Wednesday, June 21, 2017

[MAPA nuclear disarmament] Re: Korean War History

Stephen Slaner
To  Jonathan Alan King,    MAPA Nuclear Disarmament  
I'd also recommend I.F. Stone's HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE KOREAN WAR if you can find it. Also, there was a PBS series by Jon Halliday on the subject.
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] 6/24 Schooled by Struggle: How black radicals teach us

Charlie Welch via Act-MA
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Schooled by Struggle: How black radicals teach us
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Sat June 24th 1 PM· Grove Hall Branch of the Boston Public Library · Boston

From Richard Wright's influential memoir *Black Boy* to the
autobiography of political exile Assata Shakur, the stories of African
American radicals retain the power to teach and inspire. What can we
learn today by studying the experiences and reflections of past
generations of radical activists? In an era where our public schools and
our communities are sites of growing struggles, what can previous
generations of black radicals teach us today that can help to strengthen
our community movements for social justice, in the classroom... and beyond?

Please join us for a panel discussion and community dialogue, featuring
speakers: Mimi Jones, Tony Van Der Meer, Nino Brown, Joseph G. Ramsey,
and Jessie Gardner. The conversation will be hosted by Dorotea Manuela
and Suren Moodliar of Encuentro Cinco.

41 Geneva Avenue, Dorchester, MA 02121
617-427-3337

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June 20th-HAPPENING LIVE NOW: Occupation of Senator’s Office to demand Medicare for All!

Socialist Alternative
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NY Senate Democrat’s office occupied by supporters
of Medicare for All bill!

Occupiers call for mass mobilization strategy
to pass NY Health Act

Watch the livestream on Facebook
“We’re protesting Simcha Felder’s role in blocking the passage of the NY Health Act. “The political establishment of New York had an opportunity to guarantee healthcare to all New Yorkers at a time when we are fighting against the threat of Republican healthcare reform in Washington. They failed. 

“We can’t let that happen again. We need mass protests. We need a systematic campaign, led by the main progressive organizations and the unions, that aims to mobilize thousands of people into action, starting with a mass demonstration on day one of the next legislative session. Let’s build a fight to demand the passage of the New York Health Act.” 

- Tyler Hassan, mental healthcare worker, Socialist Alternative member, and resident of Senator Simcha Felder’s district in Brooklyn    

“Young people face a future of skyrocketing tuition, rent, and healthcare costs, and we are fighting back. The for-profit healthcare system is completely rotten and we’re tired of politicians making excuses for why people have to keep dying. We want to know where Senator Felder actually stands. Is he on the side of the predatory insurance companies? Or is he on the side of the uninsured and the sick?”  

- Juliet DePaula, Socialist Students BMCC in NYC
Today, members of Socialist Alternative, Socialist Students, the Green Party and others occupied Democratic Party State Senator Simcha Felder’s Brooklyn office. Jabari Brisport, the socialist running for city council in Brooklyn as a Green Party candidate also joined the protest 

Felder is the only Democrat in the State Senate who has not come out in support of NY Health Act S4840, which is a Medicare for All plan for New York state supported by healthcare unions and Physicians for a National Health Plan.

The Democrats technically have a majority in the Senate, but Felder and other Democrats choose to caucus with the Republicans and give the GOP a majority to block the health bill.  
Defeat Trumpcare - Pass Medicare for All
For the third year in a row, the NY State Assembly passed the act, and for the third year in a row the NY State Senate has sided with the insurance companies.

This year is different because the stakes have never been higher. Trump’s election has put the Republicans in a position to gut the Affordable Care Act, a real threat to millions of people who could lose their insurance. The NY Governor’s office estimates that 2.7 million residents of NY state could lose coverage.

Passing the NY Health Act now would ensure nobody loses their healthcare because of Trump, and it would also extend healthcare to the more than 1 million people in NYC who still lack insurance despite Obamacare. Passing the NY Health Act would also give confidence to people around the country that it’s possible to defeat Trumpcare.

