By James Thompson

 

According to a Houston Chronicle article http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Abbott-photographed-with-militia-leader-5862450.php , the Republican candidate for Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, was caught in a photograph consorting with supporter J.K. Massey in Brownsville. Massey is a convicted felon and was arrested on federal firearms charges four days after the photo with Abbott was taken . According to the Chronicle, Massey had an arsenal similar to that of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.

 

Many Texans are demanding that Abbott, as Texas Attorney General, denounce Massey for his terroristic activities as a militia leader. Apparently, Abbott’s non-response to these demands indicate his tacit support for right-wing terroristic lunatics. It is already well-documented that Abbott has been the beneficiary of fundraisers staged by Ted Nugent who has gone on record advocating that people should be shot as they come across the Texas-Mexico border. Abbott has failed to renounce Ted Nugent’s activities and hate speech to date.

 

Does anyone besides me see a pattern here? How do Texans think that relations between Texas and Mexico will be affected if Abbott is elected governor? Does anyone think that elevating a man who has consorted with open racists to Governor might complicate trade relations with Mexico and result in a reduction of commerce? Does anyone think that if Abbott is elected, Texas’ public image will be enhanced?

By James Thompson

Led by lame-duck Texas Governor and buffoon-in-chief Rick Perry, the Republican clowns are running amok in their effort to win the hearts and minds (and campaign contributions) of the 1% while alienating the rest of us. The Republican candidate for Texas Governor is Greg Abbott. It is hard to imagine a sector of the population besides the wealthiest of the wealthy that he has not attacked viciously. Most of his campaign contributors are listed among Forbes magazine’s list of billionaires.

Abbott and the rest of the Texas Republican gang have railed against immigrants. Nut case rocker Ted Nugent indicated in one interview that he favored shooting people as they crossed the US border. Ted Nugent is a major fundraiser for Greg Abbott. Abbott has not yet repudiated his ugly, vile hateful rhetoric. Nut case candidate for Lt. Gov., Dan Patrick, has made his major campaign theme “securing the Texas border.” The ugliest of the ugly Republicans have even alleged that immigrants “could” bring the Ebola virus to Texas. The word “could” is fairly loose and, of course, a similar case could be made that billionaires “could” bring the Ebola virus to Texas. Interestingly, Texas Republicans don’t go there. Instead, they fight to make Texas safe for hysteria.

Ted Nugent also has a long history of hatred towards women. Abbott has fought hard to roll back the clock on women’s reproductive rights.

Ted Nugent once referred to our current president as a “subhuman mongrel” and was called out because this is a phrase that was frequently used by the Nazis to characterize sectors of the population they persecuted. Most people understand that this is not a coincidence that Nugent used this phrase.

According to the Wendy Davis (Democratic party candidate for Governor of Texas) campaign, Mr. Abbott has distinguished himself in the field of hypocrisy by seeking all possible benefits of his disabled status while fighting hard to deny any benefits for other people who are disabled.

Mr. Abbott has fought hard for a Texas Voter ID law which will make it more difficult for working people, African-Americans, Latinos, and the aged to cast a ballot.

Texas Republicans have opposed healthcare for the poor and current Gov. Rick Perry has waived off federal Medicaid money.

Gov. Perry has distinguished himself in the past by making veiled references to Texas seceding from the union. Most people understand that these references relate to dreams of restoring the Confederacy and the right to own slaves.

So, if Texans want their state government to be run by racist, sexist, bigoted nuts who will fight for liberty and justice for the 1%, they will vote Republican. If not, they will vote for candidates from other parties.

STOP THE DEPORTATIONS OR WE WILL RUN LUIS GUTIERREZ FOR PRESIDENT!/

¡DETENER LAS DEPORTACIONES O CORREREMOS LUIS GUTIERREZ PARA PRESIDENTE!

We the undersigned, having been betrayed by the President and the Democratic Party, facing the reality of the continuing unjust deportations and separation of families in the millions, do hereby support and draft Congressman Luis Gutierrez to run AS AN INDEPENDENT for the Presidency of the United States in 2016 if President Obama does not use the authority we have given him to stop the deportations by November 27^th of this year. We pledge also to march during Thanksgiving Weekend to show the unity of our community.

Nosotros los abajo firmantes, por lo tanto haber sido traicionado por el Presidente y el partido demócrata, y enfrentando la realidad de las continuas deportaciones injustas y separación de nuestras familias en los millones, apoyo el proyecto de obligar a Congresista Luis Gutiérrez para funcionar como nuestro candidato independiente para la Presidencia de Estados Unidos en el año 2016 si Presidente Obama no utiliza su autoridad que le hemos dado para que pare las deportaciones antes del 27 de noviembre de este año. Nos comprometemos también a marchar durante el fin de semana de Dar Gracia, para mostrar la unidad de nuestra comunidad.

