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TIDBITS – FEB.20-READER COMMENTS: A COUP; TRUMP VOWED TO CHAMPION
US WORKERS – THE REALITY A RELENTLESS ASSAULT; MAKE AMERICA CORRUPT
AGAIN; VANCE, RACISM, GERMAN FASCISM; FOR ISRAELIS, ‘FROM THE RIVER
TO THE SEA’ A REALITY. FOR PALESTINIANS, A CRIME  
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February 20, 2025
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_ Reader Comments: It Is a Coup; Trump Vowed To Champion US Workers
– the Reality a Relentless Assault; Make America Corrupt Again;
Vance, Racism, German Fascism; For Israelis, ‘From the River to the
Sea’ Is a Reality. For Palestinians, It’s a Crime... _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Announcements AND cartoons - Feb. 20,
2025, xxxxxx

 

* RE: IT IS A COUP  (MICHAEL HENRY STARKS; BEN CUPP)
* NAPOLEON BONATRUMP  --  CARTOON AND COMMENTARY BY ROB ROGERS
* THE FALL OF THE SHOWMAN EMPIRE  --  CARTOON BY MR. FISH
* RE: WHAT REPUBLICANS REALLY MEAN WHEN THEY BLAME ‘DEI’
 (AARON STEPHENS; ROBERT LAITE)
* THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS D.E.I. FOR RED STATES  --  CARTOON BY
DETROITISH24
* RE: 60 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN EXPANDING RIGHTS IS BEING ROLLED BACK
BY TRUMP - A PATTERN THAT’S ALL TOO FAMILIAR IN US HISTORY  (GEORGE
LESSARD)
* RE: TRUMP’S TARIFFS ARE A GIFT TO CAPITAL, NOT WORKERS  (AARON)

* RE: TRUMP VOWED TO CHAMPION US WORKERS – THE REALITY HAS BEEN A
RELENTLESS ASSAULT  (TOM EDMINSTER)
* THE TRUMP JOBS PLAN  --  CARTOON BY PAT BAGLEY
* RE: TRUMP AND MUSK HUNT FOR CORRUPTION, VERY SELECTIVELY  (DAVID
BENTON)
* MUSK BE A HYPOCRITE  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH; COMMENTARY
BY ROBERT REICH
* RE: TRUMP’S PLAN: MAKE AMERICA CORRUPT AGAIN  (MICHAEL
O'ROURKE)
* PRIVATE DATA  --  CARTOON AND COMMENTARY BY NICK ANDERSON
* RE: JD VANCE, AMERICAN RACISM, AND GERMAN FASCISM  (JERRY C.
MOODY)
* RE: FOR ISRAELIS, ‘FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA’ IS A REALITY.
FOR PALESTINIANS, IT’S A CRIME  (MICHAEL JOSEPH FRANCISCONI;
WILLIAM CUTLIP; FELICE SAGE; JULIANA SMITH)
* RE: NATIONWIDE ECONOMIC BLACKOUT ON FEBRUARY 28  (JAY DIAMOND;
CHRISTINE LA CHANCE; CAROL L. BUFFUM)
* RE: VOTERS WERE RIGHT ABOUT THE ECONOMY. THE DATA WAS WRONG  (AMY
VILLARREAL)
* RE: GARMENT WORKERS ARE TAKING ON NIKE, AMERICANS SHOULD JOIN THEM
 (JOHN BIDDLE)
* RE: AFTER RESOUNDING ‘NO’ VOTE, LETTER CARRIERS SHOULD GO ON
OFFENSE  (DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA - KNOXVILLE)
* RE: THE FINAL DAYS AND THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES: A TRIBUTE TO DIANA
CABALLERO AND REMINDER FOR UNITY TODAY  (IRIS MORALES)
* RE: HOW THE WEST DESTROYED CONGO’S HOPES FOR INDEPENDENCE
 (MIKE GLICK)
* RE: THE LEFT NEEDS ITS “SCHOOLS OF ENLIGHTENMENT AND
REVOLUTION”  (MICHAEL)
* RE: HOW BLACK MARXISTS HAVE UNDERSTOOD RACIAL OPPRESSION  (FRED
WHITEHEAD)
* RE: UPWARDLY MINDED: THE RECONSTRUCTION RISE OF A BLACK ELITE
 (KENTUCKY ALLIANCE AGAINST RACIST AND POLITICAL REPRESSION)
* RE: AS OFF BROADWAY CREWS UNIONIZE, WORKERS SEE HOPE, PRODUCERS
PERIL  (MICHAEL HENRY STARKS)
* JAN. 6 RIOTERS WANT TRUMP PARDONS TO COVER OTHER CRIMES, INCLUDING
MURDER PLOT AND CHILD PORN  (DAILY BOULDER)