Support for Medicare for All is growing. A May 2016 Gallup poll showed 58% of Americans support “replacing the ACA with a federally funded healthcare program providing insurance for all Americans.”

Nobody should have to rely on the patchwork of competing, predatory, for-profit insurance companies who are more interested in profiting off the sick than delivering high quality care. 
Role of the Democratic Party establishment
Unfortunately, Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and other establishment Democrats are not backing Medicare for All legislation, preferring to uphold the prestige of “Obamacare”. The ACA extended care to millions of people and we defend that, but it hasn’t been enough to stop rising costs or provide everyone insurance.

Meanwhile, NY Governor Andrew Cuomo has not said if he would actually sign the NY Health Act. NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, who organized a rally of 25,000 to protest Trump’s inauguration, has done nothing to mobilize support for passage of the NY Health Act. This was a huge opportunity and the entire Democratic political establishment completely failed.

The hesitation and opposition of establishment Democrats reflects the huge pressure of the insurance industry who will not be passive in the face of threats to their power and profits. They have spent tens of millions of dollars lobbying politicians over the decades and have bought off entire sections of both parties.

New Strategy Needed
That’s why we can’t rely on the politicians to simply “do the right thing.” We need a new strategy in the fight for health care that mobilizes the power of working people.

We call on the powerful unions of New York and all the progressive organizations who are already working hard in the fight to pass the NY Health Act to build for a united mass demonstration in Albany at the start of the next legislative session.

We should systematically build for the protest, with local actions building up to the main demonstration, to ensure the widest participation.

The for-profit healthcare system is failing. Under capitalism, every service is turned into a cash making operation for the billionaires at the expense of the needs of working people.

There are so many issues to fight on -- healthcare, racism, sexism, poverty, housing, transit, jobs, the environment. But the key underlying issue is power: the billionaires have too much and working people don’t have enough. The fight for Medicare for All can be a starting point for changing that. Join Socialist Alternative today!

Socialist Alternative calls for:
  • Pass the NY Health Act now! No more delays.
  • A mass demonstration on day one of the next session of the NY state legislature demanding passage of NY Health Act
  • A united mass movement to escalate pressure on the political establishment, led by progressives organizations like Physicians for a National Health Plan, healthcare unions, and the broader labor movement
  • Free quality healthcare and public services for all, paid for with a massive tax increases on Wall Street and the billionaire class
  • An end to for-profit healthcare - democratic public ownership of the predatory pharmaceutical industry and the largest medical supply companies, hospital chains and healthcare providers
  • For an ongoing mass movement against poverty, inequality, racism, sexism, and all forms of oppression
  • For independent candidates and a new party of the 99% that reject corporate cash and fight for the urgent needs of all working people
  • A democratic socialist society organized to meet the needs of people and the environment, not profits
     
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In Cambridge-REMINDER- Save The Date: Film - "National Bird: Drone Wars"

United for Justice with Peace
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REMINDER- Save The Date: Film - &quot;National Bird: Drone Wars&quot;

Why is our government killing thousands of people around the globe they can’t even identify?
See National Bird, a film about the secret US drone assassination program.
Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 7 pm
Central Square Library
45 Pearl St, Cambridge
Directed by Sonia Kennebeck, this powerful documentary follows the dramatic journey of three whistleblowers who are determined to break the silence around one of the most controversial current affairs issues of our time: the hidden U.S. drone war, which has escalated under President Trump.
Plagued by PTSD and guilt over participating in the killing of thousands of faceless people, including children, they courageously decide to speak out publicly, despite the possible severe consequences.  The film also interviews people on the ground in Afghanistan whose families and lives have been shattered by the deaths and lost futures of those who have been injured and terrorized by drones.
After the film there will be a short discussion with suggestions of things we can do to stop this immoral and indefensible form of warfare.
Sponsored by Eastern Massachusetts Anti-Drones Network, a task force of UJP (United for Justice with Peace) JusticeWithPeace.org, (617) 776-6524.
Co-sponsored by Mass Peace Action
Upcoming Events: 
Dialogue on Anti-Muslim PrejudiceThursday, June 22, 2017 - 5:30pmBoston Public Library, Lower Mills BranchDorchester
China, Trump and the WorldThursday, June 22, 2017 - 7:00pmCenter for Marxist EducationCambridge
Anti-Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions legislation hearing at statehouseTuesday, July 18, 2017 - 10:00amMassachusetts State HouseBoston
Film screening: "National Bird: Drone Wars"Tuesday, July 18, 2017 - 7:00pmCambridge Library, Central SquareCambridge
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Women lead protest at US detention Centre



