Thursday, March 21, 2019

[Survey] Our first, official Medicare for All survey BernieSanders.com

BernieSanders.com<info@berniesanders.com>
To  alfred johnson  

Alfred -
When Bernie Sanders started talking about a Medicare for All, single-payer health care system, they called him a radical. They said it was a fringe idea.
But then our 2016 campaign happened, and because of you health care as a right is now an idea supported by a majority of the American people.
So today, the calls from our opponents have changed. They don’t say we’re radical anymore. Today they say things like “slow down,” or that incremental change is the best we can do. You’ll mostly hear those calls coming from inside of D.C. think tanks, or from insurance company lobbyists and people with excellent health care.
So we want to get a sense from you on how big of a deal Medicare for All would be for our country, or whether we should “slow down.”
Here’s the first question of the survey:
Rich or poor, we are all born, we all get sick, we all have accidents, we all need health care at the end of our lives, and we all die.
And the function of a sane health care system in this country should be to keep all of our people well in a cost effective way, not to make health industry CEOs richer or to drive up the stock prices on Wall Street.
Thanks for sounding off,
Team Bernie



 
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Dorchester TAX DAY DEMONSTRATION - Wed. April 17

Jeff Klein<jjk123@comcast.net>
To  Jeff Klein  
Dear Friends and DPP supporters,

You may have noticed advanced listings for this event in DPP Updates you have received.  Now that it is just a month away we wanted to do a special emailing to alert our community to the event and to ask for support in publicizing it widely.  We’ll send out another reminder closer in time to the event.

Now that Trump has released his latest 2020 budgetproposal, which exacerbates the unbalanced spending by increasing the Pentagon budget and decreasing everything else, it is more urgent now than ever to promote an alternative spending vision.

We are asking everyone to:

--plan on attending the Aril 17 Tax Day event

--endorse and promote the event in you organizations and contacts

--download a printable copy of the flyer here and here (smaller 2-up version) and distribute widely

Jeff,
for DPP and the Tax Day 2019 coalition
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TAX DAY DEMONSTRATION
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Uphams Corner, Dorchester
4:30 pm Gather at Uphams Corner Health Center
5:30 pm March Columbia Rd.
6:30 Meal, Meeting St. Mary’s Church (14 Cushing Ave)

CONTACT: info@dotpeace.org 

Our Taxes-Our Choices
Wars, Military Spending and Tax Cuts for the Rich Are Hurting Our Communities – And Destroying the Planet!

At least 60% of annual US “Discretionary Spending” goes directly to the Pentagon to finance wars and military spending; the Trump tax cuts overwhelmingly favor the wealthy and Corporations while limiting potential spending that will benefit our communities.

We say:
NO to excessive military spending     
NO to tax cuts for the rich
NO to nuclear weapons                       
NO to military bases all over the world
NO to war


YES to HOUSING * YES to EDUCATION * YES to HEALTH CARE * YES to JOBS * YES to AFFORDABLE CHILD CARE * YES to COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE * YES to the ARTS








Dorchester People for Peace, Mass People’s Budget Campaign, Massachusetts Peace Action, AFSC, Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants, City Life/Vida Urbana, Boston Teachers Union, Vets for Peace, Mass Senior Action, Massachusetts Communities Action Network, MassCare (Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care), 350 Mass Boston -- and more organizations!

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Tell Congress to Stand Against the Nuclear Arms Race

Jonathan King, Co-Chair, Mass Peace Action<info@masspeaceaction.org>
To  Al Johnson  
Quitting the INF: A Mistake of Historic Proportion
As this year began, President Trump gave official notification that the US will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty of 1987, claiming that Russia has violated its terms. Unless things change, the exit from the treaty will take effect on August 4, 2019.
The INF treaty removed intermediate-range ground-launched nuclear missiles from Europe (which was divided between the U.S. dominated NATO and Russian led Warsaw Pact). Returning these missles will drastically reduce the response time to perceived threats because  the short travel time of a missle from Russia (5-10 minutes to Berlin, 15 minutes to London). Trump's plan to re-deploy such weapons, and Putin's likely response, brings back the dangerous instability of nervous fingers on nuclear buttons, especially at a time when having several new nuclear nations increases the possibility of an accidental or mistaken nuclear launch. Ask your Representative and Senators Markey and Warren to act!

The INF treaty between President Reagan and Chairman Gorbychev was the first actually limiting a category of nuclear weapons and is widely credited with ushering in a series of important agreements which considerably reduced the number of nuclear weapons held by Russia and the U.S. in several different categories. It is feared that eliminating the INF might unravel the entire archetecture of arms limitation, unleashing a new, disasterous nuclear arms race.  President Trump's recently released budget proposes billions for such a race.  We need to reduce, not ramp up this race to oblivion. The stakes are high. For our national security we need to act:
Yours for Peace,

Jonathan King
Chair, Nuclear Disarmament Working Group
 
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For immediate release 18 March, 2019 Press Statement Two US Veterans For Peace Refused Bail at Ennis District Court Monday 18 March

For immediate release 18 March, 2019
Press Statement
Two US Veterans For Peace Refused Bail at Ennis District Court
Monday 18 March


For immediate release 18 March, 2019

Press Statement
Two US Veterans For Peace Refused Bail at Ennis District Court
Monday 18 March

Charged with Trespass and Causing Criminal Damage at Shannon airport
A group of seven US Veterans for Peace took part in a protest against US Military Base at Shannon Airport on Sunday March 17th.

