[ Reader Comments: Hiroshima Cover-up; Racism; Retiree healthcare;
Sports; Labor History, Disney; McCarthyism; Marxist parties; China;
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TIDBITS - JUNE 3, 2021 - READER COMMENTS, HIROSHIMA, WORLD WAR II;
RACISM; RETIREE HEALTHCARE; SPORTS; LABOR HISTORY, DISNEY,
MCCARTHYISM, MARXIST PARTIES, CHINA, CLIMATE CHANGE, ETHEL ROSENBERG,
HAROLD WASHINGTON, CHICAGO, SOCIAL TRANSITION  
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June 3, 2021
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_ Reader Comments: Hiroshima Cover-up; Racism; Retiree healthcare;
Sports; Labor History, Disney; McCarthyism; Marxist parties; China;
Announcements: Ethel Rosenberg; Harold Washington; International Trade
Union Forum - Ecology, Social Transition; _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Announcements, AND cartoons - June 3,
2021, xxxxxx

 

Re: Chileans Voted for an End to Neoliberalism (Hiram Diaz)
Race Massacres  --  cartoon by Rob Rogers
Re: Review: Lesley Blume's “Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the
Reporter Who Revealed It to the World” (John Aldis)
Nothing to See, Nothing to Investigate  --  cartoon by Lalo Alcaraz
Re: White People’s Stake in Ending the White Republic (Paul Wilcox)
Re: Closed Door Negotiations Between New York City and Unions
Representing City Workers Could Privatize Their Medicare Coverage
(Florence Punch)
Re: Naomi Osaka and the Power of ‘Nope’ (Hans von Sponeck)
Re: 80 Years Ago Today, Disney Animation Workers Went on Strike
(Eleanor Roosevelt; Felice Sage; Jan Horowitz; Bill Hahn)
Re: More than McCarthyism: The Attack on Activism Students Don’t
Learn About from Their Textbooks (Andy Webster)
Re: Marxist Parties Urged to Strive for Progress of Humankind (Ethan
Young; Talmadge Wright; Dan Morgan)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Ethel Rosenberg's life and the campaign to exonerate her - June 6 and
June 29 (Rosenberg Fund for Children)
What Can We Learn from Harold Washington? Two Generations of Left
Electoral Struggle - June 15 (Chicago DSA)
International Trade Union Forum on Ecological and Social Transition -
June 14 - 19 ( CGT, GLI France, Alter Summit, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
and TUED New-York)

 

RE: CHILEANS VOTED FOR AN END TO NEOLIBERALISM
 

Exactly what is needed in Puerto Rico

Hiram Diaz
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RACE MASSACRES  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS
 

Rob Rogers
June 2, 2021
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RE: REVIEW: LESLEY BLUME'S “FALLOUT: THE HIROSHIMA COVER-UP AND THE
REPORTER WHO REVEALED IT TO THE WORLD”
 

This is an excellent article, showing what the bravery of one man can
do to change the world's perception of the threat of a nuclear
holocaust.

John Aldis
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NOTHING TO SEE, NOTHING TO INVESTIGATE  --  CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ
 

Lalo Alcaraz
June 3, 2021
Daily Kos
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RE: WHITE PEOPLE’S STAKE IN ENDING THE WHITE REPUBLIC
 

Not a bad article overall, and I appreciate the attempt, but we
don’t live in a “white republic” We happen to live in a
capitalist society, ruled by rich capitalists. I certainly agree that
working class whites need to fight racism and show solidarity with
oppressed people, and  the capitalists use racism to divide the
working class, but we don’t live in a “white republic”  That
puts me and Donald Trump in the same boat. That’s what Trump says,
so unless you are a Donald Trump enthusiast, stop misleading people.

Paul Wilcox

 

RE: CLOSED DOOR NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN NEW YORK CITY AND UNIONS
REPRESENTING CITY WORKERS COULD PRIVATIZE THEIR MEDICARE COVERAGE

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This is the first I’m hearing about it

Florence Punch
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RE: NAOMI OSAKA AND THE POWER OF ‘NOPE’
 

I salute Naomi Osaka. Her protest  should lead to court cases against
sport slavery - no impunity for  the commercial sports lobby. 

Hans von Sponeck

 

RE: 80 YEARS AGO TODAY, DISNEY ANIMATION WORKERS WENT ON STRIKE
 

Good Old Uncle Walt couldn't let it go, either. He saw to it that as
many of the strike leaders as possible were blacklisted, and he took a
leading role among the vicious red-baiters of postwar Hollywood.

Eleanor Roosevelt
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I understand that old Walt was a real exploitative SOB. Disneyland and
Disneyworld still treat their underpaid workers like crap.

Felice Sage
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When we worked for them it was "Mouschwitz"...kind of cool to see in
this photo that all the women artists are in trousers!

Jan Horowitz
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and a bigoted anti-semite as well

Bill Hahn
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RE: MORE THAN MCCARTHYISM: THE ATTACK ON ACTIVISM STUDENTS DON’T
LEARN ABOUT FROM THEIR TEXTBOOKS
 

I just found out a year ago Helen Keller was a socialist. They don't
teach that in schools.

Andy Webster
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RE: MARXIST PARTIES URGED TO STRIVE FOR PROGRESS OF HUMANKIND

The focus of this meeting seems to be state ownership, commerce and
investment at the expense of class, social demands or climate. It
emphasizes "people-centered philosophy of government", which appears
to be Xi's response to the international resistance to
authoritarianism and corruption, but does not get into details about
popular democracy, ie the leading role of the public in policy- and
decision-making, in a socialist society. The parties' real challenge
is not figuring out how to run things better than neoliberal
capitalists, but how to empower social movements to bring radicalized
civilians, the majority urban and rural workers, into political power.

Ethan Young
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International not national. Equality and justice not capitulation to
capital.

Talmadge Wright
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The CPC leaders have a long-term strategy. They think long-term, plan
long-term and that is easily forgotten in the Punch and Judy politics
in the west. They are obviously using capitalist methods but recently
are beginning to shift emphasis to policies that benefit the people,
look to the Party's history and promote the study of marxism. Given
the present strength of capitalist thinking there, the move to real
socialism will be difficult and full of dangers, and it will need
control by the Party - of 90 million members remember, to achieve it.

Dan Morgan
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ETHEL ROSENBERG'S LIFE AND THE CAMPAIGN TO EXONERATE HER - JUNE 6 AND
JUNE 29 (ROSENBERG FUND FOR CHILDREN)
 

The Rosenberg Fund for Children isexcited to announce two
upcoming online events which will focus on Ethel Rosenberg's life
and the campaign to exonerate her. With the June 8th
release of bestselling author Anne Sebba's new biography _Ethel
Rosenberg: An American Tragedy
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history is reemerging in public consciousness, and 70 years
following her conviction it's clear that justice for Ethel matters as
much as ever. We hope you'll join us (virtually) for both of these
upcoming discussions:

Jenn Meeropol on “Exonerating Ethel” for CCB Speaker Series

SUNDAY, JUNE 6TH AT 11 AM EST, ONLINE

In 1951, at the height of the McCarthy era, Ethel Rosenberg was
convicted of “conspiracy to commit espionage” alongside her
husband Julius in a trial that would come to symbolize “Red Scare”
hysteria and the U.S.’s willingness to commit injustices in the name
of national security. 70 years later, RFC Exec. Director Jenn Meeropol
(and Ethel's granddaughter) will discuss why justice for Ethel still
matters, what was learned during the 2016 campaign to exonerate
Ethel, and the exciting possibility of a relaunch in the months to
come. This online event is hosted by the Community Church of Boston
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free and open to the public. 

Join the live, online event on Zoom (here)
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EST on 6/6. No pre-registration required.

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Conversation with Anne Sebba, author of "Ethel Rosenberg: An American
Tragedy"

TUESDAY, JUNE 29TH AT 7 PM EST, ONLINE

Seventy years after her trial, this is the first time Ethel
Rosenberg’s story has been told with the full use of the dramatic
and tragic prison letters she exchanged with her husband, her lawyer
and her psychotherapist over a three-year period, two of them in
solitary confinement. Hers is the resonant story of what happens when
a government motivated by fear tramples on the rights of its citizens.

This online event will include a conversation with _New York
Times_ bestselling author Anne Sebba joined by RFC Founder (and
Ethel's youngest son) Robert Meeropol. The event is hosted by Odyssey
Bookshop
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free and open to the public via Crowdcast. Please register in
advance.

More details available at Odysseybks.com
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about joining an online event? Email [email protected].

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Rosenberg Fund for Children [[link removed]]
116 Pleasant St., Ste. 348
Easthampton, MA 01027

 

WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM HAROLD WASHINGTON? TWO GENERATIONS OF LEFT
ELECTORAL STRUGGLE - JUNE 15 (CHICAGO DSA)
 

Hear from a panel of speakers from the Harold Washington
administration in conversation with the new generation of Chicago's
left electoral organizers as we assess the legacy and lessons of the
Harold Washington years.

TUESDAY, JUNE 15  --  6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (TIME ZONE: CENTRAL TIME US
& CA)

Panel Featuring:  DAVID ORR, DR. LINDA MURRAY and MILDRED WILLIAMSON

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNION FORUM ON ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL TRANSITION -
JUNE 14 - 19 ( CGT, GLI FRANCE, ALTER SUMMIT, ROSA LUXEMBURG STIFTUNG
AND TUED NEW-YORK)
 

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the International Trade
Union Forum on Ecological and Social Transitions, which will be held
from 14 to 19 June in Paris and online in public sessions. This
programme is the result of a joint effort involving more than a
hundred trade union confederations and federations from the five
continents, a dozen sectoral and regional internationals and a dozen
actors from the associative world.

You will find attached the programme and the registration form of the
conference which is organised around fifteen thematic workshops that
will mark the conference.  The sessions are open to all trade union
organisations and their allies as well as to all those who wish to
build alternative paths and strategies for a truly just social and
ecological transformation.

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We invite you to circulate the registration platform as widely as
possible and take part in the presentations and discussions and to
join the common call for COP 26.

The coordinating organisations: CGT, GLI France, Alter Summit, Rosa
Luxemburg Stiftung and TUED New-York

What is it about?

The social and environmental emergency, as well as the dramatic
deterioration of the working and living conditions of a majority of
the population since the beginning of the pandemic, has led a growing
number of organizations – from company unions to professional
federations to local, regional and international organizations
– and other social movements to develop various strategies to
respond.

This Forum was co-organized for several months with organizations from
all continents. It will be an opportunity to share experiences,
proposals and struggles of unions and their allies. The themes
discussed will mainly revolve
around: the transformation of the energy system, sectoral transitions
and strategies for building power relations. Each thematic workshop is
the result of preparatory work that we wish to bring up for debate.
Texts summarizing
our collective reflections will be made available to participants
before the Forum.

_The Forum will be organized around daily sessions from June 14 to 19.
The sessions will combine presentation and discussion time. It will
conclude on Saturday, June 19 from 2pm to 5pm with a plenary assembly
where a united appeal will be presented in view of the Cop26 in
Glasgow and addressed to all social forces engaged in the construction
of an ecological and social transformation. _

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