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There's a new push to remove more monuments in New Orleans (Andrew Jackson)
Fox 8 ^ | 05/25/2017 | Kimberly Curth

Posted on 05/27/2017 6:35:47 PM PDT by Trump20162020

NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) - There's a new push to have more monuments removed in New Orleans, including the French Quarter's iconic Andrew Jackson statue.

The group Take Em Down Nola says the removal of four statues is not enough.

"We're issuing an invitation to the mayor to finish the job. He has already begun the job, and we want him to finish the job," said Malcolm Suber, Take Em Down NOLA spokesman.

"What we would like to see in their place is people who stood for people and liberation. For instance, we think since Harriet Tubman is going to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill," Suber said. "We don't understand why we can't turn Jackson Square into Harriet Tubman Square. At Lee Circle, we don't understand why we can't turn Lee Circle into Dorothy Mae Taylor Circle. Dorothy Mae Taylor was one of the most courageous black leaders in this city. She led the effort to desegregate Mardi Gras."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: andrewjackson; bluezones; dixie; neworleans; nola; purge
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To: Ray76
https://www.gofundme.com/take-em-down-nola

created May 10, 2017 by Malcolm Suber

Suber is Director and Agent for "AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY ALLIANCE OF LOUISIANA". Other Directors are LEON WATERS and JOYCE DIARRA. https://coraweb.sos.la.gov/CommercialSearch/CommercialSearch.aspx


"Hosted by Take Em Down NOLA":

"raise our voices against the racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, anti-worker, homophobic, environment destroyer, war-monger Trump regime"


Long time New Orleans revolutionary Malcolm Suber spoke to News and Views about the upcoming New Orleans People's Assembly.The People's Assembly will center the voices of New Orleans natives and workers in an effort to resist capitalistic values that dictate the quality of life of New Orleans' residents who are fighting against mass incarceration, for their homes, for a living wage, for their children's education and for their dignity. https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/02/08/18796282.php


New Orleans Workers Group - https://www.facebook.com/NewOrleansWorkers/photos/pb.608364089336361.-2207520000.1495938308./729983930507709/?type=3&theater

61 posted on 05/27/2017 7:26:42 PM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Trump20162020

...”we don’t understand...”

Those who do not remember history are doomed to repeat it


62 posted on 05/27/2017 7:30:38 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: cmj328

So when do they take down Sheila Jackson Lee?


63 posted on 05/27/2017 7:34:51 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: Trump20162020

This is really rich. As a descendent of the Jackson family (now on the conservative side of the tree), the loony Dens want to trash one of their greatest leaders. If they could read, or paid attention in history class, they would know that NOLA would not be there if it weren’t for General Andrew Jackson and his leadership in the War of 1812. These people are just bloody idiots!!!!


64 posted on 05/27/2017 7:35:08 PM PDT by Conservinator (It's okay to be close-minded IF you are right!)
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To: JBW1949
“Folks, I got a feeling it ain’t gonna stop without another Civil War....”

This country has never had a civil war. And I hope we don't.

65 posted on 05/27/2017 7:35:28 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: jeffersondem

OK...Excuse me...What would you prefer to call the war that historians refer to as the Civil War...


66 posted on 05/27/2017 7:37:13 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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The Democrat Thugs Party is but a few degrees apart from ISIS.


67 posted on 05/27/2017 7:38:20 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Trump20162020

Eventually, New Orleans will also have a group which is powerful in numbers and in an absolute dither about churches and wants to remove all of those also, starting with St. Louis Cathedral. Finally, there will be nothing left without a local government with a spine willing to tell these young people to go pound sand!


68 posted on 05/27/2017 7:39:22 PM PDT by Rembrandt (Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
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To: boycott

“When will they start burning books?”

Those not burned in three will be ate in five.


69 posted on 05/27/2017 7:39:28 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: Ray76
Suber is “an avowed Marxist-Leninist” - https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/05/07/us/new-orleans-monuments.html?referer=https://news.google.com/



70 posted on 05/27/2017 7:40:21 PM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Az Joe
Whites will only be pushed so far and then they will harden their attitudes and become a more unified & hardened group.

That's actually the point of these movements. They are trying to goad whites into fighting back, so then they can scream how racist they are and then the clarion call will come for more "civil rights" protections and confiscation of more tax dollars. I really think these black nationalists and other SJWs are being used by leftist elites because inevitably, that's what leftist elites want. None other than Bill Clinton talked about this and said the way to get segregation back is to pretend to be on blacks' side and support them into having their own so-called safe spaces and events, like the black-only graduation at Harvard.

71 posted on 05/27/2017 7:40:25 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Man-made global liberalism is killing the planet)
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To: AFreeBird

150 years from now, if present trends continue.


72 posted on 05/27/2017 7:40:35 PM PDT by cmj328 (We live here.)
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To: JBW1949
“...What would you prefer to call the war that historians refer to as the Civil War...”

War of Northern Aggression.

73 posted on 05/27/2017 7:41:34 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: Ray76

https://www.gofundme.com/peoples-assembly-nola

Created March 21, 2017
Malcolm Suber


74 posted on 05/27/2017 7:41:49 PM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Ray76

Thank You for being right on. These idiots will destroy everything that doesn’t fit their sick agenda.


75 posted on 05/27/2017 7:42:03 PM PDT by cabbieguy ("I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up")
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To: JBW1949

I think the official name is “The War Between The States”


76 posted on 05/27/2017 7:43:23 PM PDT by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: Brilliant

They’ll get there I’m sure.


77 posted on 05/27/2017 7:44:02 PM PDT by enduserindy (I always smile when my competition doubles down on stupid.)
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To: yarddog

When is Sheila Jackson Lee going to change her name to Sheila Tubman X?


78 posted on 05/27/2017 7:45:58 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
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To: JBW1949

I understand a civil war to be a struggle among internal groups for control of the government.

What is commonly referred to as our civil war was actually a war between 2 separate countries, the USA and the CSA.

It was more similar to our revolutionary war of the late 1700s.

This is my opinion. I may be wrong.


79 posted on 05/27/2017 7:47:03 PM PDT by bankwalker (groupthink is dangerous ...)
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To: Brilliant

MLK had a tramp in every city (allegedly:));JFK was banging a 19-year old.

Should we erase them from history,too? s/


80 posted on 05/27/2017 7:47:09 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (luke 6:38)
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