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TIDBITS – JAN. 19, 2023 – READER COMMENTS: MARTIN LUTHER KING-A
TRUE AND VISIONARY RADICAL; ISRAEL UNDER NETANYAHU; SOCIALISM IN OUR
HISTORY – WISCONSIN, SUPERMAN, BARBARA KINGSOLVER; BRAZIL; MEDICARE
UNDER ATTACK; CARTOONS; MORE…  
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* RE: A TRUE AND VISIONARY RADICAL, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAS NO
MODERATE (ETHAN YOUNG)
* FISCAL CLIFF - "IT'S FOOLPROOF"  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH
* RE: WILL SCOTUS REVOKE THE RIGHT TO STRIKE? (DAVE YEAGER; THE
DURANGO WORKER)
* RE: IN ‘ACT OF FASCISM AND SUPREMACY,’ ISRAEL BANS PALESTINIAN
FLAGS IN PUBLIC SPACES (PAT TURNBULL)
* RE: A TALE OF TWO EXCEPTIONALISMS: RUSSIA AND THE USA (ARLENE
HALFON)
* NEW VERSION OF THE IRISH DRINKING SONG  --  CARTOON BY MIKE
STANFILL
* RE: SOCIALISM IS BACK IN THE WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE (JENNIFER
WATSON; JAY MAZUR)
* RE: NORM FRUCHTER, LEADER IN NYC AND NEWARK EDUCATION EQUITY
MOVEMENT, DIES AT 85 (NEW SETTLEMENT APARTMENTS PARENT ACTION
COMMITTEE (PAC) AND FAMILIES FOR SAFE STREETS)

SOCIALISM, LITERATURE AND HISTORY:
 

* RE: FROM CHAMPION OF THE OPPRESSED TO TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND THE
AMERICAN WAY: WHO TOOK THE SOCIALISM OUT OF SUPERMAN? (ELEANOR
ROOSEVELT; ETHAN YOUNG; DJAR HORN)

* NEW MCCARTHYISM   --  CARTOON BY ADAM ZYGLIS

* RE: BARBARA KINGSOLVER – MAKING THE INVISIBLE, VISIBLE (ELLEN
BROMS; CAP'N STEVE & ADMIRAL DUFFY; GINA KLEIN; RANDY BARNHART;
CYNTHIA TOWLE)

RESOURCES:
 

* DEMOCRACY AT RISK IN BRAZIL! — POSTER OF THE WEEK (CENTER FOR THE
STUDY OF POLITICAL GRAPHICS)

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

* TEACH-IN ABOUT THE PRIVATIZATION OF MEDICARE CARE OVER COST
CAMPAIGN - JANUARY 21 (COLLEGE OF COMPLEXES)

* MEDICARE REACH IS NOW LIVE—HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND? - WEBINAR:
EXPOSING THE PROFITEERS BEHIND MEDICARE REACH - JANUARY 26 (PHYSICIANS
FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM)

 

RE: A TRUE AND VISIONARY RADICAL, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAS NO
MODERATE

In the aftermath of the assassinations, Cointelpro and the end of SDS
and SNCC, we looked for contemporary revolutionary thinkers to figure
out what next. What if we had studied the Riverside Church speech and
Where Do We Go From Here? the way we studied Fanon or Mao?

Ethan Young
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FISCAL CLIFF - "IT'S FOOLPROOF"  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH

 

Mike Luckovich
January 18, 2023
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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RE: WILL SCOTUS REVOKE THE RIGHT TO STRIKE?
 

1984 was not supposed to be an instruction manual.....

Dave Yeager
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If striking is outlawed, outlaws will go on strike! 
(Revision of "If masks are outlawed, only outlaws will wear masks".)

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RE: IN ‘ACT OF FASCISM AND SUPREMACY,’ ISRAEL BANS PALESTINIAN
FLAGS IN PUBLIC SPACES
 

On Monday, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh accused
Israel's new far-right government of pursuing policies "aimed at
toppling the [Palestinian National Authority] and pushing it to the
brink financially and institutionally."

