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• Donald Trump’s Predictions for the War on Iran  --  Cartoon by Ella Baron

• Big, Beautiful War  --  Cartoon by Drew Sheneman

• Kristi Noem Is Out  --  Cartoon by Ann Telnaes

• Chain of Command  --  Cartoon by Wayno & Piraro (Bizarro)

• Re: The Labor Movement Must Go All In on Organizing Amazon  (Eleanor Roosevelt; Debra Mahar)

• Funny How Our How Voting Systems Worked...  --  Meme

• Re: As Trump Bombs Iran, We Need To Reckon With the American War Machine  (Cathy Deppe)

• Re: Songs for Good: The Sudden Resurgence of the Protest Song  (Leonard J. Lehrman; Chris "Oledude" Owens)

• The Dow  --  Cartoon and Commentary by Nick Anderson

• War on Truth  --  Cartoon by Adam Zyglis

 

Announcements:

• Wine, Cheese, and Conversation with Professor Angela Davis -- New York City - March 24  (NY Chapter of The National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL), and co-sponsored by CUNY Black Law Students Association (BLSA), The Community Economic and Development Clinic of CUNY Law School, and The Committees of Correspondence Education Fund)
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Donald Trump’s Predictions for the War on Iran  --  Cartoon by Ella Baron

Ella Baron
March 10, 2026
The Guardian
 

Ella Baron is a political cartoonist at the The Guardian

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Big, Beautiful War  --  Cartoon by Drew Sheneman

Drew Sheneman
March 9, 2026
Daily Kos
 

 

Kristi Noem Is Out  --  Cartoon by Ann Telnaes

 

Ann Telnaes
March 5, 2026
Open Windows- Ann Telnaes
 

 

Chain of Command  --  Cartoon by Wayno & Piraro (Bizarro)
 

Wayno & Piraro
March 7, 2026
Bizarro
 

 

Re: The Labor Movement Must Go All In on Organizing Amazon

(posting on Portside Labor)
 

The CIO shut down GM's operations in Flint for over a month by occupying two plants and fighting hand-to-hand with company goon squads. How do you shut down Amazon? Asking for a friend.

Eleanor Roosevelt
Posted on Portside's Facebook page

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Unions became viewed as "controlled opposition" through decades of legislative, legal, and structural shifts that stripped them of radical power, forcing them into a bureaucratic, company-friendly framework

Debra Mahar
Posted on Portside's Facebook page
 

 

Funny How Our How Voting Systems Worked...  --  Meme

 

 

Re: As Trump Bombs Iran, We Need To Reckon With the American War Machine
 

Please include conscientious objection to war and militarism which includes civil disobedience.  We should not cooperate freely.

For more info see nwtrcc.org and consider writing about war tax resistance.
Peace is worth every effort.

Cathy Deppe

 

Re: Songs for Good: The Sudden Resurgence of the Protest Song
 

"Lady Liberty" aka "Does Lady Liberty Still Stand?"
by Christina Starobin & Leonard Lehrman (Copyright 2025)

sung by The Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus
and The Solidarity Singers of the New Jersey Industrial Union Council
 

Leonard J. Lehrman

    We've sung until we're hoarse
    Marched until our feet have bled
    With Storm Troopers coming out in force
    Watch out where you tread!

    But we won't surrender, nor put aside
    Our rights & our defense
    Or we'll all end up on the other side
    Of their detention fence!

     REFRAIN:

    Does Lady Liberty still stand?
    They're still trying to shut the door!
    We welcome in   
    & we will win
    Freedom forevermore! (2)

    Now who's spouting lies on the internet?
    Make up your own mind!
    Think for yourself and you won't regret
    Leaving that hate behind.

    The whole world is watching, as it must, 
    To see who'll win this fight. 
    Stand up for what is true & just.
    Don't let them put out the light!!

    REFRAIN:

    Does Lady Liberty still stand?
    They're still trying to shut the door!
    We welcome in   
    & we will win
    Freedom forevermore! (2)

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Folks, there are TONS of protest songs -- great ones.  Don't just focus on the "established" recording artists!

Chris "Oledude" Owens
 

 

The Dow  --  Cartoon and Commentary by Nick Anderson
 

Global stock markets fell sharply as oil prices surged amid the escalating conflict with Iran, increasing fears of energy supply disruptions. U.S. markets dropped at the opening bell, following losses the previous week, while European and Asian markets also tumbled, especially in energy-dependent economies like Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Oil prices climbed above $100 a barrel for the first time in nearly four years after Middle Eastern producers reduced output and the war raised concerns about shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. The spike in energy costs pushed bond yields higher as investors worried about renewed inflation.

Technology and semiconductor stocks in Asia were hit particularly hard, as rising energy costs and uncertainty about the global economy rattled investors. Overall, markets around the world reacted nervously to the expanding conflict and the risk of prolonged disruption to global energy supplies.

Nick Anderson
March 9, 2026
Pen Strokes
 

 

War on Truth  --  Cartoon by Adam Zyglis
 

Adam Zyglis
March 10, 2026
Buffalo News
 

 

Wine, Cheese, and Conversation with Professor Angela Davis -- New York City - March 24  (NY Chapter of The National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL), and co-sponsored by CUNY Black Law Students Association (BLSA), The Community Economic and Development Clinic of CUNY Law School, and The Committees of Correspondence Education Fund)
 

Tuesday, March 24th
5:30pm - 7:30pm
THE RIVERSIDE CHURCH
91 Claremont Ave.
(btw 120th & 121st)
New York City

Tickets here

Hear conversations with Professor Angela Davis, Dr. Donna Hylton, and Kevin "Renny" Smith.

They will converse about The Rise of Fascism in the US, Mass Incarceration & Slave Labor in NY prisons, and the Expansion of the Prison Industrial Complex.

Moderated by Drea Somers, L3, NYU Law School