[ Reader Comments: Dems Should Quickly Move on Bold Package;
Fascism Not to be Debated, But Defeated; Mike Pence as Franz von
Papen; Nuclear Treaty Ban - letter from Vietnam; Trouble in Kansas -
Your Help Needed; Angela Davis; resources, announcements]
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TIDBITS - JAN. 28, 2021 - READER COMMENTS: DEMS SHOULD QUICKLY AND
BOLDLY MOVE FASCISM NOT TO BE DEBATED, BUT DEFEATED; MIKE PENCE AS
FRANZ VON PAPEN; NUCLEAR TREATY BAN-LETTER FROM VIETNAM; TROUBLE IN
KANSAS - HELP NEEDED; RESOURCES, ANNOUNCEMENTS;  
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_ Reader Comments: Dems Should Quickly Move on Bold Package; Fascism
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Nuclear Treaty Ban - letter from Vietnam; Trouble in Kansas - Your
Help Needed; Angela Davis; resources, announcements _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources, Announcements, AND cartoons -
Jan. 28, 2021, xxxxxx

 

Re: Progressives Urge Biden to Abandon GOP Outreach, Move Swiftly on
Bold Package (Felice Sage; Rosalina Rosario Melendez; David Johnson)
Crocodile GOP  --  cartoon by Rob Rogers
Re: A Black Lives Matter Founder on Building Modern Movements (Mark
Rudd)
Re: Fascism is Not an Idea to Be Debated, It’s a Set of Actions to
Fight (Love Pop)
Re: Auf Wiedersehen to Mike Pence, the Franz von Papen of the Trump
Administration (Thomas Klikauer; Petra Vandendriessche)
Re: Who's funding the Senate's Sedition Caucus? (Emory Thompson)
Re: Biden's Executive Order to Boost Food Aid Greeted (María Lopez)
Re: The Case for a Vaccine Manhattan Project (Alyssa Bonilla)
Harriet Tubman on the Twenty  -- cartoon by Lalo Alcaraz
Re: 'Lord of the Flies,' Revisited (Kipp Dawson; Dan Morgan)
Re: For Hope, Look South (Laura Lynch)
Re: Selma James Interviewed - Real Theory Is in What You Do and How
You Do It (Mike Liston)
Re: Media Bits and Bytes - January 26, 2021 (Love Pop; Lizzi Azalia
Swane; Ethan Young)
Message on the Entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of
Nuclear Weapons (Uong Chu Luu, President of the Vietnam Peace
Committee)

 

RESOURCES:

Celebrating 77 Years of Angela Davis - plus 50% off book offer (Seven
Stories Press)
Love letter to our Georgia partners! (Seed the Vote)
Charts of the week: Challenges the Biden administration inherits
(Economic Policy Institute)
Criminalizing Black Protest - When We Resist (Center for
Constitutional Rights)
Teach Climate Disobedience with a New Lesson (Zinn Education Project)
The Labor Radio / Podcast Network Weekly Wednesday Livestream
interviews labor leaders about current labor issues

Bernie Mittens  --  meme by Lavender Left Designs
International Holocaust Remembrance Day — Poster of the Week (Center
for the Study of Political Graphics)

 

YOUR ACTION NEEDED:

THERE'S TROUBLE IN KANSAS - PLEASE SIGN A SOLIDARITY STATEMENT WITH
THE FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Help Fight Layoffs in the CUNY System - Car Caravan and Demonstration
- January 30 (PSC-CUNY)
Black-Led Antiracist Unionism: The Legacy of Ben Fletcher & I.W.W. -
February 4 (New York Labor History Association and the CUNY School of
Labor and Urban Studies)
Racism and Policing In the U.S.A. - February 6 (Oakland Greens, Bay
Area System Change Not Climate Change, Alameda County Peace and
Freedom Party)

RE: PROGRESSIVES URGE BIDEN TO ABANDON GOP OUTREACH, MOVE SWIFTLY ON
BOLD PACKAGE
 

Obama spent most of his first term reaching out and it never got him
any Republican votes, not even on his Romneycare healthcare reform,
99% of which was straight out of conservative think tanks. I would
hope Biden took away a lesson or two from that.

Felice Sage

Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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There is too much work to do to spend too time with the cry babies,
join in or stay the fuck out, whatever.

Rosalina Rosario Melendez

Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Medicare for All, a UBI, total student debt forgiveness with FREE post
high school education and an end imperialism / wars NOW !

