AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY

This space is dedicated to the proposition that we need to know the history of the struggles on the left and of earlier progressive movements here and world-wide. If we can learn from the mistakes made in the past (as well as what went right) we can move forward in the future to create a more just and equitable society. We will be reviewing books, CDs, and movies we believe everyone needs to read, hear and look at as well as making commentary from time to time. Greg Green, site manager

Saturday, March 30, 2019

Release Marine Jose Segovia Benitez from I.C.E.

Thursday, March 28th

Release Marine Jose Segovia Benitez from I.C.E.

Jose Roberto Segovia Benitez, a U.S. Marine who was honorably discharged, is being held at the I.C.E. Processing Center in Adelanto, California. Jose has been diagnosed with PTSD/Traumatic Brain Injury and is being denied adequate medical treatment and all of his benefits that are awarded to every U.S. veteran for their service.

Jose has lived almost his entire life in the U.S., graduating high school and then serving in Iraq. He is scheduled to be deported back to El Salvador, a country he has not lived in since he was a toddler.

The ongoing immigration crisis is a disgrace. It is well documented that neither an I.C.E. detainment center nor El Salvador is adequately equipped to provide U.S. veterans healthcare.

Tell your Congressional Representative to release USMC Jose Segovia Benitez immediately from I.C.E. custody so he may be able to access specialized medical care for his PTSD, as he is guaranteed within his veterans benefits for serving in the U.S. military.

Members will be in Washington D.C. in April and will deliver letters with your signatures to Congress!

Please send the letter now!

What this is really about Councilmember Kshama Sawant

[American Left History publishes or re-publishes articles and notices of events that might be of interest to the liberal, left-liberal and radical public. That has been the policy generally since the publication due to financial constraints went solely on-line in the early 2000s as the Internet has allowed new and simply outlets for all kinds of material that were almost impossible to publish when it was solely hard copy going back to the early 1970s.

Over the past couple of months American Left History has received many comments about our policy of publishing materials and notices of events without comment. More than a few comments wondered aloud whether the publication agreed with all, or most of what has been published. Obviously given that we will republish material from sources like the ACLU, the movement for nuclear disarmament and established if small left-wing organizations formally outside the main party system in America unless we were mere by-standers to the political movements many of the positions are too contrary to agree with all of them.

Policy: unless there is a signed statement of agreement by one of our writers, me or the Editorial Board assume that the article or notice is what we think might be of interest of the Left-wing public and does not constitute an endorsement. Greg Green, site manager]

Councilmember Kshama Sawant<newsletter@socialistalternative.org>

3/28/2019 1:10 PM

To Al

Al,

In just a moment, I am going to ask you to make a donation to our campaign before our next fundraising deadline. I wanted to explain what this is really about and why this deadline is so critical.

At the end of this month we are going to report how much money we’ve raised. But just important is who those donations come from.

Our campaign is run entirely on grassroots donations like yours. I don’t take a penny from corporations, CEOs, business lobbyists, or big developers. And as your Councilmember, I accept only the average worker’s wage, donating the rest of my $130,000 salary to grassroots social movements.

We need to build a powerful grassroots campaign to defend our seat for working people in City Hall, capable of defeating the attempts of big business to buy the elections. We’re proud to say that we’ve already raised $75,000!

But we also need to report as many donations as we can. That’s why our goal is to hit 1,000 donations by the end of the month on Sunday. Because every single donation sends a powerful message that this is a race that can’t be bought by big business.

Time is running out.

Can you make a $15 donation to our campaign before our fundraising deadline? We need to report as many individual donations as we possibly can. We’re asking because this is important.

What’s at stake this year is who runs Seattle — Amazon and big business, or working people. Our movement to tax big business to massively expand social housing and to create a Green New Deal for working people in Seattle will continue to be met with fierce corporate opposition. With this report, we will demonstrate that it’s possible to run powerful grassroots campaigns that are not for sale.

Every donation sends that message. So thank you in advance for adding yours today.

