Monthly Archives: May 2011

Save Raza Studies in Tucson

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Jan Tucker

Your email:  A Request from Rudy Acuna: Save Ethnic Studies!  Demand TUSD governing board vote “NO” on reducing Ethnic Studies to electives http://www.change.org/petitions/save-ethnic-studies-demand-tusd-governing-board-vote-no-on-reducing-ethnic-studies-to-electives  

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Winograd for Congress

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Jan Tucker

Your email:  Before I explain why I’m voting for Democrat Marcy Winograd for Congress in the 36th District on May 17, 2011, let me explain why I’m not voting for my own party’s candidate.  I’m a member of the Peace … Continue reading →

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Stop Deportations of Lesbians & Gays

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Jan Tucker

Your email:  STOP THE DEPORTATIONS THE DOMA PROJECT GAY AND LESBIAN BINATIONAL COUPLES FIGHT DEPORTATION, SEPARATION AND EXILE CAUSED BY THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT AND U.S. IMMIGRATION LAW. LEARN MORE ABOUT DOMA PROJECT: <http://www.stopthedeportations.com>  

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A Day With Hope

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Jan Tucker

Your email:  Hope Foye will be 90 in September and her almost 90 years have made her an absolutely delightful, intelligent, and wise person to hang out with.  Yesterday I took her to the Los Angeles Paul Robeson Center to … Continue reading →

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Free Food Programs

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Jan Tucker

  Your email:  History is revisiting itself. In Portugal, an exhibit of the art of Black Panther Emory Douglas portrays amongst other things, the Black Panther Party’s “People’s Free Food Program,” which had the assistance of the Peace and Freedom … Continue reading →

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The Shpil mixes the modern with a tradition

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Jan Tucker

Your email:  It’s really great to see young musicians carrying on a musical tradition of the Ashkenazic Jews of Europe.  With so much of Jewish culture getting lost through assimilation and the attendant acculturation into the American melting pot, The … Continue reading →

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Law Enforcement Role in Attacking Terrorism

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Jan Tucker

Your email:  In my last blog entry, I made some points about the differing views of the approach to dealing with terrorism from a military “war on terrorism” as opposed to dealing with it as an extraordinary law enforcement issue.  … Continue reading →

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Death or Trial for Bin Laden

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Jan Tucker

Your email:  Since I wrote my last blog questioning the decision to bury Osama Bin Laden at sea, I’ve thought long and hard about the killing of Bin Laden.  Some of my thinking involves whether the entire “war on terrorism” … Continue reading →

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Burial At Sea

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Jan Tucker

Your email:  I am extremely uncomfortable with the decision of United States authorities to bury Osama Bin Laden at sea.  I accept the official statement that the burial was done according to Islamic dictates but I don’t believe that he … Continue reading →

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