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TIDBITS- SEPT 25 -READERS COMMENTS: UNHINGED AT UN; JIMMY KIMMEL,
SUING MEDIA, ATTACK ON FREE SPEECH; RECOGNITION OF PALESTINE IS A BIG
DEAL; PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS:END GENOCIDE IN GAZA; PRESSURE ON SINCLAIR
AND NEXTSTAR; PASS A MILLIONAIRES’ SURTAX  
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September 25, 2025
xxxxxx

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_ Readers Comments: Unhinged at UN; Jimmy Kimmel, Suing the Media,
Attack on Free Speech; Recognition of Palestine Is a Big Deal; Take
Action: Public Health Workers End Genocide in Gaza; Pressure on
Sinclair and Nextstar; Pass a Millionaires’ Surtax; _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Take Action, Announcements AND cartoons -
Sept 25, 2025, xxxxxx

 

* MR. U.N.-HINGED...  --  CARTOON BY JACK OHMAN
* RE: 7 KEY MOMENTS FROM TRUMP’S U.N. SPEECH  (JANET FILOSA;
DEBORAH R KINGERY)
* THE RAPTURE  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON
* RE: ‘CENSORING YOU IN REAL TIME’: SUSPENSION OF JIMMY KIMMEL
SHOW SPARKS SHOCK AND FEARS FOR FREE SPEECH  (EDUARDO R. CABÁN;
BEQUI MARIE)
* EXTORTION  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS
* RE: TOM HOMAN TOOK $50K FROM UNDERCOVER FBI AGENTS. TRUMP’S DOJ
SHUT DOWN THE INVESTIGATION.  (DANIEL MILLSTONE)
* RE: THE PARADOX OF ANTICOMMUNISM  (ETHAN YOUNG)
* TYLENOL  --  CARTOON BY CLAY BENNETT
* RE: THE SECOND AMENDMENT WAS CREATED TO PUT DOWN SLAVE REVOLTS
 (DAVID CLEMENT; DANIEL COLLINS; MARY-ALICE STROM)
* FREE SPEECH IS JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR A RIGHT WE’RE GONNA LOSE
 --  CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ
* RE: THE CONSENSUS IS CLEAR: IT’S GENOCIDE.  (BILL AUDETTE)
* RE: HERE ARE THE REASONS WHY RECOGNITION OF PALESTINE IS SUCH A
BIG DEAL  (MICHAEL A. DOVER)
* SMASH MOUTH GOVERNMENT  --  CARTOON BY PAT BAGLEY
* RE: xxxxxx SNAPSHOT - SEPTEMBER 21, 2025  (PETER ARSENAULT)
* CIVIL WARP  --  CARTOON AND COMMENTARY BY JEN SORENSEN

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TAKE ACTION:

* END THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA: A PUBLIC LETTER FROM JEWISH HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS - SIGN-ON LETTER WITH LINK

* WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE  --  THE ECONOMIC TOOLKIT TO FIGHT
FOR OUR RIGHTS!  --  WE WON! DISNEY IS BRINGING BACK KIMMEL… -
--AND--SINCLAIR AND NEXTSTAR ARE CONTINUING NOT TO AIR JIMMY KIMMEL
LIVE. IT’S TIME FOR PHASE 2..(FRIENDSEVERYWHERE.NETWORK)

 

* TELL YOUR GOVERNOR TO PASS A MILLIONAIRES’ SURTAX  (AMERICANS
FOR TAX FAIRNESS ACTION FUND)

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

* ZOOM EVENT: BUILDING WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP FOR A PUBLIC PATHWAY TO A
JUST ENERGY TRANSITION  --  SEPTEMBER 30  (CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND
URBAN STUDIES)

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MR. U.N.-HINGED...  --  CARTOON BY JACK OHMAN

 

 

Jack Ohman
September 24, 2025
Jack Ohman's You Betcha!
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RE:  7 KEY MOMENTS FROM TRUMP’S U.N. SPEECH
 

There were key moments or just varying degrees of lunacy?

Janet Filosa
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Embarrassing

Deborah R Kingery
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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THE RAPTURE  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON

 

Nick Anderson
September 24, 2025
Pen Strokes [[link removed]]

 

RE: ‘CENSORING YOU IN REAL TIME’: SUSPENSION OF JIMMY KIMMEL SHOW
SPARKS SHOCK AND FEARS FOR FREE SPEECH
 

USA no longer home of the free.

