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Gay bar bans Drag Queens on “Trashy Tuesday”

This posting was found on Kelli Busey’s site planetransgender. Read all about this latest slap to our Trans Sisters and a slap to our true spirit. To Kelli and all of our people Queers Without Borders stands up and OUT and in our Queer Spirit march with you on July 26th. Link here for the full article that is from the Dallas Voice.  Link here for planetransgender. The posting is posted July 18, 2008 and contains an interesting video. Have a good laugh with it.

A big thank you to Kelli for this posting. Give our support to our sisters in Dallas. We march with you on July 26th, 2008.

July 20, 2008   1 Comment

A Must See Video

“Nashawn Williams Addresses The Media” posted by Kevin over at the Undercurrent Blog is a video in 3 parts of the press conference held last Saturday at Charter Oak Cultural Center. Please click here. Nashawn William is a 16 year old black youth who was attacked by a gang of whites in Plainfield while waiting for a school bus in October 2007.  Police are trying to close the case, no witnesses or arrests.  Click here for a report from Frank O’Gorman on QWB’s blog.

QWB thanks Kevin of the Hartford Undercurrent for this video.

July 16, 2008   No Comments

US ban on visitors and immigrants with HIV/AIDS could end soon

Harking back to the dark days of Reagan and Clinton’s AIDS denial and betrayals, legislation has been raised in the US Senate to lift this horrific and stigmatizing ban. Clinton signed the original US HIV Immigration Ban into law in 1993!  In addition to the United States, only Armenia, Brunei, China, Iraq, South Korea, Moldavia, Russia, and Saudi Arabia practice this particular form of discrimination. Click here for an ACTUP piece on this travel ban. Below is the AP article on this legislative effort.


A two-decade ban on people with HIV visiting or immigrating to the United States may end soon through a Senate bill aimed at fighting AIDS and other diseases in Africa and other poor areas of the world. [Read more →]

July 16, 2008   No Comments

LET’S STAND UP AND SPEAK OUT!

July 24, 2008
3:00 pmto4:30 pm

We Keep giving Insurance Companies 

-MORE-

They keep giving us less.

Where is all the money going? 


Join healthcare advocates, policy makers, activists, and allies for a Roving Demonstration.

DATE: Thursday July 24, 2008

Time: 3:00 PM

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July 15, 2008   1 Comment

An Invitation—Come One, Come All, It’s Going To Be A Ball!

July 14, 2008   No Comments

Come out to rally. Voice your support for Hartford’s Retirees.

July 14, 2008
5:30 pmto7:30 pm

If you work hard, you deserve a secure retirement. And no one would suggest that Hartford’s retired teachers, paraprofessionals, police and firefighters didn’t work hard. Of course they did.

But Mayor Eddie Perez wants to slash the health benefits that retirees bargained for while they were working. Retirees are seeing their insurance premiums double and even triple!

Hartford WFP Councilman Larry Deutsch has been the real champion on this issue. Monday evening, Councilman Deutsch will introduce a resolution to put a 90 day moratorium on any changes to retiree health benefits, to give retirees the time to figure out their options, and to limit increases in retiree insurance premiums to a reasonable amount.

But we need you to join us. It’s time to stand up for retirees.

Join us for a rally for retirees:
Monday at 5:30 PM at Hartford City Hall.
Click here to invite a friend to the rally. [Read more →]

July 12, 2008   No Comments

Nashawn Williams Press Conference Keeps Issue of Justice Alive

Nashawn Williams and his family gathered with allies this morning for a press conference on
the steps of the Charter Oak Cultural Center to express our collective outrage at the lack of
even one arrest in the brutal hate-crime assault on Nashawn last October.

Nashawn, 16, spoke briefly before being overcome by emotion as his mother watched sobbing
in the background. Cornell Lewis, founder of the Men of Color Initiative, with his hand on
Nashawn’s shoulder, comforted the young man as he spoke.

