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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – MAY 9, 2023  
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, Clay Jones, claytoonz.com

 

* How White Men Fight
* A Comic Book for Democracy
* Cis Boom Bah
* Chuck You, Farley
* The Golden Rule Sails Again
* Schools, Cops and Mental Illness in NYC
* Protecting the 2024 Election
* A Big May Day
* Trump Rules of Conduct in the Biden White House
* Misogynists Against No-Fault Divorce

HOW WHITE MEN FIGHT
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By Nick Pinto
Hell Gate

Penny’s calmness even as he was choking Neely was simultaneously
eerie and normalizing, the witness said. “It seemed like he knew
what he was doing,” they said. “And if you know what you’re
doing, and you’re doing it with dozens of witnesses, why would you
have an intent to take someone's life? Like, there’s safety in a
crowd.”

A COMIC BOOK FOR DEMOCRACY
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By Sonali Kolhatkar
Yes!

A four-part comic book series titled _1/6: What if the Attack on the
U.S. Capitol Succeeded?_ imagines an alternative timeline—one where
the pro-Trump mob triumphs and imposes martial law. Amid this dark
dystopia, it also visualizes how a grassroots antifascist opposition
works in tandem with tenacious, honest journalism to offer an antidote
to authoritarianism.

CIS BOOM BAH
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By Pamela Chiffon
The Hill

The global anti-gender movement is largely funded by rightwing U.S.
forces. U.S.-based organizations working against LGBTQ and women’s
rights have funneled more than $1 billion overseas to bolster
anti-gender groups. And that’s where we can help to turn the tide.

CHUCK YOU, FARLEY
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By Laura Miller
Slate

How do we talk to kids about King Charles III? Why, young minds might
inquire, is the adult world so obsessed with a man who has spent
almost of all of his life waiting around for his mom to die? Little
Golden Books has prepared an answer. The picture book publisher best
known for such titles as _The Poky Little Puppy_ and _Scuffy the
Tugboat_ has a forthcoming biography of the new king. 

THE GOLDEN RULE SAILS AGAIN
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By Arnie Alpert
Waging Nonviolence

The boat was a piece of history. In 1958, the Golden Rule’s former
owners, a group of peace activists, tried to sail it into the American
nuclear weapons testing zone in the Pacific as a form of protest.
While the authorities cut their voyage short, the Golden Rule still
managed to spark an upsurge of opposition to nuclear testing, leading
five years later to the adoption of the Partial Test Ban Treaty.

SCHOOLS, COPS AND MENTAL ILLNESS IN NYC
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By Abigail Kramer
ProPublica

Despite a pledge to stop relying on police to deal with students who
have mental health episodes, New York City schools have continued to
call 911 on kids in distress thousands of times a year, an
investigation by THE CITY and ProPublica found.

PROTECTING THE 2024 ELECTION
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By Marcelo Agudo
Brennan Center for Justice

Distrust in elections has in turn fueled other threats, including
cyberattacks, harassment of election workers, and insider attacks in
which the very people tasked with administering elections undermine
the security of voting systems. Combating election misinformation is a
tall order, but there are steps policymakers can take now to protect
the vote in 2024.

A BIG MAY DAY
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By Alex N. Press
Jacobin

US unions are weak, it’s true. But there’s more excitement, more
of a spirit of militancy and experimentation, and more hope in
today’s labor movement than there has been in a long time.

TRUMP RULES OF CONDUCT IN the Biden White House
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By Bob Hennelly
Salon

Prospect Park Mayor Mohamed Khairullah was inexplicably turned away by
the Secret Service at the gates of the White House a half-hour before
the was to attend the Biden White House’s celebration of Eid
al-Fitr, which marks the close of the holy month of Ramadan when the
world’s Muslims fast and recommit themselves to their faith.

MISOGYNISTS AGAINST NO-FAULT DIVORCE
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By Tessa Stuart
Newsbreak

It took more than four decades to end fault-based divorce in
America. Republicans across the country are now reconsidering
no-fault divorce. There isn’t a huge mystery behind the campaign:
Like the crusades against abortion and contraception, making it more
difficult to leave an unhappy marriage is about control. Texas could
be the first state to eliminate it, if the Texas GOP gets its way.

* Jordan Neely
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* Daniel Penny
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* New York City
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* racist violence
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* King Charles III
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* Green Peace
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* the Golden Rule boat
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* schools
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* mental illness
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* Police
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* Election workers
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* May Day
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* Mohamed Khairullah
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* Joe Biden
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* no-fault divorce
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* jan 6 comic book
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