David Johnson

Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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CROCODILE GOP  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS
 

image - Crocodile_GOP

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Rob Rogers

January 27, 2020
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RE: A BLACK LIVES MATTER FOUNDER ON BUILDING MODERN MOVEMENTS
 

I'm struck by the recognition of the need for coalition.  It's the
opposite of identity politics, identity as a precondition.

Mark Rudd

RE: FASCISM IS NOT AN IDEA TO BE DEBATED, IT’S A SET OF ACTIONS TO
FIGHT
 

Republicans are not A problem.... They are THE problem 

Love Pop

Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: AUF WIEDERSEHEN TO MIKE PENCE, THE FRANZ VON PAPEN OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION
 

Congratulations to Bill Mosley - he has an extremely fine
understanding for German history.

Bill hit it on the head. Bingo!

Without Franz von Papen there [most likely] would never have been an
Adolf Hitler!

German conservatives like to cover up their enabling of Nazism through
the Nazi ideology of “Machtergreifung”.

In 1933, they were part and parcel of Nazism…

Thomas Klikauer

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I so needed this article

Petra Vandendriessche

Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: WHO'S FUNDING THE SENATE'S SEDITION CAUCUS?
 

The Confederacy rises again? Nope. Not. Gonna. Happen.

Emory Thompson

Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: BIDEN'S EXECUTIVE ORDER TO BOOST FOOD AID GREETED
 

In terms of food very little is [being] given in Puerto Rico from the
part of the conservative authorities

María Lopez

Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: THE CASE FOR A VACCINE MANHATTAN PROJECT
 

We need massive KN95 production and distribution too.

Alyssa Bonilla

Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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HARRIET TUBMAN ON THE TWENTY  -- CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ
 

Lalo Alcaraz

January 25, 2021

RE: 'LORD OF THE FLIES,' REVISITED
 

What we teach our children about "human nature" matters. Reading books
like "Lord of the Flies" without an antidote is dangerous.

"Dutch historian Rutger Bregman documents that Golding had no
knowledge of behavioral science and was hardly an impartial judge of
children's propensities. Rather, he was an alcoholic prone to
depression who beat his kids. "I have always understood the Nazis,"
Goldman once said, "because I am of that sort by nature." So, he made
up the story, and it wasn't about children's dark nature, but his
own."

Kipp Dawson

Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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William Golding was educated at the exclusive Marlborough College
(where he was a bully) and Oxford University. He was a schoolteacher
for upper middle class English boys. That was his background and
experience.

Dan Morgan

Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: FOR HOPE, LOOK SOUTH
 

THIS IS A MUST READ! ... GIVES HOPE TO ACTIVISTS now following in the
path of activists then ... xxxxxx: FOR HOPE, LOOK SOUTH
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#NelsonPerezOlney 

"Every part of this country, north south east and west, owes its
origin and wealth to our “peculiar institution” as well as other
less notorious programs of government sanctioned/ignored exploitation
and murder of the poor, immigrants, women."

Laura Lynch

Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: SELMA JAMES INTERVIEWED - REAL THEORY IS IN WHAT YOU DO AND HOW
YOU DO IT

(posting on xxxxxx Culture
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Selma James has to be in the top ranks of effective and influential
leftists,  impressive, why is it I haven't heard more about her? 

Mike Liston

RE: MEDIA BITS AND BYTES - JANUARY 26, 2021
 

This has been in the making since Bush lied and lied and lied some
more and Faux Spews was allowed to call itself news and this is now
the result of shills trying to twist the original anti neocon truth
movement into a republican conspiracy theory... Q and Alex Jones and
Rush Limbaugh and Faux Spews are fascist propaganda

Love Pop

Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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We are done with this bozo. Stop peddling his tweets

Lizzi Azalia Swane

Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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It was used in connection with the theme of featured articles in Media
Bits, not to promote that criminal.

Ethan Young

Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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MESSAGE ON THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE TREATY ON THE PROHIBITION OF
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
 

Dear Comrades and Friends,

The Vietnam Peace Committee (VPC) expresses its pleasure that the
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) enters into force
on 22 January 2021.

This event marks another milestone in the struggle against nuclear
weapons following the adoption by the United Nations Conference on 7
July 2017. This victory is not only attributed to the 51 State Parties
that have ratified the Treaty, but also to peace movements and
peace-loving people from around the world.