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

* RALLY TO TELL REP. JEFFRIES TO FIGHT WITH US  --  OAKLAND, CA 
--  FEBRUARY 21  (WELLSTONE DEMOCRATIC CLUB AND INDIVISIBLE EAST
BAY)

* SONGS OF SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION  --  NEW ORLEANS  --
 FEBRUARY 21  (ROSA LUXEMBURG STIFTUNG-NYC)

* WILL THE FAR RIGHT WIN IN GERMANY? - A DISCUSSION ON THIS
MONTH’S ELECTION  --  NEW YORK CITY  --  FEBRUARY 26  (ROSA
LUXEMBURG STIFTUNG-NYC AND JACOBIN MAGAZINE)

 

* IF NOT NOW, WHEN? AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM TO PREVENT NUCLEAR WAR &
SECURE OUR FUTURE  --  NEW YORK AND ONLINE  --  MARCH 4
 (INTERNATIONAL PEACE BUREAU, THE CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE, DISARMAMENT AND
COMMON SECURITY, AND PEACE ACTION NEW YORK STATE)

.

.
 

RE: IT IS A COUP
 

This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner
headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet
and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong. From the author that first
exposed the Cambridge Analytical scandal.

Michael Henry Starks
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Problem is the corporate media is complicit in the coup.

Ben Cupp
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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NAPOLEON BONATRUMP  --  CARTOON AND COMMENTARY BY ROB ROGERS

 

Donald Trump is channeling Napoleon Bonaparte. It's clear he wants to
be "Emperor Trump", not President Trump, but first he has to tear down
a 250-year-old democracy. He's off to a good start.

Rob Rogers
February 18, 2025
TinyView
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THE FALL OF THE SHOWMAN EMPIRE  --  CARTOON BY MR. FISH

 

Mr. Fish
February 14, 2025
Mr. Fish
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RE: WHAT REPUBLICANS REALLY MEAN WHEN THEY BLAME ‘DEI’
 

Anything they don't like is DEI. Anything not WASP is DEI. It is the
new "Boogeyman".

Aaron Stephens
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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It's just their modern way of saying the N word in public.

Robert Laite
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IS D.E.I. FOR RED STATES  --  CARTOON BY
DETROITISH24

 

Detroitish24
February 16, 2025
Political Humor
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RE: 60 YEARS OF PROGRESS IN EXPANDING RIGHTS IS BEING ROLLED BACK BY
TRUMP - A PATTERN THAT’S ALL TOO FAMILIAR IN US HISTORY
 

American history is not a steady march toward greater equality,
democracy and individual rights,  these liberal values compete with
an alternative set of illiberal values that hold that full American
citizenship should be

George Lessard
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: TRUMP’S TARIFFS ARE A GIFT TO CAPITAL, NOT WORKERS

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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Donald Trump has championed tariffs as a way to revive American
manufacturing. But without a real industrial strategy, Catalyst editor
Vivek Chibber argues, they’re little more than a handout to capital.

Aaron

 

RE: TRUMP VOWED TO CHAMPION US WORKERS – THE REALITY HAS BEEN A
RELENTLESS ASSAULT
 

President has begun slashing federal workforce while hobbling labor
watchdogs NLRB and EEOC

Tom Edminster
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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THE TRUMP JOBS PLAN  --  CARTOON BY PAT BAGLEY

 

Pat Bagley
December 14, 2016
The Salt Lake Tribune
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RE: TRUMP AND MUSK HUNT FOR CORRUPTION, VERY SELECTIVELY
 

Spending that the White House does not like is being labeled
fraudulent. At the same time, President Trump is rolling back
anticorruption efforts and ethical standards for himself and allies
like Elon Musk.

David Benton
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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MUSK BE A HYPOCRITE  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH; COMMENTARY BY
ROBERT REICH

 

Mike Luckovich
February 15, 2024
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly
destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the
U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the
richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. 

