Posts from — January 2008

From James Wagner

www.jameswagner.com

January 27,2008 

“Whatever the bureaucratic, commercial or political story which lies behind the human tragedy of New York City’s dreadful and totally irresponsible eviction of over 200 men, women, children and their pets from their homes in the darkness nine days ago on one of the coldest nights of the year, if this doesn’t radicalize New Yorkers, we deserve whatever we get.”

“But there is no acceptable outcome to this particular tale other than the quick return of these people and a proper accounting of the official malfeasance which resulted in their removal in the first place.”

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Click right over to The Bilerico Project and take a gander at Bill Browning’s hysterical post. Its well worth the trip. While you are there check out the comments and leave one of yours. Bill Browning is a real hoot with what he comes up with. Thanks Bill for a good laugh.

Click: www.bilerico.com/2008/01/for_he_is_the_glory_hole_the_light.php

Protest Racism in State Government!

Whether it’s the physical assault on young Nashawn Williams by a KKK-type gang in Plainfield,
or the placement of nooses throughout Connecticut,
or the internal harassment, taunting and discrimination against Andrew Crumbie of the State Police,

RACISM is rearing its ugly head throughout the state.

Protest Racism in State Government
Tuesday, January 29
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From Clinton’s website:

Join Hillary in Hartford for a “Solutions for the American Economy” town hall

When

Monday, January 28, 2008 at 9:30 AM -  11:30 AM

Where

The Learning Corridor — Commons Gymnasium
43 Vernon St.
Hartford, CT 06106
General Area:

Description

Hillary will be in Hartford, Connecticut on Monday morning to discuss solutions for the American economy, please bring your friends and family and join her. Parking is available at the corner of Brownell Avenue and Washington Street.

This is what I’ve got so far for text for a flyer. Please comment. [Read more →]

Juliet a friend of mine and a  member of ADAPT ask me if I would post about the American Anti-Vivisection Society. I said most certainly. She passed on to me a little leaflet that is a Compassionate Shopping Guide. Listed inside the guide are companies that do not test finished products, ingredients, or formulations on animals. Information about this guide and other information about the many projects that the groups works on can be found at www.aavs.org. If we want to be good stewards for the earth we must oppose testing for any reason on animals. [Read more →]

THE RIOT-FOLK!COLLECTIVE

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WILLIMANTIC  CT.

Evan Greer and Shannon Murray will be playing their music at the Wrench In The Works on Monday, January 28th. The concert will start at 7:00 and is for all ages. Admission is sliding scale suggested donation of $5.00—$15.00.  No one will be turned away for the lack of funds. The Wrench in The Works is located at 861 Main Street, Willimantic, CT. www.wrenchintheworks.org  Shannon and Evan are touring radical songwriters and members of the Riot-Folk!Collective, a group of 9 musicians who work together to use music as a tool for change. www.riotfolk.org

We will Repeal DADT

Cannon Fodder YES!

No repeal Of  DOMA

Marriage NO!

With friends like these—————————

“You claim that all the Democratic candidates for President are for repealing DADT but that doesn’t mean squat. Their party has been in power since 2006 and everything they’ve done is a stab in the back. They raped ENDA, refused to repeal ENDA because they’re pigheadedly opposed to same-sex marriage and conveniently let the Matthew Sheppard Hate Crimes Bill die so it wouldn’t be an issue in 2008. And let’s not forget their other stab in the back, DOMA. Nobody even bothers to ask them to repeal that. You say to move on and I agree–let’s move away form the parties of war, union busting and bigotry–the Democrats and Republicans are proven enemies.”

……Bill Perdue on the Bilerico Project, responding to/Mr. Big Dog Traiangulator:DADT’s legacy isn’t my fault.

A BIG HEARTY THANKS TO BILL PERDUE FOR ALL HIS WRITING.

For a related postings click on QWB Archives for September 2007 and read Punk Pink’s article, Hillary, Billery, No! No! No!.

Martin Luther King Day, 2008: A Day On, Not Off

One of the best ways to honor the life of Martin Luther King is simply to fight for racial and economic justice and to oppose on-going US militarism.

Whites, Blacks and Latinos use, sell and buy drugs throughout Connecticut but when it comes to incarceration for these crimes, people of color are 20 times more likely to be imprisoned! Too many lives have been destroyed by this racist system of justice. The war on drugs is a war on our communities. Take a stand today with working class black and latino families in New Haven at a rally for criminal justice reforms. (see calendar below.) [Read more →]

Statue of Thomas Muntzer with a rainbow flag, Stolberg Germany

He carried a rainbow flag with a peasant’s boot on it. He sided with the peasants and with the working class. Convinced that God had willed the overthrow of the old society he promoted the establishment of a new egalitarian society which would practice the sharing of goods. Thomas Muntzer, (1489-1525) connected social revolution by the oppressed classes within his preaching of the gospel.  The rainbow flag with a peasants boot was used as the sign of a new era, hope and social change.

