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APARTHEID; SOLIDARITY AND WAR CRIMES; HOUSE SPEAKER; ELLIOTT ABRAMS;
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_ Reader Comments: Israel-Gaza War - Ceasefire, Stop the Bombing,
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* MORE BOMBS IN 6 DAYS  --  SOLIDARITY INFO SERVICE
* RE: TO DEFEAT INJUSTICE FOLLOW MANDELA’S, CASTRO’S EXAMPLE
 (LISA BROCK;  DAN MORGAN)
* RE: THE INEXCUSABLE OMISSION IN BIDEN’S BIG ISRAEL SPEECH –
CEASEFIRE  (BEN CUPP; JOHN WEBER)
* CASUALTIES OF WAR  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON
* RE: ON SOLIDARITY AND WAR CRIMES  (ARLENE HALFON)
* RE: THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MURDER IN HISTORY  (DAVID WILSON)
* PEACE  --  CARTOON BY CLAY BENNETT
* WITCH HUNT  --  CARTOON BY RANDY BISH
* RE: THE REAL REASON HOUSE REPUBLICANS CAN’T ELECT A SPEAKER
 (JOEL MCCLURG)
* JIM JORDAN: 'DONE WITH COUPS'  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH
* RE: RELIGIOUS CHARTER SCHOOLS UNDERMINE THE FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC
EDUCATION  (GINA KLEIN)
* THE DAILY SACRIFICES  --  CARTOON BY HERB BLOCK
* RE: THE US SUPREME COURT’S INCOHERENT, IDIOTIC, AND RACIST
RULINGS ON GERRYMANDERING  (TARKPOR GRUPEE)
* RE: BIDEN’S NOMINATION OF ELLIOTT ABRAMS IGNORES A VIOLENT PAST
 (NORM LITTLEJOHN; GIAN GIACOMO MIGONE)
* TROUBLES CAUSE REBELS  --  MEME

TAKE ACTION:

* NEVER AGAIN. FOR ANYONE.  (JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE)

RESOURCES:

* WHO TO FOLLOW IN AND FROM GAZA

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

* SOLIDARITY SPEAKS - WEBINAR - JOIN WITH THREE LONGSTANDING ISRAELI
ACTIVISTS WHO HAVE WORKED TO BUILD SOLIDARITY ACROSS CHECKPOINTS,
BORDER WALLS, AND CLOSED MILITARY ZONES FOR MANY YEARS - THIS SUNDAY -
OCTOBER 29  (GREEN OLIVE COLLECTIVE)

* FILM SCREENING - REVOLUTIONARY HEARTS - BROOKLYN - THIS SATURDAY -
OCTOBER 28  (PARK SLOPE METHODIST CHURCH)

* HOUSE PARTY TO CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT EDUCACIÓN POPULAR EN SALUD
(CHILE) - NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 5  (ACTION FOR HEALTH IN THE AMERICAS
-AHANY)

 

MORE BOMBS IN 6 DAYS  --  SOLIDARITY INFO SERVICE

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RE: TO DEFEAT INJUSTICE FOLLOW MANDELA’S, CASTRO’S EXAMPLE
 

For those who compare the South African liberation struggle with the
Palestinian Struggle ignore many differences but a primary one is
this: Israel is committing genocide, they want Palestinians dead or
gone. The apartheid regime, and international capital needed millions
of laborers in SA alive and working in the mining industries. What is
happening in Israel is more like what happened to indigenous people in
the US. The manifest destiny crowd wanted land and were prepared to
engage in mass murder to get it and recruit white settler immigrants
to live on Indian land, who then become "innocent civilians".  While
the colonial settler model at the top is similar in all three, the
resistance struggles in SA and Palestine are very different because of
the goals of the settler-colonial states.

Also, Israel was set up by Zionists and the International Military
Industrial Complex, not Jews.  Stop conflating the two.

See Joe Biden some years ago. Its pretty clear why the US "created"
Israel.
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Lisa Brock

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The author says " "From the river to the sea, Palestine shall be
free," to wit, free of Jewish people." That is a misrepresentation of
the slogan. It is a call for a one-state solution, yes, but many
serious proponents of it want a secular Palestine that includes all
its inhabitants - neither a Muslim state nor a Jewish state. It might
be mistaken or unrealistic, but this slogan, in itself, is not a call
for genocide.

Dan Morgan
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RE: THE INEXCUSABLE OMISSION IN BIDEN’S BIG ISRAEL SPEECH –
CEASEFIRE
 

Biden doesn't want a ceasefire. He wants to present himself as a
wartime president to try to win re election.

Ben Cupp
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Absolutely right.  That was in INEXCUSABLE omission and may lead to
his defeat.  He lost the Arab American vote right there

John Weber

 

CASUALTIES OF WAR  --  CARTOON BY NICK ANDERSON

 

Nick Anderson
October 20, 2023
Reform Austin
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RE: ON SOLIDARITY AND WAR CRIMES
 

All wars are "crimes". Most people who are killed are innocent; they
are killed because powerful people want greater power and status and
more money.