In solidarity,

Kshama Sawant

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Dangerous Developments in Modern Weaponry: a forum on the military pursuit of global hegemony April 16, 2019, 7:00 MIT, Bldg 56, room 114,

Dangerous Developments in Modern Weaponry: a forum on the military pursuit of global hegemony

April 16, 2019, 7:00

MIT, Bldg 56, room 114, Enter thru Bldg 66 at 25 Ames St.(Kendall Square T stop)

Speakers:

Subrata Ghoshroy, Research Affiliate at MIT

Nick Mottern, Knowdrones.com

Elaine Scarry, Harvard professor and author of Thermonuclear Monarchy

Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space

Topics will include:

* Continued expansion of the hugely profitable military budget

* Cutting-edge Pentagon weapons technology, drones, AI/robotics

* The trillion-dollar nuclear weapons modernization program

* The US drive to dominate space

* Resistance of tech workers to war research

This forum is sponsored by Eastern Massachusetts Anti-Drones Network (a task force of United for Justice with Peace); MIT Students Against War; Mass Peace Action; Coalition to Stop the Genocide in Yemen; Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Boston branch; Greater Boston Chapter of Green-Rainbow Party; Boston Democratic Socialists of America; Smedley D. Butler Brigade, Veterans for Peace, Boston and Science for the People - Boston.

For questions or comments, contact ujpcoalition@gmail.com or 617-776-6524.

Susan McLucas

617-776-6524, cell: 617-501-9125

BicycleRidingSchool.org, StopExcision.net

14 William St, Somerville, MA 02144

And we’re off Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis<info@poorpeoplescampaign.org>

3/28/2019 6:27 PM

To alfredjohnson34@comcast.net

Over the past several months, we’ve been canvassing, delivering our demands and holding hearings across the country to organize this Campaign among impacted communities in the states.

Now, dozens of states are organizing bus tours to hear the stories of the 140 million poor and low-income people who are too often ignored and bring attention to impacted communities.RSVP

These tours are about breaking the isolation of impacted communities and bringing us together to fight for our demands.

Sign up for an event near you and be a part of the momentum building across the country before we return to Washington, D.C. this June with the Poor People’s Campaign Moral Action Congress.

Fight poverty, not the poor!

Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II and Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis
President of Repairers of the Breach & Director of the Kairos Center
Co-Chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival

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Farmworker Awareness Week highlights Fair Food Program at Compass Group locations across the nation!

Coalition of Immokalee Workers<workers@ciw-online.org>

3/29/2019 9:05 AM

To alfredjohnson34@comcast.net

Farmworker Awareness Week highlights Fair Food Program at Compass Group locations across the nation!

This week, in honor of Farmworker Awareness Week, college campuses, restaurants, healthcare facilities, and many other partners of Compass Group USA were flooded with beautiful new graphics about the Fair Food Program – and an invitation for everyday consumers and socially-conscious college students to get involved in the Fair Food movement! The efforts are being driven by Compass’s Student Success interns, Chartwells, Morrison Healthcare, Compass staff and Fair Food Chefs, many of whom have had the opportunity to visit Immokalee, speak directly with farmworkers and community leaders, and witness the impacts of the Fair Food Program first hand.

In a timely coincidence with the growing wave of student organizing in the Campaign for Fair Food, Compass’s consumer education campaign is taking place this week on a dizzying array of college campuses. Students are taking Farmworker Awareness Week to a new level at Ringling College of Art, Northeastern University, Northwestern University, Northeastern University, Northwestern University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Wichita State University, the University of Arkansas, Schreiner University, Winona State University, Quinnipiac University, Keene State University, the College of Fenway, Monclair State, Washburn University, University of Massachusetts, Clarion University, St. Cloud University, Carroll University, St. Johns University, Florida International University, Worcester Polytechnical Institute, Becker College, Rockhurst College, Youngstown State University, Purdue University Northwest, Missouri State University, Barry University, Salem State University, Austin Peay State University, Northern Kentucky University – and that only a slice of the full list of schools!

Today, we wanted to share a few highlights from the flood of on-campus activities and social media play that Compass has unleashed in its #ICareAboutFair Campaign. The Student Success Interns, who visited Immokalee back in February, have taken what they learned at CIW’s headquarters in Florida and crafted powerful local campaigns to get students involved all across the nation. University of Arkansas student Liz Young posted an article detailing her experience in Immokalee, while other enterprising interns got the message out with activities on campus and social media: