Re: Fw: SBPA June 2020 Newsletter

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

How many Wienerschnitzels are there in where-I-live??

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2020 15:07:19 +0000 (UTC)
 >
 >  want to join the car-powered protest
 > 
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 >     http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg"; <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>Sent: Sunday, May 31, 
 >     2020, 02:35:35 PM PDTSubject: SBPA June 2020 Newsletter
 >   Medicare for All, and Planet of the 
 > Humans  
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 > |  SBPA June 2020 Newsletter
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 > 
 > |  Medicare for All Car Rally June 6!
 > SVYCS announces 2 action opportunities!
 > Another View of Planet of the Humans -- Censorship?
 > Human development, undocumented immigrants and COVID-19  |
 > 
 > Dear friends and neighbors:
 > 
 > George Floyd should still be with us.
 > 
 > Instead, police brutality has reared it's ugly head once again in our country 
 > as it has over and over again. The terrible murder of George Floyd in 
 > Minneapolis this week is excruciatingly heartbreaking and another example of 
 > the systemic racism and injustice that continues to plague our society. ... Let'
 > s stand in solidarity with the Floyd family and all those who have suffered 
 > injustice at the hands of police brutality. ... Everyone should condemn the 
 > murder of George Floyd.
 > 
 > In solidarity for justice!
 > Gayle McLaughlin, Former Mayor of Richmond
 > 
 > Medicare for All Car Rally June 6! On Saturday, June 6, the Santa Clara County 
 > Single Payer Health Care Coalition will be holding a car rally exposing how the 
 > COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated the weaknesses of our current health care "
 > system" and the need for a New and Improved Medicare for All.  The Medicare 
 > for All Car Rally will cross from East where-I-live westward to other cities in 
 > Anna Eshoo's district, assembling at 1:00 pm on Saturday June 6 in the parking 
 > lot at the Northwest corner of Capital and McKee (between Chipotle and the 
 > Wienerschnitzel).  We are timing driving time to last about an hour. Join us 
 > and decorate your cars with signs that reflect these themes, and connect them 
 > with Medicare for All!   
 >    - Fragmented public health system, including lack of protections for health 
 >    care workers
 >    - Workers and their families losing their health insurance when they become 
 >    unemployed,
 >    - Disproportionate effects on low-income people, immigrants, communities of 
 >    color, including failure to protect essential workers 
 >    - Closure of the maternity and newborn units at Regional Medical Center 
 >    - Congresswoman Anna Eshoo's failure to support HR 1384, the Medicare for 
 >    All bill
 >    - Failure to protect the homeless and those incarcerated and detained
 >    - Support for Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act (Jayapal and Bernie's 
 >    emergency bill)
 > |  
 > |  Silicon Valley Youth Climate Strike
 > announces 2 action opportunities! 1) Phonebanking Event! SVYCS is joining 
 > with Sunrise Movement & the Booker Campaign! You’ve probably heard us talking 
 > about this at our meetings, so mark your calendars, join us, and come see what 
 > the hype is about! Phonebanking Event Information:   
 >    - WHAT: Phonebanking (calling voters) for Charles Booker
 >    - HOW: First, SVYCS organizers (wooo that's us!) will be hosting a 30 
 >    minute hype call at 3-3:30 pm. Then we'll join a Sunrise phonebank from 3:
 >    30-5pm (training included). 
 >    - WHY: Booker is a GND champion and climate justice advocate running for 
 >    Mitch McConnell’s seat, but we need to make sure he wins the primary first!
 >     He needs our help to spread the word and contact voters about his 
 >    progressive agenda. 
 >    - WHEN: 3PM, Tuesday, 6/2. Add it to your Google Calendar.
 >    - WHERE: Sign up HERE & we’ll send more info!
 > Facebook event // Website  Don't worry if you are new to phonebanking — we�> ��re here to help and guide you through everything! Join #phonebank in Slack if 
 > you want to help plan, and please tell your friends & family about this too! 
 > Don’t miss out on this opportunity to get involved in the political process 
