: FRAMED: INNOCENTS IN U.S. PRISONS
 

Our problem with “innocents in U. S. prisons” shows more signs of
increasing rather than diminishing.

Ebony Wallace
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RE: IN 1949, A UNION OFFICIAL INVITED COLLEAGUES TO HIS ENGLEWOOD
HOME. SOME WERE BLACK. VIOLENCE ENSUED.
 

Violent racism is as American as cherry pie (to amend Rap Brown's
words). It's important to keep in mind our history of struggle and the
violence the racist right has imposed on us. Here, via xxxxxx
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Ron Grossman recalls an anti-Black, anti-communist riot in a Chicago
neighborhood (about which I knew nothing til this morning).

Daniel Millstone
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KOOL FLUORIDE  --  CARTOON AND COMMENTARY BY CLAY JONES

RFK Jr and Kool-Aid doesn't mix well
 

 

Clay Jones
November 16, 2024
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Donald Trump is nominating Robert F Kennedy Jr to be the director of
the Department of Health and Human Services. Much like Matt Gaetz,
Tulsi Gabbard, Doug Burgum, Doug Collins (there was a special on
Dougs), Chris Wright, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Stephen “Baby
Goebbels” Miller, Little Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, Kristi “Dog
Killer” Noem, John Ratcliffe, Lee Zeldin, Elise (principles for
sale) Stefanik, and JD Couch “Flipper” Vance, RFK Jr has zero
experience to be the head of a $3 trillion health agency.

Remember the movie, _Major League_? An evil rich showgirl inherits
the Cleveland Indians from her deceased husband except she doesn’t
like Cleveland, so she tries to use an escape clause that would allow
her to move the team if attendance falls below a certain level, so she
stocks it with shitty players played by Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheene,
Dennis Haysbert, Corbin Bernsen, and Wesley Snipes. I think Donald
Trump is attempting to stock the government with enough shitweasels
that they’ll do such a godawful job that he’ll be able to move the
government to Florida. He’s going to Major League it except it’s
not going to be funny.

Kennedy, who is not a doctor but did watch an episode of _Grey’s
Anatomy_ once, has proposed tighter regulation of the pesticides
farmers use, a reexamination of vaccine safety data, a ban on highly
processed foods in schools, and a remaking of the agencies making the
rules around health and nutrition. RFK Jr is a conspiracy theorist who
opposes vaccines. He may help Trump get rid of Obamacare and bring
back leeches (which is a creature that’s been used to describe his
cabinet).

Aiono Prof Alec Ekeroma, the director general of health for Samoa’s
Health Ministry told The Washington Post that Kennedy “will be
directly responsible for killing thousands of children around the
world by allowing preventable infectious diseases to run rampant.”

RFK visited Samoa in 2019 and discouraged the government from using
vaccines. Four months later, there was a major outbreak of measles.
More than 5,700 out of Samoa’s population of 200,000 were infected
and 83 died, with many of them being children. Hospitals were overrun,
and the nation declared a state of emergency. Samoa launched a massive
vaccination campaign to stop the outbreak, and unvaccinated families
were asked to hang red flags outside their homes.

Kennedy later described the outbreak as “mild,” much in the same
way Trump claimed Covid wasn’t serious and would “disappear”
like a “miracle” before he told the nation to ingest bleach.

If we lost the same percentage of our population that Samoa did due to
RFK Jr’s ineptitude, over ten million Americans would die. Donald
Trump is not taking any of this seriously. For him, this position is a
payback for RFK Jr’s endorsement, not because he’s qualified for
the job.

Those who don’t die because of RFK Jr will probably lose their teeth
because he’s looking to remove fluoride from drinking water. This is
going to suck.

We saw what happens with a health crisis with Donald Trump in charge
but now, we’re going to get Doctor Dumbass joining him in Shitler
2.0.

CREATIVE NOTE: This was drawn on a train between Washington, DC and
Fredericksburg.

 

SCOUNDREL TIME
 

Bruce Hartford

[Opening remarks to Indivisible San Francisco membership meeting,
November 17, 2024]

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Today I begin by acknowledging that our grievous defeat in the
election has left me discouraged and deeply apprehensive.

I grew up under 1950s McCarthyism — an era of authoritarianism and
political terror. That was the social environment in which I became
politically active. Playwright Lillian Hellman referred to the
McCarthy era as the "_Scoundrel Time_" because selfishness, cruelty,
corruption, and fear ruled and dominated our government and our
society.

As some of you know, I was active in the Civil Rights Movement. I'm
very proud of the role that movement played in ending Jim Crow
segregation and winning voting rights for nonwhite
Americans — victories that today are under immediate threat of
being rolled back and dismantled.

But it's less well known that in order to achieve those victories we
first had to defy, discredit, nullify, and to a significant degree
defeat McCarthyism. I take great pride in that lesser-known victory
too.

60 years ago people like me — and like you all in this
room — beat McCarthyism, beat segregation, and won voting rights
for nonwhite Americans.

At the time, though, we DID NOT KNOW we were going to win those
victories. We knew there were risks, we knew there were dangers, we
knew that there would be jail and violence and pain and sorrow and
deep heartache. But we did not know if we would win or lose.

But we did know that we HAD to fight because to give in would be to
surrender our humanity. To give in would be to betray all those who
had fought for freedom, equality, and justice before us.

What I've learned from more than six decades of political activism is
that on the long road towards social justice and human rights there
are no final victories — nor are there final defeats — there
are only milestones that we achieve in victory, or are knocked back to
in defeat.

Out of recognition that the fight for freedom and justice is a long,
stony road I chose "_Sojourner_" as my messaging handle. The road
ahead of us all is going to be long, hard, and difficult. But I know
that people like us can, and will, defeat the political forces of
racism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia, greed, and selfishness.

Copyright © Bruce Hartford

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CUBANS NEEDS OUR HELP MORE THAN EVER  (GLOBAL LINKS)

 

A week ago, Cuba suffered a 6.8 magnitude earthquake. Days before
that, category 3 Hurricane Rafael slammed into western Cuba. As Global
Links’ staff and delegation were leaving Cuba on October 18, the
power grid collapsed. Then Hurricane Oscar hit eastern Cuba. 

Last month, during a visit to mark our 30 years of collaboration in
Cuba, we witnessed first-hand the vulnerable conditions of the
country's electrical and road infrastructure. The already weakened
power grid collapsed several times since we left, increasing obstacles
to healthcare delivery and survival.

However we also witnessed the strength and compassion of the Cuban
people and their priority despite overwhelming challenges: preserve
human lives.  Despite power outages, shortages of medical supplies,
fuel shortages and loss of human resources, the resilient and
dedicated workforce in Cuba continues to care for the health needs of
the Cuban people.  

Global Links has one shipment on its way to the island as a follow up
to our visit in October, and we are planning more shipments to provide
essential medical supplies and equipment so desperately needed. 

Global Links is working with PAHO/WHO and the Ministry of Health to
prioritize how we can best respond to the crisis and will focus on
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backpacks which include a stethoscope, blood pressure unit, minor
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$25,000 covers a container of thousands of medical items, worth ten
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Natural disasters, injustice and inequity, political battles- it can
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support the trained personnel who dedicate their lives to caring for
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Can you help us by making a donation 
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Thank you for understanding the urgency and imperative.   Please
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Angela Garcia (She/Her)

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