Referring to policies including the withholding of $40 million in
Palestinian tax revenue and the flag ban, Shtayyeh added that "we
consider these measures a new war against the Palestinian people,
their capabilities and funds, and a war against the national
authority."

Pat Turnbull
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RE: A TALE OF TWO EXCEPTIONALISMS: RUSSIA AND THE USA
 

From way back in the Clinton years, I have said that if I was Pres.,
the FIRST THING I would do is to become a full member of the ICC. It
seemed the best way to assure the world and our own citizens that the
US was going to start living up to its own hype: Pro-peace and
pro-equality,

I'm still waiting. My pledge still holds: If I'm elected President, my
first action on the first day will be to make the US a full member of
the ICC." Since I don't expect to be elected (it would have to be with
write-in and no campaigning, of course), I guess we have to keep
fighting.

The hypocrisy is overwhelming.

Arlene Halfon

 

NEW VERSION OF THE IRISH DRINKING SONG  --  CARTOON BY MIKE STANFILL

 

 

Mike Stanfill
January 5, 2023
Raging Pencils
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RE: SOCIALISM IS BACK IN THE WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE
 

Socialists formed the main opposition party in the Wisconsin
legislature of a century ago. While Republicans dominated the state
Assembly and Senate, a robust caucus of Milwaukee Socialists made up
the second-largest grouping in both chambers through most of the
1920s. Democrats were barely a presence.

Jennifer Watson
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John Nichols continues the tradition of viewing Wisconsin socialism
selectively.  Yes they ran a clean and we'll run city in Milwaukee.
 But their most prominent leader, Congressman Victor Berger was an
open racist and an antisemite.  Along with many of the prominent
leaders of the two main national parties he was an Anglo Saxon it.
 In fact the early Socialist Party was mired in racism and didn't
officially declare for equality for Black people until 1937.

Jay Mazur

 

RE: NORM FRUCHTER, LEADER IN NYC AND NEWARK EDUCATION EQUITY MOVEMENT,
DIES AT 85

Safe Streets Vigil to Commemorate the Life of Norman Fruchter
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Event by New Settlement Apartments Parent Action Committee (PAC) and
Families For Safe Streets

 

RE: FROM CHAMPION OF THE OPPRESSED TO TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND THE AMERICAN
WAY: WHO TOOK THE SOCIALISM OUT OF SUPERMAN?
 

My favorite moment in all of Superman is an early Sunday page where he
confronts a corrupt financier: "NICE BANK YOU'VE GOT HERE. BE A SHAME
IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO IT."

Eleanor Roosevelt
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Fun article. I would add 2 influences on the Superman character. 

First is Philip Wylie, a pulp bard who created a proto-Superman in his
1930 novel Gladiator, whose creation discovered his power was not
enough to change capitalist social relations. 

The other was Walt Disney, who saw his creation Mickey Mouse gain
universal appeal, which led him to increasingly homogenize the beloved
rodent. 

When superheroes temporarily fell out of favor after WW2, the owners
of Superman took the same route.

Ethan Young
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Here is a similar piece published by Rutgers LEARN "Pop Culture and
Class Conflict in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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by Steven Manicastri

Djar Horn
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NEW MCCARTHYISM   --  CARTOON BY ADAM ZYGLIS

 

Adam Zyglis
January 18, 2023
The Buffalo News
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RE: BARBARA KINGSOLVER – MAKING THE INVISIBLE, VISIBLE

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I just read "Unsheltered" by Barbara Kingsolver and do recommend it.

Ellen Broms
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Kingsolver really is a treasure. 

I have often wondered what paths lead to positive change and the
opening paragraph of the review shows one of the ways: Empathy

Obviously the title of the review recognizes this and it is impossible
to read Kingsolver and not feel for her characters.  In a country
that always blames the individual  first for any woes that befall
them, it is refreshing to read stories that show how over arching
systems influence/dictate our lives.