 > and usher in the era of the GND! Let’s get calling 🌍📞😍 Make sure to 
 > sign up for this event here: bit.ly/siliconvalleyphonebanks2) National Art 
 > Contest! Prompt: “Envision the future under a Green New Deal!” We want to 
 > spread creativity and empower each other to envision the future that we are 
 > fighting for, igniting the fire of hope under our nation.  Submit any style 
 > of creative work- visual art, video, dance, photography, writing, poetry, 
 > music- surprise us! Submit your art to https://bit.ly/GNDhope and post your 
 > work on social media with the #GNDhope by July 22nd. In your post, tag 3 more 
 > people to challenge them to submit their own work!  Winning pieces will be 
 > projected on buildings in San Francisco!  We’re honored to announce that 
 > our partners include Sunrise, US Youth Climate Strikes, Green Foothills, and 
 > Elders Climate Action.   |
 > 
 > |  Another View of Planet of the Humansby Peggy Elwell, SBPA Steering Committee 
 > member
 >  I would like to encourage people to watch Michael Moore's new movie, Planet 
 > of the Humans.  Although it is flawed and some people I respect a lot have 
 > opposed it, it should not be dismissed as having no value.  I think it is 
 > worth seeing for a number of reasons:   
 >    - It contains many truths about some of the industrial components of 
 >    renewable energy resources and the sustainability of them.
 >    - It draws the connection between capitalism and environmental crises.
 >    - It exposes the connection of corporations to large environmental advocacy 
 >    groups.
 >    - It exposes the consequences on underdeveloped countries of some corporate "
 >    environmentalist" initiatives.
 > The negatives I see are:   
 >    - It does not reflect the latest technological developments in renewable 
 >    energy and is therefore more negative than is warranted.
 >    - It refers to positions that have been abandoned by environmentalist 
 >    leaders about the viability of biomass.
 >    - It raises the population question, but does not go into the unequal 
 >    distribution of the necessities of life, or the relationship of the birth 
 >    rate to education and standard of living and the effect of poverty 
 >    engendered by capitalism.
 >    - It doesn't give a way forward other than the vague statement "take back 
 >    the environmental movement". 
 > For the record, I am not deeply involved in the environmental movement, 
 > although I have read a lot as well as participated in many actions, and will 
 > continue to do so.
 >  
 > Editor's Note: After being viewed over 8 million times, the movie was taken off 
 > YouTube. Censorship? 
 > PEN America Calls for Expedited Copyright Review of Michael Moore Film
 > 
 > Copyright claims shouldn’t be used as cover for censorship
 > 
 > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 > May 28, 2020 
 > (New York, NY) – PEN America has issued its concern over calls to censor 
 > Michael Moore’s film “Planet of the Humans,” and today responded to 
 > YouTube pulling the film over copyright concerns. PEN America’s Summer Lopez, 
 > senior director of free expression programs, said the following:
 > 
 > Read more at 
 > https://pen.org/press-release/pen-america-calls-for-expedited-copyright-review-o
 > f-michael-moore-film/
 > Here is the movie's home page: https://planetofthehumans.com/
 >  
 > 
 > Final Update: the movie has been reposted at
 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsbYEOQTM9g
 > |  
 > |  Human development, undocumented immigrants and COVID-19
 > A fully developed human being has the resources and time to care for self and 
 > family; to learn throughout life with accurate information; to participate 
 > actively in key family, work and civic institutions; to self-actualize; and, of 
 > course, to contribute to society producing necessary goods or services for our 
 > consumption.
 > 
 > ...That is why Human Agenda has created the SOLO Solidarity Fund.  Solidarity 
 > Organized for Los Olvidados (the Forgotten Ones) is helping immigrants like 
 > Carla. She escaped poverty, the ashes of civil war, structural adjustment 
 > policies and Mara 18 gang violence and had to leave her two small children 
 > behind. For six years, she worked two low-wage jobs locally, cut off from 
 > well-paying jobs, higher education, a decent home, health care and her 
 > children.
 > 
 > Read the entire  San José Spotlight article.  |