[ Reader Comments: Brittney Griner; Kyrsten Sinema; Rail Unions;
Why Unions?; Peru - Background to a Coup; Jewish Groups Oppose Rep.
McCarthy’s Threats; Executions and Violent Suppression in Iran;
Democratic Lawmakers Visit Havana; more ....]
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TIDBITS – DEC. 15, 2022 – READER COMMENTS: GEORGIA VICTORY,
ELECTORAL POLITICS, ELECTORAL STRATEGY; RAIL WORKERS; DOCTORS AND
UNIONS; AFTER DOBBS; ENDING THE ‘AMERICAN WAR’: PROMISES,
REALITIES, IMPACT OF U.S. PEACE MOVEMENT; CARTOONS, MORE …  
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_ Reader Comments: Brittney Griner; Kyrsten Sinema; Rail Unions; Why
Unions?; Peru - Background to a Coup; Jewish Groups Oppose Rep.
McCarthy’s Threats; Executions and Violent Suppression in Iran;
Democratic Lawmakers Visit Havana; more .... _

Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources, Announcements, Shorts, AND
cartoons - Dec. 15, 2022, xxxxxx

 

* BRITTNEY GRINER  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS
* RE: HERE’S WHY KYRSTEN SINEMA CHOSE TO SWITCH PARTIES (BILL
BARCLAY)
* RE: THERE IS NO “MIGRANT CRISIS” (RAYMOND SUAREZ)
* RE: LOUISIANA LAUNCHES TIP LINE TO ACCUSE LIBRARIANS OF
‘SEXUALIZING CHILDREN’ (ALYSSA BONILLA)
* THE PERFECT GIFT  --  CARTOON BY CLAY BENNETT
* RE: RAIL UNIONS IN THE U.S. ARE IN BAD NEED OF CONSOLIDATION,
DEMOCRACY, AND MILITANCY (GEOFF MIRELOWITZ; ETHAN YOUNG) 
* RE: RAILROAD ENGINEER ON THE IMPOSED CONTRACT: “IT REALLY FELL
SHORT OF RAILROAD WORKERS’ NEEDS” (PETER TERRY; JAMES MILLER)
* RE: A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY WITH A RADICAL HISTORY FACES A UNION
DRIVE OF ITS OWN (L A KURTH)
* RE: NEW SCHOOL TEACHERS’ STRIKE ENDS AS NYC UNIVERSITY AGREES TO
FIRST PAY RAISES IN 4 YEARS (CC HALITSKY)
* RE: NO UNION? YOU STILL HAVE A RIGHT TO STRIKE (L A KURTH)
* WHY UNIONS?  --  AFL-CIO MEME
* RE: FARM WORKERS PUSH FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION DURING LAME DUCK
SESSION (DAVID BACON)

Background and Readers Debate:

* PERU: A REACTIONARY COUP IS CONSUMMATED (CHRISTOPHER MARTIN; DAN
MORGAN; RAFAEL CARRANZA; RICK MCCLOSKEY)

* RE: PUTIN’S RUSSIA, FRONT AND REAR (JEFF WEINTRAUB)
* RE: THE CLASS CONFLICT BETWEEN ELITES AND WORKERS GOES BACK TO
AMERICA’S FOUNDING (US PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISTS' UPDATE)
* RE: WHY GERMAN STATE RACISM IS NOW DIRECTED AT THE PALESTINIANS
(STAN NADEL)
* RE: THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE WHALE SONGS (ARLENE HALFON)
* RE: MEET THE ORIGINAL FASCISTS (STEVEN JONAS)
* POEM READ AT A HOMELESS MEMORIAL EVENT (JAMES E. VANN)
* NOT TRUE (BY ANONYMOUS)

Short News Items:

* NEW JEWISH GROUPS STATEMENT OPPOSING REP. MCCARTHY’S THREATS TO
STRIP LAWMAKERS OF COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS (AMERICANS FOR PEACE NOW
(APN))
* WOMEN LIFE FREEDOM
PEOPLE –– GRIEVED
Thousands of artworks and illustrations were shared by people who
mourned alongside her family...
* WE CONDEMN EXECUTIONS AND VIOLENT SUPPRESSION OF THE DEMONSTRATORS
IN IRAN (COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN-CHICAGO)
* DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS VISIT HAVANA, MEET WITH CUBAN PRESIDENT (THE
CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE AMERICAS)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

* WHAT IF THE JAN. 6 ATTACK ON THE US CAPITOL SUCCEEDED? - SPECIAL
PRESENTATION DECEMBER 22 (PUBLIC CITIZEN)

 

BRITTNEY GRINER  --  CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS

 

Rob Rogers
December 14, 2022
robrogers.com [[link removed]]

 

RE: HERE’S WHY KYRSTEN SINEMA CHOSE TO SWITCH PARTIES
 

Ego and a seeking of power - those are the sum total of her politics
and decisions.

