[Reader Comments: Voter Suppression; Asian Americans Attacked; Deb
Haaland; Andrew Cuomo; Football; Manufacturing; Postal Workers Strike
corrections; Myanmar Solidarity; Dr. King’s Beyond Vietnam speech;
Fighting Private Equity; Zoom events-lots; more]
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TIDBITS - MAR. 25, 2021 - READER COMMENTS: VOTER SUPPRESSION; ASIAN
AMERICANS; DEB HAALAND; ANDREW CUOMO; FOOTBALL; MANUFACTURING; PRIVATE
EQUITY; POSTAL WORKERS STRIKE CORRECTIONS; MYANMAR SOLIDARITY; MLK’S
BEYOND VIETNAM SPEECH; MORE....  
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March 25, 2021
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_ Reader Comments: Voter Suppression; Asian Americans Attacked; Deb
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corrections; Myanmar Solidarity; Dr. King’s Beyond Vietnam speech;
Fighting Private Equity; Zoom events-lots; more _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources, Announcements, AND cartoons -
Mar. 25, 2021, xxxxxx

 

Re: Raphael Warnock Gives FIRST Speech From the Senate Floor (Daniel
Millstone)
Rise Against Asian Violence  --  artwork by Pauline C. Cuevas
Re: Asian Americans Have Been Verbally and Physically Attacked,
Shunned During Pandemic, Study Shows (John)
Self inflicted  --  cartoon by Lalo Alcaraz
Re: Congress Passes Coronavirus Relief Bill with $23 Billion for
Farming and Food (Dave Lott)
Re: New Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Is Unprecedented (Kentucky
Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression)
Re: How the Left Made Cuomo Vulnerable (Tom Gogan; Greg Farstrup)
Re: The Supreme Court Confronts a Union-busting Argument That’s too
Radical Even for Kavanaugh (Len Polletta)
Re: Will the NFL Survive the New Science of Brain Damage? (David;
Ralph Stephens; Tim Kearney)
Re: After the Insurrection, America’s Far-right Groups Get More
Extreme (Judyth Hollub; Cheryl Gordon Emter)
Re: The Future of L.A. is Here. Robin D.G. Kelley’s Radical
Imagination Shows Us the Way (Judy Atkins)
Re: Joe Biden Should Roll Back the US’s Exploitative Guest Worker
Policies (Marc Batko)
Re: Manufacturing Isn’t Coming Back. Let’s Improve These Jobs
Instead. (Carl Davidson)
Re: The 1970 Postal Workers Strike (Jamie Partridge; Reinaldo Luis
Casellas; Chuck Zlatkin; Kurt Stand; Peter Arsenault)
Re: “You’re Not Colored”: The Story of Two Civil Rights
Activists of Japanese Descent (Felice Sage)
Re: The Answer to Anti-Asian Racism Is Not More Policing (Joseph Kaye)
Blame China  --  cartoon by Rob Rogers
Re: I Took Part in the US-South Korean War Drills: They Make All of Us
Less Safe (Mike Liston)
Re: The Young Uyghurs Mobilizing to Keep Their Culture Alive (Dan
Morgan)
Susan Tedeschi continues to pay salaries of band, road crew throughout
pandemic (Ted Wayman - WCVB)

YOUR HELP NEEDED:

BURMA: SOLIDARITY WITH CTUM UNIONS AGAINST MILITARY COUP (DSA
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE)

RESOURCES:

On Anti-Asian Violence, and Collective Life (Diasporic Vietnamese
Artists Network)
Honoring Dr. King’s Full Legacy – “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to
Break Silence” (United for Peace & Justice - UFPJ)
Resources in the Fight Against Private Equity (Stephanie Luce)
Now Online - Toni Gilpin, Labor Historian, Author, and Activist (The
Havens Wright Center for Social Justice)
LISTEN: Decriminalize Sex Work - Freedom Dreams of Black Trans
Liberation (Center for Constitutional Rights - CCR)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

NYC Women Workers Rising Against Sexual Harassment + The Surcharge -
March 26 (One Fair Wage)
UFPJ webinar: The Enduring Nuclear Threat; A Deeper Look - March 30
Runoff Election in Ecuador: The Fight for Democracy, webinar April 2
(DSA International Committee)
Celebrating the life of Anne Feeney - April 3
Power and Strategy Class Fall 2021 - August 26 - December 16 (CUNY
School of Labor and Urban Studies)
Save The Date: #RaceAnd: Our Present, Our Future (Upcoming
Intergenerational Virtual Conference) - September 25 (Race Forward)

