[ Reader Comments: Texas Outlaws Women Rights; End of Afghan War;
Remembering Ed Asner; Star Trek as Anti-Imperialism; Tax Billionaires;
Nabisco Workers on Strike; Labor Day; Take Action - Hurricane Ida;
9/11 Restaurant Worker Reunion & Memorial; more]
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TIDBITS - SEPT. 2, 2021 - READER COMMENTS: TEXAS OUTLAWS WOMEN
RIGHTS; END OF AFGHAN WAR; REMEMBERING ED ASNER; STAR TREK AS
ANTI-IMPERIALISM; TAX BILLIONAIRES; NABISCO WORKERS; LABOR DAY; TAKE
ACTION - HURRICANE IDA; 9/11 RESTAURANT WORKER REUNION;  
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_ Reader Comments: Texas Outlaws Women Rights; End of Afghan War;
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Nabisco Workers on Strike; Labor Day; Take Action - Hurricane Ida;
9/11 Restaurant Worker Reunion & Memorial; more _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources, Announcements, AND cartoons -
Sept. 2, 2021, xxxxxx

 

Re: Sanders Pitches $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill to Thousands at
Indiana Town Hall (Independent Voters Clallam County; Harry Targ)
Sisterhood  --  cartoon by Mike Luckovich
For Today's Generation, It's Texas Goddam! (Jay Schaffner)
In Texas, we won't make you wear a mask, but we will make you have a
baby!  --  cartoon by Lalo Alcaraz
Re: A U.S. Army Veteran of Both the Vietnam and Afghanistan Wars Is
Feeling a Strong Sense of Deja vu These Days (Alan Goldsmith; Anthony
De Anda)
Re: There’s No Good Way to End a Corrupt War (Lawrence Rockwood)
Army Recruiting After Kabul Withdrawal Not Getting Any Easier  --
 cartoon by Jeff Danziger
Re: America Took the Bait After 9/11. Not This Time. (Elinore Krell)
Ed Asner Remembered  -- Michael Moore tribute
Re: Ed Asner Was a Proud Socialist in Hollywood (Ralph G. Brown; Patty
Allen; Richard Mellor)
Re: SAG-AFTRA Mourns the Passing of Former SAG President Ed Asner
(Jose)
Re: Star Trek Versus Imperialist Doctrine (Jerry Neal; Neil Alan
Bufler; Nikos Evangelos; Tim Sheard; Emory Thompson)
Re: Five Ways the U.S. Created and Prolonged the Afghan Crisis (David
Benton)
Re: Returning to ‘Normal’ in Education is Not Good Enough (Daniel
Millstone)
Re: Millions of Workers Want a Union — EWOC Shows How to Help - Part
1 of 3 (Jose Luis Medina)
Climate Change...and Military-Industrial Complex (Margarita
Asencio-Lopez)
Re: The Urgent Need to Tax Billionaires Out of Existence (Jose Felipe
Gonzalez Pabon; Gina Klein; Doug Rogers)
Re: The Blood Never Dries (Olivia Zémor; John Dietzel)
Re: Donald Trump Is Personally Responsible for Hundreds of Thousands
of COVID Deaths (Kevin Siverly)
Re: The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg: 1897–1905 (Larry Gambone)
Re: No "Fixing This Industry" (Mary Sue Meads)
They Taught Us About Patriotism  --  poem by Stewart Acuff
Nabisco Workers are on Strike - Don't Cross the Picketline - What Not
to Buy
Labor Day  --  meme Thanking Our Workers

 

TAKE ACTION:

Hurricane Ida - Community Controlled Fund to Help Communities and
Victims  in the Gulf South (Gulf Coast Center For Law & Policy)
A Call for US Reparations and Accountability in Afghanistan
(Grassroots Global Justice Alliance)

 

RESOURCES:

Labor Radio Podcast Network celebrates Labor Day growth to 130 shows
Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires — Poster of the Week (Center for
the Study of Political Graphics)
New Research Brief! Dismantling Disparity: Breaking Barriers to
Employment (UCLA Labor Center)
Video - China Is Not Our Enemy (Code Pink)

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

20TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 RESTAURANT WORKER REUNION & MEMORIAL -
SEPTEMBER 11 (ONE FAIR WAGE)

RE: SANDERS PITCHES $3.5 TRILLION SPENDING BILL TO THOUSANDS AT
INDIANA TOWN HALL

This is the new deal. Get behind it.

Independent Voters Clallam County
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Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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That's in my home town! From Debs to Sanders!