Cornell said, “Shame on America” for the racist assault perpetrated by K-Nation that inflicted
such physical and emotional injury on a young African-American man and his family.
[Read more →]

July 12, 2008   1 Comment

August 11th 2008 - One Year Since Vicious Attack On IWW Solidarity Picket In N. Providence, RI

On August 11 2007, while marching in solidarity with our union
sisters and brothers of the Industrial Workers of the world (IWW) 460/640
campaign in NYC, the Providence, RI IWW branch was attacked by the out of
control North Providence Police force. During the attack Providence IWW
member Alexandra Svoboda was brutally maimed by officers of the NPPD and
arrested. Jason Friedmutter, also of the Providence IWW branch was
arrested as well. Alex has faced a long road to recovery that she is still
on. Alex and Jason both face dubious criminal charges that the City of
North Providence has drummed up in order to thwart Alex from receiving
justice and to protect their violent, inexperienced police force.
Included in this article is a brief, but all encompassing account of
August 11, ‘07, Alex’s injuries and recovery, Alex and Jason’s legal
status at the time of this writing.
[Read more →]

July 8, 2008   2 Comments

Nashawn Williams Press Conference

July 12, 2008
11:00 amto12:00 pm

Nashawn Williams was brutally attacked by racist whites in Plainfield while waiting for a school bus in Oct 2007.  Minister Cornell Lewis will bring the family to Hartford for a Press Conference on Saturday July 12th at 11 AM.  This is the first time Nashawn Williams will publicly speak about the attack and having a group of whites taunt the family while inside their home.  Police are trying to close the case; no witnesses or arrests.

Place: Charter Oak Cultural Center

Address: 21 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford

Time: 11 AM

July 8, 2008   1 Comment

Transforming Justice ~ 2007 Conference Report…

As a follow up to the prior piece on the call for a Transforming Justice Northeast, I am posting the conference minutes from the 2007 SF conference. Great reading and vital work by some great activists! Perhaps if the current day Metroline carried pieces like this it would be worth reading rather than wiping your butt with Undecided

Transforming Justice

ENDING THE IMPRISONMENT & CRIMINALIZATION OF TRANSGENDER & GENDER NON-CONFORMING PEOPLE

In April 2006, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project in New York City contacted LGBT, prisoner rights, and human rights activists and attorneys across the country to create a national conversation about transgender imprisonment issues. Over the next year and a half, a vibrant coalition of local and national organizations came together to plan Transforming Justice, the first-ever national gathering of LGBTIQQ former prisoners, activists, attorneys, and community members to develop national priorities towards ending the criminalization and imprisonment of transgender communities.

The planning process had two main components: the first was a Local Coordinating Committee led by formerly imprisoned transgender people along with allies and representatives from the TGI Justice Project, the Trans/Gender Variant in Prison Committee, Critical Resistance, Justice Now, Community United Against Violence (CUAV), [Read more →]

July 6, 2008   No Comments

Transforming Justice East Coast

cross posting from jason’s great website blackandpink.org

This is Gael from Sylvia Rivera Law Project & Reg from Critical Resistance and Queers for Economic Justice. We’re calling out to folks interested in being part of the planning committee for a Transforming Justice East Coast regional gathering.

First, a little about Transforming Justice. Back in October 2007, Transforming Justice brought together over 200 formerly imprisoned transgender people and allies to work together to:

  • Build a shared conversation and analysis among the LGBT, anti-prison, and prisoner rights movements about the root causes of imprisonment, poverty, and criminalization in transgender communities;
  • Prioritize and build leadership of transgender and gender non-conforming people most impacted by prisons, poverty, and policing;
  • Create space to share and develop strategies to end the cycles of imprisonment, criminalization, and poverty in our communities.

A number of participants from the Northeast region who attended the gathering Transforming Justice on October 13th & 14th in Oakland California have been talking about organizing a regional gathering similar to the national one maybe some where in New York, New Jersey or Philadelphia. [Read more →]

July 6, 2008   No Comments

Library Fight Continues

An injunction has been filed against the closing of 2 branch libraries in Hartford.

On Monday July 14 there will be at least 2 events: A rally at 2:30 pm at Mark Twain School
in the Northend of Hartford (more info below) and an opportunity to voice protest at the
City Council meeting that evening. [Read more →]

July 3, 2008   1 Comment

Mattilda Interviews Terrain Dandridge

Check out here for Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s interview with Terrain Dandridge of the New Jersey 4 when Terrain was in San Francisco to meet with Angela Davis. QWB stands in solidarity with our lesbian sisters in the New Jersey 4 and calls for their release.