We are aware that this is far from the total abolition of nuclear
weapons as nuclear weapon states are still not part of the TPNW and
many countries are still researching, developing, manufacturing,
trading in, and threatening to use nuclear weapons and other weapons
of mass destruction.

The VPC calls on governments to join, sign and ratify the TPNW;
respect the Treaty, as well as international laws and agreements in
general, and stop the use or threats to use force in international
relations. All disputes and differences should be solved by peaceful
means.

We also call on all peace movements, people’s organizations and
peace-loving people worldwide to strengthen solidarity and cooperation
and make greater efforts in the struggle against nuclear weapons and
other weapons of mass destruction, for a world of peace, stability and
sustainable development.

The VPC is committed to be part of peace-loving forces in the world to
make sure that such tragedies as those in Hiroshima, Nagasaki Vietnam
and other countries shall never be repeated.  

May peace prevail on Earth.

Uong Chu Luu,

President of the Vietnam Peace Committee

VIETNAM PEACE COMMITTEE

105A Quan Thanh, Ha Noi

Tel: (84-4) 39454272

Fax:(84-4) 37330201
[email protected]

CELEBRATING 77 YEARS OF ANGELA DAVIS -- PLUS 50% OFF BOOK OFFER (SEVEN
STORIES PRESS)
 

On her seventy-seventh birthday, we're excited to share an exclusive
excerpt from Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture,
an extended set of interviews with Dr. Angela Y. Davis

"The civil rights movement demanded access, and access has been
granted to some. The challenge of the twenty-first century is not to
demand equal opportunity to participate in the machinery of
oppression. Rather, it is to identify and dismantle those structures
in which racism continues to be embedded. This is the only way the
promise of freedom can be extended to masses of people."

 —Angela Davis, Abolition Democracy

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LOVE LETTER TO OUR GEORGIA PARTNERS! (SEED THE VOTE)
 

What a whirlwind! Just 20 days ago we won the Georgia Senate races,
and 6 days ago Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff were sworn in by newly
inaugurated Vice President Kamala Harris. These victories are proof
that when we follow the leadership of black women and build
multiracial community power through long term organizing, we win
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Seed the Vote sent 450 volunteers to support in-person canvas programs
with our local partners. One of those volunteers, Eliza, who canvassed
with Unite Here, learned from the local organizers and on the doors,
“In Georgia, we aren’t here to flip voters, we’re here to fight
voter suppression.”

Our partners in Georgia are in it for the long haul. In 2022, Raphael
Warnock will need to run again for a full 6 year term. Even more
importantly, they’ll continue to organize and win local efforts to
bring justice and hope to our communities.

Keep reading to learn more about the incredible vision, leadership,
and strategy of our partners and how to ensure they continue to be
well-resourced and supported to keep building power and winning
transformative social change.

NEW GEORGIA PROJECT ACTION FUND
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LEADING THE WAY TO A NEW GEORGIA BY GROWING A LASTING INDEPENDENT AND
PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZING MOVEMENT. For them, our wins in 2021 are just
the beginning. As Nse Ufot, Chief Executive Officer of NGPAF shared,
“With these victories, there is no looking back for Georgia. We are
finally beginning to undo a history of voter suppression and injustice
in Black and Brown communities. We have put complacent leaders on
notice: we have the power to vote you out and usher in elected
officials who will honor the will of the people and address the needs
of our communities.

With your support and volunteerism, the New Georgia Project Action
Fund (NGPAF) continues to achieve and defend historic and joyful wins
for our families and communities.”

Please stay connected to the New Georgia Project Action Fund
on Facebook
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make a donation
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GEORGIA LATINO ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION
[[link removed]] and MIJENTE
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THE LARGEST POLITICAL CAMPAIGN ENGAGING LATINO VOTERS IN THE HISTORY
OF GEORGIA. In 8 weeks, 200 organizers and volunteers knocked on
every Latino voter’s door in the state and reached over 1 million
voters.

Mijente is a political home for Latinx and Chicanx people who seek
racial, economic, gender and climate justice. Seed the Vote was so
happy to collaborate and support their efforts in both Arizona and
Georgia which led to a record breaking 16.6 million U.S. Latinos
voting in the general election — a 31% increase!

For 20 years, Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR) Action
Network, has developed grassroots leadership in Latino immigrant
communities across the state of Georgia to defend and promote their
civil and human rights.