Payday men's network
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Dear friends,
On 15 June, 12 women detained in North West Detention Centre near Tacoma (Washington State, US) went on hunger strike.  Few days later they were 25.
Please write in support of this courageous struggle to expose the horrible conditions and abuse that women and men face inside, circulate their updated information to your network, and be directly in touch with NWDC Resistance through their Facebook page.
Close all detention centres everywhere!

Activist Goes on Hunger Strike Outside the Northwest Detention Center
Maru Mora Villalpando Joins the Tacoma 12 and Adelanto 9 in Calling for an End to Human Rights Abuses in Immigrant Detention

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Solidarity Camp outside North West Detention Centre (April 2017)
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Maru Mora Villalpando
Tacoma, WA - On Monday, June 19th, Maru Mora Villalpando, member of the NWDC Resistance, will begin  a hunger strike to call attention to the plight of up to 1,600 immigrants held in detention suffering human rights abuses at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC). On June 15, 2017, at least a dozen detainees went on hunger strike to call attention to inhumane detention conditions, refusing to eat for multiple days. By June 18, NWDC Resistance organizers received reports that more than 25 hunger strikers are calling on GEO Group to provide edible, nutritious food, on ICE to provide fair and timely hearings, and on civil society to step up and take action for the injustices in our communities. In response, Maru Mora Villalpando is going on hunger strike, and is joined by other members of civil society who are stepping up their solidarity.

As hunger strikers on the inside are discussing ceasing their strike on the inside, Maru will keep the hunger strike continuous by holding space on the outside. A female hunger striker in detention said: “I feel more deteriorated every day, more bad, more worse, because of what we are living through and what we are seeing inside. What we are suffering is horrible, horrible. Here they don’t care what conditions we are living in… they don’t care about anything.” To listen to her story, go to: http://bit.ly/2sIyXzZ

GEO Group’s human rights abuses are not a case of “bad apples.” Just this week, GEO employees have refused to complete basic maintenance, such as repairing a broken air conditioner when projected temperatures are expected to reach 78 degrees. Likewise, people in detention have noted repeated problems with incorrect medications resulting in hospital visits, suicide attempts, and inadequate access to medical treatment -- even in diagnosed cases of malignant cancers.

There are also 9 asylum seekers on hunger strike at the GEO-owned Adelanto Detention Facility in Southern California. Rather than releasing asylum seekers pending their hearing, they were subjected to further trauma -- pepper spray, beating and solitary confinement. The #Adelanto9 continue on hunger strike to call attention to these blatant human rights abuses, meaning that people inside and outside detention centers are on hunger strike throughout the West Coast.

Call to Action: Hunger strikers and solidarity supporters are holding down a 24-7 encampment outside the Northwest Detention Center. Please join them to show people held in detention that they are not alone, and the state of Washington will no longer tolerate human rights abuses!

For live updates on the #Tacoma12 and solidarity hunger strikes, visithttps://www.facebook.com/NWDCResistance/.

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NWDC Resistance is a volunteer community group that emerged to fight deportations in 2014 at the now-infamous Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, WA. NWDC Resistance is part of the #Not1More campaign and supported people detained who organized hunger strikes asking for a halt to all deportations and better treatment and conditions.

Contact: Maru Mora Villalpando, (206) 251 6658, maru@latinoadvocacy.org


#Tacoma12     #Adelanto9     #Not1More      #NoEstánSolos

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