July 2, 2008   No Comments

Making Life Better through Solidarity Forever!

QWB stands in solidarity with the unionizing of all workers especially those in the low income brackets. From the janitors, to the cafeteria workers, to the hotel and restaurant employees and to the newest group being organized by SEIU Security Officers.

The Summer issue of “Building Strength” the magazine of 32BJ of SEIU had some very good news regarding the effort to unionize the low income workers in the Security profession. A little note here: Some Security Officers in New York City make $7.00 an hour. We won’t even get into what is expected of them in performance of their duties. [Read more →]

June 26, 2008   No Comments

BULLETIN: Cuban 5 appeal denied, protests set

BULLETIN: Cuban 5 appeal denied, protests set

Published Jun 5, 2008 12:03 AM

June 4—As the Cuban Five near the end of their 10th year of unjust
imprisonment, the 11th Circuit Court denied their latest appeal today. A
three-judge panel upheld all convictions but ruled that the Miami trial judge
must re-sentence Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, and Fernando
González, who are serving life sentences.

The Cuban Five were jailed for monitoring Miami-based CIA-backed
paramilitaries, who planned violent attacks on the Five’s homeland, Cuba.
Meanwhile Luis Posada Carriles, who in 1976 organized the first mid-air bombing
of a passenger airliner, killing 73 people aboard Cubana 455, walks free in
Miami.

Demonstrations demanding immediate freedom for the five heroes begin on
Thursday, June 5. Make your voice heard! For more information on demonstrations
see www.freethefive.org, www.antiterroristas.cu and www.freethefiveny.org.


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June 5, 2008   No Comments

What we believe, where we have been, where we are going.

QUEERS WITHOUT BORDERS (QWB) 

Who we are. 

A small group of Queers activists who are active in the anti-war movement began meeting several years back to bring a queer presence to the many movements that we as individuals were involved in. Our name Queers Without Borders was taken from the slogan, “We are here, there and everywhere.”  It logically follows in our mind then that all issues are our issues. We stand with all who fight oppression. We work to build a new day of justice and a culture of peace. 

Over the years we have actively help to plan and to participate in all sorts of activities.  We firmly believe that for the lgbt community to not take a multi-issue stand is foolish and unwise and any single issue stand denies our true heritage. The following is just some of the events that we worked on. These are not listed in chronological order. [Read more →]

June 4, 2008   4 Comments

New England Transgender PRIDE. Remember Stonewall. That was us!

The first New England Transgender PRIDE March and Rally will be held Saturday June 7 in Northampton MA. The event is organized by members of the trans and gender variant community, and their allies with the intent of taking a visible and positive stand for transgender rights. Our own Jerimarie Liesegang will be speaking at the rally along with an impressive line up of others. Click here for details.

From the site: “We seek to educate and build awareness of the movement against gender-based discrimination. We promote self-acceptance and acceptance of our whole identities and lives. We gather to celebrate and affirm our individuality, diversity, and strength.”

Remember Stonewall. That was us!

With all our love and thanks to Sylvia Rivera..

Your spirit still guides us.

June 3, 2008   No Comments

Statement of Claude Holcomb of ADAPT May 30th, 2008

I am Claude Holcomb from ADAPT of Connecticut. I am here on the steps of City Hall because a friend of people with disabilities, Reverend Wade Blank, taught me that if you believe your rights are being compromised, you need to speak up. The library has denied access to people with all types of disabilities, not just people with severe disabilities, or people who use wheelchairs. Not having a power door at the main entrance of the library affects anyone who uses an assisted devices, such as a can, walker, crutches or scooter. It also affects people who have service animals and people who are elderly. [Read more →]

May 31, 2008   No Comments

IT’S A TRAVESTY!

Note: The following remarks are by Jerimarie Liesegang.  Jerimarie is the Director of Ct. TransAdvocacy Coalition and a founding member of Queers Without Borders, Hartford Ct. When the city announced that it was going to correct the problem Jerimarie chose not to give her speech. I publish it here as it is a damn good speech and shows our willingness to correct this situation. Thanks Jerimarie for your leadership on issues affecting our people and many others.

It’s a Travesty.

