Why are farmworkers embarking on the 4 for Fair Food Tour?
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Sunday, January 27, 2019
Why are farmworkers embarking on the 4 for Fair Food Tour? Coalition of Immokalee Workers
Protest Raytheon Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia at Campus Career Fairs
Protest Raytheon Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia at Campus Career Fairs
Northeastern University: 1/29/19 6PM-7PM bit.ly/neraytheon
409 Dana Research Center, 100 Forsyth St, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
MIT: 2/4/19 12PM-2PM
Johnson Athletic Center, 120 Vassar Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Boston University: 2/6/19 12PM-2PM bit.ly/buraytheon
Metcalf Hall, George Sherman Union, 775 Comm Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
Tufts University: 2/8/19 12PM-2PM bit.ly/tuftsraytheon
Gantcher Center, 161 College Ave, Medford, Massachusetts 02155
Northeastern University: 2/14/19 12PM-2PM bit.ly/neratheonvalentines
Employer Engagement and Career Design, 101 Stearns Center, 420 Huntington Ave., Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Take Action: Tell your Reps to Create a GAO Investigation Before Another Base Is Built in Okinawa
Take Action: Tell your Reps to Create a GAO Investigation Before Another Base Is Built in Okinawa
Okinawa is moving toward crisis. Their vigil at the gate has continued for more that 5000 days; their actual sit-in (blocking construction vehicles) more than 1000. A move by GAO could have an impact. Please take a few minutes to send this letter off.
It is written as an appeal to the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) to launch an investigation of that project. Last year’s GAO report on the Marines in the Asia-Pacific contained veiled criticisms of the Henoko project, so there is a real possibility that they might take this up big time.
But to do that they need a nudge from Congress. The letter form below makes it very easy to send the text of this resolution to your congresspeople.
If you have already signed, can you forward to a friend?
It's so important that we get as many letters sent as possible!
Join in the Resistance - Organizing in 2019 - Sunday, 3:30 PM John 1/25/2019 3:26 PM To bmdc@lists.riseup.net, mayday@lists.riseup.net Quick reply allReplyForwardDelete Join in the Resistance – Organizing in 2019 www.facebook.com/bostonmdc https://www.facebook.com/events/540374559799529/ Sunday, January 27, 3:30 PM Encuentro 5 9A Hamilton Place, Boston, MA 02108 Join with the Boston May Day Coalition as we gather together to look back and evaluate our work in 2018 and discuss our vision for resisting deportations and defending the rights of working people and youth. We will be discussing our short and long term goals as well as the upcoming May Day mobilization which is less than 4 months away. Join us in discussing our tasks, demands, and perspectives. This event will feature pot luck food and beverages. Agenda for 1/27 gathering: Welcome – Brief history of BMDC – Serve food and have Introductions Looking back at 2018 – political developments and our response Current government assault and existing fightback – what is the leading edge of assault and why? Our long-term vision for migrants, workers and youth. Policies needed and our demands. Strategy – discuss mass action, openness, democracy, and transparency Role of Democrats, role of the left and labor movement currently What must change? What are we asking folks to do? Plans for May Day 2019 What are our next steps/activities? What are our priorities? Elect an interim committee and schedule next meeting
Join in the Resistance - Organizing in 2019 - Sunday, 3:30 PM
Join in the Resistance – Organizing in 2019
Sunday, January 27, 3:30 PM
Encuentro 5
9A Hamilton Place, Boston, MA 02108
Join with the Boston May Day Coalition as we gather together to look back and evaluate our work in 2018 and discuss our vision for resisting deportations and defending the rights of working people and youth. We will be discussing our short and long term goals as well as the upcoming May Day mobilization which is less than 4 months away. Join us in discussing our tasks, demands, and perspectives. This event will feature pot luck food and beverages.
Agenda for 1/27 gathering:
- Welcome – Brief history of BMDC – Serve food and have Introductions
- Looking back at 2018 – political developments and our response
- Current government assault and existing fightback – what is the leading edge of assault and why?