If the Government does it, its "legitimate"; if people have no power,
the same acts are "terrorist".
When you talk about Hamas' killing those who are not responsible, they
are "terrorists". When you talk about what Israel did and do to the
Palestinians, it is "justifiable" because it's "defense."

But remember, Nat Turner was a "terrorist". The people in the Warsaw
Ghetto who rebelled were "terrorists." The Auschwitz prisoners who,
when released, killed the people living in the local town were
"terrorists." The Native Americans who killed the "peaceful" people
coming in their wagons for a better life were "terrorists."

There will be "terrorism" as long as there are people in power who
never have enough.

Arlene Halfon

 

RE: THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MURDER IN HISTORY
 

This is an interesting article, but there's a problem with a sentence
in the English translation. "Amir triggered the revolver, but before
others had loaded their hands with gunpowder." I think a more
idiomatic and accurate translation would be: "Amir pulled the trigger,
but others had previously loaded his hands with the gunpowder."

(The original reads: "Amir gatilló el revólver, pero antes otros
habían cargado de pólvora sus manos.")

David Wilson

 

PEACE  --  CARTOON BY CLAY BENNETT

 

Clay Bennett
October 24, 2023
Chattanooga Times Free Press
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WITCH HUNT  --  CARTOON BY RANDY BISH
 

Randy Bish
October 22, 2023
Bishtoons
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RE: THE REAL REASON HOUSE REPUBLICANS CAN’T ELECT A SPEAKER
 

This all started in 1994 when Newt Gingrich decided that the
Republicans would never work with Democrats and they have followed
that stupid idea ever since! And that is part of their disfunction
today! Our form of government with its "checks and balances" requires
negotiation and compromise, it drives everything toward the political
center! When you refuse to negotiate and compromise you are swimming
upstream against the current when you try to impose your agenda on
everyone without the participation of the opposition! Republicans are
in a corner and it is a problem that they created for themselves!

Joel McClurg

 

JIM JORDAN: 'DONE WITH COUPS'  --  CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH

 

Mike Luckovich
October 18, 2023
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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RE: RELIGIOUS CHARTER SCHOOLS UNDERMINE THE FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC
EDUCATION
 

This ranks up there with my worst nightmares.

Gina Klein
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THE DAILY SACRIFICES  --  CARTOON BY HERB BLOCK

 

Herb Block
October 1,  1993
Washington Post
Herbert L. Block Collection
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RE: THE US SUPREME COURT’S INCOHERENT, IDIOTIC, AND RACIST RULINGS
ON GERRYMANDERING
 

What a great democracy???

Tarkpor Grupee
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RE: BIDEN’S NOMINATION OF ELLIOTT ABRAMS IGNORES A VIOLENT PAST
 

“[Elliott] Abrams was recently nominated by President Joe Biden to
chair the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, a public
relations post whose goal is to shape international perceptions about
the United States. It’s appalling that Abrams, a former member of
the Trump and Reagan Administrations, can still be seen as a
respectable candidate for any public office, much less one that’s
involved with diplomacy. It is still not too late, however, for
Congress—the same body that Abrams lied to about the Iran-Contra
Affair—to correct course by showing him the door.”

Norm Littlejohn
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My wife and I were personal witnesses in 1981, at the time of the
horrors that took place in Salvador, with US support.

Gian Giacomo Migone
Chair
Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate
Republic of Italy (1994-2001)

 

TROUBLES CAUSE REBELS

 

 

NEVER AGAIN. FOR ANYONE.

 

 

Jewish Voice For Peace took out a full-page ad in the New York Times,
calling on Biden to facilitate an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and stop
sending the Israeli military more weapons.

We're calling for a ceasefire — and bringing our message to 740,000
print subscribers.

Add your name now.
Sign the petition at jvp.org/ceasefire
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WHO TO FOLLOW IN AND FROM GAZA

 

 

SOLIDARITY SPEAKS - WEBINAR - JOIN WITH THREE LONGSTANDING ISRAELI
ACTIVISTS WHO HAVE WORKED TO BUILD SOLIDARITY ACROSS CHECKPOINTS,
BORDER WALLS, AND CLOSED MILITARY ZONES FOR MANY YEARS - THIS SUNDAY -
OCTOBER 29  (GREEN OLIVE COLLECTIVE)

 

 

Join us this Sunday for Solidarity Speaks
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special session of our emergency webinar series highlighting
Palestinian and Israeli voices of solidarity calling for an immediate
ceasefire and an end to collective punishment in the Gaza Strip and
the West Bank.

The occupation regime does all it can to segregate Palestinians and
Israelis. We are honored to join with three longstanding Israeli
activists who have worked to build solidarity across checkpoints,
border walls, and closed military zones for many years. They will each
shed light on the current moment and discuss the urgent need to build
empathy and common cause against the limits of the dominant discourse
set by Biden and Netanyahu. 