As one enters New York Harbor the Statue of Liberty proudly proclaims, “Give us your poor, tired, your huddled masses longing to be free.” As one approaches the front doors of the Hartford Public Library in a wheelchair you see the proclamation: “Give us your poor, your tired, your homeless, your sexual predators..and those in wheelchairs GO AROUND BACK for your are NOT Welcomed through these front doors!”

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May 31, 2008   No Comments

Hartford Public Library Accessibility Statement from The City of Hartford Commission on LGBT Issues.

Note: These remarks were presented by African American Lesbian Activist Regina Dyton at the May 30th Press Conference at City Hall Hartford. 

The City of Hartford Commission on LGBT Issues is proud to stand with ADAPT, all members of the disability rights community, Queers Without Borders and all other allies to protest the lack of equitable access to the Hartford Public Library.

The ramp at the front of the library invites all who need to use it to enter with dignity, on par with all people wishing to use the library. The inoperable door at the end of the ramp sends a message of inequality, not to mention the work it take for many pepole to get to the end of that ramp, only to find no access. those who need the ramp include not only those using wheelchairs, but those who have difficulty walking up stairs and those who use walkers. All of us who find a dead-end at the end of the ramp are instructed to use the accessible entrance at the back of the library, next to the parking lot. As an African American woman in her 50s, using the back door sounds all too familiar. If it ain’t right for me, how can it be right for someone else? That entrance is commonly used by people who drive to the library (as it is next to the parking lot) or others who choose to use it. It is unfair to provide choices for some and none for others. [Read more →]

May 31, 2008   No Comments

WE WON!!!!! The Front Doors will be Accessible.

On Tuesday May 27 Claude Holcomb of ADAPT brought our list of demands to City Hall that had been put together at a meeting on Friday May 23. What followed was a whirl wind of activity that proves Fight City Hall and you can sometime win. It also shows what a group of activists who stand their ground can achieve. For a list of the demands click here  

First it was the e-mail send out on Wednesday May, 28 from Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez to officials in Public Works and in the City Managers office. Since there is no privacy notation on it I will share the letter here. The mayor wrote:

“Please take immediate action to modify the front entrance to the Library with an automatic *door device that will accommodate our severely handicapped residents. While I appreciate the reasons that led to the decision to limit handicapped access to the side door on Arch Street, I feel that it is necessary to enable access in the front of the building to all. Please provide a written estimate of costs and construction start date to me no later than this Tuesday, May 29th.” Eddie A. Perez, Mayor. [Read more →]

May 31, 2008   No Comments

Music for a Multi-issue people/movement

Join us for a U. Utah Phillips Song

Stand hand in hand

There is power in the union.

 by Joe Hill

 

May 29, 2008   No Comments

Immediate Release May 26th 2008

SEPARATE BUT EQUAL ACCESS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE!

Organizations including ADAPT of Connecticut, Queers  Without Borders, Connecticut TransAdvocacy and other activists will gather at Hartford City Hall on Friday May 30th at 12:00 noon. We will be gathering to speak out about the lack of accessibility for people in wheel chairs through the front doors of Hartford Public Library.

Seven months ago Claude Holcomb of ADAPT of Connecticut began this effort to get the main doors of the Hartford Public Library accessible for all. Seven months later we bring this unsolved problem to the steps of City Hall. The work hasn’t been started and for seven months we have been given the run-a-round by employee’s in Constituent Services, Public Works and by the Director of Hartford Public Libraries. We have been told by these same people to “go around to the back door.” Hardly words to use in this day and age. Included in the new construction is a beautiful new ramp but once up the ramp a person in a wheel chair can not get in the front doors. While the city stalls for 7 months, a power button could have been in place by now.

NO MORE STALLING!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!

Our Demands are:

1. A power door opener must be installed at the front doors of the library.

2. This work must begin by July 1, 2008.

3. We must have in our hands a copy of the work order with a start date.

4. They mayor of Hartford must sign a letter committing to a start date.

For other QWB postings on this subject click here and here.