Our work with these organizations will have a lasting effect. Tania
Unzueta, Political Director with Mijente reflected, “You were
critical to these campaigns. You supported us in base building and
organizing, allowing us to scale up in the smartest, most relevant way
with our gente.”

We hope you will stay connected and support these two powerhouse
organizations, and if you’re Latinx, join Mijente as a member!

Mijente: Become a member
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Connect on Facebook
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GLAHR: Donate
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connect on Facebook
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ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND PAC
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building a politically-conscious, engaged, and progressive Asian
American base in Georgia that can create a state where Asian
Americans, Pacific Islanders, and Native Hawaiians voices are
represented in elected leadership and progressive policies across the
state. During the Senate runoffs, AAAF PAC and their volunteers
contacted more than 100K Asian-Americans in 11 different languages
helping to nearly double Asian American voter turnout
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Stay connected with AAAF PAC on Facebook
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and donate
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support their ongoing work.

We are so grateful to have had the opportunity to partner on the GA
Senate runoff with these organizations, and also SURJ
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23, whose work we lifted up in previous emails. Together, we are
building a multiracial movement that has the power to guide and win
transformational elections and policy victories across the country!

With love and deep appreciation to our GA grassroots partners and
their years of leadership & organizing,

_Seed the Vote team_

CHARTS OF THE WEEK: CHALLENGES THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION INHERITS
(ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE)
 

Even before President Joe Biden was sworn into office this week, it
was clear that he and his administration would face a series of
crosscurrents, competing national crises and global challenges that
will demand immediate attention.

 

The economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic—both the damage
it caused and the vulnerabilities it revealed in the U.S.
economy—must be addressed if we are to build an economy that works
for everyone.

 
EPI'S TOP CHARTS OF 2020
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LAST YEAR'S ECONOMIC FALLOUT OF THE PANDEMIC AND TELL A DEVASTATING
STORY—NOT ONLY ABOUT A CRISIS THAT HAS CHALLENGED US ALL, BUT ALSO
ABOUT UNDERLYING INEQUALITIES THAT HAVE MADE THE CRISIS SO MUCH WORSE
FOR SO MANY. Take a look at the chart below which gives a snapshot of
the economy the Biden administration must confront during their first
100 days in office.

The number of officially unemployed is undercounted, even in normal
times (and is probably worse now). The chart above provides an
estimate of the number of workers directly harmed in December by the
coronavirus downturn. Roughly 26 million people have been struggling
to make ends meet during this pandemic recession.

 
TAKE A LOOK AT MORE OF EPI'S TOP CHARTS
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REVEAL THE DEPTH OF THE CHALLENGES FACING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND
CONGRESS. EPI's charts shed light on the devastating impact the
pandemic has had on people throughout our country, particularly women,
Black workers and Latinx families.

ECONOMIC POLICY INSTITUTE [[link removed]]

1225 Eye St. NW, Suite 600

Washington, DC xxxxxx

Phone: 202-775-8810 • [email protected]

CRIMINALIZING BLACK PROTEST - WHEN WE RESIST (CENTER FOR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS)
 

What happens when law enforcement deems Black activism as a national
security threat? Throughout its history, law enforcement has
continuously used its powers to chill the speech and movements of
Black activists and activism that’s done on behalf of issues that
impact Black communities.

In _Criminalizing Black Protest: When We Resist_, the 34th episode
of “The Activist Files,” our Communications Director Chandra
Hayslett
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Staff Attorney Pam Spees
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Anne Rolfes, director of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade
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Gregory Manning head of Broadmoor Community Church. The two activists
are working to bring attention to the environmental racism in St.
James Parish, Louisiana, which is a historic Black community under
threat of destruction by Formosa Plastics. They share their stories of
how police criminalized their activism.

LISTEN TO THE ACTIVIST FILES

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7th Floor

New York, NY 10012

MAIN: 212-614-6464

Fax: 212-614-6499

TEACH CLIMATE DISOBEDIENCE WITH A NEW LESSON (ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT)
 

Photo by John Englart via Flickr  //  Zinn Education Project
No Option Except Escape: A Role Play on the Struggles of Climate
Refugees

The Zinn Education Project is excited to announce our publication of a
lesson about climate refugees, written by high school students.