- Our long-term vision for migrants, workers and youth. Policies needed and our demands.
- Strategy – discuss mass action, openness, democracy, and transparency
Role of Democrats, role of the left and labor movement currently
What must change? What are we asking folks to do?
- Plans for May Day 2019
- What are our next steps/activities? What are our priorities?
- Elect an interim committee and schedule next meeting
If Trump Shuts Down-Again-Built The United Front Resistance-General Strike: Fierce Urgency of Now January 20, 2019 — AFA International President Sara Nelson accepted the 2019 AFL-CIO MLK Drum Major for Justice Award, with a call to conference activists from across the Labor Movement to talk with their union leadership about conducting a General Strike to end the Government Shutdown.
General Strike: Fierce Urgency of Now
January 20, 2019 — AFA International President Sara Nelson accepted the 2019 AFL-CIO MLK Drum Major for Justice Award, with a call to conference activists from across the Labor Movement to talk with their union leadership about conducting a General Strike to end the Government Shutdown.
2019 AFL-CIO Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil and Human Rights Awards Dinner
Washington, DC
Civil and Human Rights Awards Dinner
Washington, DC
Thank you. I am proud to represent my union tonight, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA. We are aviation’s first responders and last line of defense. It’s wonderful to be joined by my family, my fellow officers Debora Sutor and Kevin Creighan, and Flight Attendant activists who are here participating in our MLK Conference and doing the work daily on our Human Rights committees. Kia Carroll, Melinda Jorge, Trina Johnson, and Jennifer Kraakevik – stand up and thank you for working to make our union stronger!
Receiving this award is an honor that I can’t begin to properly express. Thank you to the AFL-CIO Civil and Human Rights Committee, President Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer Shuler and Executive Vice President Gebre for this extraordinary award.
But, This award is not about me. This award was created to honor the legacy of Dr. King. This award is about all of us. We are together here tonight because he called us together. He called on us to come together with the “fierce urgency of now” to fight for justice.
Our calling is now. There is a humanitarian crisis unfolding right now for our 800,000 federal sector sisters and brothers who are either locked out of work or forced to come to work without pay due to the government shutdown.
These are real people who are facing real consequences of being dragged into the longest shutdown in history. No money to pay for rent, for childcare, or a tank of gas to get to work. The federal worker stretching insulin through the night and wondering if she will wake up in the morning. The transportation security officer in her third trimester with no certainty for her unborn child. The corrections officer who tried to take his own life because he saw no other way out. The air traffic controller who whispered to his union leader, “I just don’t know how long I can hang on.”
The situation is changing rapidly. Major airports are already seeing security checkpoints closing. Many more will follow. Safety inspectors and federal cybersecurity staff are on furlough, not working. The layers of safety and security that keep us safe are not in place due to the shutdown.
I have a growing concern for our members’ safety and security.
In addition, it is likely days – no more than a week – until the aviation system begins to unravel and massive flight cancellations ensue. When that happens, private jets won’t take off either, and no one will get to Atlanta for the Superbowl.
At best, our members will lose work, at worst ..
As I have said many times in recent days, safety and security is non-negotiable.
The TSA was created for the same reason my friends’ names, along with 3000 others, are engraved in bronze at the 9/11 memorial in New York.
If they can’t do their job, I can’t do mine. Dr. King said, “their destiny is tied up with our destiny. We cannot walk alone.”
Federal workers here tonight - Stand Up.
Flight Attendants and aviation workers - Stand Up.
Nurses who count on the medicine we deliver on our planes - Stand Up.
Everyone who flew to this conference - Stand Up.
Anyone who believes it is a crime to make people work without pay - Stand Up.
Federal workers, We’ve got your back!
The country sees no solution in sight, but Labor can lead the way. Dr. King rallied us by reaching for the mountain top. He didn’t seek integration of just ONE school, he sought freedom in our schools for ALL children. He didn’t seek integration of just ONE lunch counter, he aspired to have us ALL “sit down together at the table of brotherhood.” And sisterhood, Dr. King!