 

**note: Today I went to look again at the doors. Contrary to what Ms. McMullen is stating  in her comment on the Undercurent site, there is a good 2 feet of metal above the wing doors on each side of the revolving door. So I  don’t see what the problem is. Unless of course its this “lets play a game” talk, and she is talking about the inside foyer where there is a glass wall and glass doors to get into the closed coffee or party area that the library doesn’t use. Perhaps that is what she is thinking, we want to get in and have a cup of non-existent coffee.  Hardly MS. McMullen that isn’t what we are talking about and you know it, the mayor knows it and the activist community knows it! Let’s stop this game playing and get the problem fixed. **Richard Nelson, Queers Without Borders, Hartford Ct.

May 26, 2008   No Comments

Cuba: International Day Against Homophobia

Reprinted from the People’s Weekly World, “World Notes” May 24-30, 2008. www.pww.org.

Spain’s La Vanguardia newspaper recently interviewed Mariela Castro, director of Cuba’s National Center for Sex Education. Anticipating change, Castro believes that gay people’s rights will be protected under Cuba’s Family Code and will evolve through an educational and media strategy assisted by the Communist Party. A “legal union” formula will eventually guarantee the rights of homosexual couples.

All societies are patriarchal, Castro suggests, but violence against women has waned as women’s rights advanced under Cuba’s revolution. She envisions a future of reduced prohibitions, easy departures from Cuba, and expanded citizen participation in decision making. That’s the “principal objective of socialism,” she says: “the emancipation of human beings; their well being with fairness and social justice.” To view the entire interview with Mariela Castro, go to www.walterlippmann.com/docs1800.html. [Read more →]

May 24, 2008   No Comments

In Our Book, Justice at the Library is Overdue!

 

 

The Demands:

1. Install a power door opener at the Front door of Hartford Public Library.

2. Work must begin by July 1st, 2008.

3. We must have in our hands a copy of the work order with date of start.

4. The Mayor of Hartford Eddie Perez must sign a letter committing to a start date.

On Tuesday May 27th Claude Holcomb of ADAPT will once again go to city hall with the demands that were drawn up at the meeting. We will also be pursuing legal remedies with supportive attorneys and reaching out to the anti-discrimination coalitions.

On May 30th at high noon the coalition that has formed under ADAPT’s leadership to address this problem, will hold a press conference at City Hall. 

[Read more →]

May 23, 2008   2 Comments

Featured Film at Gay and Lesbian Film Festival!

LMF Press Release: 

Marriage Makes a Word of Difference

Is a featured film at the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

Saturday, May 31st at 3pm

Cinestudio, Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford.

Marriage Makes A Word of Difference, which portrays the personal struggles and political challenges of Connecticut’s same-sex couples and their families who are fighting for the freedom to marry. Many of these loving couples have been in committed relationships for more than a decade, but despite their dedication to each other , they continue to be denied the respect, dignity, and legal protections that marriage provides. Through compelling interviews and archival and “slice of life” footage, Marriage Makes a Word of Difference celebrates our common humanity and shows why marriage equality is a fundamental civil right.

The Film Festival runs May 30 through June 7th. Check out QWB posting ***OUT Films*** for more details.

 

May 17, 2008   No Comments

Check out Bessy Reyna, “Palestinian Suffering Dampens Israel Celebration”

“Israel was built over the debris of 400 destroyed villages and sorrows of 750,00 people, both Christians and Muslims, expelled from their land.” To read Bessy’s entire article click here. This article appeared in the Hartford Courant, Friday May 16, 2008.

May 16, 2008   No Comments

*Music for a Multi-Issue People/Movement*

Seeking Justice is never out of date.

May 15, 2008   No Comments

WAY TO GO!!! FIGHT ON!!!


California Supreme Court Says Same-Sex Couples Can Marry!

Today, in a historic decision, the California Supreme Court affirmed the dignity of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people, by ruling that same-sex couples can marry in that state. This momentous judgment profoundly supports same-sex couples and their families, and recognizes that two loving, committed people deserve the rights, respect, and equality that come with the freedom to marry. [Read more →]

May 15, 2008   1 Comment

We Told Them Once, We Told Them Twice!