RE: RAPHAEL WARNOCK GIVES FIRST SPEECH FROM THE SENATE FLOOR

 

I think Rev./Senator Warnock’s first speech in the US Senate is
worth reading carefully. If we are to bend the moral arc toward
justice, we need to stop dead in their tracks modern day Ku Kluxers
who seek to bar people of color from voting. There will be many fronts
in this struggle and one of them is in the US Senate right now. If we
can persuade Senators to vote on and vote for HR 1, we can begin to
undo the rigged voting rules and Gerrymandered districts that the
racist right has conjured up to bolster minority rule. Thanks to Rev.
Warnock for the speech and to xxxxxx
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and The Guardian for circulating it.

Daniel Millstone
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RISE AGAINST ASIAN VIOLENCE  --  ARTWORK BY PAULINE C. CUEVAS

Pauline C. Cuevas [[link removed]]
March 17, 2021
commissioned by The California Endowment

RE: ASIAN AMERICANS HAVE BEEN VERBALLY AND PHYSICALLY ATTACKED,
SHUNNED DURING PANDEMIC, STUDY SHOWS

It is really rich reading xxxxxx`s virtuous posting of statements of
solidarity with Asian Americans. For months and years I have read
articles on the "China debate" that show all the signs of the racism
that breeds precisely the kind of de-humanization that leads to overt
manifestations of racialized violence.

John

SELF INFLICTED  --  CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ

Lalo Alcaraz
2017

RE: CONGRESS PASSES CORONAVIRUS RELIEF BILL WITH $23 BILLION FOR
FARMING AND FOOD

Under the provision, Black, Indigenous, Hispanic and other farmers of
color can have up to 120 percent of their outstanding federal farm
loans forgiven. (The extra 20 percent is to offset the federal tax
burden associated with such debt relief.) A related provision includes
another $1 billion to help those same farmers with training, education
and other forms of assistance acquiring land. Included in that second
batch of cash is funding for a newly created commission on racial
equity at the US Department of Agriculture.

Dave Lott
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: NEW INTERIOR SECRETARY DEB HAALAND IS UNPRECEDENTED

Not only will a Native American for the first time oversee the
government’s relationship to Indigenous Americans, but an avowed
environmental activist will manage the nation’s natural resources.

Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
[[link removed]]
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: HOW THE LEFT MADE CUOMO VULNERABLE

Ridiculous interpretation.  He has brought all this down on
himself. 

Tom Gogan

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“Among the state’s progressive activists, Cuomo has long been seen
as a thuggish reactionary.”

Greg Farstrup
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: THE SUPREME COURT CONFRONTS A UNION-BUSTING ARGUMENT THAT’S TOO
RADICAL EVEN FOR KAVANAUGH

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

To those who would oppose, delay or derail this legislation—do not
ask the labor movement for a dollar or a door knock. We won’t be
coming. No candidate for Congress or the White House should expect the
support of the labor movement if they are not prepared to stand with
workers in our fight for justice by endorsing, co-sponsoring and
voting for labor law reform.

Len Polletta
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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PRIVATE THOUGHTS  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH

Mike Luckovich
March 24, 2021
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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RE: WILL THE NFL SURVIVE THE NEW SCIENCE OF BRAIN DAMAGE?

CTE is a degenerative disease that worsens with repeated impact and
abuse to the brain. If youth, high school, or college football players
can be diagnosed with it, it puts the NFL’s entire talent pipeline
in a great deal of jeopardy—not to mention its future financial
prospects. The days of plausible deniability—by the NFL, by players,
and by fans—will be coming to a screeching halt in the next several
years. The league’s plans for dealing with that inevitability remain
an unknown. One thing is certain: slogans like “Football is
family” and “Moms for football” athletic clinics are no longer
going to cut it. We are officially past the point of CTE’s being a
subject of debate. The new debate will be over football itself.

David

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It isn't just football.

Ralph Stephens
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Great article.  They will come for you, like they came to destroy Dr.
Amalu.  Put an extra lock on your door.  It means the coaches and
the universities and the high schools and the parents are shit.  "Be
the next one on the block, to have your boy come home in a box."  
 Maybe we can get Country Joe and the Fish to sing about football.
 "Friday night lights OUT."

Will Smith anyone?

