Wednesday, March 15, 2017

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*A Snapshot View Of The Leaders Of The 1917 Bolshevik Revolution-Nadezhda Krupskaya

Click on title to link to a "Nadezhda Krupskaya Internet Archive" online copy of a section of her very important work, "Reminiscences Of Lenin". This is inside stuff and required reading for those who want to get an idea of Lenin as a developing revolutionary leader.

March Is Women's History Month

Markin comment:


No revolution can succeed without men and women of Krupskaya's caliber. As Trotsky noted, on more than one occasion, the West, for lots of reason, in his day had not produced such cadre. I believe that observation, for the most part, is even truer today.

In Boston-Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross


“I buried my negatives in the ground in order that there should be some record of our tragedy.”
—Henryk Ross

Experience an extraordinary glimpse of life inside the second largest ghetto in German-occupied Europe through the lens of Polish Jewish photojournalist Henryk Ross (1910–1991) in “Memory Unearthed: The Lodz Ghetto Photographs of Henryk Ross,” opening March 25. More than 200 of Ross’s powerful photographs—secretly taken, carefully hidden and rescued by Ross—are accompanied by artifacts, including Ross’s own identity card, ghetto notices, and an album of contact prints, handcrafted by Ross and shown in its entirety. A moving, intimate visual record of the ghetto’s daily life from its inception in 1940 to its liquidation in 1944, Ross’s photographs bear witness to the Holocaust from the point of view of its victims. Become a member to see it first, March 21–24, before it opens to the public.

Veterans For Peace at Standing Rock

St. Patrick’s parade organizers will allow gay vets to march-But Not Veterans For Peace

St. Patrick’s parade organizers will allow gay vets to march

FILE - In this March 20, 2016 file photo, members of OutVets, a group of gay military veterans, march in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Boston's South Boston neighborhood. The group said Wednesday, March 8, 2017, it was denied permission to march in the 2017 Boston St. Patrick's Day parade just two years after organizers made the ground-breaking decision to allow gay groups to participate for the first time. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
In this March 20, 2016, photo, members of OutVets march in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in South Boston. –Steven Senne / AP
BOSTON (AP) — Organizers of the city’s St. Patrick’s Day parade reversed course on Friday and said they would allow a group of gay veterans to march in this year’s parade.
The South Boston Allied War Veterans Council announced on the parade’s Twitter account that it had signed an ‘‘acceptance letter’’ that would clear the way for OutVets to participate.
A lawyer for OutVets said late Friday that the group looked forward to ‘‘marching proudly’’ and representing LGBTQ veterans.
‘‘We are honored and humbled by all the outpouring of support that has been displayed for our LGBTQ veterans – who are one of the most unrepresented demographics in our veterans community,’’ said lawyer said Dee Dee Edmondson.
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An earlier vote by the council to bar OutVets from marching drew immediate condemnation from high-profile politicians, some of whom said they would not march if the gay veterans were excluded. It caused some sponsors to back out and stirred up a furor on social media.
South Boston Allied War Veterans Council member Edward Flynn said Friday night he was proud the group invited OutVets to be part of the parade. ‘‘South Boston is an inclusive community, and with this development, we are one step closer to a parade that reflects that spirit,’’ he said.
It was unclear if the reversal of the decision was a result of a second vote by the council.
‘‘I decided this is a wrong that has to be corrected,’’ the parade’s lead organizer, Tim Duross, told WHDH-TV.
Earlier Friday, OutVets executive director Bryan Bishop said the vets had been told the original decision to bar them was because of their rainbow symbols.
Bishop said the council offered to allow the group to march if its members did not display the rainbow flag, a symbol of gay pride, which is on their banner and their jackets.
The group said no.
‘‘I almost fell out of the chair at that point, said, ‘You gotta be kidding me,’’’ Bishop said.

Build The Resistance -I'm a nurse, this is how we defend healthcare

 
Friends,

Below is the speech delivered by Sarah White, a Registered Nurse, on International Women’s Day, about how we can fight the attacks on healthcare.  As Sarah says, Trump can be defeated  - but it’s going to take a massive escalation of the resistance.

