Called my two senators and congressman protesting the resumption of bombing of Gaza!

This is a loooooong article written by the legendary Bayard Rustin. As a historical document it is incredibly interesting and as a political-analytical undertaking its depth and method of analysis has much to teach us today. I remember reading this more than 50 years ago in a social democratic reader, and though I didn’t grasp some or much of what Rustin wrote, I found it so stimulating.

I wonder if China could fit into the category of authoritarian state with some socialist characteristics.

Senators

Dick Durbin (IL)
Jeff Merkley (OR)
Elizabeth Warren (MA)

Representatives

Alma Adams (NC-12)
Becca Balint (VT-AL)
Don Beyer (VA-08)
Jamaal Bowman (NY-16)

Cori Bush (MO-01)
Tony Cárdenas (CA-29)
André Carson (IN-07)
Troy Carter (LA-02)
Greg Casar (TX-35)
Joaquin Castro (TX-20)
Judy Chu (CA-28)
Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05)
Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10)
Debbie Dingell (MI-06)
Lloyd Doggett (TX-37)
Veronica Escobar (TX-16)
Maxwell Frost (FL-10)
John Garamendi (CA-08)
Jesús “Chuy” Garcia (IL-04)
Robert Garcia (CA-42)
Jimmy Gomez (CA-34)
Al Green (TX-09)
Raúl Grijalva (AZ-07)
Jared Huffman (CA-02)
Jonathan Jackson (IL-01)
Sara Jacobs (CA-51)
Pramila Jayapal (WA-07)
Henry C. “Hank” Johnson Jr. (GA-04)
Ro Khanna (CA-17)
Barbara Lee (CA-12)
Summer Lee (PA-12)
Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03)
Betty McCollum (MN-04)
James P. McGovern (MA-02)
Kweisi Mfume (MD-07)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14)
Ilhan Omar (MN-05)
Dean Phillips (MN-03)
Chellie Pingree (ME-01)
Mark Pocan (WI-02)
Ayanna Pressley (MA-07)
Delia Ramirez (IL-03)
Jamie Raskin (MD-08)
Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05)
Jan Schakowsky (IL-09)
Rashida Tlaib (MI-12)
Paul Tonko (NY-20)
Gabe Vasquez (NM-02)
Nydia Velázquez (NY-07)
Maxine Waters (CA-43)
Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12)

Is there a better graphic demonstrating the inhumanity of Netanyahu and the IDF and the imperative of a ceasefire? I’m for an immediate ceasefire, but also for – not as a first choice – anything that will get us there. In any case, the staggering number of deaths of women and children (and others) should give urgency to this struggle. A simple thing to do is to call the office of your Senator and House member to thank them for supporting a ceasefire if they have or to urge them to do so if they haven’t.