Harry Targ
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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SISTERHOOD  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH

Mike Luckovich
September 2, 2021
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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FOR TODAY'S GENERATION, IT'S TEXAS GODDAM!

In 1964 Nina Simone released Mississippi Goddam.
[link removed] [[link removed]] It was a
time of Jim Crow, racial inequality, lynchings, voter restrictions and
denial of the right to vote. It captured the attention of the world
and became a voice of the mighty Civil Rights Movement.

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Listen here [[link removed]]

Mississippi was symbolic with racism and inequality.

Today it is Texas that leads the country in suppressing the right to
vote; in outlawing women's rights; in legislating a return to bounty
hunters and mob rule.

Texas Goddam!

Jay Schaffner

IN TEXAS, WE WON'T MAKE YOU WEAR A MASK, BUT WE WILL MAKE YOU HAVE A
BABY!  --  CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ

Lalo Alcaraz
September 1, 2021
POCHO
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RE: A U.S. ARMY VETERAN OF BOTH THE VIETNAM AND AFGHANISTAN WARS IS
FEELING A STRONG SENSE OF DEJA VU THESE DAYS

I think this article hits at the hard realty of war. Then go back all
previous war. My question is when in the fuck does it end: For
Everyone

Alan Goldsmith
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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This is a fact 

Anthony De Anda
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: THERE’S NO GOOD WAY TO END A CORRUPT WAR

The trick is not to start them like Carter did in Afghanistan in 1979.
Remember Charlie Wilson.

Lawrence Rockwood
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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ARMY RECRUITING AFTER KABUL WITHDRAWAL NOT GETTING ANY EASIER  --
 CARTOON BY JEFF DANZIGER

Jeff Danziger
August 25, 2021
Rutland Herald
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(VT)

RE: AMERICA TOOK THE BAIT AFTER 9/11. NOT THIS TIME.

Well I don't know - drones this time. Next time long-distance nuclear
missiles and all hell breaks loose?

Elinore Krell
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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ED ASNER REMEMBERED  -- MICHAEL MOORE TRIBUTE

When I was making my first film, Roger & Me, I was broke, so I wrote
to some famous people to ask for help. Only one responded: Ed Asner. 

“I don’t know you, kid, but here’s 500 bucks,” said the note
attached to the check. “Sounds like it’ll be a great film. I was
an autoworker once.” 

He also eventually became a union president (SAG), the star of one of
the best TV dramas ever (“The Lou Grant Show”) and one of the best
animated films of all time (“Up”). He always showed up, supporting
progressive/left movements across the country. He took on Reagan and
fought against American support of Latin American dictators.
Kimberly-Clark (Kleenex) and Vidal Sassoon, sponsors of his CBS drama,
told the network that if they couldn’t get Ed to end his political
activism, they’d pull their ads from his “Lou Grant” show.  CBS
told Ed to tamp it down. He wouldn’t, so the sponsors pulled their
ads and the award-winning Lou Grant came to an end. He once told me,
“Look, it’s never been easy in this country to speak out against
the status quo. I’m not going to stop now.” He never did and I
loved him for it. It still isn’t easy, Ed, and we will miss you. You
once told Mary Tyler Moore on her show,  “You know what? You’ve
got spunk! (pause) I HATE spunk.”  Hahaha. The funniest thing about
that line was that you were nothing BUT spunk! 

R.I.P.  Ed Asner.
Solidarity forever.

Michael Moore
August 29, 2021
Facebook [[link removed]]

RE: ED ASNER WAS A PROUD SOCIALIST IN HOLLYWOOD

'...read his book, "The Grouchy Historian" (2017)

Ralph G. Brown
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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He will be sorely missed! 💗💗

Patty Allen
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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The legendary actor Ed Asner, who died at 91 this week, was an
unflagging supporter of socialist causes. And he paid a price for his
leftism, taking a stand against Ronald Reagan’s bloody Central
America interventions and losing a show over it.

Richard Mellor
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: SAG-AFTRA MOURNS THE PASSING OF FORMER SAG PRESIDENT ED ASNER

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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Ed Asner's concerns about economic and social justice did not stop
with helping performers. He fought for victims of poverty, violence,
war, and legal and social injustice, both in the United States and
around the globe.

Jose Luis Medina

RE: STAR TREK VERSUS IMPERIALIST DOCTRINE

After all these many years I am now certain that I was attracted to
Star Trek because of its undeniable and consistent themes of adhering
to a moral compass. The "prime directive" was not just a benevolent
whim it was a concerted constant to do what was right, to do no harm.