When WorldOregon’s Young Leaders in Action wrote this activity
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in late 2020, two hurricanes had recently slammed into Central
America’s Caribbean coast. A Washington Post correspondent wrote
about what she saw in San Pedro Sula, Honduras:

Blanca Costa crouched on a wooden cart with her three daughters under
a highway bridge. . . . The cart was the one possession Costa was able
to save when they clambered out [of their flooded house].

The three horses that pulled it, enabling her to earn money as a trash
collector, were gone. It would take years, she said, to save enough to
buy another one.

We don’t know whether Blanca Costa and her family will become
climate refugees, but these are the increasingly frequent kind of
events that create more climate migrants daily.

This role-play
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illuminates climate refugees' struggles and their uphill battle to
receive recognition and protection. It is based on the lives of real
people.

Through the stories of six young people whose lives have been changed
by the climate refugee crisis, students try to imagine what it is like
for a person to have “no option except escape.”

LEARN MORE AND DOWNLOAD LESSON
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ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT [[link removed]]

(coordinated by Rethinking Schools)

PO BOX 73038, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20056 

202-588-7205

THE LABOR RADIO / PODCAST NETWORK WEEKLY WEDNESDAY LIVESTREAM
INTERVIEWS LABOR LEADERS ABOUT CURRENT LABOR ISSUES
 

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Labor Radio Podcast Network’s Weekly Wednesday Livestream interviews
labor leaders about current labor issues with rotating hosts made up
of network members.

Guests for January 20, 2021 of LRPN Livestream included Joe McCartin
(Kalmanovitz Initiative at Georgetown University),  Mark McDermott
(Labor Activist), Marc Dann (Former Attorney General Ohio), Kurt Stand
(xxxxxx), Danny Schur (Composer/Producer)

LRPN Hosts: Chris Garlock (Union City Radio in Washington, DC); Kris
LaGrange, (UCOMM Live); Joe Cadwell, (GRIT podcast); Patrick Dixon,
(Labor History Today podcast), Alan Wierdak (Labor History Today
podcast), Sound engineer, broadcast producer, and editing by Evan
Matthew Papp of Empathy Media Lab.

Additional Guest information:

JOE MCCARTIN, on the firing of Peter Robb from the National Labor
Relations Board. Joe is author of Collision Course, Ronald Reagan, the
Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed America.
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MARK MCDERMOTT, a longtime economic justice and labor educator; he
served as Regional Representative for the Pacific NW and northern
plains states under U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis.
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MARC DANN, served as Attorney General of the State of Ohio and now
leads DannLaw, which specializes in protecting consumers from various
forms of predatory financing. Recent column in Working-Class
Perspectives: Time to Deliver: How Biden Should Respond to the
Insurrection.
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KURT STAND, contributor to xxxxxx, which is celebrating 20 years:
Multiracial Democracy or Fascist-Like Autocracy?
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DANNY SCHUR, composer/producer of Stand! (both the 2005 hit musical
and the new movie), now available for streaming.
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Credits: Produced by Chris Garlock; Executive Producer and engineer
and editor is Evan Matthew Papp from Empathy Media Lab. 

About the Labor Radio Podcast Network

The Labor Radio Podcast Network is both a one-stop shop for audiences
looking for labor content and a resource for labor broadcasters and
podcasters. Resources include a weekly podcast summarizing shows
produced by network members, marketing on social media, a website
listing network shows and how audiences can find them, a database for
contacting expert guests, access to a private listserv for Network
members, and a weekly video call to increase solidarity and support
amongst members.

Launched in April 2020, the Labor Radio Podcast Network focuses on
working class issues that are often overlooked in the
corporate-controlled media. The goal of the network is to help raise
the voices of working people and strengthen organized labor to demand
and achieve better treatment from workplaces and elected officials.

If you are a journalist interested in learning more or if you’re a
labor radio or podcast producer and want to join the network, contact
us at [email protected].

Follow the conversation on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram using the
hashtag #LaborRadioPod or visit the website
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WEEKLY PODCAST NETWORK SUMMARY
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#LaborRadioPod
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BERNIE MITTENS  --  MEME BY LAVENDER LEFT DESIGNS
 

Like the rest of the world I’m smitten with the Bernie mittens, but
it’s the heart and hands behind the mittens that I really love. I
sincerely hope that those who share the amazing Bernie memes take the
time to find out about the man behind the mittens, what he fights for,
and stand with us to ensure healthcare is recognized a human right
[💜]

I am overwhelmed with the love and shares of my art today. [💜]Thank
you all so much! You can buy the mitten design on a mask in my Etsy
shop. If you would like it on other products I sell there, just let me
know. I print all of the Etsy items myself in my home. Yay small
business! Each is made to order. 20% of Etsy sales this month go to
the Nina Turner for Congress campaign.