Eduardo R. Cabán
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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      =====

If networks keep this shit up, they won't need their licenses anymore
as it is, fewer and fewer are making those dollars roll in, they're
just leaving.

Bequi Marie
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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EXTORTION  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS

 

Rob Rogers
September 23, 2025
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RE: TOM HOMAN TOOK $50K FROM UNDERCOVER FBI AGENTS. TRUMP’S DOJ SHUT
DOWN THE INVESTIGATION.
 

How corrupt are Trump & his co-conspirators? Incredibly corrupt as
shown by Tom Horman (our so-called border czar) taking an envelope of
cash and Trump shutting down the investigation. Thanks to xxxxxx
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for the link.

Daniel Millstone
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: THE PARADOX OF ANTICOMMUNISM
 

Denise Lynn has done us all a service with this retelling.

Ethan Young
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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TYLENOL  --  CARTOON BY CLAY BENNETT

 

 

Clay Bennett
September 23, 2025
Chattanooga Times Free Press
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RE: THE SECOND AMENDMENT WAS CREATED TO PUT DOWN SLAVE REVOLTS

The fear of slave revolts shaped the Second Amendment in part, but all
twelve of the first package of proposed amendments, only ten of which
were ratified, were seen largely as correcting drafting errors in the
Constitution ratified by twelve of the thirteen states (Rhode Island
had been compelled to go along). The political controversies of the
1780s were mostly quite different from the interpretations of them
even forty or fifty years later.

David Clement
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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You're off by about half a century and the width of an ocean. Right to
bear arms first takes shape as a point of public discourse in the
Anglo-American context in England during the reign of James II. Partly
as a means of popular resistance to tyranny (overthrowing James) and
partly to facilitate the oppression of minorities (burning Catholic
churches and lynching Catholic priests).

Daniel Collins
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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_"The Second Amendment is a part of the United States Constitution
that states: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the
security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear
Arms, shall not be infringed". Ratified in 1791, the Supreme Court has
interpreted this amendment to protect an individual right to possess
firearms for lawful purposes, such as self-defense, and this right
applies to both federal and state laws."_

Mary-Alice Strom
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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FREE SPEECH IS JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR A RIGHT WE’RE GONNA LOSE  --
 CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ

 

 

Lalo Alcaraz
September 23, 2025
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RE: THE CONSENSUS IS CLEAR: IT’S GENOCIDE.
 

No doubt about it, it’s genocide. Why are we still providing Israel
with weapons of war.  Democrats to heed the messaging from the 36% of
the people who didn’t vote in 11/2024.

Bill Audette
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: HERE ARE THE REASONS WHY RECOGNITION OF PALESTINE IS SUCH A BIG
DEAL
 

Daoud Kuttab's piece Here Are the Reasons Why Recognition of Palestine
Is Such a Big Deal
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is important to read. It is also valuable to read it in light of the
interview by Christiane Amanpour of former French Prime Minister
Dominique De Villepin. Here is the transcript
[[link removed]].

De Villepin said: "This decision to recognize the State of Palestine
comes because of the failure of previous peace processes. We've seen
the Oslo process, the Camp David process, the Taba process, the
Annapolis process, they all failed. And the idea today is to reverse
the former process, not to have the recognition at the end of the day
after solving all the difficulties, but starting with the recognition,
which is a very strong gesture toward Palestine and toward the Arab
world. And of course, try now to tackle all the different problems
that we are facing, but starting with the recognition…there are two
principles that are concerned. The first one is respect of
international law, self-determination for every people. And the second
principle we want to recognize is a principle of justice.... We see
the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza. We see the policy of colonization
and annexation of West Bank. This has to stop."

De Villepin had opposed the March 2003 US/British invasion of
Iraq--allegedly to dislodge weapons of mass destruction. But the UN
had already gone wrong, in agreeing to an UN-approved, US-led
international force in January 1991 to repel Iraq's invasion of
Kuwait, instead of the Soviet Proposal for a UN Section 7 force. 

That ill-fated decision allowed actors globally to engage in ethnic
cleansing and genocide, knowing the UN was toothless.

Since 2003, much of the organized left in the US gradually moved away
from explicit support for a two-state solution, thinking that a BDS
boycott and global isolation of Israel would be the best form of
solidarity with Palestine. 