Bill Barclay
Co-Editor, Real World Banking and Finance
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SWIFT, the U.S. Dollar, and the Global Political Economy of Trade
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RE: THERE IS NO “MIGRANT CRISIS”
 

People starving in The Horn because nation-state borders don’t
permit them to migrate from drought conditions where they live. So
rather than move nomadically they hunker down in camps to die. ??

Raymond Suarez
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: LOUISIANA LAUNCHES TIP LINE TO ACCUSE LIBRARIANS OF ‘SEXUALIZING
CHILDREN’

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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I'm wondering if they have started any other tip lines, for, say,
bosses who engage in wage theft or cheat on their taxes, or hire
underage workers, or overcharge customers, or say people whose abuse
their partners, or elders, or other social problems? Do they report
the sexualization of minors or gender stereotypes, or racial bias in
the media? How about books that whitewash history, or attempt to
impose a single religion or political ideology?

Alyssa Bonilla
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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THE PERFECT GIFT  --  CARTOON BY CLAY BENNETT

 

Clay Bennett
December 13, 2022
Chattanooga Times Free Press
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RE: RAIL UNIONS IN THE U.S. ARE IN BAD NEED OF CONSOLIDATION,
DEMOCRACY, AND MILITANCY

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

The rank and file of rail labor has demonstrated — as another top
union official was forced to acknowledge — they are “engaged and
enraged” by the intolerable working and living conditions they face
as a result of the rail carriers’ endless drive for more profit.

Top officials of the twelve rail unions did not organize and mobilize
that rage through the union structures that only exist thanks to the
dues paid by the rank and file. Rather than oppose the utterly
inadequate Biden 'compromise,' they hailed it. They told the union
membership they had done the best they could. In so doing, they served
the interests of the employers rather than their members. They acted
as lieutenants for big business.

There can be little doubt that tens of thousands who rejected the
contract — and thousands of others who may have voted for it,
resigned that it would be imposed no matter the vote results —
thought differently.

It is not only new leaders but new strategies that are required if
future battles are to be won. The unions must end the reliance on
“friends of labor” among Democrats and Republicans that
characterizes the approach of virtually all top union officers and
that has failed so miserably. Instead, we need independent action by
the ranks of the unions that appeals for solidarity from working
people and extends the same to others in struggle."

Geoff Mirelowitz
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: RAILROAD ENGINEER ON THE IMPOSED CONTRACT: “IT REALLY FELL SHORT
OF RAILROAD WORKERS’ NEEDS”
 

This is nothing more than a plea to transfer power from RR management
to the union bosses. "Public infrastructure" means pure socialism. RR
workers should know that in Europe where RR's are pretty much
nationalized, workers still need to fight for the pay and working
conditions they want and need; it is only WHOM they are fighting that
is different. The best solution would be a national rail network
(owned by a public/private partnership?) with private
operators/competitors providing the actual transportation services,
passenger or freight. This mirrors our national network of highways
where independent trucking companies compete for business and use the
national highways at will.

Peter Terry
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Railroads are not being operated to move freight, they are being
operated as a bank to extract wealth. To correct that, we need to
operate railroads like public infrastructure — like the necessary
piece of our economy that they are. This is something that RWU has
pushed: public ownership. It’s a way for us to go on the offensive,
to start pushing that there is another way to do this that doesn’t
have as great a negative effect on workers.

That’s my biggest message. Within the last couple months, we’ve
built a network of people who are looking to RWU for guidance in this
process. That could be being done by our rail unions, and they could
be pushing some very big demands for the whole working class. It’s
not just railroad workers who need predictable scheduling, who need
time off the job — all workplaces need that.

Turning that from a railroad struggle into a broader class struggle is
my kind of vision.

James Miller
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY WITH A RADICAL HISTORY FACES A UNION DRIVE
OF ITS OWN

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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Thank you for that article and take a look at another Jesuit
university Santa Clara University in California. They employed a union
busting Law Firm to fight the unionization of part-time faculty and
fight it fiercely.

