[ Reader Comments: Trump Embraces Fascism; Housing IS a Labor
Issue; The "river to the sea" controversy; New York Retirees Fight
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TIDBITS – DEC. 21, 2023 – READER COMMENTS: TRUMP EMBRACES
FASCISM; HOUSING IS A LABOR ISSUE; THE “RIVER TO THE SEA”
CONTROVERSY; NEW YORK RETIREES FIGHT CITY HALL AND MEDICARE ADVANTAGE;
NEW DEAL POSTERS; CARTOONS; MORE…
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Tidbits - Reader Comments, Resources, Announcements, AND cartoons -
Dec. 21, 2023, xxxxxx
* A FRIGHTFUL VISION -- CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH
* RE: MAKE AMERICA FASCIST AGAIN (MAFA!) – THE FUTURE IF DONALD
TRUMP RETURNS TO THE OVAL OFFICE (DENNIS SCHMUNK)
* RE: GEORGE CONWAY TEARS APART ‘LOGICALLY WEAK’ DISSENTS IN
COLORADO SUPREME COURT’S TRUMP RULING (PAT LOVE)
* IN THE MEADOW WE CAN BUILD A SNOWMAN AND PRETEND HIS NAME IS
DONALD TRUMP -- CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ
* RE: WHY LABOR UNIONS SHOULD JOIN THE HOUSING FIGHT (NORM
LITTLEJOHN)
* RE: THE RISE AND FALL OF MOMS FOR LIBERTY (ELEANOR ROOSEVELT)
* GOP LIST -- CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ
* NOTHING BURGER -- CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS
* RE: STARBUCKS ORDERED TO REOPEN 23 STORES (NORM)
* ON THE "RIVER TO THE SEA" CONTROVERSY (JAMES ZOGBY)
* RE: PRO-ISRAEL BILLIONAIRES ARE SPENDING BIG TO OUST SOCIALISTS
FROM OFFICE (CARYL ESTEVES)
* RE: DEAR HUMAN AT THE EDGE OF TIME (KIPP DAWSON)
RESOURCES:
* RETIREES LIKE ALL OF US DESERVE TRADITIONAL MEDICARE (THE
INDYPENDENT)
* POSTERS OF THE NEW DEAL (FRIDAY'S LABOR FOLKLORE)
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* WEBINAR: OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS FAILING US ALL - JANUARY 29
(CROSS-UNION RETIREES ORGANIZING COMMITTEE)
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A FRIGHTFUL VISION -- CARTOON BY MIKE LUCKOVICH
Mike Luckovich
December 10, 2023
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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RE: MAKE AMERICA FASCIST AGAIN (MAFA!) – THE FUTURE IF DONALD TRUMP
RETURNS TO THE OVAL OFFICE
I remember a few years back, when I referred to the tea party and the
republican base as fascist. I was accused of spreading left wing
hyperbole for saying America was deeply fascist in some ways. Now
the media is getting accustomed to describing obviously fascist moves
by republicans and their wealthy backers as well as the Supreme Court.
'I told you so 'isn't bringing me any satisfaction. It never
will.......but it's true.....I did say so and often.
Dennis Schmunk
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
RE: GEORGE CONWAY TEARS APART ‘LOGICALLY WEAK’ DISSENTS IN
COLORADO SUPREME COURT’S TRUMP RULING
In this article Conway says US Supreme Court cannot over rule state
Supreme Court decision. Is this true?
Pat Love
IN THE MEADOW WE CAN BUILD A SNOWMAN AND PRETEND HIS NAME IS DONALD
TRUMP -- CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ
Lalo Alcaraz
December 18, 2023
pocho.com
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RE: WHY LABOR UNIONS SHOULD JOIN THE HOUSING FIGHT
(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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Putting creative housing demands on the bargaining table and engaging
in public campaigns for tenant protections are essential first steps
for all unions that can bargain on the offensive as they gain power.
