UN MOMENTO 8/25 ONWARD! WAYS TO KEEP LEARNING AND RESISTING FASCISM

UN MOMENTO JUSTO POR LA PAZ 

Victoria Ross 

El coraje es el poder de la mente para superar el miedo. / Courage is the power of the mind to overcome fear. – Rev. Dr. Martin King What a challenging, truly scary time we are in! Federal agents are ever more indistinguishable from criminal kidnappers, both visually and behaviorally. The president is breaking the law regularly. His illegal acts far outpace those of his first term; and unfortunately, he doesn’t have people around him that put on the brakes. The targeting and firing of people whose employ was passed in Congressional budgets, the attempts to overturn birthright citizenship, the flagrant violations of the emoluments clause (which prohibits federal employees from accepting funds, gifts, and/or titles from foreign countries without specific Congressional approval) – all are highly illegal and have generated resistance and push-back both in the streets and in the courts. The enabling of Israel’s genocidal activities is also clearly criminal, the war crimes rampant and virtually comprehensive (also likely killing off the hostages). However, the resistance and pushback is alive and well, including in WNY! Thanks for whatever part you’ve already played; whether it’s supporting DEI events at your children’s school; joining us at events or in the streets; or contacting our governmental representatives to lobby them to stand up to the Fascism, Racism, and Warmongering. We do have a more powerful force: PEOPLE POWER!! 

Here are a few more ways to push back: · Join local Labor Day parades on Monday, 9/1: 10am-2pm, Warren Spahn Way, Buffalo 14220; or 9am at 65 Niagara Square. Recognizing and defending workers’ rights is the epitome of People Power! · Come Party in the Park on Sat, 9/6, 11am-2pm, at a community resource fair; outdoors at Massachusetts Ave Park & indoors at the Boys & Girls Club, 370 Mass Ave; sponsored by NYS Assemblymember Jon Rivera, who has been one of the most responsive legislators, fighting for human rights. · Attend a WNYPC Power to the People Taskforce training – Medical (CPR and/or Stop the Bleed); or Protest Safety (De-Escalation & Peacekeeper trainings, which prepares one for de-escalation of all kinds, and increases your own and others’ safety at events, even if you aren’t a volunteer event marshal). See Registration QR Codes in an ad in this publication, or go to wnypeace.org · Igniting Hope Conference Weekend – Community Day Friday 9/19; Igniting Hope Saturday 9/20. Go to Buffalo Center for Health Equity to register. · WNYPC’s Latin American Solidarity Committee continues exposing I.C.E. at its Monday 9/29 Coffeehouse 7pm-9pm at Canisius University Science Hall (on Main near Delavan; park on Main or in lot). E.C.E. and the Immigration Courts feature local immigration lawyer Julie Kugel on challenging I.C.E. actions. (And Oct 27, international human rights lawyer Julia Hall will talk about I.C.E. and the “war on terror,” re human rights from Guantanamo Bay to prisons in El Salvador). Check out wnypeace.org for more events, campaigns, and ways to support each other. Millon de gracias! Solidaridad! #sisepuede – #juntos!