Today, people are starving for this kind of leadership. They are hungry for answers where some would say there are none. Through our Labor Movement, we have the answers for them and together we can lead the way.
We need to follow Dr. King’s lead and think big. Think big like the hotel workers who took on the largest hotel chain the world and won. Think BIG, like the teachers in Los Angeles who this very minute are taking on powerful hedge funds to save public education for our children.
Dr. King said that “With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together.”
Now listen to me… We can end this Shutdown together.
Federal sector unions have their hands full caring for the 800,000 federal workers who are at the tip of the spear. Some would say the answer is for them to walk off the job. I say, “what are you willing to do? Their destiny IS tied up with our destiny – and they don’t even have time to ask us for help. Don’t wait for an invitation. Get engaged, join or plan a rally, get on a picket line, organize sit-ins at lawmakers’ offices.
Almost a million workers are locked out or being forced to work without pay. Others are going to work when our workspace is increasingly unsafe. What is the Labor Movement waiting for?
Go back with the Fierce Urgency of NOW to talk with your Locals and International unions about all workers joining together - To End this Shutdown with a General Strike.
We can do this. Together. Si se puede. Every gender, race, culture, and creed. The American Labor Movement. We have the power.
And to all Americans – We’ve Got Your Back!
A View From The Boston Local Left -NEW WARS / OLD WARS – What Could Possibly Go Wrong
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NEW WARS / OLD WARS – What Could Possibly Go Wrong
VENEZUELA AND BEYOND
I don’t claim to know all the facts about what is happening in Venezuela but I do know that the US has no right to intervene into the affairs of any sovereign country, even if the
 situation is not ideal from the point of view of democracy or local policies. This is true of Venezuela – and of Nicaragua, Syria, Iran or anywhere else where our government chooses to selectively oppose governments it deems “enemies” while backing to the hilt friendly dictatorships all over the world such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Israeli occupier. While US officials shed crocodile tears for the people of these countries, sanctions imposed on their governments have made their humanitarian situation worse. Not only hypocritical, but US interventions have invariably caused more harm than any ostensible good. We should firmly oppose any unilateral US interventions, whatever the supposed justifications. The situation is increasingly alarming s the embattled Trump administration may be tempted to create an international crisis to deflect attention from its own failures. Friday, January 25
Protest tonight: HANDS OFF VENEZUELA!!!
5:30 - 6:30 pm, Copley Square, Boston
Yesterday, US President Donald Trump took the extraordinary and illegal action to recognize the president of Venezuela's legislature as the "interim president" of the country. The Alliance for Global Justice has launched a campaign against US intervention that includes a petition against regime change efforts. Sign the petition HERE to tell your elected officials NO US-ENGINEERED COUP In Venezuela! It is clear that the US government and corporate media believe they have entered the final offensive to replace the elected Venezuelan government of President Nicolas Maduro with one that will be subservient to US interests. Tell your elected officials (US and Canadian) that you oppose foreign intervention in Venezuela's internal affairs. This action is counter to both the United Nations and Organization of American States Charters and thus illegal under international law.
Massachusetts Peace Action has joined other groups in supporting an emergency speak out tomorrow against U.S. regime change efforts in Venezuela:
Please join us at the speak out and sign the Alliance for Global Justice Petition by clicking the button below.
A COUP IN PROGRESS?
