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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – JANUARY 16, 2024
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* The Year Labor Took Center Stage in the Climate Movement
* The Epstein List
* Cutting Edge of the Right
* Co-ops Save Small Businesses
* Black Power and Brazilian Soccer
* Assault on Higher Ed
* Asking About the R-word – Racism
* LaPierre Takes His Leave
* ADL and Musk
* GOP State Houses on Culture Warpath
THE YEAR LABOR TOOK CENTER STAGE IN THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT
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By Katie Myers
Grist
2023 was marked by symbiosis between the labor and climate movements.
Workers across industries and geographies loudly declared that a world
in which their safety and well-being are disregarded is even more
dangerous to them and to others in a time of energy transition and
climate crisis.
THE EPSTEIN LIST
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By Li Zhou
Vox
The documents reference roughly 150 of Epstein’s associates,
including Clinton and Trump, but don’t provide significant
new information so much as they offer a more in-depth look at the
people in Epstein’s circles and a detailed view of the scope of his
abuse. In doing so, they renew scrutiny on some of these associates.
NEW CUTTING EDGE OF THE RIGHT
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By Paul Rosenberg
Salon
Few Americans have heard of a rapidly-growing, anti-democratic
religious movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation. But a new
book from Canadian scholar André Gagné, “American Evangelicals for
Trump: Dominion, Spiritual Warfare, and the End Times,” could change
that, as the NAR seems poised to play an even bigger political role in
2024.
CO-OPS SAVE SMALL BUSINESSES
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By Jaisal Noor
Yes!
A growing number of cities are recognizing the benefits of worker
cooperatives by investing millions of dollars in their growth.
Baltimore, though, has spent hundreds of millions of dollars
subsidizing large corporations, but has yet to invest in supporting
worker cooperatives through financing or training. Common Ground’s
workers found the embrace of Baltimore’s thriving cooperative
ecosystem.
BLACK POWER AND BRAZILIAN SOCCER
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By Guilherme Silva Pires de Freitas
and Felipe Antonio Honorato
Black Perspectives
José Reinaldo de Lima was one of the most lethal strikers of
Brazilian football in the 1970s and is still considered by many fans
as the greatest player in the history of Clube Atlético Mineiro, a
popular and traditional soccer team of the South American country. He
celebrated each goal with a raised arm with a closed fist, the salute
of the Black Panthers.
ASSAULT ON HIGHER ED
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By Fabiola Cinemas
Vox
The political right is increasingly targeting education, with
deliberate efforts to “take on” elite schools by stripping them
of federal student loan money and undermine diversity, equity, and
inclusion (DEI) programs, and a parallel movement to undo K–12
education with laws that limit the teaching of history or ban books
and classroom libraries.
ASKING ABOUT THE R-WORD – RACISM
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By Nina Kelly
The Guardian
Instead of the nuances of racial inequality being understood, the
issue is portrayed as a simple matter of people saying or doing bad
things to each other, and we get a tiresome to and fro between those
“playing the race card” and others “in denial”.
LAPIERRE TAKES HIS LEAVE
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By Daemon Fairless and Danny Hakim
CBC News
Wayne LaPierre has been the CEO and executive vice president of the
NRA since 1991, but he’ll be stepping down from that post as he's
set to face a civil trial on allegations of corruption and misuse of
funds. It’s just the latest in a series of legal battles, and it has
some questioning whether the NRA’s days as the face of American gun
rights could be coming to an end.
ADL AND MUSK
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By Mari Cohen and Alex Kane
Jewish Currents
Yaël Eisenstat’s departure from ADL is the most prominent instance
of post-October 7th dissent within the organization. CEO Jonathan
Greenblatt’s applause of Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X
(formerly Twitter), allegedly led to Eisenstat’s
departure. Greenblatt has repeatedly extolled the billionaire’s
business prowess and, recently, his pledge to censor pro-Palestinian
phrases on X.
GOP STATE HOUSES ON CULTURE WARPATH
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By Nathalie Baptiste
Huffpost
In the first few days of this year, lawmakers in several states have
already introduced, or carried over from previous sessions, bills to
continue their assault on progressive ideals — an escalation of the
culture wars that have become central to Republican agendas in recent
years, despite a lukewarm response from voters.
* Labor
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* climate movement
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* Jeffrey Epstein
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* New Apostolic Reformation
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* André Gagné
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* Brazil
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* soccer
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* black pride
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* Claudine Gay
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* diversity equity and inclusion
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* Racism
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* Wayne LaPierre
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* National Rifle Association
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* Anti-Defamation League
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* Elon Musk
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* Yaël Eisenstat
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* Republican Party
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