Anti-racism / Racism

Nine New York Democrats in Congress voted nay while 10 voted for the resolution. Those voting against were Gregory Meeks, Jerrold Nadler, Anthony Weiner, Edolphus Towns, Major Owens, Nydia Velazquez, Charles Rangel, José Serrano, Maurice Hinchey.

Joining in the racist lynch mob voting for the blood of an innocent black man were New York Democrats Steve Israel, Carolyn McCarthy, Gary Ackerman, Joseph Crowley, Carolyn Maloney, Eliot Engel, Nita Lowey, Michael McNulty, Brian Higgins, and Louise Slaughter. Timothy Bishop didn’t vote.

Also voting for blood were Republicans Peter King, Vito Fossella, Sue Kelly, John Sweeney, John McHugh, Sherwood Boehlert, James Walsh, Thomas Reynolds, and John Kuhl.

If you care about priceless Aboriginal cultural artefacts being needlessly destroyed, we need you to fax or ring the Australian environment minister RIGHT NOW, or at least before Monday. International support is needed to shame this government.

The John Brown Caucus of SDS/MDS says FIGHT STATE RACISM! STOP THE MURDERS!

The Green Party of Monroe County is inviting all interested citizens to host a screening of the movie American Blackout.

Tim Wise, author of White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son , spoke last Monday as part of the annual Four Freedoms week held at St. John Fisher College.

Supporters around the country should call the following numbers:

800-4-CHEVYS (national corporate offices)
209-839-2241 (Tracy Chevy's, ask for Greg, the manager)
925-960-0071 (ask for Gary, the franchise manager of the Tracy Chevy's)

and demand immediate reinstatement and compensation for the workers who were fired or who quit in protest.

The May Day outpouring, which was called the “Gran Paro Americano / Great American Strike” or “Un Día Sin Inmigrantes / A Day Without Immigrants” was, though in a partial form due to the minimal organized participation of most trade unions, a general strike: by all measures a momentous political advance for the working class.

The day has long been over when white men (no matter who they are) can openly attack black people, especially women or children, with impunity. This simply will not be tolerated!

Not only is the Letter to the Editor below historically inaccurate, but in some ways it is also disrespectful and offensive. The article is dangerous in the sense that it represents the type of blatant misinformation,which serves to feed ignorance, blind patriotism, and narrow, white nationalism, which in turn, often underlies conscious or unconscious white supremacist thought and belief systems.