Tim Kearney

RE: AFTER THE INSURRECTION, AMERICA’S FAR-RIGHT GROUPS GET MORE
EXTREME

We expect that extremists will come to see the events of Jan. 6 as
just the opening skirmish in a modern civil war. These groups will
continue to shift more and more to the extreme right, posing risks for
acts of violence both large and small.

Judyth Hollub
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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How many more times can they lose?

Cheryl Gordon Emter
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: THE FUTURE OF L.A. IS HERE. ROBIN D.G. KELLEY’S RADICAL
IMAGINATION SHOWS US THE WAY

Great - especially the last paragraph on Internationalism

Judy Atkins
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: JOE BIDEN SHOULD ROLL BACK THE US’S EXPLOITATIVE GUEST WORKER
POLICIES

Neoliberal privatization is suffering from a legitimacy crisis, an
efficiency crisis (concerning prices, quality and access), and a
crisis of profitability.

See: Crisis of Privatization - Return of Public Space
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by Mario Candeias, RLS policy paper 1/2008

Marc Batko

RE: MANUFACTURING ISN’T COMING BACK. LET’S IMPROVE THESE JOBS
INSTEAD.

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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It's very important that manufacturing comes back. At present, we
still have some due to a military-industrial policy, which is
non-productive. If we shift to a green industrial policy, it will need
a far more productive manufacturing core. All those wind turbines and
solar arrays need to be built here, not to mention the enormous
hardware needed for a Smart Grid that can span the globe.

Carl Davidson
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: THE 1970 POSTAL WORKERS STRIKE

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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This article is inaccurate.  The NALC did not merge with the APWU.
 Vince Sombrotto was elected president of the NALC, not the APWU

Solidarity,

Jamie Partridge
NALC Branch 82

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Huelga de 1970 del servicio postal

Reinaldo Luis Casellas
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Ambitious but inaccurate.   The NALC was not one of the five unions
that merged to be the APWU. Sombrotto took on the leadership of the
letters carriers union and eventually became president.  Sombrotto
was never president of the APWU

Chuck Zlatkin

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There is an error in the otherwise quite good article on the 1970
postal workers strike.  Four unions did indeed merge to form the
American Postal Workers Union -- but the National Association of
Letter Carriers was not amongst them,  Vince Sombrotto was president
of the NALC but contrary to the article the president of the APWU was
Mo Biller.  To some extent the inability to complete the merger
process and create one big Postal union marked the end of the
rank-and-file upsurge.  All this would be of only historical
interest, but the fact is that the NACL and APWU remain today as two
unions independent of each other.  

Kurt Stand

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Dear Mr Murfin, How in the world can you write that NALC merged with
APWU!? Even to this day the two unions are separate and distinct. The
first collective bargaining agreement was with APWU, NALC,
Mailhandlers, and NRLCA. Four separate unions. Also, the strike lasted
one week, not two. In late 1970s Vincent Sombrotto was successful in
defeating incumbent President Joseph Vacca. Please, please, please
correct these and any other exposed errors in your article. 

Aside from the errors, I found the article very interesting. One
missing tidbit is that many big city letter carriers qualified and
were dependent on welfare to provide basic income for their families.

Sincerely,

Peter Arsenault

RE: “YOU’RE NOT COLORED”: THE STORY OF TWO CIVIL RIGHTS
ACTIVISTS OF JAPANESE DESCENT

Well worth the read.

Felice Sage
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: THE ANSWER TO ANTI-ASIAN RACISM IS NOT MORE POLICING

And don't forget the wars accompanied by anti-Asian propaganda from
the war against the Japanese in World War II, to the Korean War, to
the Vietnam War.  And of course there was the so-called
Spanish-American War, which was really a war against Filipinos where
the US engaged in the barbaric practices later especially made
infamous in the Vietnam War.

Joseph Kaye

BLAME CHINA  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS

Rob Rogers
March 19, 2021
robrogers.com [[link removed]]

RE: I TOOK PART IN THE US-SOUTH KOREAN WAR DRILLS: THEY MAKE ALL OF US
LESS SAFE

I was in Havana, Cuba years back just a day after the United States
put on a big display of naval and air force just outside Cuba's
territorial waters. You could cut the anxiety of the Cuban people with
a knife. These drills are extremely threatening and provocative and
anyone who says differently is either insane or a pathological liar.
I'd like to see their reactions if a hostile race of aliens did the
same over and around the U.S., 

stay safe, 

Mike Liston

RE: THE YOUNG UYGHURS MOBILIZING TO KEEP THEIR CULTURE ALIVE

Visitors to Xinjiang see mosques open, the Uyghur language as the
medium for teaching in schools, and Uyghur language TV Channels. That
is cultural genocide? Or even genocide, when the population is
increasing? These young people are victims of the propaganda war.

