[ Reader Comments: Occupy Wall Street lessons; Labor Upsurge in
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Thank You Conn Hallinan; Dissent on Drafting Women; Nicaragua -
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TIDBITS - SEPT. 23, 2021 - READER COMMENTS: OCCUPY WALL STREET
LESSONS; JOE MANCHIN - FOSSIL FUEL'S MAN; GERMAN ELECTIONS; THANK YOU
CONN HALLINAN; DISSENT ON DRAFTING WOMEN; NICARAGUA - DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES; RACE IN CUBA; MORE...  
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_ Reader Comments: Occupy Wall Street lessons; Labor Upsurge in state
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Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources, Announcements, AND cartoons -
Sept. 23, 2021,

 

Re: Occupy Wall Street at 10: What It Taught Us, and Why It Mattered
(Jose Luis Medina)
Re: The War on Terror Was Corrupt From the Start (Paul Buhle)
The U.S._Border_Patrol  --  cartoon by Lalo Alcaraz
I'm a Teacher in America  --  Time Magazine cover
Re: Striking Cookie Workers Refuse to Crumble (Jason Oringer; Roger
Ellis; Florence Punch)
Re: The Future of Labor Is Growing in South Dakota (Jim Williams)
Re: This Powerful Democrat Linked to Fossil Fuels Will Craft the U.S.
Climate Plan (Ken Roseman; Judith Halprin; Marlene D McArthur; John
Thompson)
Texas: Who Has Rights.....
Re: Don’t Judge a District by Its Shape (Tom Spellman)
Dr. Christian Taliban  --  cartoon
Re: German Elections: Who With Whom Elections (Stan Nadel)
Re: Lessons From 50 Years Covering Foreign Policy (Judy Atkins; Joseph
G. Kaye)
Re: Expanding the Military Draft Is Not Feminism. Abolishing Draft
Registration Is. (Jeanne Lenzer)
Re: Global Left Midweek - Indigenous World (Kipp Dawson)

RESOURCES:

POSTER OF THE WEEK — WHO'S THE ILLEGAL ALIEN PILGRIM? (CENTER FOR
THE STUDY OF POLITICAL GRAPHICS)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

A Community and Popular Mass in Solidarity with Nicaragua with H.E.
Denis Moncada, Nicaraguan Foreign Affairs Minister - September 26 (The
Permanent Mission of Nicaragua to the United Nations, la Iglesia Santa
Cruz - Holyrood Church, the Alliance for Global Justice - Nicaragua
Network)
The Nicaraguan Crisis: A Left Perspective - October 7 (NACLA)
Race and the Cuban Revolution - October 11 (CCDS Peace & Solidarity
Committee)

RE: OCCUPY WALL STREET AT 10: WHAT IT TAUGHT US, AND WHY IT MATTERED

It basically started the wave of activism that revived the left—and
taught people to get serious about power.

Jose Luis Medina
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RE: THE WAR ON TERROR WAS CORRUPT FROM THE START

a rare admission from the NYT

Paul Buhle
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THE U.S._BORDER_PATROL  --  CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ

The US Border Patrol's slogan is "Honor First," but I think I have a
more accurate one. Please share #laloalcaraz cartoons

Lalo Alcaraz
September 22, 2021
#laloalcaraz cartoons
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I'M A TEACHER IN AMERICA  --  TIME MAGAZINE COVER

RE: STRIKING COOKIE WORKERS REFUSE TO CRUMBLE

#ToughCookies Solidarity!

Jason Oringer
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Now is the time for workers to unite! Every employer in every industry
is trying to hire right now! Labor holds all the keys to the kingdom,
if they will only unite!

Roger Ellis
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The $ disparity is obscene; the callousness of the remote work from
home management towards the in-person employees????

Florence Punch
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RE: THE FUTURE OF LABOR IS GROWING IN SOUTH DAKOTA

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It looks like we have somebody to keep an eye on.  Between S Dakota
and Vermont, is there something bubbling in state labor federations?

Jim Williams
Tacoma DSA

RE: THIS POWERFUL DEMOCRAT LINKED TO FOSSIL FUELS WILL CRAFT THE U.S.
CLIMATE PLAN

This guy has way too much power and leverage. He is very connected to
the extractive industries. How can his power be erased or at least
neutralized?

Ken Roseman
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he is only powerful because they are too weak to dump or circumvent
the filibuster, which McConnell does with as much effort as ordering
his lunch. He stopped a Supreme Court nomination and then shoved 3 of
them through, trampling on every rule, norm and order. He understood
and used the power of his majority position. DEMS - JUST DO IT!

