Meaningful memes. Great cartoons. Underground railroad redux. Politics light. (5-7 minute read)
Newsletter # 114 July 10, 2022
Sometimes memes and cartoons speak louder than words, especially on a summer Sunday afternoon.
PATRIARCHY
HISTORY/ HERSTORY
*Just happened upon an intense photograph I’d never seen before of a young Harriet Tubman. Nurse, Union spy, suffragist, and legendary “conductor” of the Underground Railroad, Tubman led about 70 formerly enslaved people along a network of routes and safe houses to (relative) freedom.
[photo credit: History.com]
* Deja vu all over again. History is about to repeat itself:
COVID MISHIGAS
ABORTION
ISRAEL/PALESTINE
*The ice cream wars continue apace. Ben & Jerry's “sued its parent Unilever Plc to block the sale of its Israeli business to a local licensee, saying it was inconsistent with its values to sell its ice cream in the occupied West Bank.” B & J claims the sale undermined “the integrity of the brand.”
* The speech Biden should give in Israel this coming week. Hadar Susskind, Pres. & CEO of APN, nails it.
POLITICS
Cartoon by Roz Chast in The New Yorker
* Extra! Extra! Read all about it! ”Headline stress disorder” is a serious affliction with major ramifications. If you’re only going to read one article all day, Amanda Ripley’s provocative WashPost oped is the one you should not miss. [Thanks to Linda Gottlieb for this alert.]
*Spotlight on two exciting political up-and-comers
*Jon Ossoff is “Georgia’s first-ever Jewish senator, the first Jewish senator to be elected from the South since the 1880s, and the youngest Democrat elected to the Senate since Joe Biden in 1973. And a year and a half into his national political career, he is emerging as one of the most significant voices in Washington on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” See Haaretz
*Val Demings has her sights set on Marco Rubio’s Senate seat. See Vanity Fair profile of the Florida Congresswoman, House impeachment manager, ex-cop, ex-police chief (with an “F” rating from the NRA), who campaigns on a Harley.
*Award-winning editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich reminds us:
* Counter-intuitive advice in the NYT from blogger, columnist, critic, Ana Marie Cox. “Democrats Can Win if They Embrace the Politics of Fear.” But worth a try since nothing else seems to be firing up the Democratic base.
THE HIGHEST/ LOWEST COURT IN THE LAND
* Robert Reich, professor, lawyer, former U.S. Secy of Labor, and practicing cartoonist (above) proffers urgent instructions:
Urgent reminder from editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich
Closing message from Madam Justice, AKA Saint Sonia, Our Lady of Perpetual Help
If she can soldier on, so must we. Don’t agonize, organize. Happy Sunday to all.
Meaningful memes. Great cartoons. Underground railroad redux. Politics light. (5-7 minute read)
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