Robert Reich [[link removed]]
February 15, 2025
Facebook

 

RE: TRUMP’S PLAN: MAKE AMERICA CORRUPT AGAIN
 

While Adams may have been the most immediate beneficiary, he’s not
the only one. If you’re a foreign government or a corrupt company
trying to turn a public official into your toady, this sends a
powerful signal—everything and everyone is up for sale

Michael O'Rourke
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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PRIVATE DATA  --  CARTOON AND COMMENTARY BY NICK ANDERSON

 

Elon Musk’s U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is
seeking access to a highly secure IRS system containing financial data
on all taxpayers, businesses, and nonprofits, raising concerns within
the tax agency. Under pressure from the White House, the IRS is
considering granting DOGE officials access to the Integrated Data
Retrieval System (IDRS), which allows IRS employees to view and modify
tax records.

A draft memorandum shows that DOGE software engineer Gavin Kliger is
set to work at the IRS for 120 days, with the option to extend. His
role focuses on IT modernization, but his potential access to IDRS has
alarmed IRS officials. IDRS access is typically restricted, and
unauthorized use can result in legal penalties.

The acting IRS commissioner has not yet approved Kliger’s access,
and concerns persist about political influence over tax data. The IRS
is undergoing IT modernization, but experts warn that granting
political appointees access to taxpayer records is highly unusual. The
move comes amid broader concerns about the IRS’s independence,
especially as the agency prepares for mass layoffs ordered by former
President Trump.

Nick Anderson
February 17, 2025
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RE: JD VANCE, AMERICAN RACISM, AND GERMAN FASCISM
 

A sordid history to remember and the horrific prospects of a vice
president's embrace of Germany's neo-Nazi party.

Jerry C. Moody
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: FOR ISRAELIS, ‘FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA’ IS A REALITY. FOR
PALESTINIANS, IT’S A CRIME
 

It is nonsensical, and hypocritical, to arrest or accuse Palestinians
of promoting the ideology of 'From the river to the sea,' while in
Israel, school maps don't show the Green Line and the government is
advancing full annexation

Michael Joseph Francisconi
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Remember when Hitler invaded the Sudetenland? And then Poland, etc.?
This is that.

William Cutlip
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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There has been no occupation and displacement of Jewish Israelis by
Palestinians. There has been no ethnic cleansing of Jewish Israelis by
Palestinians. Thousands of Israelis have not been held without charge,
indefinitely by Palestinians. Hundreds of Israelis have never been
killed by Palestinians for every Palestinian killed by Israelis. West
Bank Palestinians have been terrorized by the illegal settler
occupation in violation of international law for decades, olive groves
and homes destroyed, driven off land appropriated by illegal settlers,
people beaten, murdered and imprisoned for fighting back, but the
narrative has always been about acts of terrorism against Israelis
with settler terrorism being tacitly supported by every Israeli
government with the occasional slap on the wrist and tolerated by the
US and western allies. The modern state of Israel has ALWAYS posed the
greater existential threat to Palestinians than the other way around.
Like it or not It was born in ethnic cleansing, in the last gasp of
western colonization, carved out by European powers to be settled and
governed by almost exclusively European Jews. No surprise that it has
been constantly embroiled in violence and conflict and always will be.

Felice Sage
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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The Landless & Lawless Israelis, Holocaust Survivors have blood on
their hands for replicating Nazi Germans' Genocide on Jews.

Joe Biden's Wishes was supporting a Genocide and Donald Trump's Wishes
is to have Israel hand over Gaza to relocate Native Palestinians from
their Ancestral Homeland.

Juliana Smith
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: NATIONWIDE ECONOMIC BLACKOUT ON FEBRUARY 28
 

BUYERS’ BOYCOTT...

Jay Diamond
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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It’s easy…Get ready to do your part

Christine La Chance
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Boycott big banks, all bank transactions. Buy local and pay with cash.
Move your money ( now, don't wait). To credit unions. And think about
your habits-- this needs really to be the start of personal
transformation. ( Or are you too set in your privileged comfort and
convenience?). We who are able to make choices need to step up for
those who are less fortunate. Please don't berate those who don't
follow this out of necessity! Have compassion, you don't know others
stories. You DO know your own, it's a choice be on the right side of
our story!

Carol L. Buffum
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: VOTERS WERE RIGHT ABOUT THE ECONOMY. THE DATA WAS WRONG
 

Take all of these statistical discrepancies together. What we have
here is a collection of economic indicators that all point in the same
misleading direction. They all shroud the reality faced by middle- and
lower-income households. The problem isn’t that some Americans
didn’t come out ahead after four years of Bidenomics. Some did.
It’s that, for the most part, those living in more modest
circumstances have endured at least 20 years of setbacks, and the last
four years did not turn things around enough for the lower 60 percent
of American income earners.

