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TIDBITS - OCT. 14, 2021 - READER COMMENTS: $3.5 TRILLION
RECONCILIATION BILL; USPS POSTAL BANKING; DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS; COVID
RESTRICTIONS STILL NEEDED; CHINA; NEW FILMS: YOUNG LORDS; HAROLD
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Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources, Announcements, AND cartoons -
Oct. 14, 2021, xxxxxx

 

Re: $3.5T Isn't That Expensive. It's a Drop in the Bucket. (Felice
Sage)
Re: Three Ways to Cut $1 Trillion from the Pentagon (Daniel Millstone)
Re: Cutting the Reconciliation Bill to $1.5 Trillion Would Support
Nearly 2 Million Fewer Jobs per Year (Mark Binder)
In 1492, Columbus brought the Euro Flu  --  cartoon by Lalo Alcaraz
Re: USPS Begins Postal Banking Pilot Program (Caryl Esteves)
Re: The Democrats as the ‘Un-Republican’ Party (Jay Mazur)
Re: What’s Wrong With Kyrsten Sinema? (Eleanor Roosevelt)
Re: Krysten Sinema: The Epitome of Political Corruption (Emmett
Pittman)
Re: No, Progressive Challengers Are Not 'Far Left' (Cher Lunn)
Supply Chain Issues  --  cartoon by Mike Luckovich
Re: Why Easing Covid Restrictions Could Prompt a Fierce Flu Rebound
(Laura Owen)
Re: Facebook Outage Bolsters Calls to Break Up Big Tech (Truman
Grandy)
Re: Hope for Labor at the End of History (Paul Buhle; Peniel Joseph;
Harry Targ)
Re: Is America Experiencing an Unofficial General Strike? (Randolph
Shannon)
Re: China’s Market Reformers (Karl Stand)
Re: The Tricky Trans Politics of FX’s Y: The Last Man (Arlene
Halfon)
That Was Then  --  Tax Rate Under GOP President Eisenhower

 

RESOURCES:

Top 5 Reasons to Pass the Reconciliation Bill (Economic Policy
Institute)
Watch for FREE the new documentary film TAKEOVER - The Young Lords and
their fight for healthcare justice
The Radical Songbook
New Film: Punch 9 for Harold Washington - Chicago - October 19
(Chicago International Film Festival)
Award-winning Palestinian films coming to Netflix: five titles not to
miss

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

LEADING CLIMATE SCIENTIST EXPLAINS THE LATEST WARNINGS FROM
THE UNITED NATIONS' IPCC CLIMATE REPORT - OCTOBER 15 (TRADE UNIONS
FOR ENERGY DEMOCRACY)

RE: $3.5T ISN'T THAT EXPENSIVE. IT'S A DROP IN THE BUCKET.

And these aren't costs. They are investments with proven capacity for
big economic returns.

Felice Sage
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RE: THREE WAYS TO CUT $1 TRILLION FROM THE PENTAGON 

Can the military budget be cut? Yes, of course. But where and how?
Here via xxxxxx
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are some overall ideas about how to reduce military spending by $1
trillion over ten years. The result would be a reduction of about $100
billion per year. For those of us opposed to our massively wasteful
military budget, this essay gives us some practical starting points. 

Daniel Millstone
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RE: CUTTING THE RECONCILIATION BILL TO $1.5 TRILLION WOULD SUPPORT
NEARLY 2 MILLION FEWER JOBS PER YEAR

he solution is simple: making the bill just 5 years, at half the $3.5
bil price, brings it to where the blockers are. then, after seeing how
the program works, renew it for another 5

Mark Binder

IN 1492, COLUMBUS BROUGHT THE EURO FLU  --  CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ

Lalo Alcaraz
October 11, 2021
La Cucaracha - Pocho.com
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RE: USPS BEGINS POSTAL BANKING PILOT PROGRAM

It's about time! How is this happening with the current wretched
leadership of USPS?

Caryl Esteves
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RE: THE DEMOCRATS AS THE ‘UN-REPUBLICAN’ PARTY

At the electoral level the Democratic party is just a ballot line.
Many of my Dominican neighbors think they are voting for a social
Democratic party. Many of my prosperous neighbors are anti Republican
"radicalism". People in the arts who live in the neighborhood are
social issue - cultural Democrats. Someone once told me his father in
law said "no matter how much money you make don't become a Republican.
While Washington Heights isn't the world I wonder if this diversity of
views isn't what keeps the Democratic party in business.