Judith Halprin
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He's not a dem. Nor is he a moderate.

Marlene D McArthur
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He's one of the main reasons why the Democratic Party in West Virginia
went from the majority party holding all the statewide elected offices
and majorities in the WV legislature to the minority party with only
one statewide elected office - his - and the Republicans holding super
majorities in the WV legislature. He's a plague on the Democratic
Party.

John Thompson
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TEXAS: WHO HAS RIGHTS.....

RE: DON’T JUDGE A DISTRICT BY ITS SHAPE

And what of Packing   Yes have 80% minority districts seems to be
good from a representation view BUT if all the Red districts are at
55% then having 80+% districts allow for the added imbalance of
representation that we have today

Tom Spellman

DR. CHRISTIAN TALIBAN  --  CARTOON

RE: GERMAN ELECTIONS: WHO WITH WHOM ELECTIONS

Norway going left is nice, but much more important is the question
"why has the German Linke Party been in steady decline despite
economic conditions that should be to their advantage"? The Linke vote
has declined by half and if this continues they won't even make it
into the national parliament soon. And why are they loosing voters
mainly to the far right AfD? These are very disturbing developments
and maybe Victor Grossman or another German leftist could enlighten
us.

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Grossman is excellent as usual, especially on elucidating the current
election campaign--though he understates the desperate red baiting of
the CDU in recent days. But what I would like from him or someone else
is a thoroughgoing analysis of why The Left Party has lost so much
support in a period when its platform should be generating widespread
support. I watch the German TV news and read the German newspapers and
I really don't understand why The Left hasn't been able to increase
its support base instead of loosing so much of it.

Stan Nadel

RE: LESSONS FROM 50 YEARS COVERING FOREIGN POLICY

Thank you, Conn Hallinan, for your good sense and the great summary of
lessons we all should take to heart!

Judy Atkins
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Thank you for your work.  Much appreciated.  And good luck on your
coming projects.  Of course, the elite will continue to pursue its
interests, impervious to appeals to morality or even common sense. And
you are right that the people will have the last word.  But that word
has to be tackling the fundamental task -- getting rid of a system
that is inherently misanthropic and ever more crisis-ridden.

Joseph G. Kaye

RE: EXPANDING THE MILITARY DRAFT IS NOT FEMINISM. ABOLISHING DRAFT
REGISTRATION IS.

Nope. Drafting women and men is not only fair – but necessary. A
voluntary military means the poor and oppressed fight our wars, while
the children of wealthy and middle class get out of serving.

That’s not only wrong in itself, but it also makes opposition to war
far less likely as desperate working class and poor folk see the
military as a way to get training and out of joblessness (realistic or
not) and the wealthy, left unthreatened, are far less likely to act.
The Vietnam war was opposed vigorously as many middle and upper class
men were drafted. But Iraq? Afghanistan? Barely a peep in comparison.
 Hold all of us accountable or none of us.

Jeanne Lenzer

RE: GLOBAL LEFT MIDWEEK - INDIGENOUS WORLD

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Kipp Dawson
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POSTER OF THE WEEK — WHO'S THE ILLEGAL ALIEN PILGRIM? (CENTER FOR
THE STUDY OF POLITICAL GRAPHICS

Who's the illegal alien Pilgrim? 
Yolanda M. López
Offset, 1981
San Francisco, CA
31865
Many posters use the slogan “No Human Being is Illegal,” and by
showing isolation or family separation they intend to evoke
compassion. In contrast, Yolanda Lopez challenged authority. The
Aztec crushes immigration papers and demands, "Who’s the illegal
alien, Pilgrim?" The tone has changed, and her poster reminds viewers
that the Europeans arrived without the permission of the Indigenous
peoples. She appropriated the pointing finger and frontal stare from
James Montgomery Flagg’s famous World War I recruiting poster "Uncle
Sam Wants You," and the connection between the 1917 poster and
Lopez’s is as striking in its contrast as it is ironic in its
implications.

In 1990, CSPG produced “Courageous Voices: Posters on Racism, Sexism
& Human Rights,” and included this poster. The exhibition opened at
Rancho Santiago College Art Gallery in Santa Ana, and the Los Angeles
Times called it one of the year’s ten best exhibitions in a
non-profit gallery. The exhibition subsequently traveled to 14 venues
throughout Southern California and across the US, including Arizona,
Colorado, Idaho, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

In 1996, when it was exhibited in UCLA, a high school class came and
spread throughout the gallery. A group of Latinx girls had gathered
around this poster and I overheard them talking about how cool it was
to have posters dealing with current events. Two years earlier,
California voters had passed Proposition 187, which denied access to
basic services such as education and healthcare to the
undocumented. Although ultimately declared unconstitutional in 1998,
the court battle was still taking place in 1996. 