WHY? Shannon used for refueling troop planes bound for Middle East wars in which up to one million [1,000,000] children have died since 1991.

Two US veterans were arrested at Shannon Airport on 17 March for entering the airfield to inspect and investigate an OMNI Air International plane on contract to the U.S. military.  The two, Tarak Kauff and Ken Mayers, were refused bail at Ennis District Court today.

The plane, tail number N351AX, arrived at Shannon Airport about 8.30 a.m. from Eielson US air force base in Faribanks Alaska, believed to be on its way to the Middle East with up to 300 armed US troops.

At about 10 am Mayers, a former Marine Corps Major and Kauff, a former Army paratrooper, both members of US Veterans For Peace, entered the airfield carrying a large banner that said:
U.S. Veterans say
Respect Irish Neutrality
U.S. War Machine out of Shannon Airport
Veterans For Peace

The two walked across the air field with the intent of inspecting the plane for weapons or munitions, but were apprehended by airport security and Gardai.  There were detained and interviewed at Shannon Garda station and held overnight for arraignment on charges of trespass and criminal damage.

At Ennis District Court this morning Mayers and Kauff were represented by solicitor Darragh Hassett. The prosecution outlined the charges against them and indicated that they were opposed to bail. Garda Sergeant Noel Carroll gave evidence of arrest on Taxiway 12 at Shannon airport. He also stated that there was a US military aircraft at the airport, most likely referring to OMNI Air N351AX. He also confirmed that the defendants were both veterans of the US military. The prosecutor, Inspector Thomas Kennedy, said there had been substantial damage to the airport perimeter fence.

When the bail issue was being discussed Solicitor Hassett initially stated that the defendants were prepared to agree to bail conditions that involved surrendering their passports, and remaining in Ireland for the duration of the legal processes. This was an unacceptable condition as it would mean that the defendants would have to remain in Ireland at their own expense for up to two years before the trial would occur, and this restriction amounts to punishment without trial.

The defendants then requested an adjournment to discuss matters with their solicitor.
After the court resumed, Hassett emphasized that the defendants needed to return home to the USA and would sign a sworn undertaking to return for trial. The prosecution opposed this and continued to oppose the granting of any bail.

Judge Maire Keane then ruled that she was denying bail to the accused and remanded them in custody to Limerick Prison, where they are to appear for a further court mention hearing by video from the prison on Wednesday 20 March.

Further discussions were then held with Solicitor Hassett. He raised the option of appealing the bail refusal to the High Court in Dublin and he was told to lodge such an appeal. He indicated that it would likely be Thursday 28 March before this High Court appeal would be heard.

Ed Horgan, coordinator of Irish Veterans For Peace, said, “This process is a clear attempt to punish the two VFP activists before any trial takes place. We are calling on all peace and human rights activists in Ireland and internationally to campaign not only on behalf of Ken Mayers and Tarak Kauff, but, more important, on behalf of all the innocent people being killed and injured by US illegal wars.”

Major Ken Mayers served 12 years in the US Marine Corps. He is a former National Board member of Veterans For Peace and participate in veterans peace team delegations to Palestine, Okinawa, Jeju Island, South Korea, and Standing Rock.

Tarak Kauff was a paratrooper in the US Army during the early sixties. He was a member of the VFP National Board of Directors for six years. He has organized veterans delegations to Palestine, Okinawa, South Korea and Standing Rock. He is currently the managing editor ofPeace In Our Times, VFP’s quarterly 24-page newspaper.

Contact details:

Ellen Davidson Veterans For Peace USA, Phone +353863539911. USA: 845-297-8076
Ellen.davidson@verizon.net

Edward Horgan, Veterans For Peace Ireland, Phone +353858519623edwardhorgan45@gmail.com

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Bad news: Beto outraised us. Good news: we probably had a lot more donations. BernieSanders.com

BernieSanders.com<info@berniesanders.com>
To  alfred johnson  

Alfred -
In just a moment, we are going to ask you to make a donation to our campaign for president. We hope you’ll give us a chance to explain why this request — especially today — is so important.
Here is the truth: this morning, Beto O’Rourke announced that he raised more money than us on the first day of his presidential campaign.
The good news is, we more than likely had a lot more individual donations than he did.
But what that means is if we are going to avoid getting outspent, it’s going to take lots and lots of people making individual donations to catch up. We already have that… but we have to pick up the pace.
And that’s especially important with the first official FEC fundraising deadline coming up. So here’s the part where we ask:
This first FEC report is going to send a message about who is the best candidate to beat Trump. So we’re looking to report as many individual donations as we possibly can. Each one matters. A lot. So please chip in today.
All our best,
Team Bernie





 
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