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By Raskonikov Radek

TOMBALL, Texas – In spite of 100° weather today (9/11/10), I went to Tomball again in order to protest the racists and support the day laborers. While there were less people than last week on both sides, there was one thing that was absolutely clear: while our numbers were smaller than the racists, our unity was far greater. Not only did we stand firmly united against them, but we also had a great deal of support from the people of Tomball. It was quite evident that the people of Tomball wanted the racists out of their town, for we received many kind words from drivers and walkers passing by our rally. A couple of passers-by stopped to join us. A couple of others rejected the racists’ lies after discussing the immigration issue with us. Despite our numbers, we outlasted the racists again, chanting “Ya se van, ya se van, los racistas ya se van” as they departed. Love is stronger than hate.

As I left, an elderly Latino worker from a nearby restaurant approached me and shook my hand to express his gratitude for what we had done to fight racism that day.

The Tomball City Council rejected a number of anti-immigrant proposals just last week. This seemed to incite the racists and there was one minor physical confrontation in which one racist assaulted one of the organizers. They shouted vicious slurs, as they did last week, and tried to defeat us by playing loud rock music. Every moment that we spoke, standing strong with our signs and chanting together, we were acting as agents of the historical struggle against racism. Each one of us expressed our solidarity with humanity and our opposition to racism.

Racism has been used historically by the wealthy classes to divide working people. When working people stand together and support each other, great progress can be made in building a better world for everybody. When working people fight each other, the wealthy classes win. The wealthy classes know the tactic “divide and conquer” very well and use it effectively.

I had no doubt that the racists are unhappy with the conditions of working people and want a better world for themselves and their families. They probably think that attacking people less fortunate than themselves will somehow improve their lot in life. However, it is my opinion that they are only serving the interests of the wealthy.

We stand united and the larger our number, the more powerful our influence in the struggle against racism. Come support us next Saturday at 8 AM in front of the HEB in Tomball (HW 249 B & Main Street/FM 2920-28520 Tomball Pkwy.) so that we can win this struggle!

Here is a quote from the organizers of the rally supporting immigrant’s rights:

We are glad to report that last night the Tomball City Council overwhelmingly rejected proposals to close the day laborer site, make English the City’s official language, and prohibit undocumented workers from working or renting or owning businesses there. Racists from the Border Watch, Minute Men, and Tea Party suffered a huge defeat last night, and this is a historic victory for workers and democratic-minded people of all backgrounds. As you may know, the rejection of these anti-immigrant proposals was widely publicized in the Houston area media. The Houston Chronicle’s article on the meeting can be found at
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/7190647.html.

By Raskonikov Radek

TOMBALL, Texas – Today I went to support the exploited immigrant workers in Tomball. Every week, a few Minute Men, Border Watch and Tea Party members come and terrorize these workers. They shouted horrible things at them and even used violence against the workers. About 20 courageous people came to support the workers and oppose the cowards on 9/4/2010, just two days before Labor Day. There were also two television stations (Univision and Fox News) who were reporting on it. We were there in solidarity to both protect the workers and drive the Minute Men and their pals out. The racists never came to the day laborer site. They instead lined up across the street in an HEB parking lot on a busy main road. The right wingers had sent a spy who was sniffing us out and waiting for us to leave. We did leave, in fact, in order to counter the anti-immigrants at HEB. A few of us remained with the workers in case the racists came to the day laborer site.

We outnumbered them and had far more unity. They were so demoralized they used children in their vicious attacks. They called for all immigrants to be put into concentration camps. We protested them for an hour and had formed a large collective body. The right wingers were scattered all over the place and lacked unity or solidarity. The spirit of revolt was strong amongst us, whereas the anti-immigrants were merely repeating racist anti-immigrants slurs that required not the least bit of thought.

In order to drive the fascists out, we will protest them each week in Tomball. We should outnumber them since any person of conscience who hears such terrible things and sees such disgusting people will want to march in the streets to demand that they leave. The workers need your help. Without you, the immigrant workers will continue to be exploited and the racists will continue to carry out their criminal activities. Unite with the Tomball workers to stop the anti-immigrants and drive racism out of Tomball.

The next action will be held on Saturday morning, September 11, beginning at 8 AM. This action will be held in front of the HEB store at Tomball Parkway (Highway 249) and Main Street (FM 2920).

These actions are being Organized by the Latin American Immigrants Rights Organization And the Progressive Workers Organizing Committee. If you have questions or would like more information, please call (832) 692 – 2306, (281) 935 – 9258, or (832) 282 – 6997.