In March 2016, Ambassador Dr. Riyad Mansour
[[link removed]] - son of a US
steelworker who had won a lottery to leave Ramallah with his
family—and who lived in Parma and was educated at Youngstown State
and University of Akron--visited the Cleveland City Club. I learned
from Dr. Mansour of his opposition to BDS and his support for an
international peace conference, and since then I have regularly
contended we need to "flip the script." 

By this I meant exactly what De Villepin has now suggested: that
instead of recognition of Palestine and Israel AFTER a negotiated
formation of a State of Palestine, we should favor global and US
support for recognition of Palestine and Israel by as many states as
possible. In this way, nations can use their bi-lateral and
multilateral pressure to demand a final status resolution leading to a
two-state solution. That is, I believe, the progressive stance to take
and the best way to build US and global demands for a ceasefire now.
De Villepin also discussed a wide range of more effective ways to
insist on Israeli and Palestinian action to bring about a two-state
solution, perhaps as part of what J Street has called a 23-state
solution [[link removed]]. Sometimes, my
mentor Saul Wellman once said, you have to demand compromise and
recognize that what is most progressive is not necessarily what is
most “left.”

Michael A. Dover

_[Michael A. Dover is a social worker, sociologist and social activist
residing in Cleveland]_

 

SMASH MOUTH GOVERNMENT  --  CARTOON BY PAT BAGLEY

 

Pat Bagley
September 22, 2025
The Salt Lake Tribune
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RE: xxxxxx SNAPSHOT - SEPTEMBER 21, 2025
 

Folks, I really appreciate the above articles. They encompass the
three messages on my sign which I have been carrying to demos since
June 14: "Abolish ICE", "Dump Trump", and "Stop Arming Israel". Keep
up the good work. 

In Solidarity, 

Peter Arsenault

 

CIVIL WARP  --  CARTOON AND COMMENTARY BY JEN SORENSEN

 

 

_So much mainstream “discussion” of the recent political
assassination is hypocritical posturing with a dark agenda. We’re
seeing a lot of fake moralizing designed to legitimize future violence
instead of calls for calm and de-escalation. If we were actually
having a serious discussion, we’d make a clear distinction between
an act of political violence, which is an affront to freedom that we
must always condemn, and a demand that we celebrate the victim’s
legacy. Unfortunately, we now find ourselves living in a funhouse
mirror world with its own dreamlike rules, with even some previously
sensible mainstream pundits straining to sanitize reality._

Jen Sorensen
September 18, 2025
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on each cartoon, please consider joining the Sorensen Subscription
Service! [[link removed]] Also on Patreon
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END THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA: A PUBLIC LETTER FROM JEWISH HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS - SIGN-ON LETTER WITH LINK

As Jewish professionals in medicine, public health, and related
fields, we cannot remain silent in the face of a genocide being
carried out against the Palestinians in Gaza
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the state of Israel. Our tradition and training bind us to the defense
of life and dignity. Too many of our colleagues and institutions have
yet to dissent while an entire population, half of them children, has
been starved, bombed, denied care, and displaced. TO BE SILENT IS TO
BE COMPLICIT.

Since the horrific Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023, the Israeli
government has unleashed a deliberate campaign to destroy Gaza. The
consequences are staggering:

* 64,656 Palestinians killed and 163,503 injured as of September 10,
2025
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with women, children, and the elderly comprising the majority.
Independent humanitarian analyses suggest these numbers are
substantial undercounts.
* A shocking 83% civilian death proportion has been documented
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* Over 700 attacks on health facilities have left more than 94% of
Gaza’s hospitals destroyed or damaged
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highest per capita number of child amputees
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* Healthcare and aid workers have been killed, detained without
charge, tortured, and even murdered in captivity
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journalists and humanitarian workers have also been targeted.
* The blockade and deliberate destruction of life sustaining
infrastructure inflicted critical food insecurity on all Gazans, with
a third now suffering catastrophic famine
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* Life expectancy in Gaza has been reduced to nearly half
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what it was before October 2023.

These are not “war mishaps”. These are the foreseeable and
intentional outcomes of a military strategy targeting civilians and
life sustaining infrastructure, and the consequences of a brutal,
long-lasting dispossession and occupation lasting decades.  Human
rights organizations, genocide scholars, and Israeli intellectuals
have stated what Palestinians have experienced and reported - but too
many ignored -  that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. 

As health professionals we are bound by ethical principles that
transcend politics and borders, including the Hippocratic Oath to do
no harm, the obligation to safeguard life and dignity without
discrimination, and to resist and denounce genocide

The Jewish High Holidays call upon us to set out on the four
Maimonidean levels of penance:  Desisting from destructive deeds -
immediate ceasefire and unimpeded humanitarian access; Regret - over
the destruction we have been complicit with; Confession - listing the
wanton destruction wrought in our name; and Resolution for the future
- that we no longer will participate in the suffering we cause to
another people. Therefore, we call on all our colleagues to join us
and: 

* Validate and uplift Palestinian narratives of their own
destruction.
* Denounce  the genocidal actions of the Israeli government
* Reject the weaponization of accusations of  antisemitism to
suppress criticism of Israel and expressions of solidarity with
Palestinians. 
* Call on medical associations, schools, and journals to break their
silence: acknowledge the destruction of Gaza, publicly condemn the
genocide, solicit and publish articles on Gaza, hold symposia, protect
dissenting voices, and advocate for accountability of those complicit.
* Urge medical centers and institutions to contribute to the
restoration of Gaza by providing medical supplies, training, volunteer
options, and access to remote or onsite high level care to Gazans
in-need.  

STAND WITH US. BREAK THE SILENCE. SIGN THIS LETTER. 

870 signed. To See Signatory list (updated 9.25.2025 8AM)   click
here
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CLICK HERE TO SIGN
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WE HAVE FRIENDS EVERYWHERE  --  THE ECONOMIC TOOLKIT TO FIGHT FOR
OUR RIGHTS!  --  WE WON! DISNEY IS BRINGING BACK KIMMEL… -
--AND--SINCLAIR AND NEXTSTAR ARE CONTINUING NOT TO AIR JIMMY KIMMEL
LIVE. IT’S TIME FOR PHASE 2..(FRIENDSEVERYWHERE.NETWORK)
 

FRIENDSEVERYWHERE.NETWORK [[link removed]]
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On September 17th, Disney-ABC yanked Jimmy Kimmel Live off the
air—just hours after FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened the company
over Kimmel’s comments about Charlie Kirk’s murderer. Make no
mistake: this is creeping fascism—media silenced for daring to
dissent. Only months ago The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was
cancelled at the president’s request, and now Trump is publicly
calling for Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers to be “next.”

On Sept. 23, Disney reinstated the show. But that same day  Nexstar
Media Group
[[link removed]] and Sinclair
Broadcast
[[link removed]]—together
controlling 70+ ABC affiliates (about 25% of stations, ~23% of U.S.
households)—said they will keep preempting Kimmel.  Both groups are
also before the FCC on major deals, including Nexstar’s proposed
$6.2B acquisition of Tegna.

Trump threatened ABC on Truth Social: “I can’t believe ABC Fake
News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back… I think we’re going to test
ABC out on this … Last time I went after them, they gave me $16
Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative.”

We must continue to voice our consumer concerns and exert pressure
to ALL of their advertisers, and ALL of their local stations.

Nexstar and Sinclair – What’s Next?
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USE THE TOOLKIT [[link removed]]
Keep checking back at our community-sourced toolkit for more actions.

PROTEST [[link removed]]
Attend or Create a Picket at your a Sinclair or at a Nexstar Corporate
location.

CALL A SINCLAIR ADVERTISER
[[link removed]]
Hit the Money Pipeline – demand Advertisers pull their ads from
Sinclair.

BLACKOUT THE MEDIA
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Don’t watch a Sinclair Owned local TV Station.

COMMUNITY CROWD SOURCED ADVERTISER LIST FOR LOCAL NEXSTAR AND SINCLAIR
AFFILIATES
[[link removed]] 
This list is in formation and was last updated 9:06 PM, September 23rd
please continue to spread the word and post online advertisers you
find so we can source them.
 

Comedy isn’t the only thing under attack.

You might think this is just another late-night headline. But it’s
not. When voices in media, comedy, and culture are silenced for
challenging the status quo, it’s a warning sign for all of us.

This isn’t about one celebrity. It’s about the growing effort to
limit what we can say, what we can hear, and how we can challenge
power. If comedians aren’t safe, neither are organizers, educators,
or everyday people who dare to speak truth.

 

TELL YOUR GOVERNOR TO PASS A MILLIONAIRES’ SURTAX  (AMERICANS FOR
TAX FAIRNESS ACTION FUND)

 

 

Across the country, families are being told that brutal cuts to
healthcare, nutrition programs, and education are inevitable. But that
is a false choice created by decades of billionaire influence over our
tax system.

MASSACHUSETTS PROVED WHAT HAPPENS WHEN LEADERS MAKE THE WEALTHY PAY
THEIR FAIR SHARE. BY PASSING A 4% SURTAX ON ANNUAL INCOME OVER $1
MILLION, MASSACHUSETTS RAISED NEARLY $3 BILLION IN ITS FIRST YEAR,
MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT EXPERTS PROJECTED. That revenue is
constitutionally dedicated to education and transportation, ensuring
that billionaires cannot use loopholes or lobbying to claw it back.
Instead of cutting services, Massachusetts is now investing in
schools, repairing roads, and expanding public transit.

THE RESULTS ARE UNDENIABLE: TAXING THE RICH WORKS. BILLIONAIRES KNOW
THIS. THAT IS WHY THEY ARE FIGHTING TO STOP SURTAXES FROM
SPREADING. They bankroll think tanks that churn out false studies
warning of “job losses.” They flood campaigns with dark money to
scare governors away from bold action. But the facts are clear that
the rich have not fled Massachusetts, the economy has not collapsed,
and the state budget is stronger than it has been in years.

We cannot let billionaires dictate state budgets while children go
hungry, seniors lose care, and classrooms fall apart. Governors must
act now. The path is proven, the public is with us, and the time for
excuses is over.

DEMAND THAT YOUR GOVERNOR FOLLOW MASSACHUSETTS’ LEAD, REJECT
BILLIONAIRE OBSTRUCTION, AND PASS A MILLIONAIRES’ SURTAX TO FUND
EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE PEOPLE THEY WERE
ELECTED TO SERVE.

TAKE ACTION
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MASSACHUSETTS’ SUCCESS IS THE MODEL. THEIR SURTAX REVENUE IS
CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED TO GO DIRECTLY TO EDUCATION AND
TRANSPORTATION, MAKING SURE BILLIONAIRES CANNOT CLAW IT BACK THROUGH
LOOPHOLES OR CORPORATE LOBBYING. That is why Wall Street elites
fought so hard to stop it. They knew once it passed, the results would
speak for themselves. And now they are terrified that other states
will see the truth.

The billionaire class is already mobilizing its disinformation
machine. They spread myths about wealthy people fleeing states with
surtaxes. They bankroll think tanks to churn out studies claiming
surtaxes harm economies. They flood campaign coffers with dark money
to ensure governors fall in line. But every piece of real-world
evidence shows surtaxes raise revenue, strengthen state services, and
build fairer economies―and rich people stay put.

THE CHOICE BEFORE GOVERNORS IS NOT COMPLICATED. THEY CAN IMPOSE DEEPER
CUTS ON STRUGGLING FAMILIES, OR THEY CAN REQUIRE THOSE AT THE VERY TOP
TO PAY MORE. THEY CAN LET BILLIONAIRES DICTATE BUDGET PRIORITIES, OR
THEY CAN DELIVER FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS. THEY CAN CLING TO FAILED
POLICIES, OR THEY CAN JOIN MASSACHUSETTS IN PROVING THAT FAIR TAXATION
WORKS.

NOW IS THE TIME FOR GOVERNORS TO BREAK THE WEALTHY’S GRIP ON OUR TAX
SYSTEM AND PUT THEIR PEOPLE FIRST. DEMAND THAT YOUR STATE PASS A
MILLIONAIRES’ SURTAX NOW.
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Together, we can make the wealthy contribute what they should and
ensure every state has the resources needed to educate children, care
for families, and strengthen communities.