Dan Morgan
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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SUSAN TEDESCHI CONTINUES TO PAY SALARIES OF BAND, ROAD CREW THROUGHOUT
PANDEMIC

by Ted Wayman
March 20, 2021
WCVB
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(ABC 5 - Boston)

A Grammy Award-winning musician and Massachusetts native is continuing
to help her fellow bandmates and their road crew throughout the
COVID-19 pandemic.

Susan Tedeschi, who grew up in Norwell, burst onto the music scene in
the mid-'90s with her namesake band after attending the Berklee
College of Music.

Tedeschi eventually married guitarist Derek Trucks, who played for the
Allman Brother Band in its later years. The pair have since formed the
Tedeschi Trucks Band and had been touring around the country until the
pandemic hit.

"We did a show (March 12) at the Beacon (Theatre in New York City) for
a benefit, but we hadn't toured or anything since then. So, literally,
we weren't making any money," Tedeschi said.

The couple quickly decided to dip into their emergency fund to pay the
25 members of their band and road crew, and have continued to do so
throughout the past year. They have supplemented the fund by streaming
live shows out of Jacksonville, Florida, where the band is based.

Read more here
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If you're interested in watching upcoming livestream performances of
the Tedeschi Trucks Band, click here
[[link removed]].

BURMA: SOLIDARITY WITH CTUM UNIONS AGAINST MILITARY COUP (DSA
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE)

On February 1st 2021, the commanding military officers of Myanmar
staged a coup halting the recent democratic transition of the country.
The Confederation of Trade Union - Myanmar (CTUM), as the largest
union in the country, has been at the forefront of the Civil
Disobedience Movement (CBM) against the coup, organizing major
industrial strikes, and street protests. Labor leaders and striking
workers are now facing growing threats of being detained, despite
condemnation from the International Labor Organization (ILO). The
military authorities arrested or issued arrest warrants on many CTUM
leaders and the police is tracking trade union leaders into their
homes.

Our financial support is needed to help the CTUM with the organization
of rallies and communications between organizers. The fundraiser will
also support fired workers and those that cannot pay for their hostels
or food due to strikes and protests participation and allow protestors
to stay in contact through mobile and satellite phones. Many leaders
and workers have not worked since the beginning of the military coup
and are counting on our support.

THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE (IC) OF THE DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF
AMERICA (DSA) IS COLLABORATING WITH THE ITALIAN ORGANIZATION
ITALIA-BIRMANIA.INSIEME TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SUPPORT TO CTUM AS IT
CONTINUES TO FIGHT AGAINST THE MILITARY REGIME.

ITALIA-BIRMANIA.INSIEME, founded in 2013, works with Myanmar trade
unions and democratic political forces to promote peace, interethnic
dialogue, programs on rule of law, quality employment, decent work,
industrial relations and responsible investments. After the bloody
military coup, ITALIA-BIRMANIA.INSIEME, in agreement with the Burmese
trade union confederation CTUM, whose President is among its founding
members, is developing initiatives to support the CDM, the CRPH and
the trade unions, to overcome the military dictatorship, to change the
military constitution and build a democratic, federal Union.

Click here to help
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ON ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE, AND COLLECTIVE LIFE (DIASPORIC VIETNAMESE
ARTISTS NETWORK)

A tender lamentation and vigilant condemnation, this statement is one
of many during the recent outpouring of support, solidarity, and
sustenance in light of the anti-Asian shootings in Georgia this past
week. We underscore the ongoing labor and love of Asian organizers who
have been doing, and will continue to do, the intersectional work of
grassroots mobilization, mutual aid, and transformative justice to
take care of our communities. During times of crisis, a statement can
function as a compulsory genre of performative politics, individually
taking up too much space and time, and leaving too little room for
proper grieving, contemplation, and collective action. In situating
this statement in a constellation of community care, prioritizing the
desires of the victims and their families, we orient this statement as
part of a collective movement not only to end violence against Asian
women but also to build life-giving conditions grounded in Ethnic
Studies.

The Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) sends love to the
eight victims of the shooting in Georgia as well as their families. On
March 16, 2021, a white supremacist targeted and shot six Asian women
across three massage parlors and spas. This display of racialized,
gendered, and sexualized violence is no anomaly; rather, it is
inextricably tied to the 150% uptick in anti-Asian attacks throughout
COVID-19 (frequently referred to as the “China virus” or “kung
flu” by GOP officials).1 In fact, 68% of the 3800 reported
Anti-Asian racial incidents were from women. Furthermore, these
physical attacks work in tandem with the so-called “soft” violence
that Asian communities have endured throughout the pandemic, as Asian
American women have fronted the highest jobless rates during these
past six months2 and Asian-owned shops have been forced to shut
down.3 Therefore, DVAN deplores current, majority media outlets and
police statements which have flattened and depoliticized the murders
as an irregular result of a “bad day” of a non-racist man who
simply had a “sex addiction.” The killing of six Asian American
women at their workplaces and the mainstream refusal to recognize its
racial motivation, or even spell and pronounce their names properly,
is a reflection of an ideology that does not count Asian Americans as
people impacted by racism.

Read full statement here
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1. “2020-2021 National Report,” Stop AAPI Hate, March 2021,
stopaapihate.org [[link removed]].

2. Katherine Kam, “Why Asian American women have had highest jobless
rates during last 6 months of Covid,” _NBC News_, January 2021.

3. David Shi, “Asian-Owned Small Businesses & COVID-19,” Asian
American Advocacy Fund.

A NON-COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF RESOURCES ON ANTI-ASIAN VIOLENCE AND
PROTECTING ASIAN WOMEN

FUNDRAISERS

Memorial fundraisers
[[link removed]] for
families of the spa shootings victims
Relief fund
[[link removed]] by
Asian Americans Advancing Justice in Atlanta, GA
The AAPI Community Fund
[[link removed]]
Family Fund
[[link removed]] by the
Asian American Resource Center in Georgia
#StopAsianHate [[link removed]] by
GoFundMe

ORGANIZATIONS

Red Canary Song [[link removed]]
Butterfly [[link removed]]: Asian and Migrant
Sex Workers Network
The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
[[link removed]]
Send Chinatown Love [[link removed]] in New York
Save Our Chinatowns [[link removed]] in Oakland
and San Francisco
National Organization of Asians and Pacific Islanders Ending Sexual
Violence [[link removed]]
Stop AAPI Hate [[link removed]]
Pacific Links, program Adapt [[link removed]]

READING LISTS

_HISTORY OF ASIAN AMERICANS_
click here
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Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network
College of Ethnic Studies San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132

HONORING DR. KING’S FULL LEGACY – “BEYOND VIETNAM: A TIME TO
BREAK SILENCE” (UNITED FOR PEACE & JUSTICE - UFPJ)

We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent
co-annihilation…. If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down
the long, dark, and shameful corridors of time reserved for those who
possess power without compassion, might without morality, and strength
without sight.
    
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” April 4, 1967

April 4, 2021 will mark the 53rd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.’s tragic and untimely assassination, and the
54th anniversary of his prophetic speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time
to Break Silence
[[link removed]].”

In the years following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, peace
and justice groups in Oakland, California started organizing annual
April 4 public participatory readings of Dr. King’s “Beyond
Vietnam” speech in front of the Federal Building. These readings
have served as powerful community-building experiences and have since
been organized by groups around the country.

This year, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to curtail our public
gatherings, we invite you to listen to a recording of Dr. King giving
this speech, as you read the text and reflect on its meaning today
[[link removed]].

If you’re feeling especially ambitious and have the technical
skills, you may wish to organize a virtual participatory reading via
Zoom, by adapting our how to Organize a Public Reading of Dr.
King’s “Beyond Vietnam” Speech in your Community
[[link removed]] “tool
kit.” You’ll need to update the introduction. You will find a
useful set of fact sheets from the Poor People’s Campaign here
[[link removed]].

Click here for additional Martin Luther King, Jr. resources, including
speeches and posters. [[link removed]]

Hopefully, by April 4, 2022 we’ll be able to gather again in public
spaces and experience the inspiration of participating in public
readings of this powerful speech.

When Dr. King gave the speech, the United States was embroiled in the
Vietnam War. The country was in turmoil as peace activists resisted
the draft, and anti-war and civil rights protesters took to the
streets. King’s speech laid bare the relationship between U.S. wars
abroad and the racism and poverty being challenged by the civil rights
movement at home. And it was controversial in some parts of the civil
rights movement.