{from the article}

The beauty of the Prime Directive is that it cuts through this
labyrinth of confusion and deception: the invader’s motives, good or
bad, matter not one iota. The Prime Directive bans the deployment of
superior technology (military or otherwise) for the purposes of
interfering with any community, any people, or any sentient species.
It is, in fact, quite drastic: Starfleet personnel must respect it
even if it costs them their lives.

Jerry Neal
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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But you so generously excuse those tyrants that will kill their own to
gain power... Shall we stand aside,??

Neil Alan Bufler
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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This reads as though the author heard of the Prime Directive but
didn't actually watch Star Trek (1966-69), (Yes I read the article and
see he discusses episodes, all of which I have seen multiple times.)

Any time the Prime Directive is mentioned, the crew soon decides it
must be violated, usually with results that turn out to be good and
necessary. The larger galacto-politics of original Star Trek are in
concordance with those of Cold War and imperialist ideologies, with
occasional exceptions to highlight that the Americans -- erm, sorry, I
mean the Federation -- have a conscience. Idealism about what Star
Fleet actually represents is a peculiar fallacy among some leftists.

OMG, I just saw it's Varoufakis! Well, he's trying to do the right
thing. He really is.

Nikos Evangelos
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Love the Star Trek piece, thanks! 

Tim Sheard

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Nikos Evangelos that’s TOS [The Original Series]. Next Gen and so
forth got it right.

I didn’t grow up with TOS, I grew up with Next Gen, I think TOS is
the inferior (though progenitor) series, and my latent
anti-imperialism I think has had its roots in what watching Trek
planted in me.

Emory Thompson
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: FIVE WAYS THE U.S. CREATED AND PROLONGED THE AFGHAN CRISIS

Old story: Those who ignore the lessons of history are doomed to
repeat them.

David Benton
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: RETURNING TO ‘NORMAL’ IN EDUCATION IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH

Bob Moses, still pitching heat from beyond the grave,  explains why
we need a civil rights renewal and transformation of our children's
education. Consider, perhaps, the Green New Deal for Public Schools as
a first step. Thanks to xxxxxx
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for circulating this.

Daniel Millstone
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: MILLIONS OF WORKERS WANT A UNION — EWOC SHOWS HOW TO HELP (PART
1 OF 3)

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

Union organizing campaigns are not reaching enough workers, but the
Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) wants to change that.
In the first of this three-part series, EWOC volunteer Eric Dirnbach
outlines the labor movement’s problems and why an organization like
EWOC might be part of the solution.

Jose Luis Medina
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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CLIMATE CHANGE...AND MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Why nobody speaks about contamination -huge and constant- generated by
military activities? Is the military-industrial complex so powerful
that it buys and/or silences critics? I prefer raising a cow than a
soldier.

Margarita Asencio-Lopez

RE: THE URGENT NEED TO TAX BILLIONAIRES OUT OF EXISTENCE

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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Billionaires should not and must not exist. Their hoarding of enormous
amounts of money when there are millions of hungry people, individuals
without shelter and persons unable to care for and pay for their
health , is indecent and unethical. Billionaires cannot spend all the
money they have even if they lived ten lives.

Jose Felipe Gonzalez Pabon
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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The authors are Canadian, but the insights are international.  Please
read this long essay to better understand what has happened to
humanity and what needs to be done to save humanity.  Obviously, the
challenge to the 99% is to implement the solution....

Sadly, Nations are moving backwards with voting manipulation and, just
in case you failed to notice, the wealthiest (1%) are in control. What
will the rest of us (99%) do about this?

Gina Klein
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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This is a political imperative as well. We don't get to vote for
billionaires but we regularly cast our votes for politicians who fund
their campaigns with money from billionaires and giant corporations.
This is the chief mechanism of oligarchic control of the democratic
process. And yet such voting is excused as a necessary evil or just
ignored entirely. We don't have to wait for Citizens United to be
overturned or for these compromised leaders to magically change their
tune. Every progressive should be making this vow- do not vote for any
candidate who takes money from corporations or billionaires. There are
other candidates to vote for who are not compromised. The power to
make this change is entirely in our hands.

Doug Rogers
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: THE BLOOD NEVER DRIES

I am surprised and shocked not to find a word about the UK's policy
related to Palestine in 1917 (Lord Balfour giving a land that did not
belong to him ), during the British Mandate in Palestine, and today
when the British government keeps supporting a colonial and apartheid
state and a huge concentration camp. Has this blood dried ?