 

“Over and Over again we told them, and they still don’t want to listen” my friend Claude Holcomb told me. “I guess they don’t get it”, I responded. Claude is the founder of ADAPT CT. whose site can be found here.  ADAPT has been working for 7 months now in trying to get the city of Hartford and the Hartford Public Library to fix a big mistake.  The city of Hartford built a beautiful addition to the public library. Everything is spanking clean and shiny and up to the minuet with the latest technology. They even put in a fine new ramp to get from street level up to the entrance but guess what? They forgot to make the doors accessible for people in wheel chairs. No button. No automatic door opener. Claude told me that in researching this the cost of a button and automatic door is around $2,000 dollars. Not very much at all. The city says that they can’t put a button because the door is glass. Well I don’t where they have been as many doors with a button are made of glass. In fact where I work we have them. But the thing that makes us the maddest is being told to use the back door. “Go around to the back, that’s accessible.”  Well, let me say this isn’t 1952. To say something like that is rather insulting. I wonder what it feels like to go up the beautiful ramp in your chair and then to be turned around at the door and told to go to the back. About three weeks ago I went down to Constituent Services and talked to a Sue Mc Mullen in the office. She told me that she was waiting to hear from corporation council on what the ADA law says and then could tell me how the city would proceed. Today I put another call in to her. She seemed to talk a good round and round talk, telling me what she thought I would want to hear. At one point she said, that it is only a few people who were complaining. Today May 13 I sent out a e-mail to some of my activist friends in the community about this matter. I have included it in this article. I will update this as more information comes in. All are welcomed to come to the meeting on May 23rd at 4:30 pm. The meeting will be held at 24 Park Place which is Park Place Towers, the 2nd building from the street.

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May 13, 2008   2 Comments

Session Ends—-Bill Stalls in House

This e-mail was sent out from Jerimarie of Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition and I wanted to share it with all our readers. Jerimarie is also a founding member of Queers Without Borders, Hartford Ct.

 Session Ends…Bill Stalls In House.

Thank you for getting us this far.

Thanks to you we had a remarkable year with HB 5723 An Act Concerning Discrimination. We kicked off this short legislative session with an overwhelming turnout for Trans Lobby Day at the Capital. This was followed by testimony form Child Psychiatrists, Parents, Allies, Trans Folk, Executive Directors and many more that revealed the depth of growing support we have for Trans Equality! The Judiciary vote was an overwhelming bipartisan support for HB5723 and Trans Equality. Your calls, your advocacy and your support has moved more and more legislators in support of HB5723. Unfortunately, this bill was raised in a short session that saw many critical bills being raised as well as a challenging budget issue that time simply was not on our side this year. However, we are already preparing for next years session and your continued support and advocacy will be mandatory for us to secure Equal Rights. We recognize that achieving this equality is not as simple as waking up one morning and reading in the paper that HB5723 was passed. It requires a vital amount of public and personal advocacy, meeting and calling your legislator, mobilizing your friends and neighbors to become advocates and continually educating and increasing the drumbeat that this legislation is not about Special Rights but about Human Rights. [Read more →]

May 9, 2008   1 Comment

Could YOU Live on a Cafeteria Worker’s Salary?

QWB got this leaflet yesterday. Let’s support the Cafeteria Workers of Travelers’ in any way we can.

COULD YOU LIVE ON A CAFETERIA WORKER’S SALARY?

A Cafeteria Worker employed by Aramark, serving food to the employees of Travelers, earns $9.68 an hour. That’s $387.2o a week before taxes!

The average rent for a 2-bedroom apartment in Hartford is over $700.00 a month. (1)

The average gas price per gallon in Connecticut is $3.83. (2)

After all the bills are paid, would YOU have money left to put food on the table?

Call on Travelers’ Brian Maclean, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President to tell Aramark to Respect its Workers. 860-277-0111.

We Can’t Live on Poverty Wages!

(1) http://www.ct-housing.org

(2) Source: AAA Daily Fuel Gauge report; www.fuelgaugereport.com/sbsavg.asp.

Info: www.unitehere.org

UNITE HERE! Local 217, 860-246-2561

 

May 9, 2008   No Comments

*Which Side Are You ON*

May 5, 2008   No Comments

Manifesto of the Reconstruction Party

Note: This Draft Manifesto was produced by a group of Reconstruction Party activists who met in New Orleans on Saturday, Jan. 26 in support of the International Days of Action against Neo-Liberalism. This draft is being submitted for wide discussion and amendments to all activists interested in joining the effort to build a Reconstruction Party. Sister Cynthia McKinney participated in this meeting and contributed to this Draft Manifesto.