TELL YOUR GOVERNOR TO PASS A MILLIONAIRES’ SURTAX AND PUT PEOPLE
OVER BILLIONAIRES.
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Press contact
Pablo Willis
Email: [email protected]

_Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF)
[[link removed]] is a diverse campaign of
more than 420 national, state and local endorsing organizations united
in support of a fair tax system that works for all Americans. It has
come together based on the belief that the country needs
comprehensive, progressive tax reform that results in greater revenue
to meet our growing needs. This requires big corporations and the
wealthy to pay their fair share in taxes, not to live by their own set
of rules. ATF is a project of the New Venture Fund – a section
501(c)(3) non-profit organization._

_Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund (ATFAF) is related to but
should not be confused with Americans for Tax Fairness. ATFAF is a
fiscally sponsored project of the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a section
501(c)(4) non-profit organization._

_Americans for Tax Fairness
[[link removed]] is directed by a Steering
Committee made up of roughly a dozen representatives from the most
active members of the coalition. The committee sets the agenda and
budget for the coalition, selects the coalition’s three co-chairs
and hires its executive director. The current Steering Committee
members and co-chairs are as follows, in alphabetical order:_

_L. JOSH BIVENS, Economic Policy Institute
ED JAYNE, AFSCME (Co-chair)
GREG JEFFERSON, AFL-CIO
MARGARIDA JORGE, Health Care for America Now! (Co-chair)
CHUCK MARR, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
AMY MATSUI, National Women’s Law Center
LAURA PERALTA-SCHULTE, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
KIM TRINCA, National Education Association
DEBBIE WEINSTEIN, Coalition on Human Needs (Co-chair)
JON WHITEN, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy_

_ATF’s funding comes from foundations, major donors, grassroots
members and labor organizations._

 

ZOOM EVENT: BUILDING WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP FOR A PUBLIC PATHWAY TO A JUST
ENERGY TRANSITION  --  SEPTEMBER 30  (CUNY SCHOOL OF LABOR AND
URBAN STUDIES)

 

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

1:00PM - 2:00PM (ET / NEW YORK)

VIRTUAL-ONLY ZOOM EVENT

_Featuring:_

* IRENE CALVÉ - Energy access consultant

* SURAYA JAWOODEEN - South African labor activist and Africa
Coordinator, Trade Unions for Energy Democracy
[[link removed]] (TUED)

_Moderated by:_

* IRENE SHEN - Lead Organizer and Coordinator of the Women’s
Leadership Project for a Public Pathway, Trade Unions for Energy
Democracy
[[link removed]] (TUED)

CLICK TO REGISTER HERE
[[link removed]].

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Join us for an event on the heels of Climate Week NYC 2025 as we meet
with a African labor leader and a European energy access expert to
discuss a feminist approach to a just energy transition.  

While dominant narratives during Climate Week focused on the need for
creating an enabling environment for the private energy sector, these
women will explore the public pathway, an alternative approach to the
energy transition that is anchored in a working class analysis and has
the potential to reach climate goals while advancing a just social
platform. This framework, coined by Trade Unions for Energy Democracy
(TUED), an independent project in partnership with CUNY SLU, is
promoted around the world by trade unions who recognize that the
market is unable to lead us to an energy transition, and a public
option is essential to address the crisis of climate change. This
conversation is among the many that have emerged since the launch of
the Women’s Leadership Project for a Public Pathway by TUED in 2024
and will continue setting the groundwork for a feminist approach to
the energy transition.

JOIN US ON ZOOM AS WE LEARN FROM THESE PRACTITIONERS ABOUT ENERGY AND
CLIMATE POLICY AND THE GLOBAL TRADE UNION MOVEMENT
[[link removed]].

SPEAKER BIOS

* IRENE CALVÉ SABORIT is an expert in power systems, distributed
generation, and energy access. She has extensive experience in the
electricity sector across Europe, Latin America, and Africa, working
both with development finance institutions and in the private sector.

* SURAYA JAWOODEEN is a union activist from South Africa. She is
the former Deputy General Secretary of the National Education, Health
and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) and the former Head of Secretariat
of the National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa (NUMSA). She
currently serves as Africa Coordinator for Trade Unions for Energy
Democracy
[[link removed]] (TUED).

* IRENE HONGPING SHEN is the lead organizer with Trade Unions for
Energy Democracy
[[link removed]] (TUED).
Prior to joining TUED, she was a public school science teacher, a
program manager with environmental justice organizations, a farmer and
food just educator, and a NYC worker center organizer on
anti-displacement and homecare workers campaigns.

RSVP FOR SEPTEMBER 30 ZOOM EVENT
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New York, NY 10036

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