In his “Beyond Vietnam
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speech, Dr. King declared: “A NATION THAT CONTINUES YEAR AFTER YEAR
TO SPEND MORE ON MILITARY DEFENSE THAN ON PROGRAMS OF SOCIAL UPLIFT IS
APPROACHING SPIRITUAL DEATH.”

We believe that Dr. King’s words were both precautionary and
prophetic, providing both a diagnosis and a cure – “a true
revolution of values” – for our society’s gravest illnesses,
“THE GIANT TRIPLETS OF RACISM, EXTREME MATERIALISM, AND
MILITARISM.”

At the time he was murdered, Dr. King was organizing a massive Poor
People’s Campaign. The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call
for Moral Revival
[[link removed]] has
picked up Dr. King’s unfinished agenda, and on June 20, 2020, held
the largest digital and social media gathering of poor and low wealth
people, moral and religious leaders, advocates, and people of
conscience in this nation’s history.  The global pandemic has
exposed even more the already existing interlocking injustices of
systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy and
militarism, and the distorted narrative of religious nationalism. The
Poor People’s Campaign is a addressing these five interlocking
injustices by building a powerful “moral fusion” movement.

United for Peace and Justice is proud to be a national organizing
partner with the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral
Revival. Join the Poor People’s Campaign
[[link removed]]!

United for Peace & Justice [[link removed]] (UFPJ)
P.O. Box 71523
Oakland, CA 94612

[email protected]
(917) 410-0119

RESOURCES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST PRIVATE EQUITY

I saw the helpful resource in tidbits on Who Owns LA? on private
equity.

This was also just released:

"AFT Sounds Alarm over Private Equity, Urges Trustees with $3 Trillion
under Management to Examine Investment
[[link removed]]s,"

Full report is here:

Samir Sonti, "Lifting the Curtain on Private Equity: A Guide for
Institutional Investors and Policymakers
[[link removed]].”
A report written for the AFT and Americans for Financial Reform

Stephanie Luce

NOW ONLINE - TONI GILPIN, LABOR HISTORIAN, AUTHOR, AND ACTIVIST (THE
HAVENS WRIGHT CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE)

My recent Zoom talks through the Havens Wright Center for Social
Justice are now online and can be accessed here: the first is on the
bitter ideological conflict between the left-wing Farm Equipment
Workers union and the anti-communist UAW; the second is on the FE's
model of radical interracial unionism, with a focus on Louisville.
Both talks, I hope, will be useful for organizers today. Both talks
feature lots of nice slides and some really great contributions from
those who joined the calls as well. The Louisville discussion was
especially enhanced by the participation of Beverly Neal, a lifelong
Louisville resident who is the daughter of the late Sterling Neal, one
of the FE's leaders and a key figure in the Southern labor and civil
rights movements generally, who I quote extensively in my book. 

“CLASS COLLABORATION OR CLASS WAR? THE BATTLE TO DEFINE PROFIT,
PROGRESS, AND THE PURPOSE OF UNIONISM IN THE 20TH CENTURY LABOR
MOVEMENT”

“‘WE’RE NOT GOING TO BE SECOND CLASS CITIZENS IN THE SOUTH’:
THE RADICAL, INTERRACIAL ORGANIZING MODEL OF THE FARM EQUIPMENT
WORKERS IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY”

Access both lectures here
[[link removed]]

The Havens Center [[link removed]]
Department of Sociology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Room 8117 Social Science
1180 Observatory Drive
Madison WI 53706

LISTEN: DECRIMINALIZE SEX WORK - FREEDOM DREAMS OF BLACK TRANS
LIBERATION (CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS - CCR)

How can we honor the leadership of Black trans sex worker communities
in struggles for gender and LGBTQIA+ justice this Women’s History
Month? In the 36th episode of “The Activist Files,” Black Trans
Nation
[[link removed]] executive
director and Decrim NY
[[link removed]] steering
committee member TS Candii and Women with a Vision
[[link removed]] Sex Worker
Advisory Committee member Paris Jackson speak with advocacy
associate maya finoh
[[link removed]] and
communications assistant Alex Webster
[[link removed]] about their
work to pass legislation ending the criminalization of people in the
sex trades and trans people in New York State and Louisiana, as well
as their freedom dreams for Black and trans liberation.

