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Episode 68 -- A
Tale of 2 Cities and Rev. Edward Pinkney
Recorded
August 25, 2016.
It's a
story of racism, class, corporate power and the denial of
democracy and justice. It is a story of how neoliberal
policies are affecting all parts of our country. Tom
Broderick interviews Robert McKay and Paul Sakol about how
Reverend Edward Pinkney ran up against an obdurate and
vindictive local Establishment that has put him in jail...
for possibly a long time.
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September -- October, 2016
Contents
For all the ways the Sanders
campaign has fallen short, Sanders’ claims that we have
“changed the national conversation” and mobilized millions,
especially the young, are absolutely true. And this has
manifested itself in the creation of national lefty
organizations like Our Revolution and A Brand New Congress,
new local organizations, as well as growth among a galaxy of
already established organizations, including DSA. Most DSA
chapters have seen some growth and an increased level of
activism, but DSA’s greatest increase has been in the number
of new chapters and organizing committees.
When it comes to planet
Earth, there is no Plan(et) B. International trade deals must
confront climate change. We have to stop spitting in the soup
we all need for nourishment. Neoliberalism and secretive
corporate deals like the TPP are plagues. Popular resistance
is key to changing the focus of international trade. We’re
seeing this turn the tide against the TPP. Public pressure in
Europe also threatens the Transatlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership (TTIP). The TTIP is being negotiated between the
European Union (EU) and the United States.
To describe election fraud
is to describe a virus that in a Darwinian fashion evolves in
response to selective pressure like regulation. From a
historical perspective the subject is an unwieldy mass, a
Gordian knot, containing elements that cannot easily be pulled
apart, yet Gumbel has done an admirable job of examining the
parts while maintaining their relationship to the whole.
Ever since 1492, the
indigenous peoples of North America have faced relentless
violence and attempts of cultural genocide from external power
structures. From historic abuses, such as the Trail of Tears;
to contemporary injustices, such as the epidemic of suicide
among indigenous youth, or the almost inhumane living
standards on reservations in modern times. The spirit and
resolve of the first peoples to live on the land we now call
the United States of America has been intentionally and
mindfully oppressed for centuries. Thus, to see the people of
the Standing Rock Reservation in the Dakotas stand up against
the expansion of the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline through
their lands, and across the Missouri River, their source of
fresh water is to see an awakening of the heart and mind to
which we all should bear witness and show solidarity.
Democratic Socialists of
America (DSA) condemns the ongoing state and corporate
violence against the just resistance of the Dakota Sioux
Standing Rock indigenous people to the violation of their land
and treaty rights by the Energy Transfer Partners’
construction of the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline. Energy
Transfer has vengefully bulldozed a historic tribal burial
ground and with state sanction assaulted peaceful protesters
with private security dogs. Both acts represent another
atrocity in the long history of forced removal and genocide
against indigenous peoples by an occupying white power
structure. Contrast these brutal tactics with the cautious
treatment of far-right-wing racist white hate groups that have
tried to privatize federal lands. We hope that the federal
government’s recent decision to reconsider the building of the
pipeline on native land will lead to the permanent end to the
construction of the pipeline.
The occupation across from
the Chicago Police Department's "black site" at Homan Square
was always about a great deal more than protesting police
misbehavior and the absence of any effective accountability.
It was something of an anarchist project, a political
Woodstock if you're a geezer of a certain age, and it didn't
quite work out. The #LetUsBreathe Collective, in announcing
the end of their occupation, provides a frank appraisal.
New Ground 168.1 --
09.30.2016
0. DSA
News
Talkin' Socialism
DSA in the News
Socialist International
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1. Politics
Make Illinois
Tuition-Free
Tenants' Bill of Rights
ISDS
Solidarity
Dr. David Gill
Why is Puerto Rican Oscar López Still a Political
Prisoner?
2. Ars
Politica
The Lively Politics of
1930s Art
3. People
Ron Baiman
William Pelz
Margaret Power
4. Democratic
Socialism
White Trash,
Hillbillies, and Middle-Class Stereotypes
5. Upcoming
Events of Interest
New Ground 168.2 --
10.17.2016
0. DSA
News
Save the Date: "The
Emancipation of Cecily McMillan"
DSA in the News
In Baltimore, DSA Member Ian Schlackman Hopes to Turn the
City Council Green
Socialist International Congratulates António Guterres on
Nomination as UN Secretary-General
1. Politics
Illinois People's
Summit: A Pep Talk
Tuition Free Illinois
2. Ars
Politica
Film Festivals
3. Democratic
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Is Karl Back?
Haymarket Explored
National
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