Olivia Zémor,
French activist for the right of Palestinian people and for the
equality of rights for all citizens in Palestine-Israel

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We have to be brave enough to face the truth about what our ancestors
did.

John Dietzel
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: DONALD TRUMP IS PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF COVID DEATHS

Why does no one get upset over this?

Kevin Siverly
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROSA LUXEMBURG: 1897–1905

(posting on xxxxxx Culture
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Good review of Vol. 1 - Hope it comes out in paper.

Larry Gambone
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: NO "FIXING THIS INDUSTRY"

While I am not willing to be a total vegetarian, I have given up beef
and pork because of the way the industry treats the animals.  (and I
only buy eggs that say they are antibiotic free.  However, it would
take a major campic to boycott those meats before much can be done.
 More people I know are giving up meat--but they still seem to be in
the minority.

Mary Sue Meads

THEY TAUGHT US ABOUT PATRIOTISM  --  POEM BY STEWART ACUFF

Long ago when I was young they taught us about patriotism
The never said it was patriotism for peace but only war and conflict
Wrestling with the "reds" for world domination
Colonized countries trying to be free from western colonizers
Became the frequent battlefield
Patriotism meant opposing peace and freedom
Some of the nations ring in my brain
South Africa, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Chile
We learned the wrong lessons
They never taught the truth of all war
Its purpose is mass death, often torture, desolation and destruction
Unbearable suffering, lifetimes of pain and regret, never ending
terrors
I pray we remember the pictures on today's TV of our unnecessary war
When the next huckster like Bush/trump
Tries to sell the pill that patriotism is hating the Other
And they ain't your sister or brother.

Stewart Acuff
August 27, 2021
Facebook
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NABISCO WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE - DON'T CROSS THE PICKETLINE - WHAT NOT
TO BUY

LABOR DAY  --  MEME THANKING OUR WORKERS

HURRICANE IDA - COMMUNITY CONTROLLED FUND TO HELP COMMUNITIES AND
VICTIMS  IN THE GULF SOUTH (GULF COAST CENTER FOR LAW & POLICY)

On the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Gulf South
experienced another climate disaster in Hurricane Ida. We are
currently working with partners and communities to assess the
immediate and long-term impacts of the storm. Many of you have reached
out with messages of solidarity, support, and concern as well as with
prayers, intentions, and offerings. In that spirit, we offer ways to
stand with those impacted by Hurricane Ida:

* Donate to a community-controlled fund led by those at the frontline
of recovery. We invite you to donate through the Gulf South rapid
response fund at [link removed]
[[link removed]].*
* If you have supplies, donations, or contributions to provide for
those in need, please contact Anthony Giancatarino at
[email protected] or 215-316-6926.
* Please take a moment in your day to bear witness, to be in
solidarity with those on the frontlines of climate disasters, and to
amplify the voices of the South.
* Engage with, or continue to work with, your local community to
push for a just transition away from fossil fuels and extractive
economies so that we can stop fueling these climate disasters.

Hurricane Ida is yet another sobering reminder that the climate crisis
is already upon us. The most recent IPCC report finally acknowledged
what we have known for the last sixteen years: severe weather and
devastating storms are a direct result of our changing climate. While
all of us are impacted by these storms, for far too long we have
continued to see that Black, Indigenous, immigrant, and poor folks are
the most marginalized during preparation and recovery efforts. 

Our communities are on the frontlines of the climate crisis: we bear
the brunt of flooding and disaster, we endure the harm of fossil fuel
industries that have profited and caused this crisis, and we continue
to see inequitable disaster recovery take place. In spite of these
challenges, our communities are an incredible source of resistance,
power, and strength. We are still here. 

Thank you for your concerns and continued work towards climate
justice. 

In Solidarity,

The GCCLP Krewe

_*GCCLP administers a community-controlled fund for rapid response to
storm recovery to best move resources quickly to the ground.
Collectively, with our community partners, we will ensure that any
resources directed for rapid response go to where communities need it
most._

Gulf Coast Center For Law & Policy [[link removed]]  
PO Box 784
Slidell, Louisiana 70459
985-643-6186 | [email protected]

A CALL FOR US REPARATIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN
(GRASSROOTS GLOBAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE)

As the last US military planes carrying troops have left Afghanistan,
it would be naive to assume that the war is “officially over.” 
The truth is this decades-long violence is far from over, and its
impact will be felt for generations to come. And just as the 24-hour
news cycle has failed to cover the toxic legacy of the so-called
global war against terror has had on Iraqis, so too, will Afghanistan
slowly disappear from headlines. Meanwhile US drones will continue to
fly
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Afghan skies and Special Operations Forces will continue to
wage clandestine warfare
[[link removed]] on
Afghan lands. Our responsibility is to remind elected officials that
the US has a reparative responsibility in this moment. The peace
movement has to reignite around justice for Afghanistan and diasporic
movements are making sure the American public does not forget. 