NOAM SHUSTER-ELIASSI is a comedian, creator, and unique cultural
voice who uses humour to satirize and lampoon systems of racial
inequality. She has gained global recognition for her uncompromising
commitment to justice and her ability to challenge dominant narratives
with hilarity and biting wit. Her comedy show Coexistence My A** is a
groundbreaking work commenting on the absurdities of identity and
power in Israel, Palestine, and the Middle East.

SAHAR VARDI is a prolific activist who began her solidarity work as
a member of Anarchists Against The Wall supporting the popular
struggle of Palestinians in Area C against land expropriation. Since
then she is known for her participation in weekly demonstrations in
Sheikh Jarrah and a variety of organizations including the Refuser
Solidarity Network, Free Jerusalem, American Friends Service
Committee, and others challenging unbridled militarism in Israeli
society. 

YOSSEF MEKYTON is an animal liberation, environmental, queer, and
decolonial activist. During the Great March of Return in 2018 he
helped organize Israeli solidarity demonstrations across the fence
from the Gazan returnees. He is working with Zochrot to promote
Israeli accountability for the Nakba of 1948 and a future
beyond partitions.

REGISTER AT THIS LINK TO JOIN SOLIDARITY SPEAKS.
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*Sunday, October 29th:
8PM Jerusalem, 7PM Berlin, 6PM London, 1PM NYC

This event will be a fundraiser for the Palestine Children's Relief
Fund (PCRF), providing emergency medical relief and humanitarian aid
during this ongoing catastrophe.

_Please help us spread the word and share this emergency webinar
series with relevant activist, faith, and learning communities. We
know many people are looking for perspective in this moment of urgency
and want as many people as possible to hear directly from Palestinians
and Israelis calling for justice._

Green Olive Collective Inc.
PO Box 1135
Jerusalem, 9101001

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FILM SCREENING - REVOLUTIONARY HEARTS - BROOKLYN - THIS SATURDAY -
OCTOBER 28  (PARK SLOPE METHODIST CHURCH)
 

Don't miss the screening of the new documentary, Revolutionary Hearts,
by Peter Kinoy & Mary Lutz, on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, AT 6:30 at the
Park Slope Methodist Church, (6th Avenue and 8th Street).

REVOLUTIONARY HEARTS is the story of a working-class couple who lead
an extraordinary life. David and Janet Greene built formal and
informal freedom schools for liberation from the coal fields of West
Virginia to adult literacy classes in Harlem, NY, to the rust belt of
Ohio. But 50 years of industrial labor and bad working conditions in
coal mines and auto plants left David with several life-threatening
cancers. Unable to continue his former activities David takes up art
and begins to paint the story of his life.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, AT 6:30

PARK SLOPE METHODIST CHURCH, (6TH AVENUE AND 8TH STREET). BROOKLYN

REVOLUTIONARY HEARTS trailer 2:40

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HOUSE PARTY TO CELEBRATE AND SUPPORT EDUCACIÓN POPULAR EN SALUD
(CHILE) - NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 5  (ACTION FOR HEALTH IN THE AMERICAS
-AHANY)
 

With special guest singer/songwriter/activist

BETHANY YARROW

Sunday, November 5, 2023
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

At the home of SHEILA DAUER 280 RIVERSIDE DRIVE, APT. 15E, NYC

Hosted by Action for Health in the Americas (AHANY)
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Light refreshments served. Tax-deductible donations to support the
work of EPES will be welcome at the event.

Please join us to support the ground-breaking work of EPES, now in its
41st year training and mobilizing people to build healthier
communities in Chile and around the world. Bethany Yarrow sings music
of power and praise. She is a song keeper, earth activist, and student
of the spiritual traditions of the Americas. Both musically and in her
activism, Bethany carries on a family legacy. Her father is Peter
Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary; and her mother’s uncle was the great
peace activist and politician Eugene McCarthy from Minnesota.

Bethany is deeply connected to Chile and to EPES. In 1995 she produced
the film Long Roads about EPES and she has sung with her father in
many fundraisers to support the work of EPES.

EPES is an independent non-profit Chilean foundation founded in 1982
to promote health with dignity for the poor through empowerment,
mobilization and collective action. For more information on EPES, see:
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Action for Health in the Americas (AHA) is the North American
counterpart of EPES) founded in 2006 to ensure that supporters in the
U.S. receive regular updates on EPES and can make tax-deductible
donations to immediately support EPES’ work. For more information on
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RSVP TO SARAH AT [email protected]

If you cannot attend but would like to make a tax-deductible
contribution, please give online at www.actionforhealth.org
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Action for Health in the Americas (AHA)
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Clifton Park, NY 12065

Please write “AHANY” in the memo line of your check or in the
“additional comments” section in the online donation form.
Gracias!
 

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