Trump Moves to Oust Maduro & Install Pro-U.S. Leader in Oil-Rich Venezuela
This is unprecedented, not only in Venezuelan history, but in Latin America. The only similarity, as a historian, that I can recall was with the Bay of Pigs, in which part of the U.S. plan in landing troops in Cuba was to declare a government in exile, and then that government in exile, up in arms, would request U.S. military assistance, and the U.S. would then land troops. This is a scenario that likely could play out in Venezuela. It depends on what Juan Guaidó decides to do. There is no way that Maduro can accept another sovereign, another person, declaring to be president within the country. So this is an effort to escalate the crisis, to polarize the conditions further. It is the equivalent, essentially, of Nancy Pelosi saying that Donald Trump is a usurper, he is corrupt, he has laid off 800,000 federal employees, and I’m going to declare myself president of the U.S., and she would be recognized by France, Germany and England. It’s unprecedented. More
Over 70 Scholars and Experts Condemns US-Backed Coup Attempt in Venezuela
"Actions by the Trump administration and its allies in the hemisphere are almost certain to make the situation in Venezuela worse, leading to unnecessary human suffering, violence, and instability," the letter reads. "The U.S. and its allies must cease encouraging violence by pushing for violent, extralegal regime change. If the Trump administration and its allies continue to pursue their reckless course in Venezuela, the most likely result will be bloodshed, chaos, and instability." Highlighting the harm American sanctions have inflicted upon the Venezuelan economy and people, the letter goes on to denounce the White House's "aggressive" actions and rhetoric against Venezuela's government, arguing that peaceful talks are the only way forward. More
The risk of a catastrophic US intervention in Venezuela is real
The US government and opposition also share responsibility. The US has acknowledged that its sanctions could harm Venezuelans, with the following appearing in a November 2018 Congressional Research Service report:Although stronger economic sanctions could influence the Venezuelan government’s behavior, they also could have negative effects and unintended consequences. Analysts are concerned that stronger sanctions could exacerbate Venezuela’s difficult humanitarian situation, which has been marked by shortages of food and medicines, increased poverty, and mass migration. Many Venezuelan civil society groups oppose sanctions that could worsen humanitarian condition. There is little doubt sanctions have worsened humanitarian conditions. The main reason is that harsher sanctions imposed in mid-2017 severely curtailed Venezuela’s ability to incur debt, and in so doing decimated Venezuelan oil production. This has lessened the public resources available to an increasingly desperate population. Far from being an accidental side effect, this seems to be one of the intents of US policy: make Venezuelans so desperate that they turn against Maduro. The inhumanity of such a policy is clear. More
War Against Iran Becoming Ever More Likely
Trump’s position has never been weaker. And despite what appears to be his personal desire to extract U.S. troops from the Middle East, as shown by his order to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and his assertion two weeks later that Iran’s leaders “can do what they want” there, his deepening political problems may make war more attractive… With Trump in political trouble at home, Mattis out, and Bolton centralizing power in an increasingly hawkish NSC, certain foreign powers with a well-established interest in military conflict between the United States and Iran-–notably Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Bahrain—may see an unprecedented but transitory window for provocation. Indeed, like Trump, both Netanyahu and MbS are facing difficulties of their own and may be eager to create new distractions that could rally domestic opinion behind them… The potential of some kind of conflict with Iran escalating into a larger regional war is very real, possibly more real than ever. More
US Congress votes to sanction anyone who does business with Syria
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously adopted a bill this week that would sanction anyone who does business with the Syrian government. According to the bill, the U.S. President will sanction anyone who does business with or provides financing to the Syrian government, including the Syrian intelligence and security services, or the Central Bank of Syria. The sanctions will target anyone who provides aircraft or spare parts for aircraft to Syria’s airlines; anyone who funds the construction and engineering projects controlled by the Syrian government; and anyone who supports Syria’s energy industry. More
 As Nations Get Ready for Nuclear War, Their Governments Work to Create the Illusion of Safety
The latest report from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, issued on January 24, reminds us that the prospect of nuclear catastrophe remains all too real. Citing the extraordinary danger of nuclear disaster, the editors and the distinguished panel of experts upon whom they relied reset their famous “Doomsday Clock” at two minutes to midnight. This grim warning from the scientists is well-justified. The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from the painstakingly-negotiated 2015 nuclear weapons agreement with Iran and is in the process of withdrawing from the 1987 Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia. In addition, the 2010 New Start Treaty, which caps the number of strategic nuclear weapons held by the United States and Russia, is scheduled to expire in 2021, thus leaving no limits on the world’s largest nuclear arsenals for the first time since 1972. According to Trump, this agreement, too, is a “bad deal,” and his hawkish national security advisor, John Bolton, has denounced it as “unilateral disarmament.” More
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