LISTEN TO THE ACTIVIST FILES [[link removed]]

NYC WOMEN WORKERS RISING AGAINST SEXUAL HARASSMENT + NYC THE SURCHARGE
- MARCH 26 (ONE FAIR WAGE)

TOMORROW: NYC WOMEN WORKERS RISING

Addressing Sexual Harassment and the NYC Surcharge with
Councilmembers Antonio Reynoso and Vanessa L. Gibson

Join Tipped Workers, High Road Restaurant Owners and Councilmembers
Antonio Reynoso and Vanessa L. Gibson in highlighting the need to end
sexual harassment and abolish the NYC surcharge.

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UFPJ WEBINAR: THE ENDURING NUCLEAR THREAT; A DEEPER LOOK - MARCH 30

Tuesday, March 30, 2021: 8-9:30 pm EDT; 7-8:30 pm CDT;
6-7:30 pm MDT; 5-6:30 pm PDT
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The recent entry into force of the Treaty for the Prohibition of
Nuclear Weapons brought a welcome positive moment to a bleak
disarmament landscape. But none of the nuclear armed states have
joined the Treaty, and all are expanding or modernizing their nuclear
arsenals. This webinar, hosted by UFPJ, will provide an update on
nuclear weapons policies and programs and an overview of relevant
developments in international law. It also will suggest the need to
rethink familiar approaches to disarmament, and to shift the focus of
disarmament advocacy from recognizing the effects of nuclear weapons
to analyzing the causes of nuclear arms racing and of the risks of war
among nuclear-armed countries – the same root causes driving many of
our other most pressing crises.

UFPJ IS PLEASED TO HOST THIS WEBINAR FEATURING THREE INTERNATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED ADVOCATES FOR NUCLEAR ABOLITION. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
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JACKIE CABASSO, Executive Director of the Western States Legal
Foundation, based in Oakland, California, since 1984. In 1995 she was
a “founding mother” of the Abolition 2000 Global Network to
Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, and she continues to serve on its
Coordinating Committee. Since 2007 she has served as an Executive
Advisor to Mayors for Peace. She is a National Co-convener of UFPJ.
Jackie was the 2008 recipient of the International Peace Bureau’s
Sean MacBride Peace Award.

JOHN BURROUGHS, Senior Analyst for the New York City-based Lawyers
Committee on Nuclear Policy (LCNP). He has represented LCNP in Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty meetings and negotiations on the Treaty to
Prohibit Nuclear Weapons. His articles and op-eds have appeared in
publications including Fordham International Law Journal, Bulletin of
the Atomic Scientists, Arms Control Today, Newsweek, and Newsday.

ANDREW LICHTERMAN, policy analyst and lawyer with the Oakland,
California-based Western States Legal Foundation. He has represented
peace and environmental activists in a variety of settings, and also
taught at alternative law schools for many years. He is a member of
the United for Peace and Justice Coordinating Committee.

RUNOFF ELECTION IN ECUADOR: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY, WEBINAR APRIL 2
(DSA INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE)

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RUNOFF ELECTION IN ECUADOR: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY

FRIDAY, APRIL 2ND AT 7 PM ET/6 PM CT/5 PM MT/4 PM PT

Ecuador faces a crucial runoff election on April 11 as the country
struggles to free itself from capitalist imposed austerity, economic
recession, and pandemic. Socialist candidate Andres Arauz leads a
progressive alliance and has an excellent chance to be elected
President against right-wing banker Guillermo Lasso. There are efforts
by the establishment to eliminate Arauz from the runoff or even cancel
the election. Progressive International has warned of threats to
democracy in Ecuador. What is U.S. imperialism doing behind the
scenes? Hear from members of the Ecuador's Union for Hope (UNES)
alliance and an election observer from the Progressive International.

Featuring MONICA PALACIOS (National Assembly Representative, Unión
por la Esperanza – Union for Hope), RAMÓN MENDES RIVAS (Acción
Revolución Collective Unión por la Esperanza – Union for Hope),
DAVID ADLER (Progressive International Election Observer Delegation).
Moderated by VANESSA AGUDELO (Peekskill, NY City Council, Lower Hudson
DSA member).

Sponsored by DSA International Committee. Co-sponsors: Alliance for
Global Justice, Chicago ALBA Solidarity, Mid-Hudson Valley DSA Chapter

CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF ANNE FEENEY - APRIL 3

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Saturday, April 3, 2021 at 3 PM EDT

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This online celebration of the life and legacy of Anne Feeney takes
place in two parts:

1. The virtual memorial and music event begins at 3pm EST / 12pm PST
on April 3, 2021, and will be livestreamed directly from this Facebook
Event Page. (Just click "Join Event" once the even has begun. The
livestream will begin no later than 2:45pm EST / 11:45am PST ).