Jay Mazur
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RE: WHAT’S WRONG WITH KYRSTEN SINEMA?

This woman stands for nothing other than her own self-aggrandizement.
She is no ally of anyone but her own banker.

Eleanor Roosevelt
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RE: KRYSTEN SINEMA: THE EPITOME OF POLITICAL CORRUPTION

Rethuglican moles, put in place precisely to keep things from ever
really changing. That is their function, and they are rewarded
handsomely by our 1% Economic Fascist Oligarch Masters

Emmett Pittman
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RE: NO, PROGRESSIVE CHALLENGERS ARE NOT 'FAR LEFT'

Those old corporate dems need to go! They have no idea of how to be
progressive and are still holding the cookie while their hand is stuck
in the jar. Time to move on to new ideas, for the people. It must be
like trying to make an original Mac run like an Xbox!

Cher Lunn
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH

Mike Luckovich
October 14, 2021
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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RE: WHY EASING COVID RESTRICTIONS COULD PROMPT A FIERCE FLU REBOUND

Keep wearing a good mask, no matter what. All the time when your
outside, especially inside, grocery stores , pharmacies, any closed
space. Get your flu, pneumonia shot if eligible. Keep those masks
on!!! Get your booster Covid shots! But the mask has really been the
protector, even before the COVID-19 shot was available. Mask, mask,
mask!!!

Laura Owen
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RE: FACEBOOK OUTAGE BOLSTERS CALLS TO BREAK UP BIG TECH

When Adam Smith's 'Invisible Hand' makes a fist… 
[The Invisible Hand is an economic concept that describes the
unintended greater social benefits and public good brought about by
individuals acting in their own self-interests. The concept was first
introduced by Adam Smith in The Theory of Moral Sentiments, written in
1759. Wikipedia]

Truman Grandy

RE: HOPE FOR LABOR AT THE END OF HISTORY

The odd thing here is that Richard Rorty was a dyed in the wool
sentimentalist of the Cold War and George Meany. Columbia students
booed him and with good reason.

Paul Buhle
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I attended this event! First time I met the brilliant Robin D. G.
Kelley who was so kind to me and is still one of my heroes. Manning
Marable was my personal superhero, who I first meet at SUNY Stony
Brook in February 1993, a few months before I started graduate school.
This picture brings back so many memories. Cornel West paid for my
lunch in NYC! So much acts of personal kindness and generous mentoring
on display. And I remember Rorty being booed!

Peniel Joseph
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After a quick skimming of this article I came away with the sense that
the 1996 conference and the narrative historically about labor and
intellectuals was all about New York. In the 1980s and 1990s
grassroots labor organizing was going on all around the country (I am
most familiar with the Midwest), there were vibrant Labor Studies
Programs in many states (for sure my home state of Indiana), and in
general a revitalized left and labor movement must not begin and end
with the two coasts. Just as an aside, my home town of Chicago since
1886 at least was the center of labor and left militancy. In the end,
rebuilding our mass movements requires revisiting our history and
building our movements on a continental basis (and of course
internationally as well).

Harry Targ
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RE: IS AMERICA EXPERIENCING AN UNOFFICIAL GENERAL STRIKE?

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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That article is not worthy of xxxxxx. It trivializes the actual
strikes and eviscerates the meaning of a general strike. US workers
have carried out several general strikes when unions and support for
unions was strong. Currently there are several strikes underway or
planned the left should examine those concretely and find ways to
support them economically socially and politically. The point is to
win the real strikes not to fantasize about some idea of strikes.

Randolph Shannon
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RE: CHINA’S MARKET REFORMERS

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Hate articles like this . while impeccably researched it shows a
dogmatic perspective on how communism should unfold a perspective
nearly always uttered by western leftists out of touch with the
struggles and successes yes successes of other societies path towards
socialism. The evolution of a society is obviously uncertain and
decided by ebbs and flows however this article paints a picture with
broad strokes. and frankly only ppl who buy this also are ppl who
think that their can be only one type of socialism and that it must
agree with themselves or otherwise it's not real

Karl Stand
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RE: THE TRICKY TRANS POLITICS OF FX’S Y: THE LAST MAN

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Reading this made me think of a book I read in the 1950s, "The
Disappearance" by Philip Wylie. Of course, back then there was no such
thing a "binary" or "trans." Everyone was M or F. Wylie had been
accused of being whatever the word was then for "misogynist" or "woman
hater" because of some other things he wrote and, at the time, were
misunderstood.