No kidding.

Amy Villarreal
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: GARMENT WORKERS ARE TAKING ON NIKE, AMERICANS SHOULD JOIN THEM
 

Take the “One Thousand Photos — One Thousand Shares” pledge at
ActionNetwork.org
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share it widely, and support the union activists leading the fight to
transform garment supply chains.

John Biddle
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: AFTER RESOUNDING ‘NO’ VOTE, LETTER CARRIERS SHOULD GO ON
OFFENSE

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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Our national union leadership should link our contract struggle to the
struggle against DOGE’s reckless campaign to smash parts of the
federal government that working people rely on. As a first step, the
NALC should reach out to other federal employee unions to organize
joint action. We have to stand together to confront this threat
effectively.

Our union constitution provides that, if a new tentative agreement is
voted down, our national leadership can call for an immediate work
stoppage or a “designated job action,” rather than simply
proceeding to binding arbitration. To defend against the threat posed
by DOGE, the national leadership should instruct all NALC locals to
prepare for job action, up to and including a strike.

Democratic Socialists of America - Knoxville
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Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: THE FINAL DAYS AND THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES: A TRIBUTE TO DIANA
CABALLERO AND REMINDER FOR UNITY TODAY
 

I was very happy to see the tribute to Diana Caballer
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my dear friend and comrade, included in xxxxxx. Diana and I were
activists together in the struggle for Puerto Rican rights and the
national liberation of Puerto Rico. However, I was surprised there was
no mention that the article was actually an interview Diana gave in
1995 for the documentary ¡Palante, Siempre, Palante: The Young Lords!
I subsequently published the full interview in 2016, with her
permission, in my book, Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young
Lords, 1969 to 1976. I hope you can add this context to the xxxxxx
article.

It was an honor to have Diana trust me with her story, especially
after the harrowing ending and trauma of the Puerto Rican
Revolutionary Workers' Organization. At her tribute in February, I
spoke about those events and how, despite the deep betrayal, she did
not waver from her revolutionary commitment. This interview is the
only one she ever gave about these events.

I have spent my life organizing and raising awareness about the
radical struggles of the Puerto Rican people and the leading role of
Puerto Rican women in the fight for gender and racial justice. Your
inclusion of the sources of Diana's article would be an act of
solidarity, bringing attention to revolutionary struggles of the
Puerto Rican people and Puerto Rican women, especially in this urgent
moment.

In solidarity,

Iris Morales

 

RE: HOW THE WEST DESTROYED CONGO’S HOPES FOR INDEPENDENCE
 

In 1960, Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister of newly
independent Congo. His close ally Andrée Blouin describes how Belgium
and the US conspired to oust Lumumba and impose Mobutu’s
kleptocratic dictatorship on the Congolese people. 

Mike Glick
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: THE LEFT NEEDS ITS “SCHOOLS OF ENLIGHTENMENT AND REVOLUTION”
 

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
[[link removed]])
 

Throughout the entire history of left-wing and working-class
organizing in the United States, the participation in and building of
institutions of political education has been key.

Michael

 

RE: HOW BLACK MARXISTS HAVE UNDERSTOOD RACIAL OPPRESSION
 

The rich tradition of Black Marxist thought — one that includes W.
E. B. Du Bois, C. L. R. James, and Frantz Fanon, among many others —
emphasizes the centrality of capitalism to racial oppression and its
destructiveness for all workers.

Fred Whitehead
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: UPWARDLY MINDED: THE RECONSTRUCTION RISE OF A BLACK ELITE

(posting on xxxxxx Culture
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This book is the story of Daniel Murray, the assistant librarian of
the Library of Congress, of the Reconstruction-era African American
elected and appointed government officials, and their Washington, DC
milieu.

Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
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Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: AS OFF BROADWAY CREWS UNIONIZE, WORKERS SEE HOPE, PRODUCERS PERIL

(posting on xxxxxx Culture
[[link removed]])
 

A unionization wave sweeping across Off Broadway is poised to reshape
the economics of theater-making in New York — for workers as well as
producers. Workers say the move is overdue....

A unionization wave sweeping across Off Broadway is poised to reshape
the economics of theater-making in New York — for workers as well as
producers.