2. Starting at roughly 4:30pm EST / 1:30pm PST, a participatory
“reception” with breakout rooms for sharing memories and song to
celebrate Anne will begin.

Please visit the website for Anne's Memorial where you can learn more
and register to both hear the presentations (Part #1) and participate
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POWER AND STRATEGY CLASS FALL 2021 - AUGUST 26 - DECEMBER 16 (CUNY
SCHOOL OF LABOR AND URBAN STUDIES)

Are you interested in studying power and strategy and what it takes to
win? This fall, Deepak Bhargava and I will co-teach a class on Power
and Strategy at the The CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies. The
class will meet online on Thursday evenings, 6:15-8:45 pm.

How do groups in society achieve the changes they seek?  This course
will explore how elites, labor unions, community organizations,
political parties and social movements organize, develop strategies
and deploy resources to advance their interests and win major changes
in society.  To provide a shared framework, we’ll begin with an
overview of classical and contemporary theories of power and cause and
effect.  We’ll look at elite strategies to wield power developed in
the military, Silicon Valley, business, and politics.  We’ll also
consider five “strategies from below,” including building mass
organization, disruptive movements, efforts to capture governing
power, “inside-outside” strategies.

In the eternal battle between David and Goliath, how and why does
David sometimes win?  We’ll examine a variety of case studies from
the right and left, including the orchestrated rise of neoliberalism,
and cutting-edge campaigns from contemporary racial justice and labor
and other movements.  The class will focus heavily on introducing
applied tools for strategy development from a variety of traditions.

More information here
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FACULTY

STEPHANIE LUCE is Professor of Labor Studies at the CUNY School of
Labor and Urban Studies and Professor of Sociology at the CUNY
Graduate Center. She is a member of the PSC-CUNY/AFT faculty staff
union and has spent many years working with unions and labor community
coalitions on living wage campaigns, policy fights and organizing
projects.

DEEPAK BHARGAVA is Distinguished Lecturer at CUNY’s School of Labor
and Urban Studies and has been involved in social change movements and
organizations for over 30 years, including 16 years leading Community
Change.

WHO SHOULD APPLY

This class is suitable for both current graduate students and for
non-matriculated students who are experienced labor, community,
environmental or social movement leaders, organizers, or
campaigners.  Departmental permission required. 

MEETING SCHEDULE AND REQUIREMENTS

The class will meet on Thursday evenings from 6:15 – 8:45 pm Eastern
time.  The class will be held entirely online, so non-NYC students
can participate fully in the course.  The first class will be held on
8/26/2021 and the term runs for 15 weeks ending on 12/16/2021.

There will be extensive reading, writing and class engagement as part
of this course.  Non-matriculating students who are social change
practitioners will be assessed based on their application of tools
presented in the course. 

SAVE THE DATE: #RACEAND: OUR PRESENT, OUR FUTURE (UPCOMING
INTERGENERATIONAL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE) - SEPTEMBER 25 (RACE FORWARD)

This past summer thousands of young people took to the streets
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joining in the protest for racial justice. Race Forward believes young
people are a vital part of the movement for racial justice and
represent the future for demanding changes to institutions, systems,
and structures that have been steeped in racism for hundreds of years.
As we celebrate 40 years of working at the intersections of “
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we are inspired to uplift the ideas, strategies, and solutions of
youth and young adults who have and continue to lead racial justice
work across the country.

Building on our reimagined #RaceAnd programming
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12+ years of Facing Race Conferences
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we are excited to present, on SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2021,
an _INTERACTIVE HALF-DAY_
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event, “#RACEAND: OUR PRESENT, OUR FUTURE.”
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virtual event will center the solutions-driven racial justice
movement-making work of Black & Indigenous youth and young adults.

We hope you will join as we: 

* Highlight the critical role youth organizing takes in the movement
toward racial equity. 
* Elevate the ways youth and young adult activists (ages 13-25) are
using organizing, art, cultural, narrative, and policy strategies to
strike powerful blows to structural racism in the US and continue the
global movement to defend Black Lives. 
* Strengthen the dialogue between our emerging and seasoned agents
of change.

We strongly encourage you to participate in this powerful opportunity
to connect, learn and build alongside youth and young adults on the
frontlines of the Racial Justice Movement!

REGISTRATION OPENS APRIL 2021
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We look forward to your participation!

Warmly,

The Race Forward Team

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