L A Kurth

 

RE: NEW SCHOOL TEACHERS’ STRIKE ENDS AS NYC UNIVERSITY AGREES TO
FIRST PAY RAISES IN 4 YEARS
 

Regarding an article on Dec 11 about the success of a
teacher’s strike at New York City’s New School for Social
Research, I believe “gripe” was a poor choice of words here,
misrepresenting New School part-time faculty’s legitimate grievance
as an irritating, grumpy complaint:

The part-time teachers — who make up 82% of the
university’s teaching staff — had not received a raise in four
years. They griped their actual wages had shrunk by 18% over that
time due to inflation.

Surely the writer’s actual sympathies lie with the
successful strikers, as is evident otherwise in the excellent
reporting.

CC Halitsky

 

RE: NO UNION? YOU STILL HAVE A RIGHT TO STRIKE

(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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That is an excellent article! Extremely specific and useful! Thank
you!

L A Kurth

 

WHY UNIONS?  --  AFL-CIO MEME

 

AFL-CIO
Facebook post
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December 25, 2021

 

RE: FARM WORKERS PUSH FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION DURING LAME DUCK
SESSION
 

In relation to the farmworker piece here
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it's important to note, which the article doesn't, that there is very
widespread opposition among farmworker groups other than the UFW to
the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, because the bill has mandatory
E-Verify, will vastly increase growers' use of H-2A contract workers,
has a legalization process that will exclude many if not most
farmworkers, and other huge problems.

David Bacon

 

RE: PERU: A REACTIONARY COUP IS CONSUMMATED
 

Right, that's why all the president's allies sides against him. Pay
attention.

Christopher Martin

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PERU: Brief notes on the impeachment of Pedro Castillo

Pedro Castillo, a rural primary school teacher and trade union leader
from deepest Peru, was elected President in June 2021 by 50.2% with
the votes.

He was elected on the list of ‘Peru Libre’, a Marxist party but
was not a member of the party. He soon lost the support of the party.

He faced crushing opposition from the parliament, Congress, from the
start. It has a right-wing majority. It has the right to remove
government ministers. Under pressure from Congress, Castillo had to
change his cabinet six times, and make various other changes of
ministers. He found it almost impossible to govern properly, and his
political weaknesses were many.

He introduced a tax reform to make the rich and big business pay more.
He also started a ‘second agrarian reform’ to benefit small
farmers (the first one was in 1968-72 under the progressive military
government of Juan Velasco Alvarado).

Congress was about to discuss impeaching him, which was likely to
happen.

With accusations of corruption, and an intense media campaign against
him, Castillo’s poll ratings were not high but the politically
fragmented Congress, widely seen as corrupt, had a lower rating.

To end the political crisis, on Wednesday 7th December Castillo
declared the Congress closed and that new elections would be held. It
was a desperate move with little chance of success.

Within hours the Constitutional Court, Comptroller, Chief Prosecutor
and the heads of the Armed Forces all declared that this was an
auto-coup d’etat. It was easy for the right-wing in Congress. It met
hurriedly and impeached Castillo by 101 votes with only 6 against and
10 abstentions; he was arrested and will face charges of sedition and
conspiracy, among others.

The Vice-President, Dina Boluarte, took office and said she would
create a government of ‘national unity’. Instead of saying new
elections would be held – the step foreseen by the constitution I
believe, and necessary to end the political crisis – she said she
would rule until the end of Castillo’s term in 2026.

Sra. Boluarte was elected with Castillo on a very left-wing ticket,
but as a TV analyst said, showed no loyalty to him or his ideas at
all. She had also faced legal charges, and the implication is that she
had already made a deal with opposition members of Congress. She has
now announced a new cabinet full of establishment figures. Congress
members who had been in favor of new elections rapidly said they had
to act ‘responsibly’, ‘there is a new context’. Yes, Castillo
has been removed to carry on without elections.

So the establishment got rid of the first progressive President of
Peru for 50 years. There have been many popular demonstrations, some
violent in the interior, in favor of Castillo, and especially against
the ‘corrupt’ Congress. These seem unlikely to change the
situation at the moment, however.

The positive aspect, in my view, is that the expectations of the
people have been raised and popular movements have been given hope. To
advance to a stronger progressive government, much more organization
will be necessary along with political education.