I brought their attention to the date. The drawing and first poster
was made in 1978—before most of them were born. The poster on
display was printed in 1981, and it was reissued in 1994 in response
to Proposition 187. The fight for immigrant rights had been going on
for generations, and was one of the ongoing battles for justice
addressed by “Courageous Voices.”

Yolanda Lopez (1942-2021) died this month. Her art and activism were
inseparable. A granddaughter of Mexican immigrants, her art
intersected and augmented the Civil Rights, Chicana/o and Women’s
movements. Her most controversial works subverted the traditional
image of the “Virgen de Guadalupe” into pre-Columbian goddesses
and modern liberated women. 

Yolanda Lopez ¡Presente!

– Carol A. Wells
Founder and Executive Director
Center for the Study of Political Graphics
 
Resources:

* Yolanda López, artist who painted the iconic Virgen de Guadalupe
series, dies at 79
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A COMMUNITY AND POPULAR MASS IN SOLIDARITY WITH NICARAGUA WITH H.E.
DENIS MONCADA, NICARAGUAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER - SEPTEMBER 26 (THE
PERMANENT MISSION OF NICARAGUA TO THE UNITED NATIONS, LA IGLESIA SANTA
CRUZ - HOLYROOD CHURCH, THE ALLIANCE FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE - NICARAGUA
NETWORK)

During this Community and Popular Mass in Solidarity with Nicaragua,
officiated by pastor Luis Barrios, we invite you to hear from the
Minister about the current situation in Nicaragua in light of the
November presidential elections, the Sandinista strategy to protect
the country's sovereignty in the face of sanctions imposed by the U.S.
and its allies, and the importance of international solidarity at the
current juncture. 

THIS IS A PERSONALIZED INVITATION. We kindly ask you to confirm your
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Events Schedule:

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Solidarity Mass

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Conversation with Mr. Moncada

We extend our gratitude for your attention. We look forward to your
presence at this key event for the efforts in defense of the
Sandinista Revolution. Please receive our cordial greetings and we
remain attentive to any communication from you.

Fraternally yours,

The Permanent Mission of Nicaragua to the United Nations, la Iglesia
Santa Cruz - Holyrood Church, the Alliance for Global Justice -
Nicaragua Network

In partnership with

Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of NY, Alianza País (RD), ANSWER
Coalition, Casa de las Américas NY, Center for Political Innovation,
CODEPINK, COHA, Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and
Socialism, FMLN, Frente Socialista Puertorriqueño - Filial NY, Fuerza
de la Revolución, Holyrood Church - Iglesia Santa Cruz, IFCO -
Pastors for Peace, International Action Center, Ministerio de
Solidaridad con los Pueblos - Iglesia Santa Cruz, Movimiento Patria
Para [email protected], New York-New Jersey Cuba Sí Coalition, New York Young
Communist League, Pro-Libertad, Task Force on the Americas y UNAC 

THE NICARAGUAN CRISIS: A LEFT PERSPECTIVE - OCTOBER 7 (NACLA)

The crisis in Nicaragua has divided the Left in the United States and
throughout the Americas. Significant sectors of this international
Left claim that President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario
Murillo represents a leftist project for Nicaragua that should be
defended, and that the United States is trying to overthrow the
government. This event aims to address those claims from an explicitly
leftist perspective.

WHEN: October 7, 2021, 8:00pm-9:30pm EDT

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FEATURED SPEAKER
LUIS CARRIÓN is a former member of the National Directorate of the
Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and leader of the UNAMOS
political party (formerly the Sandinista Renovation Movement).

DISCUSSANTS
MARGARET RANDALL is a feminist poet with a long history of social
activism in Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua, as well as the United States.
LEONOR ZÚÑIGA is a prominent Nicaraguan sociologist and documentary
filmmaker.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
WILLIAM I. ROBINSON is a member of the Working Group on the Nicaraguan
Crisis (WGNC) and Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the
University of California, Santa Barbara.

HOST AND MODERATOR
ALEJANDRO VELASCO is executive editor of the NACLA Report on the
Americas and professor of history at New York University.

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RACE AND THE CUBAN REVOLUTION - OCTOBER 11 (CCDS PEACE & SOLIDARITY
COMMITTEE)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 11TH AT 8:00 PM ET. 

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