All over the world, grassroots anti-war movements are vigilant and
ready to hold the US accountable for the reparations that are owed
after 20 years of imperialist occupation of Afghanistan. We will
remain steadfast in this demand! Over the weekend, diasporic
communities and the grassroots anti-militarization movement took to
the streets in cities across the US, and our international allies at
the World March of Women
[[link removed]] (WMW)
have put out a call for a day of action today. We join this grassroots
feminist call with  our demilitaRISE membership to rise up for the
human rights of Afghan people. 

“Women and children are the first victims, along with poor and
racialized communities, of any armed conflict. We have experienced the
consequences of military interventions by NATO forces and now the
irresponsible withdrawal of US troops shows that the Afghan people
live in terrible poverty. Recent U.S. presidents, from George W. Bush,
who initiated the occupation of Afghanistan with lies, to Biden,
deserve to be held accountable before an International Court of
Justice for their crimes. The destruction they have created is
immeasurable, it shows that for imperialism the peoples and our ways
of life in our territories are expendable,” noted a statement of
WMW. 

As a catastrophic refugee crisis accelerates, our demilitaRISE member,
the Arab Resource Organizing Center, began coordinating legal
resources
[[link removed]] for
the Afghan community living in the San Francisco Bay Area. This past 
Saturday, AROC’s membership took to the streets of San Francisco
along with hundreds of Afghan diasporic community members and their
allies to denounce US imperialism.  

Our member, About Face: Veterans Against the War also joined in
solidarity in Washington D.C., as part of globally coordinated actions
in nearly 34 cities to support women’s rights and safety,  access
to education and health, freedoms of speech and press. “Our members
are at direct actions across the nation today urging this
administration to #StopKillingAfghans–from Erik Prince charging
$6,500 to airlift people out of Kabul to immigration charging $575 per
refugee application to only help those who aided US occupation instead
of helping the most vulnerable leave Kabul, this administration must
do better and follow the lead of the Afghan diaspora here.” 

Grassroots Global Justice Alliance [[link removed]]
PO Box 73768
Washington, DC 20056

LABOR RADIO PODCAST NETWORK CELEBRATES LABOR DAY GROWTH TO 130 SHOWS

As working people across America prepare to celebrate Labor Day on
September 6, the rapidly-expanding Labor Radio Podcast Network
[[link removed]] is
celebrating its ability to offer them 130 radio shows and podcasts
that focus on work and workers’ issues. The Network is also
celebrating the launch of a new database
[[link removed]] of
its labor-oriented shows, from the Bakery union’s BCTGM Voices
Project
[[link removed]] to
the Carpenters union podcast GRIT Northwest
[[link removed]]  and Union
Strong
[[link removed]],
the official podcast of the New York State AFL-CIO. While most of the
Network’s shows originate in the U.S., listeners can also find
programs from Canada, South America, Europe, Australia, and New
Zealand. The network hosts its own podcast, the Labor Radio Podcast
Weekly
[[link removed]],
which features highlights from Network member shows each week. The
Network was founded in 2019 by Union City Managing Editor Chris
Garlock, who produces Union City Radio
[[link removed]] and Your
Rights at Work
[[link removed]] on
WPFW 89.3FM as well as the Labor History Today
[[link removed]] and Labor
Goes to the Movies
[[link removed]] podcasts.

AFGHANISTAN: GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES — POSTER OF THE WEEK (CENTER FOR
THE STUDY OF POLITICAL GRAPHICS)

Afghanistan Graveyard of Empires
Dan McCall
Liberty Maniacs
Digital Print, 2009
Minnesota
Gigantic Victories
Aislin (Terry Mosher)
Montreal Gazette
August 2021
Canada
Further Reading:

A ‘Strategic Apocalypse’ in Afghanistan: A Seismic Shift, Years in
the Making
[[link removed]]
By Alastair Crooke

Center for the Study of Political Graphics
[[link removed]]
3916 Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 103
Culver City, CA 90230

[email protected]

NEW RESEARCH BRIEF! DISMANTLING DISPARITY: BREAKING BARRIERS TO
EMPLOYMENT (UCLA LABOR CENTER)

_WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES CAN HELP REMEDY LONG STANDING
HISTORIC DISADVANTAGES _
[[link removed]]

A new research brief by CARE At Work at the UCLA Labor
Center, Dismantling Disparity: Breaking Barriers to Employment
[[link removed]],
states that the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the systemic
discrimination Black workers have long faced. Authors note it is
imperative that state and federal funding allocated to workforce
development prioritize addressing the barriers that impact many Black
workers.