But because the marketization of housing operates as a direct threat
to labor power, unions might also follow the lead of the most
visionary labor and tenant unions and embrace a more radical stance
for the long-term: that housing should be guaranteed for all.
Labor unions have often had the role of voicing radical visions about
what does and does not belong in markets, even as they fight for their
members’ survival pending systemic change: Local 11 and National
Nurses United have called for universal health care, even as we press
employers to pay into elaborate private health funds to meet our
members’ medical needs in the meantime. Unions are well positioned
to make other radical market-constitutive claims: that housing, like
health care, does not belong in a consumer market. If workers were not
beholden to paying rent every single month, how much longer could we
strike? If housing were guaranteed for all, how much more could we
win?
Norm Littlejohn
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: THE RISE AND FALL OF MOMS FOR LIBERTY
You can be sure that any organization that has the word "Moms", the
word "Liberty," or any combination thereof in the name has nothing to
do with either.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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GOP LIST -- CARTOON BY LALO ALCARAZ
Lalo Alcaraz
November 29, 2021
NOTHING BURGER -- CARTOON BY ROB ROGERS
Rob Rogers
December 18, 2023
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RE: STARBUCKS ORDERED TO REOPEN 23 STORES
(posting on xxxxxx Labor
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Like its alleged intimidation tactics and firing of workers who have
led unionization efforts, Starbucks' closure of at least 23 stores
amid a nationwide workers' rights push last year did not go unnoticed
by federal regulators, who ordered the global coffee chain to reopen
the locations on Wednesday.
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a complaint saying
that eight of the shuttered stores were among the more than 360
Starbucks locations that have voted to unionize, and that executives
did not notify the union, Starbucks Workers United, about the closures
ahead of time—robbing organizers of an opportunity to bargain over
the decision.
Norm
ON THE "RIVER TO THE SEA" CONTROVERSY (JAMES ZOGBY)
RE: PRO-ISRAEL BILLIONAIRES ARE SPENDING BIG TO OUST SOCIALISTS FROM
OFFICE
Are we surprised?
Caryl Esteves
Posted on xxxxxx's Facebook page
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RE: DEAR HUMAN AT THE EDGE OF TIME
(posting on xxxxxx Culture
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A young poet calls out to us. All of us. "Dear Human at the Edge of
Time" (gratitude to xxxxxx
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It is even worse than they say. Do you remember that day?
Orange sky, like a bright tangerine. It’s not a cliché because this
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Kipp Dawson
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RETIREES LIKE ALL OF US DESERVE TRADITIONAL MEDICARE (THE
INDYPENDENT)
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POSTERS OF THE NEW DEAL (FRIDAY'S LABOR FOLKLORE)
The Prints and Photographs Division at the Library of Congress
features collections which document "the history of the United States
and the lives, interests, and achievements of the American people."
(video link [[link removed]]). The collection
includes over 900 posters produced by the Works Progress
Administration (WPA) from 1936 to 1943.
The WPA was established in 1935 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
as part of his New Deal program to put millions of unemployed
Americans back to work. The posters depict various programs sponsored
by the government: health and safety programs, cultural programs
including art exhibits and theatrical and musical performances, travel
and tourism, educational programs and community activities.
One of the most famous WPA projects was Federal Project Number One
which provided funds for artists, musicians, actors, and writers.
Under its direction were the Federal Art Project, the Federal Music
Project, the Federal Theatre Project, and the Federal Writers'
Project. The goal was to employ out-of-work artists and, as a result,
millions of Americans were first introduced to the arts by
participating in a WPA supported performance or exhibition or by
reading.
The Federal Art Project employed more than 5,000 artists; its poster
divisions were organized in 17 states and the District of Columbia.
Many New Deal administrators believed that art could be a part of
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not just the elite, and could enrich the lives of all who came in
contact with it.
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Friday's Labor Folklore,
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