For months, New Hampshire Democrats have been calling out NHGOP Reps. Dawn Johnson and James Spillane over posting anti-Semitic content on social media. Democrats like House Minority Leader Renny Cushing have demanded the NHGOP leadership remove these members from office. As recently as April 28, NH Democratic chair Ray Buckley was on Twitter decrying the lack of action by GOP House Speaker Sherman Packard.
That s how seriously New Hampshire Democrats take anti-Semitism. When it s from
Republicans.
From their fellow Democrats, that s a different matter.
This week, as Hamas terrorists fired thousands of rockets at Israel, Democrats took to the floor of the House and to social media to attack Israel for defending itself. The most famous Democrat in America, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, smeared Israel as an apartheid state, and denounced President Biden s announcement of support for Israel s right of self-defense.
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International Workers Day, May 1, is celebrated by tens of millions of people around the world. Its radical history emerged from the Haymarket Square resistance and the massacre that followed in 1886.
May Day was revived as a workers’ day by the immigrant rights movement in the United States in 2009. As the labor movement continues to blossom in the U.S., more and more people here now recognize International Workers Day, or “May Day.” Thousands of workers joined May Day events around the country this year despite the limitations presented by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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NYC, May 1. Fired Amazon worker Christian Smalls leads a rally in front of Jeff Bezos’s apartment in Manhattan. Liberation photo
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Somewhere, somehow, the NH state legislature is slated to meet for the kick-off of the 2021 legislative session on January 6. The governor’s swearing-in is scheduled for the following day. And on January 20, our nation will inaugurate a new president. This season of policy-maker transition is a time of both hope and deep concern for those of us who care about the common good and a fair and inclusive New Hampshire (and nation) in which no one goes hungry or un-housed; all workers earn enough to survive and thrive; our air, water and health are protected; and the lives of all individuals – no matter what one’s race, ethnicity, color, age, gender identity or expression, ability or status may be – are valued and cherished.