Among other findings, the research brief states:

* From March to December of 2020, 84% of the Black labor force in
California filed for unemployment.
 
* Institutionalized racism leads to Black people being
overrepresented in incarcerated and homeless populations and at risk
for a number of health and educational disparities. These factors
create economic insecurity and barriers to employment that are
difficult to overcome without strategic support. 
 
* The California Workforce Development Board’s (CWDB) Breaking
Barriers to Employment Initiative aims to create grant programs that
ensure that individuals are equipped with skills training and
educational services that will reduce barriers to employment.
 
* Amendments to Breaking Barriers, like those currently suggested in
AB 628, would allow for more resources to reach Black workers who have
been economically devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

 READ RESEARCH BRIEF HERE
[[link removed]]

UCLA Labor Center [[link removed]]
675 S. Park View Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90057

MEDIA INQUIRIES: [email protected]

VIDEO - CHINA IS NOT OUR ENEMY (CODE PINK)

Join CODEPINK and the China Is Not Our Enemy campaign for an exclusive
conversation with Jodie Evans and Vijay Prashad on ”The United
States' Forever Wars: From Afghanistan to China,” to hear about the
underlying connections between the U.S. Military Industrial Complex's
war in Afghanistan, the escalation of its hybrid war on China, and why
humanitarian war is an oxymoron. 

This webinar will cover important topics and questions, including,
with recent calls from the media and politicians to enact sanctions on
the new government of Afghanistan, how should anti-war activists
respond? And, now that the United States is quietly ending the “war
on terror,” how can we ensure that we don’t launch ourselves into
another decades-long forever war? 

WATCH THE WEBINAR HERE [[link removed]].

20TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 RESTAURANT WORKER REUNION & MEMORIAL -
SEPTEMBER 11 (ONE FAIR WAGE)

JOIN US FOR A WORKER REUNION & MEMORIAL FOR WINDOWS ON THE WORLD
WORKERS ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11

Please join us for a very special memorial honoring the workers —
both those we lost and those who survived — of Windows on the World,
the restaurant at the top of the World Trade Center, on the 20th
Anniversary of 9/11.

Windows on the World workers, who include immigrants, women, and
people of color, will be coming to New York City from all over the
country for this very special reunion and gathering. Together with
these workers as special VIP guests, we will honor the courage,
resilience, diversity, professionalism, and essential nature of this
workforce — both on 9/11 and throughout the pandemic.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS AN IN-PERSON EVENT. To watch the livestream,
please tune into bit.ly/ofwlive

-- COVID SAFETY PROTOCOLS --

In light of updated guidance from the CDC regarding new COVID virus
variants, all attendees of this event must follow OFW COVID Safety
Protocols. OFW organizers and volunteers will be trained in advance of
any in-person actions for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. All
events will be outside if called for by state law, and socially
distanced. There will be signs reinforcing these guidelines at all
in-person events. In order to avoid pen sharing, sign in will be using
a unique text code.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO:

* Wear a mask (over both your mouth and nose!). Current CDC
guidelines strongly recommends double-masking
* Observe social distancing guidelines by maintaining a minimum
distance of 6 feet from others
* Make sure all materials (menus, signs, banners) are sanitized and
we encourage attendees to bring their own personal hand sanitizer as
well
* Wipe down surfaces after each and every use

IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED ANY SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19, HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO
ANYONE WHO HAS SYMPTOMS, OR HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, DO NOT
ATTEND THIS EVENT OR CARRY PETITIONS — STAY HOME! Attendees in
violation of these guidelines will be asked to exit the event
immediately.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation - your safety and the safety
of our communities remain our HIGHEST priority.

THIS EVENT IS HOSTED BY: One Fair Wage • High Road Restaurants •
Colors of Change • UC Berkeley Goldman School of Policy

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Fekkak Mamdouh, Senior Director & Former Windows on the World Worker &
Saru Jayaraman, President, One Fair Wage
Co-founders, Restaurant Opportunities Center & One Fair Wage
 

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