But I was a HS kid and "The Disappearance" made a real impression. For
all the males in the world, the females suddenly disappeared and for
all the females, the males disappeared. The world remained exactly the
same physically but not socially. There were some women who could
see/dream of what was happening in the man's world but not vice-versa.
The ultimate resolution was that this was the end result of what had
been happening all along--men and women lived in different worlds but
since many women lived in a man's world, they could visualize it.

For the times, it was fascinating and a real precursor to the Women's
Movement of the 1960s.

Arlene Halfon

THAT WAS THEN  --  TAX RATE UNDER GOP PRESIDENT EISENHOWER

TOP 5 REASONS TO PASS THE RECONCILIATION BILL (ECONOMIC POLICY
INSTITUTE)

What’s the price tag of _not_ passing the $3.5 trillion budget
reconciliation bill?
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Critics of the budget reconciliation package are very focused on the
$3.5 trillion price tag. But they fail to talk about the cost
of _not_ passing it. The budget reconciliation bill addresses
critical needs that we cannot afford to ignore—including mitigating
climate change and making child and elder care more accessible and
affordable, among other critical needs.

The reconciliation bill would also support more than 3 million jobs
per year over the next decade—everything from green jobs to
caregiving jobs to manufacturing jobs. Read the report
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How much would a compromise cost the U.S. economy?
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Cutting the reconciliation bill to $1.5 trillion would support nearly
2 million fewer jobs per year, EPI’s Adam Hersh finds. Scaling back
Build Back Better also severely compromises the package’s value as
macroeconomic insurance against recovery waning in the coming
years. Read the blog post
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WATCH FOR FREE THE NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM TAKEOVER - THE YOUNG LORDS AND
THEIR FIGHT FOR HEALTHCARE JUSTICE

On July 14, 1970, members of the Young Lords took over Lincoln
Hospital in the Bronx. Among their demands? Accessible, quality health
care for all.

Takeover
By Emma Francis-Snyder
October 12, 2021
New York Times
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WATCH HERE
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TAKEOVER [[link removed]] a feature
film based on the prize-winning short documentary film by Emma
Francis-Snyder and produced by Tony Gerber. The adaptation will be
produced by Gerber and Lynn Nottage for Sister with writer Jose Rivera
writing the screenplay. Francis-Snyder is a Consulting Producer and
Luis Miranda Jr., an Executive Producer.

TAKEOVER is a heist film set in a hospital where the stakes are not
money in a vault but rather affordable community healthcare. The
feature will bring to life the personal struggles and revolutionary
ideals of a group of young radicals—their struggles and their
triumphs—using strategy and street smarts to fight against a racist
system of oppression in 1970 New York City. Our film will explore the
twelve historic hours on July 14, 1970, in which fifty members of the
Young Lords Party stormed the dilapidated Lincoln Hospital in the
South Bronx, drove out their administrative staff, barricaded
entrances and windows, and made their cries for decent healthcare
known to the world. They raised the Puerto Rican flag atop the
building, as well as a banner reading “The People’s Hospital”
– a nom de guerre still used today.

WATCH TRAILER
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THE RADICAL SONGBOOK

The liberated Radical Songbook podcast has launched. Go to
www.theradicalsongbook.com [[link removed]]  and
bookmark it for easy listening.

You can tune in whenever you want. All shows will be archived.

"Songs of Social Significance" is the longest of the segments,
featuring some great music by progressive and radical musicians from
around the country. Laura Love's new CD "Uppity" is featured in this
first podcast. A playlist is included so you can access more music by
these artists. 

"Something to Talk About" will feature interviews and conversations
with community and national activists. Bend La Pine School Board
President Melissa Barnes-Dholakia and Board Vice President Marcus
LeGrand are guests in podcast #1. (We are correcting typos...apologies
to Marcus LeGrand for the misspelling on the webpage. That will get
fixed later today.)

"Cooking with the Wood Sisters" carries on the tradition that Kathryn
and Sally Wood forged on Kathryn's Kitchen. Recipes will be posted.

"Fishing with Jeff" offers information and advice from Jeff Perin, who
has flyfished Central Oregon for decades and writes the best fishing
report in the state.

"News and Rants" will feature up-to-date information, primarily what's
happening in Central Oregon, and occasional commentary. A link to the
recent press conference by local BILAPOC activists is featured in this
podcast.