I also put the image on Redbubble for anyone wanting to buy a tshirt
or stickers because I don’t currently make tees or waterproof
stickers but so many have asked! Thank you for loving my art but more
importantly, for supporting Medicare for All!

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INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY — POSTER OF THE WEEK (CENTER
FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL GRAPHICS)
 

They First Came for the Communists...
Northern Sun Merchandising
Offset, 1980s
Minneapolis, MN
January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, is the 76th
anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the largest and most
notorious of the Nazi death camps by the Red army. 

The Nazis were defeated 76 years ago by the Soviet Union, United
Kingdom, and the United States. Unfortunately, the Nazi’s ideology
continues to thrive. One participant in the January 6 attempted coup
in Washington DC wore a t-shirt that read “Camp Auschwitz.”
Underneath was “Work Brings Freedom”, English translation of
“Arbeit macht Frei,” the sign above the entrance to Auschwitz and
other death and slave labor camps including Dachau and Theresienstadt.

Another home-grown neo-Nazi, wore a shirt with “6MWE.” Attributed
to the Proud Boys, it means “6 Million Wasn’t Enough” –
referring to the 6 million Jews killed during the Holocaust. These
t-shirts continue to be manufactured and sold.

It is critical to deal with racism and white supremacy whenever they
rear their ugly heads. It is just as critical to respond to any
injustice. The text on CSPG’s Poster of the Week was said by Martin
Niemoeller, German theologian and pastor, after surviving
Sachsenhausen and Dachau.

“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the
victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when
human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities
become irrelevant. Wherever men and women are persecuted because of
their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that
moment - become the center of the universe.”

Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)

Dachau Survivor

Nobel Peace Prize winner

CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL GRAPHICS
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3916 Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 103

Culver City, CA 90230

[email protected]

THERE'S TROUBLE IN KANSAS - PLEASE SIGN A SOLIDARITY STATEMENT WITH
THE FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
 

There’s trouble in Kansas. The Board of Regents of the University of
Kansas is stripping faculty of rights.

So far almost 5,500 faculty have signed a protest letter.

Please sign the solidarity letter
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As colleagues, students, alumni, donors and supporters of universities
in general, we stand with the faculty and staff of the University of
Kansas who object to a new regents policy
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that suspends the procedures of shared governance, including tenure
protection, in order to ease dismissals, suspensions, and
terminations. The principles of shared governance and transparency
exist to support free inquiry and learning in all universities. We
call upon Chancellor Douglas Girod to join the leaders of other Kansas
Regents universities by refusing to exercise the policy and respect
the long-standing standards of the academic profession.

Add your name here -
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The following professional organizations support KU faculty and staff
in saying NO to the KBOR policy:

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American Association of Italian Studies

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American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages
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American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese

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American Comparative Literature Association
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American Conference for Irish Studies

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American Council of Learned Societies
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American Folklore Society

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HELP FIGHT LAYOFFS IN THE CUNY SYSTEM - CAR CARAVAN AND DEMONSTRATION
- JANUARY 30 (PSC-CUNY)
 

BLACK-LED ANTIRACIST UNIONISM: THE LEGACY OF BEN FLETCHER & I.W.W. -
FEBRUARY 4 (NEW YORK LABOR HISTORY ASSOCIATION AND THE CUNY SCHOOL OF
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BLACK-LED ANTIRACIST UNIONISM:

The Legacy of Ben Fletcher & I.W.W.

Thursday, February 4, 2021

12pm-2pm (E.T.) * via Zoom

Join us to discuss the important history of the brilliant Black labor
leader, Ben Fletcher, who revolutionized anti-racist unionizing in the
early 20th century. Peter Cole is joined by Kafui Attoh of CUNY SLU to
discuss the legacy of Fletcher and his union, the I.W.W.
#BlackHistoryMonth #BLM

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- _BEN FLETCHER: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A BLACK WOBBLY
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- Western Illinois University

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RACISM AND POLICING IN THE U.S.A. - FEBRUARY 6 (OAKLAND GREENS, BAY
AREA SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGE, ALAMEDA COUNTY PEACE AND
FREEDOM PARTY)

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