What We Want; What We Believe; What We Need. Now!
Draft Manifesto for a Reconstruction Party

” . . . whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.” — Declaration of
Independence

In the context of what is perhaps the most important Presidential election in a generation, we feel compelled to add our voices to the deafening silence coming from both the Democratic and Republican parties on the real issues of concern to us. We therefore insert this agenda — our agenda — into the current political discourse and assert our readiness to cast our votes on the specificity with which these issues are addressed in the electoral arena. We reject “differences” that will not make a difference and “changes” that will not bring about any change. The vision of the Reconstruction Party encompasses all communities in need of reconstruction. [Read more →]

April 29, 2008   No Comments

Hillary and McCain: The White Bloc That Must be Stopped

Hillary and McCain:
The White Bloc That Must be Stopped

by Eric Mann [a veteran of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), and the United Auto Workers (UAW), and was a delegate to the United Nations World Conference Against Racism.]

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The Opening Argument

Hillary Clinton is running an increasingly desperate, unprincipled, and racist campaign against Barack Obama. She must be stopped. At this moment in history the defeat of Hillary Clinton and the victory of Barack Obama in the forthcoming Democratic Party primaries in Pennsylvania, Guam, Indiana, North Carolina, West Virginia, Kentucky, Oregon, Montana, South Dakota, and Puerto Rico is a critical question facing the anti-racist, civil rights, and Black Liberation Movement. [Read more →]

April 28, 2008   No Comments

Killer cops acquitted in Sean Bell case

Greg Butterfield sent a message to the members of Workers World Party.
 –Subject: Killer cops acquitted — Justice for Sean Bell protest TONIGHT          

New York Times Breaking News 9:14 a.m.3

Detectives in Bell Shooting Found Not Guilty of All Charges!          

NYPD has gotten away with murder AGAIN!          

JUSTICE FOR SEAN BELL AND ALL VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE!!
COME OUT APRIL 25th THE DAY OF THE VERDICT!!
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April 25, 2008   5 Comments

A real gem.

No one really needs to say much more about this song. It still resounds today. I wanted to publish it here today because of the new 3 Strikes Law that was passed.  (check out Peter’s posting over at the Undercurrent click here.)  Len Chandler was born in 1935 in Akron, Ohio. He received a B.A. in Music Education from the University of Akron and a M.A. from Columbia. Chandler learned to play the guitar and played around Washington Square Park and landed a gig at the Gaslight Cafe. In the early 1960s Chandler began to be involved in the Civil Rights Movement and much of his material was related to the Black Panther Party.  A thank you to Len Chandler. Check more of Chandler out on you tube. His song Beans In Your Ears should be sung by everyone no matter what age. Try it here

April 24, 2008   No Comments

04.25.08 *Day of Silence*

The National Day of Silence brings attention to anti-lgbt name -calling, bullying and harassment in schools. This years event will be held in memory of Lawrence King an 8th grader from California who was shot and killed Feb. 12 by a classmate because of his sexual orientation and gender expression. Hundreds of thousands of students will come together on April 25 to encourage schools and classmates to address the problem of anti-LGBT behavior. For more information see here.

April 23, 2008   No Comments

An Act Concerning Discrimination HB 5723 Is On The House Calendar.

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HB 5723, An Act Concerning Discrimination, To Prohibit Discrimination on the basis of Gender Identity or Expression is NOW on the House Calendar.  AND our opposition is using fear mongering tactics and alerts to mobilize against this bill.  So ACT NOW and contact your legislator telling them you support full equality.  It is crucially important that our legislators hear overwhelmingly from EVERYONE on this alert, as well as forwarding to your friends and loved ones! We need our voices to be heard to ensure that this bill is raised for a vote on the House floor quickly and without any harmful amendments!Take Action TodayContact your State Representative to Support HB 5723

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April 21, 2008   No Comments

Fight OUT Loud****Check it OUT

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Message from Fight OUT Loud:
I wanted to send you all a note to update you on the amazing work Fight OUT Loud is doing.  Our organization, which now has over 20,000 members nationwide, is busy fighting discrimination on every level!

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April 21, 2008   No Comments