Under the "More" heading you can find a contact form. Please use it to
let me know what you think, to suggest improvements and to turn me on
to musicians I can reach out to for future podcasts.

I plan to set up an alert system that will let you sign up to get a
very brief email when new pieces are posted. In the meantime, use the
contact form if you want to receive alerts and I'll do my best to make
sure it happens.

Finally, A HUGE THANK YOU to my friend Leah Chatterjee, who designed
theradicalsongbook.com website and put the whole thing together.
Without her you would not be reading this email.
 
This podcast is a work in progress, so expect tweaks and changes along
the way.

In the meantime, please tune in and enjoy. Many thanks for your
support. Power to the People!

Peace, Justice, Solidarity,

Michael Funke
Bend, Oregon

NEW FILM: PUNCH 9 FOR HAROLD WASHINGTON - CHICAGO - OCTOBER 19
(CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL)

In this epic story of American politics, race, and triumph against all
odds, director Joe Winston chronicles the captivating rise, surprising
reign, and enduring legacy of Chicago’s first African American
Mayor, Harold Washington. Steeped in archival footage capturing a
1980s Chicago rife with corruption and discrimination, Punch 9
features candid interviews with Jessie Jackson, Vice Mayor Richard
Mell, and others on the frontlines and in the backrooms of power as it
follows the charismatic politician’s shrewd maneuverings, stinging
betrayals, and unlikely victories. Inspiring and compelling,
Washington’s journey continues to resonate for a city and nation
confronting the same enduring social issues.

Directed by:  Joe Winston

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AWARD-WINNING PALESTINIAN FILMS COMING TO NETFLIX: FIVE TITLES NOT TO
MISS

Oscar-nominated short 'Ave Maria' and documentaries by filmmaker Mahdi
Fleifel are among titles that will begin streaming this week
Qorks by award-winning Palestinian filmmakers including Elia Suleiman,
Annemarie Jacir and Basil Khalil are scheduled for release on Netflix
this October under a new collection called Palestinian Stories.

Starting Thursday, Khalil's 2015 Oscar-nominated short _Ave Maria_,
Jacir's _Salt of this Sea _and Suleiman's _Divine
Intervention _will be available on the streaming platform, among
other titles.

Five titles by Palestinian documentary filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel will be
available: _A Man Returned _(2016), _A Drowning Man _(2017), _3
Logical Exits _(2020), _Xenos _(2014)and _A World Not
Ours _(2012). Fleifel, who won the Black Pearl Award for _A World
Not Ours_ at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival in 2012, focuses his work on
the refugee experience.

Read full story here
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LEADING CLIMATE SCIENTIST EXPLAINS THE LATEST WARNINGS FROM
THE UNITED NATIONS' IPCC CLIMATE REPORT - OCTOBER 15 (TRADE UNIONS
FOR ENERGY DEMOCRACY)

LEADING CLIMATE SCIENTIST EXPLAINS THE LATEST WARNINGS FROM
THE UNITED NATIONS' IPCC CLIMATE REPORT

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2021 * 8:00AM - 9:30AM ET

Join a global community of unions at this Friday's TUED Global
Forum
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in preparation for the U.N. Climate Change Conference / COP26 in
Glasgow.

Friday's featured speaker will be Dr. Natassa Romanou
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a research oceanographer and reviewer of the latest IPCC climate
report.


CLICK HERE TO JOIN FRIDAY'S ZOOM EVENT
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As unions and their allies look towards COP26 in Glasgow in early
November, the latest report
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the UN-appointed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) — released in August as the first part of the IPCC's
full "Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) — raised the alarm that global
warming will accelerate over the coming decade at a pace unparalleled
in human history, all but ensuring an increase beyond 1.5°C above
pre-industrial levels.

The IPCC's report was released during a summer (for the global North)
that was marked by extreme weather events
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unprecedented in their frequency and severity. If economies and
communities across the globe are already reeling at just a 1.1°C
increase, then what will 1.5°C mean? And what does the report mean in
terms of defining a global response?

This TUED Global Forum will focus on the main findings of the
report. We will hear from Dr. Natassa Romanou
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who served as a reviewer of the report. A research oceanographer at
Columbia University, Dr. Romanou also co-authored the 4th U.S.
National Climate Assessment 2018, which examined the science of
climate change and its impacts across the United States.

Interpretation will be available for English, French and Spanish.

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