Workers say the move is overdue, but theater companies fear it will
drive up costs in a wounded sector that has yet to recover from the
pandemic.

Michael Henry Starks
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
[[link removed]]

 

JAN. 6 RIOTERS WANT TRUMP PARDONS TO COVER OTHER CRIMES, INCLUDING
MURDER PLOT AND CHILD PORN

By Staff Writer
February 17, 2025
Daily Boulder
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(CO)

 
January 6, 2021 Capitol Coup riot, photo credit: Daily Boulder
Less than a month after receiving pardons for their roles in the Jan.
6, 2021 Capitol attack, some rioters find themselves back in court
facing new criminal charges—and are now arguing that the pardons
granted by President Donald Trump should absolve them of these
additional crimes.

Several individuals involved in the insurrection are seeking to extend
the scope of their pardons to cover offenses uncovered during
investigations that followed the Capitol riot. These include serious
charges, such as plotting to murder FBI agents and charges of child
pornography.

One high-profile case involves Edward Kelley, who was pardoned for
assaulting police officers at the Capitol. In November, Kelley was
convicted for conspiring to murder the FBI agents who had investigated
his actions in the insurrection. Evidence revealed that he had
compiled a “kill list” of targets. Kelley is now seeking to have
his pardon extended to cover this new conviction.

As reported by The Wall Street Journal
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other rioters are making similar arguments, asking that their pardons
protect them from additional charges, including illegal possession of
firearms and child pornography, which were uncovered during post-riot
investigations. These new revelations are raising alarm about the
broader criminal activities connected to those involved in the
insurrection.

In Texas, prosecutors have issued a manhunt for Andrew Taake, a rioter
accused of soliciting a minor online in 2016, further complicating the
legal fallout from the Capitol attack.

Additionally, some rioters have published an online list of 124
officials involved in their legal cases, a move that has unsettled
federal agents. As the legal battles continue, the key question
remains whether the pardons granted by Trump should extend to cover
the additional crimes now emerging.

 

RALLY TO TELL REP. JEFFRIES TO FIGHT WITH US  --  OAKLAND, CA  -- 
FEBRUARY 21  (WELLSTONE DEMOCRATIC CLUB AND INDIVISIBLE EAST BAY)

 

Friday, February 21
6 – 7pm PST

Kaiser Center for the Arts
10 10th Street
Oakland, CA 94607

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REGISTER HERE [[link removed]]

Hakeem Jeffries is giving a speech in Oakland! He’s the Minority
Leader for the House of Representatives, but he’s not leading.

RALLY TO TELL REP. JEFFRIES TO FIGHT WITH US Join us on FRIDAY, FEB
21, 6 PM KAISER CENTER FOR THE ARTS - 10 10TH ST, OAKLAND

Jeffries has been to Silicon Valley to reassure tech millionaires that
the Democratic Party will not offend them. Jeffries has been telling
the rest of us “The Republicans control the House, Senate, and White
House. What leverage do we have? It’s their government.”

Tell Rep Jeffries: We need everyone fighting to defend Americans who
are getting hurt by the layoffs and illegal funding cuts, protect
vital federal departments, stand up to unconstitutional presidential
actions, demand mandated transparency, protect immigrants, and
confront misinformation and narratives that normalize illegal,
anti-democratic attacks.

If Hakeem Jeffries doesn’t know what to do, let's tell him… Be
Ruthless Be Strategic Grow a spine … or step aside.

Bring a sign, Bring your neighbors, Join the rally! More info:
[email protected]

 

SONGS OF SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION  --  NEW ORLEANS  --  FEBRUARY
21  (ROSA LUXEMBURG STIFTUNG-NYC)

 

SCREENING AND LIVE PERFORMANCE

RLS-NYC will commemorate BLACK HISTORY MONTH with a free screening
of the documentary along with a Q&A and live performances in NEW
ORLEANS. 

Mat Callahan presents _Songs of Slavery and Emancipation, _a
documentary and music album featuring recently discovered songs
composed by enslaved people explicitly calling for resistance to
slavery. 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1 TO 4PM CST

1719 TOLEDANO STREET, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70115
 

This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments served.
Copies of the documentary and CD will also be available.

