<div dir="ltr">It is indeed beyond disgusting. And Ari Berman of the Nation will continue to be invited by Amy Goodman to discuss voting rights on her program.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 11:14 AM David Johnson via Peace-discuss <<a href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-5133176002599982992WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">This is so hilariously disgusting that I just had to send it to the list.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">For those who don’t know, Randi Weingarten is the national President of the AFT Teachers Union. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">She also owns stocks in corporate charter school companies.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Albert Shanker, for those who don’t know was the national President of the AFT Teachers Union from the 1960’s – 1980’s. He was very right-wing and extremely pro-war. Even to the point of supporting Reagan’s Contra terrorists based in Honduras, who were carrying out terrorist attacks inside Nicaragua. And he supported the death squad governments in El Salvador and Guatemala. The death squads and the Contra terrorists often targeted schools and Teachers. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">David J.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(181,196,223);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif"> Randi Weingarten [mailto:<a href="mailto:E-activist@action.aft.org" target="_blank">E-activist@action.aft.org</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 17, 2019 9:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:davidjohnson1451@comcast.net" target="_blank">davidjohnson1451@comcast.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> I'm in Washington, D.C. for the In Defense of Democracy conference<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div align="center"><table class="gmail-m_-5133176002599982992MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:white;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in"><div align="center"><table class="gmail-m_-5133176002599982992MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:white;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in"><div align="center"><table class="gmail-m_-5133176002599982992MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100%;background:white"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in"><div align="center"><table class="gmail-m_-5133176002599982992MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="590" style="width:442.5pt;background:white"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:7.5pt 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="border:1pt solid windowtext;padding:0in"><img width="100" height="100" id="gmail-m_-5133176002599982992_x0000_i1025" src="cid:16d40052e5ba30f8d381" alt="Image removed by sender. AFT"></span><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in"><p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,112,112)">David,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,112,112)">Democracies can die, and many have. The question is: Will we in America work to safeguard ours? That’s why this summer I asked educators to be guardians of democracy, and it’s why on Tuesday the Albert Shanker Institute, in partnership with the AFT and Onward Together, is hosting a daylong conference on defending democracy.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,112,112)">The stakes are higher than ever, and no one can sit on the sidelines in 2020.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,112,112)">At 9 a.m. Eastern time, I will be introducing Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton as the opening keynote speaker at the “In Defense of Democracy” conference in Washington, D.C. The Shanker Institute, the AFT and Onward Together are hosting this conference, and we have a lineup of incredible speakers. I’m proud that we’re a part of this conversation. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,112,112)"><a href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/mps2/c/AgE/ni0YAA/t.2v3/rZ6knidnQMCE95sebPMm-g/h0/Nejq3qQQ6Jn1R8HM5bnp8Ivb1ATu-2BeSbfs-2B-2BNZeixLA-2BTHQsuF-2Blsdf0drWVflKRudI-2FMwLyGjG224mEuOVv5yxw6O-2BRRAlDACzoRQlUXlRKe2PvVrYktJRnVWiRVZArIIv3Ctr9jAoM-2F96N2ew-2BsTAhf3UkGFmFCwBIfB-2FDx8cgz8-2FWMwqk9VfLS-2B8iiDED9s9Bi0XW4PKLUi5IAbg2PgIm2ReikqBS4k7j2K0MsiP0l3SBndUzaCsFEzEPfRTozAM96GI4hNUjplHsnmVhXEq9yIfVgjxYanbbbHjFJ8FAostQe1LrtWwA0a7Hj-2FY65VkLISWuDOOOFLut8Y44CM1okQfs7iAK-2FZM9sD94XAHD-2Fpdy-2FE2UKPqwNVjHoDJ6gs54Xv4VObZZV-2BrXYhBTv0PUlfXBp3SY0X3LHSevwH2E-2FlpSy1lJraHvdy8OiG3-2B/9gmk" target="_blank">We’re livestreaming the entire conference, and I wanted to make sure you had the link. Watch the livestream of the morning session live on the AFT’s Facebook page.</a></span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,112,112)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,112,112)">We’re at a turning point in America. With white supremacy, white nationalism and hatred on the rise, it’s up to us to show up and protect our democracy and defend decency. I hope you’ll watch and join the conversation online. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,112,112)">After Clinton’s keynote, I will be moderating a panel titled “Civic Participation in an Age of Democratic Peril.” I’ll be joined by Amanda Terkel, Washington bureau chief at HuffPost; Leah Greenberg, co-executive director of Indivisible; Joy Reid, MCNBC host; and Gara LaMarche, president of Democracy Alliance, to have an open and honest conversation about how to interact with a democracy that is under attack. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,112,112)">Around 1:30 p.m. Eastern time, we’ll have a panel on voting rights with Andrew Gillum, chair of Forward Florida, former mayor of Tallahassee and 2018 Democratic nominee for governor of Florida; Eric Holder, former U.S. attorney general and chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee; Maria Teresa Kumar, president and CEO of Voto Latino and MSNBC commentator; and Ari Berman, author and senior reporter for <em><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Mother Jones</span></em>. The panel will be moderated by Shanker Institute Executive Director Leo Casey. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,112,112)">Follow and engage on social media using the hashtag #DefenseOfDemocracy.</span></strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,112,112)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,112,112)">We’ll be live soon. You don’t want to miss this! <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,112,112)">In unity, <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(112,112,112)">Randi Weingarten<br>AFT President <u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0in;max-width:590px"><div align="center"><table class="gmail-m_-5133176002599982992MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:white;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(165,184,201);max-width:590px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border:none;padding:15pt 0in;max-width:210px"><table class="gmail-m_-5133176002599982992MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;max-width:590px" id="gmail-m_-5133176002599982992social_networks"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:7.5pt 0in 15pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://u1584542.ct.sendgrid.net/mps2/c/AgE/ni0YAA/t.2v3/rZ6knidnQMCE95sebPMm-g/h1/zkKZ4FL8hLIZJ9YVrILHhM7HfatxBPwd0Sz2NxjvLAgyeFlT861M9mZC6bX-2FbG1oqL8VtQdNMsdsPfoNUzcNOjztjzRKtX6i-2F3-2B4e3kBueXMCbroHgfoF-2Fiwd8ydyrUbOaWnNSLCkuCz-2FRSfsH8qTg268JSCUZY2tNjiLHDmogUCPkgORDgGl8BQsy8qFtsFTl06JKdApRtnJyS2IcqyiV4vXkErgTYNFCXFF2HXUfQdisBE2NlFdjGzfpGN9Yvd6sfK9M0eYL3nu1W1-2B5Ovr-2BM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