Dan Morgan
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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The dictatorship of the bourgeoisie in Peru has the money and weapons
for the army and the police and the executive, judicial and
legislative power and also the elections and voting are fraud and
there is no transparency -ONPE- the electoral body did not want to
recognize the win or electoral triumph at the polls for President
Pedro Castillo and there is the result of state terrorism or the
regime of the bourgeoisie the capitalist system how much you have when
you are worth it and you have nothing, nothing you are worth, they
have kidnapped and imprisoned it for social conscience.

Rafael Carranza
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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Hello Pinochet!

Rick McCloskey
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: PUTIN’S RUSSIA, FRONT AND REAR
 

According to this assessment by the Russian Marxist sociologist and
political dissident Boris Kagarlitsky (yes, there are still some
Marxists in Russia) ...

"The majority of the population is already in favor of a speedy end to
the war. But what bodes ill for the authorities is the confusion,
disunity and [competing] claims of the [elites]."

Parts of this analysis are clearly on-target.  About others, I would
say ... interesting, if true.  But you can read this
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and decide for yourselves.

Jeff Weintraub
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: THE CLASS CONFLICT BETWEEN ELITES AND WORKERS GOES BACK TO
AMERICA’S FOUNDING
 

Revelatory. I find Hogeland’s history supplementary to Zinn’s A
People’s History of the United States and Ray Rafael’s Founding
Myths.

US Progressive Activists' Update
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Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: WHY GERMAN STATE RACISM IS NOW DIRECTED AT THE PALESTINIANS
 

Please give us a break from this sort of dishonest propaganda. The
play called Seven Jewish Children is clearly Antisemitic--it isn't
called Seven Israeli Children or Seven Zionist Children, it is Seven
Jewish Children.  Throughout the play the references are all about
"Jews"--absolutely no mention is made of Israelis or Zionists, just
Jews. The play just reformulates classic Antisemitic themes about
clannish, hard hearted, bloodthirsty Jews--and you can't get any more
Antisemitic than that.

Stan Nadel

 

RE: THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE WHALE SONGS
 

No "mystery" there. Their batteries are worn down. Change them. As a
technology deficient person, that's a lesson I've learned over the
years.

(LOL -- for those who don't understand satire)

Arlene Halfon

 

RE: MEET THE ORIGINAL FASCISTS

(posting on xxxxxx Culture
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Actually, the first fascist nation was Miklos Horthy's Hungary, 1919.
I have written frequnetly on fascism since I published"The 15%
Solution "in 1996. It predicted pretty much where we have been going
with what I call the "Republo-fasist Party (
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Steven Jonas, MD, MPH, MS, FNYAS
Professor Emeritus, Stony Brook Medicine
Dept. of Preventive Medicine and Prog. in Public Health
Renaissance School of Med. at Stony Brook Univ.

 

POEM READ AT A HOMELESS MEMORIAL EVENT

 

This beautiful and moving poem -- "NOT TRUE" -- was read at a recent
"Memorial for the Fallen Homeless of 2022."  Friends are encouraged
to share the poem widely among your networks.

James E. Vann

      

NOT TRUE  (BY ANONYMOUS)
 

Not true
That I am invisible.

That I disappear into thin air when you take
My blankets, my food
And everything  I own.

Not true
That I don’t want to come inside
If inside wanted me, I would go.

Offer me more than what I have
Offer me dignified housing
Offer me a home without an end date
A home that does not take every dollar I have
And I would go

Not true
That I want to live in squalor.
That I want to live without water or a bathroom
Without hot food; without safety
In fear and uncertainty

Not true
That I steal, 
That I steal profits from businesses
and property values from owners

Not true
That I want charity
More than the right to live free
From harassment; from judgment
From shame

What’s true
Is that some cannot see me
As their neighbor, their friend,
Valuable, capable, worthy
Of existing by them.

More true
Is that some ... maybe even you
Cannot see me at all.

 

NEW JEWISH GROUPS STATEMENT OPPOSING REP. MCCARTHY’S THREATS TO
STRIP LAWMAKERS OF COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
 

Americans for Peace Now
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December 12, 2022

_Americans for Peace Now, together with Ameinu, Bend the Arc, Habonim
Dror North America, J Street, New Israel Fund, the Religious Action
Center of Reform Judaism and T’ruah today released the following_
_statement [[link removed]]:_

As Jewish American organizations, we oppose House Republican Leader
Kevin McCarthy’s pledge to strip Representative Ilhan Omar of her
House Foreign Affairs Committee seat based on false accusations that
she is antisemitic or anti-Israel. We may not agree with some of
Congresswoman Omar’s opinions, but we categorically reject the
suggestion that any of her policy positions or statements merit
disqualification from her role on the committee. 

Leader McCarthy’s pledge seems especially exploitative in light of
the rampant promotion of antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories by
him and his top deputies amid a surge in dangerous right-wing
antisemitism. He posted (and later deleted) a tweet charging that
George Soros and two other billionaires of Jewish descent were seeking
to “buy” an election. His newly elected Whip Tom Emmer said the
same people “essentially bought control of Congress.” Meanwhile,
Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik has promoted the deadly
antisemitic “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory.

McCarthy’s promise to also strip Representatives Adam Schiff and
Eric Swalwell of their Intelligence Committee positions adds weight to
the impression that his threats against prominent Democratic
lawmakers’ committee assignments are for purely political purposes.
These are pledges clearly motivated by partisanship, not principle.

Americans for Peace Now [[link removed]]
1320 19th Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036-1635

 

WOMEN LIFE FREEDOM

PEOPLE –– GRIEVED

THOUSANDS OF ARTWORKS AND ILLUSTRATIONS WERE SHARED BY PEOPLE WHO
MOURNED ALONGSIDE HER FAMILY...

[May be an illustration]

 

WE CONDEMN EXECUTIONS AND VIOLENT SUPPRESSION OF THE DEMONSTRATORS IN
IRAN
 

On Thursday, December 8, 2022 the Islamic Republic, criminally
executed Mohsen Shikari who was only a pro-democracy protester.
Unfortunately, many other dissident activists associated with the
emancipatory movement of “woman, life, freedom” are also in the
list to be murdered. For the last 3 months, since the killing of Mahsa
(Jina) Amini a twenty-two-year-old Kurdish Iranian girl on September,
2022 by agents of the country’s morality police on charges of
wearing her hijab improperly, people from every class and ethnicity,
initiated street uprisings against the tyrannical theocracy in order
to bring about a new socio-political order responsive to freedom,
human rights and justice. The main intention of the people is to
topple the Islamic Republic and establish a democratic political
system, preferably a secular and independent republic to bring about
liberties and civil rights that would be amenable for people to
participate in the country’s socio-political affairs.

In recent days, just after the execution of Shikari, people around the
country have intensified their revolt, surrounding many Islamic
centers and demanding elimination of the Islamic Republic in its
totality. In the last 3 months in more than 160 cities and more than
140 universities, slogans such as “woman, life, freedom”, “death
to the Islamic Republic”, “death to dictatorship”, “death to
tyrant either Shah or clerical leader”, “no to monarch, no to
theocracy” and “freedom and equality” indicate the anti-despotic
and freedom/justice seeking nature of the revolutionary movement that
has taken place in Iran. As Narges Mohammadi the political prisoner
and human rights activist rightly mentions, at this stage “disposal
of the existing political order is will of the people”. People of
different social classes and stratums in big and small cities, from
every national and religious trend, comprising women and men linked to
many groups including workers, teachers, students, artists,
pensioners, athletics and almost all deprived people have raised up to
topple the existing political system.

In the last 43 years the Islamic Republic has imprisoned, tortured,
and executed thousands of the Iranians and during its reign has robbed
the country from its financial and social wealth. In this day of
universal human rights, we in the Committee for Human Rights in
Iran-Chicago demand stoppage of oppression by the Islamic Republic and
request of all people, civil rights institutions and pro-life and
pro-peace groups around the world to do all they can to help people of
Iran to remove this theocratic reactionary regime and in the immediate
stage establish a secular republic respectful of human rights with the
purpose of moving in the direction of democracy and justice.

COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN-CHICAGO - [email protected] 

 

DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS VISIT HAVANA, MEET WITH CUBAN PRESIDENT
 

The Center for Democracy in the Americas
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Tuesday, December 13, 2022 | Issue No. 731

This week, Representative Jim McGovern (MA-02), Rep. Mark Pocan
(WI-02), and Rep. Troy Carter (LA-02) traveled to Cuba on a
congressional delegation in which they met with Cuba’s President
Miguel Díaz-Canel, Cuba’s Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez
Parrilla, the U.S. Embassy in Havana, and members of Cuba’s
congress, _AP News_ reports
[[link removed]].
While the details of the exchanges have not been disclosed, a tweet
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from President Díaz-Canel recounted their meeting, stating
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“We addressed our differences and topics of shared interest. We
affirmed our willingness to improve bilateral relations.” The
delegation met with Cuba’s National Assembly and, according to a
statement
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from the Assembly, discussed strengthening dialogue,
inter-parliamentary relations, and mutual respect for each other's
sovereignty. In a speech during the meeting with the National
Assembly, Chair of the U.S. House Rules Committee, Rep. McGovern,
shared
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some of his goals for the future of U.S.-Cuba relations, including the
removal of Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT) List and
the lifting of the U.S. embargo on Cuba. Rep. McGovern also called for
increased collaboration on issues of mutual interest and the
normalization of relations, stating
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“We want to work together with you to tear down the walls, to have a
more mature and constructive relationship, for the benefit of the
peoples of Cuba and the United States.” The delegation concluded on
Monday.

Rep. McGovern has traveled to Cuba on multiple occasions and been a
long-time advocate for engagement with Cuba. Most recently, alongside
Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and
Foreign Operations Barbara Lee (CA-13) and Chair of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee, Representative Gregory Meeks (NY-5), Rep. McGovern
commended
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the Administration’s decision to provide humanitarian aid in the
aftermath of Hurricane Ian, and urged the Administration to provide
humanitarian support to Cuba on many accounts, including in response
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to the devastating fires in Matanzas, Cuba. Over the past two years,
Rep. McGovern and his colleagues have also written letters urging
President Biden to restore
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and repair U.S.-Cuba relations upon entering office, to lift
restrictions on U.S. financing
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of agricultural sales to Cuba, to lift sanctions on trade and travel
and to prioritize the humanitarian
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needs of the Cuban people amidst and economic and humanitarian crisis,
and expressing concern over the omission
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of Cuba and other countries from the 9th Summit of the Americas. In
2019, he introduced the Freedom for Americans to Travel to Cuba Act of
2019, a bipartisan bill to lift restrictions on travel to Cuba for
U.S. citizens.

The delegation came three weeks after
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Representatives Salud Carbajal (CA-24), Rep. Jim Baird (IN-04), and
Rep. Jahana Hayes (CT-05) led a bipartisan House Agriculture Committee
delegation
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to Cuba to better understand farming in Cuba, Cuba’s food supply,
and the impact of U.S. commodities. The Members of the House
Agriculture Committee met
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with Cuban farmers, agricultural experts and business operators, and
local officials to discuss agriculture and related issues. Moreover,
the meetings occurred one month after
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high-ranking Biden-Harris administration officials met with their
Cuban counterparts in Cuba to discuss migration
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and the resumption of consular services
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at the U.S. Embassy in Havana, and two weeks ahead of the scheduled
full resumption
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of consular services, set to resume on January 4, 2023.

Center for Democracy in the Americas
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P.O. Box 53106
Washington, D.C. 20009

EMAIL: [email protected] 

PHONE: (202) 234-5506

 

WHAT IF THE JAN. 6 ATTACK ON THE US CAPITOL SUCCEEDED? - SPECIAL
PRESENTATION DECEMBER 22 (PUBLIC CITIZEN)

 

January 6th, 2021 was a day that will live in infamy for our country.

A group of elected leaders turned their backs on one of the pillars of
our democracy — the peaceful transition of power — and incited
armed right-wing militants to attack our Capitol.

Now, almost two years later, we’ve seen compelling evidence that
Trump and his MAGA allies planned, promoted, and paid for a criminal
conspiracy to overturn an election he knew he lost.

JOIN US NEXT THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, FOR A SPECIAL PRESENTATION FROM
GAN GOLAN AND ALAN JENKINS, THE CREATORS OF THE NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL
PROJECT "WHAT IF THE JANUARY 6 ATTACK ON THE US CAPITOL SUCCEEDED IN
OVERTHROWING OUR DEMOCRACY?”.

This January 6 marks the second anniversary of the violent attack on
our Capitol. The bipartisan January 6th Select Committee has shown
that Trump and his MAGA allies planned, promoted, and paid for a
criminal conspiracy to overturn an election they knew they’d lost.

Even though some of the most prominent election conspiracists lost
their midterms, they are already looking to 2024 for ways to overturn
the will of voters. They are working to sabotage future elections by
changing state laws, threatening election officials and packing
election administration offices so that they can have the final say
over election results – even when they lose.

Join us to learn and discuss how you can take action to defend our
democracy.

RSVP [[link removed]] for the
special presentation and to learn how you can take action in your
community at our organizing call on Thursday, December 22, from
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Ongoing investigations continue to dig deeper into potential criminal
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