RSVP
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Throughout the history of slavery, enslaved people organized
resistance, escape, and rebellion. Sustaining them in this struggle
was their music, some examples of which are sung to this day. While
the existence of slave songs, especially spirituals, is well known,
their character is often misunderstood. Slave songs were not only
lamentations of suffering or distractions from a life of misery. Some
songs openly called for liberty and revolution, celebrating such
heroes as Gabriel Prosser and Nat Turner, and, especially, celebrating
the Haitian Revolution.

The fight for freedom also included fugitive slaves, free Black
people, and their white allies who brought forth a set of songs that
were once widely disseminated but are now largely forgotten, the songs
of the abolitionists. Often composed by fugitive slaves and free Black
people, and first appearing in the eighteenth century, these songs
continued to be written and sung until the Civil War. As the movement
expanded, abolitionists even published song books used at public
meetings.

Mat Callahan presents recently discovered songs composed by enslaved
people explicitly calling for resistance to slavery, some originating
as early as 1784 and others as late as the Civil War. He also presents
long-lost songs of the abolitionist movement, some written by fugitive
slaves and free Black people, challenging common misconceptions of
abolitionism. _Songs of Slavery and Emancipation_ features the
lyrics of fifteen slave songs and fifteen abolitionist songs, placing
them in proper historical context and making them available again to
the general public. These songs not only express outrage at slavery
but call for militant resistance and destruction of the slave system.
There can be no doubt as to their purpose: the abolition of slavery,
the emancipation of African American people, and a clear and
undeniable demand for equality and justice for all humanity.

RLS-NYC will commemorate Black History Month with a free screening of
the documentary along with a Q&A and live performances with light
refreshments served. Copies of the documentary and CD will also be
available.

 

WILL THE FAR RIGHT WIN IN GERMANY? - A DISCUSSION ON THIS MONTH’S
ELECTION  --  NEW YORK CITY  --  FEBRUARY 26  (ROSA LUXEMBURG
STIFTUNG-NYC AND JACOBIN MAGAZINE)

 

With the German elections on February 23, the rise of the far right
has become a pressing concern. As extremist parties gain traction in
the polls, what does this mean for the future of Germany and Europe as
a whole? How is the left responding?

Join us for an urgent discussion on Germany’s political landscape,
the threats posed by the far right, and the prospects for progressive
alternatives.

Speakers:

* SOFIA LEONIDAKIS – Leader of Die Linke in Bremen
* BHASKAR SUNKARA – Founding editor of _Jacobin_ and president of
_The Nation_
* STEFAN LIEBICH – RLS and former German politician

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 6:00 PM

SCANDINAVIA HOUSE, 58 PARK AVE, NEW YORK CITY

This event is co-hosted by RLS-NYC and _Jacobin_ Magazine. It is free
and open to the public. Light refreshment will be served.

RSVP
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Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Inc [[link removed]].  
275 Madison Avenue, Suite 2114
New York, NY 10016

 

IF NOT NOW, WHEN? AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM TO PREVENT NUCLEAR WAR &
SECURE OUR FUTURE  --  NEW YORK AND ONLINE  --  MARCH 4
 (INTERNATIONAL PEACE BUREAU, THE CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE, DISARMAMENT AND
COMMON SECURITY, AND PEACE ACTION NEW YORK STATE)

 

MARCH 4, 7-9:30 PM

Scandinavia House
58 Park Avenue
New York City

The 3rd Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of
Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will be taking place at a time when the
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has advanced the hands of its
Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds to midnight, we face nuclear threats over
Ukraine and Taiwan, and the nuclear weapons states are all upgrading
the nuclear arsenals. This also comes amidst tectonic geopolitical
transformations and shortly after the Nobel Committee sent an urgent
message to the world by awarding its Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo,
the Japan Confederation of A- & H- Bomb Sufferers Organizations.

To build our movements and to advance their coordination, the
International Peace Bureau, the Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and
Common Security, and Peace Action New York State have organized an
international forum with an extraordinary array of speakers.

REGISTER TO ATTEND IN-PERSON EVENT
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ONLINE REGISTRATION
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Confirmed speakers include:

* REINER BRAUN – International Peace Bureau
* JACKIE CABASSO – Western States Legal Foundation/Abolition 2000
* SHARON DOLEV – Middle East Treaty Organization
* MARYLENE HUGES – Physicians for Social Responsibility
* RAMI KHOURY – Renowned Journalist
* AIGERIM SEITENOVA -  Third-generation survivor of Soviet nuclear
testing & Qazaq Nuclear Frontline Coalition in Kazakhstan
* MASAKO WADA – Nagasaki hibakusha and Assistant Secretary General
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