An injury to one is an injury to all. Trump is ramping up the deportation machine and is threatening to unleash ICE agents in cities, workplaces, neighborhoods, and schools. Sarah, Socialist Alternative, Movement for the 99% and Socialist Students are helping to build the largest protest and strike actions on May 1. May 1, or “May Day,” is a day of historic immigrant rights protests, and this year mass actions and strikes will take place across the country against this administration’s right wing agenda.  
Donate $25 today to send a clear message to Trump and the Billionaires’ that you stand with immigrants by building the largest protest and strike actions on May Day.


To watch a video of the speech, go here.  If can also read a recent article by Sarah on the attacks on healthcare: Defeat the Right Wing and Corporate Assault on Our Healthcare!



My name is Sarah White, I’m a nurse, I’m a socialist, and I’m mad as hell about what Trump and the Republicans want to do with women’s rights and our health care!

We will unite against sexism, against Trump, against the billionaire class and we will fight back!

Are you with me?

Our sisters in the ’60s had to fight hard for these gains and they won by building their own independent mass movement and massive protests. These gains were not handed down to us. In fact, they were won against a right-wing Nixon presidency and a conservative Supreme Court – because women stood up for these rights. 

The civil rights movement, the anti-war movement, and the women’s movement mobilized for the needs of ALL working people. Our sisters and brothers then didn’t limit their demands to what was acceptable to the billionaire class and their establishment politicians. And that’s how we will win!
  • We’ll stop the funding cuts to Planned Parenthood! We will stop the restrictions on abortion rights or access!
  • We fight for Medicare for all, for a single-payer health care  to make healthcare affordable to all women and the LGBTQ community!
  • We fight to make the billionaires and corporations pay for guaranteed high-quality child care, paid family leave, and universal single-payer health care. Tax the rich!
  • We fight for a society based on solidarity and cooperation. We will end sexism, racism, poverty, and oppression
100 years ago, the women in Russia rose up to fight for democracy and socialism on March 8. And our fight continues today, 100 years later. This world is still dominated by corporate greed and a capitalist system that fails the 99%. We need a democratic socialist society to guarantee every women full reproductive rights, to guarantee every woman a life of dignity, free from  oppression and exploitation.

On Monday, Donald Trump and the Republicans fired the most recent shots in the war against women and the poor. Millions would be kicked out of health care. And we say “NO!”
  • Trump’s plan would defund Planned Parenthood – we say, “NO”!
  • It would mostly eliminate insurance coverage for abortions – and we say, “NO”!
  • Maternity coverage would become optional and likely extremely expensive – and we say “NO”!
These measures are deadly for women and we all know that’s true. This is essentially a $600 billion tax cut for the rich.

But here’s the thing, Trump and the right wing can be defeated!

To stop Trump and the right wing, we need a new mass women’s movement! And we can build it!

To stop Trump and the billionaire class, we need bold demands to mobilize and encourage people! Free health care, a livable minimum wage of $15 an hour, free education – if we fight, we can win!

To stop corporate greed, to fight Trump, we need a new party that stands 100% on the side of workers – a new mass socialist party!

Let’s get organized in our fight back! Let’s build together for a day of protests and strikes on May Day! We’ll be back on the streets and in the resistance!
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In Boston-"30 Seconds to Midnight"--the film everyone MUST see: next Monday, 7pm, CCB


A reminder to peace and climate people and groups (please
forward to anyone I’ve missed, and your friends): a reminder. 
You should have received more detailed info on Regis Tremblay’s 
new film, “30 Seconds to Midnight”—a clear reference to the
Doomsday clock—back in February.*

Just a week away now! Hope you can come and bring many friends to
see this important new film on the three biggest current threats to all
life on the planet: nuclear technology (including nuclear plants, like
Pilgrim); nuclear war; and the ongoing climate catastrophe. 

Hoping for a terrific turnout at the Community Church next
Monday: 7pm on, 565 Boylston Street, Boston.

*If you didn’t receive an earlier email notice, or can’t read the 
attached graphic (google-group lists are especially poor at 
handling large attachments), just drop me a note and let
me know, so I can fill you in.  
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