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The Fascist Christian Nationalists are at it again, with House Resolution 888. I must admit I vomited after the third of the some 75 Whereas statements. As the Secular Coalition for America notes: … supporters of this resolution clearly call for a revised history of the United States as a Christian nation. And a few days ago, Huckabee was quoted as saying:

“[Some of my opponents] do not want to change the Constitution, but I believe it’s a lot easier to change the constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God, and that’s what we need to do is to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards,”

Seems to me we are getting close to Step 1o of Naomi Wolf’s 10 steps to fascism.

This short but not so sweet article is addressed to the editor and publisher of The Metroline, New England’s oldest Gay and Lesbian  Publication. (Trans and Bi’s missing in action)  This article is also addressed to our Queer readers as food for thought. [Read more →]

I have pasted below a press release from a broad cross-section of the independence movement in Puerto Rico. They are designating this Thursday, January 10, as the date for a rally on the island to protest the grand jury subpoenas that have been issued to three young Puerto Rican activists in New York City. In response to this call, Puerto Rican and solidarity activists in several U.S. cities have announced plans for similar rallies on Friday, January 11. They recognize that the grand jury system has long been a tool to cripple the struggle for independence of the people of Puerto Rico. There also is a tremendous irony that a grand jury is being convened to investigate resistance to the U.S. military occupation of the island of Vieques, but the U.S. has never taken action to investigate or punish the FBI agents responsible for the assassination of Filiberto Ojeda Rios.

Here in Connecticut, independentistas have announced a rally at Noon on Friday, January 11, at the Hartford federal building, 450 Main Street. Please come out to show your support. [Read more →]

The 4 justice and peace actions below, seemingly disparate, are linked together by the victims’ race/ethnicity and class. Whether it’s US foreign policy, Connecticut’s proposed criminal (in)justice policies, or US capitalism’s treatment of immigrants, the people who are targeted are almost exclusively working-class Arab, African-American, and Latino.

Christians recall this week the astrologers discovery of the new-born Christ-child in Bethlehem. They found him and his parents living homeless in poverty, ignored by those in power. Soon this family would flee state violence as they escaped into Egypt without documents. Let us take time this week to stand publicly in solidarity with our sisters and brothers who are regularly forgotten and excluded and let us not stop working for justice and peace until everyone is free. [Read more →]

Courant

Marcos Mercado was ordered held on $2 million bail when he was arraigned Wednesday in Superior Court on charges that he murdered a man whom he met in an online chat room on Christmas Eve.

Mercado, 21, is accused of killing Thomas Szadkowski, 41, of Southington in Szadkowski’s apartment. The two met online the evening of Dec. 24. Within a few hours, Szadkowski was dead, according to an account of the killing included in court documents. [Read more →]

The Struggle Is Our Art

The world is our studio, gallery, museum

With our lives we paint the new day.

Our thoughts, words, deeds and actions

like hammer and chisel shape reality.

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Press conference & peaceful protest against sexual harassment on Public Sidewalk outside Outback Steakhouse, North Haven

Friday January 4, 7 p.m. (Directions Below) [Read more →]

Danbury to Vote on Plan to Deputize Police as ICE Agents
Community Leaders demand NO! to 287(g)!

All out for protest on Thursday, 6:30 p.m.

PRESS ADVISORY: Dec. 31, 2007
For more information call :
203-512-3452 (Jean) before 3pm
203-448-9140 (Beth) after 3pm.

On January 3rd, 2008, Danbury Common Council is due to vote on the 287g ACCESS program that would allow the Local Police, and the City of Danbury to enter into a memorandum of understanding with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). Under this memorandum, local police officers would be trained by ICE Agents, to perform ICE investigations, arrests, detainments, and possibly even begin the deportation process.

Local Police who sign on for the training within this program are under the direction and supervision of Federal ICE Agents, and are not bound by the same limits as police officers who are not under the auspices of ICE. [Read more →]

An Evening of Solidarity
Support Immigrant Workers Struggling for Justice and Dignity

Friday, January 11th 2008
1199 King-Davis Center
77 Huyshope Avenue,
Hartford
5:30 PM Doors Open
6:00 PM Dinner Served [Read more →]