One of my favorite Kingsolver books is her first (?), "Holding the
line, women in the great Arizona mine strike of 1983" The women in it,
initially  marginalized, show their combined actions have power and
that power even transcends the strike.

Cap'n Steve & Admiral Duffy 

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One of my favorite authors!

Gina Klein
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All of her work is extraordinary.

Randy Barnhart
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One of my favorite authors of all time. I often read her books more
than once. Demon Copperhead was my second favorite books - I read a
100+ a year.

Cynthia Towle
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DEMOCRACY AT RISK IN BRAZIL! — POSTER OF THE WEEK (CENTER FOR THE
STUDY OF POLITICAL GRAPHICS)

 

Sem Anistia

Gabriela Tornai

Digital Print, 2023

Brazil

Translation:

 “No Amnesty

No Forgiveness

Bolsonaro

and his scammers 

in Prison”

On Sunday, hundreds of far-right supporters of Brazil’s ex-president
Jair Bolsonaro stormed the capital Brasília in a violent, January
6th-like protest of the newly elected president Luiz Inacio “Lula”
da Silva. Their ultimate goal was to trigger a military intervention
and remove the left-wing Lula from office. Nearly 1,500 people were
arrested for destruction and vandalism. 

Lula, and many others, blame Bolsonaro for instigating the violent
election deniers. Bolsonaro offered a half-hearted condemnation of the
rioters for their actions, but defended their right to protest.
Bolsonaro may be absolved from any criminal charges because he fled
the country to avoid participating in the transition of presidential
power. 

Following the insurrection, counter-protests have erupted around
Brazil demanding the arrest and persecution of the far-right rioters,
and in defense of the election results. 

Since Bolsonaro fled to Florida, President Biden has been criticized,
including by the U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), who
stated “The United States Should not be a refugee for this
authoritarian who has inspired domestic terrorism in Brazil. He should
be sent back to Brazil.” (Reuters, 2023) 

Bolsonaro is still in Florida, home of many right-wing exiles from
Latin America — and many home-grown election deniers.

Resources

* Over 1,500 Arrested Over Assault on Brazilian Capital | Democracy
Now
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* Gabriela Tornai | Instagram
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* Lula Slams Far-Right 'Terrorism' as Brazil Clears Protest Camps |
Japan Times
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* Bolsonaro Lays Low In Florida as Brazil Cracks Down on Riots By His
Supporters | NPR
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* Pressure Mounts On Biden Over Bolsonaro's Florida Stay After
Brasilia Riots | Reuters
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* Democratic lawmakers demand Biden cancel Bolsonaro’s visa after
riots in Brazil
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TEACH-IN ABOUT THE PRIVATIZATION OF MEDICARE CARE OVER COST CAMPAIGN -
JANUARY 21 (COLLEGE OF COMPLEXES)

 

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House Republicans intend to seek cuts to entitlement programs like
Social Security and Medicare with their new majority in the 118th
Congress.
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Saturday Jan 21st at 5:00 PM CT

College of Complexes Jane Addams Senior Caucus (JASC)

JASC says "We will be talking about Medicare Advantage and ACO-Reach
and the risks of rampant privatization in our health care system! We
will also be sharing the details of JASC's new campaign, Care Over
Cost, and how we can support folks who have been denied claims through
private insurance or Medicare Advantage."

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MEDICARE REACH IS NOW LIVE—HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND? - WEBINAR:
EXPOSING THE PROFITEERS BEHIND MEDICARE REACH - JANUARY 26 (PHYSICIANS
FOR A NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAM)

 

As the calendar turned to 2023, the Biden administration made it
official: ACO REACH IS NOW OFFICIALLY UP AND RUNNING, and commercial
insurance companies (as well as other profit-driven entities) are
being allowed to “manage” the care of millions of Americans who
signed up for Traditional Medicare.

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how YOU can push back against this transparent takeover of Traditional
Medicare.

Webinar: Exposing the profiteers behind Medicare REACH

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We are deeply concerned that many of the same commercial insurance
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cancelled _now_ ... before it’s too late.

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these profiteers and save Medicare for future generations.

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