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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – MARCH 26, 2024  
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March 26, 2024
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_ Sustaining democracy with collective action _

Trump supporters hold images of Laken Riley before he speaks at a
rally in Rome, Georgia, on March 9, 2024. Credit, Elijah Nouvelage/AFP
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* Truly Effective Protest
* Anti-Abortion Army: Say What They Are
* The Baby Voice
* Covid Pandemic in Perspective
* Workers Week of Action in MN
* The Laken Riley Case
* Antisemitism Weaponized by Authority
* Fighting Florida Book Bans
* I Went to CPAC 2024
* Stop Treating Rural People Like Children

TRULY EFFECTIVE PROTEST
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By Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix
The Guardian

The diminished organisational capacity in American civic life is
reflected in the weakness of social movements that appear, on the
surface, to be robust. To make a real and lasting mark,
transformative solidarity must involve expanding the number of
supporters while also strengthening the relationships between
participants. 

Anti-Abortion Army: Say What They Are
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By Jessica Valenti
Abortion, Every Day

Anti-abortion lawmakers and activists are counting on us being too
overwhelmed to stop them from normalizing this madness. They figure if
they can keep hitting us with horror after horror, the next time we
read a story of a woman going septic we’ll respond with a resigned
head-shake rather than energized outrage. 

THE BABY VOICE
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By Caroline Bologna
HuffPost

When Alabama Republican senator Katie Britt delivered the GOP
response to the State of the Union, the senator spoke in a breathy
voice with a soft and sweet quality ― even as she described horrific
acts of sexual violence and murder and painted a dystopian picture of
the United States. For activist Jess Piper, there was no mistaking
that sound. Britt was using “fundie baby voice.”

COVID PANDEMIC IN PERSPECTIVE
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By Rick Perlstein
The American Prospect

The best exemplification of the cultural manias that rendered
America’s response to the pandemic the moral equivalent of a war of
all against all was the mayor of Las Vegas, who insisted casinos
should reopen as soon as possible and let the market sort out the
rest: “competition will destroy” the resorts where “it becomes
evident that they have a disease.”

WORKERS WEEK OF ACTION IN MN
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By Amie Stager
In These Times

Collective power is rising in Minnesota. Thousands of union members
and a broad coalition of community groups banded together to demand
better contracts, quality schools, housing and a livable planet.
Unions in Minnesota have been aligning with community groups for more
than a decade, participating in actions to build solidarity and
worker power. 

THE LAKEN RILEY CASE
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By Andrew Prokop
Vox

The Trump campaign is trying to make Laken Riley the face of its
argument that Joe Biden’s border policies have deadly consequences.
While he has hosted rallies before that featured family members of
people killed by unauthorized immigrants, Riley’s death seems set up
to be more central to his campaign messaging than any of these prior
tragedies.

ANTISEMITISM WEAPONIZED BY AUTHORITY

* SMEARING PRO-PALESTINE DEMOS
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* UNLAWFUL SUSPENSIONS
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FIGHTING FLORIDA BOOK BANS
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By Sara Youngblood Gregory
Yes!

Access to queer and trans stories can’t rely solely on libraries or
other institutions. Independent publishers, informal advocacy
networks, and tight-knit social groups all create vital points of
access. 

I WENT TO CPAC 2024
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By Addie Stan
The New Republic

Fascism does not require a majority of support in order to win. Its
willingness to trample norms allows for massive cheating and
manipulation of the public. CPAC is a neofascist enterprise, and the
fascists are getting organized. They’re telling you what they want
to do—and they want to do it all over the world. 

STOP TREATING RURAL PEOPLE LIKE CHILDREN
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By Amanda Marcotte
Salon

Nobody is more insulting to rural voters than the people who are
giving them nothing and taking their votes. They claim Democrats are
insulting, but Democrats are doing something for them and getting none
of their votes. But nothing’s more condescending than getting votes
and doing nothing in return. 

* Protest
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* Solidarity
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* Supreme Court
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* abortion rights
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* Katie Britt
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* Fundamentalists
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* COVID-19
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* pandemics
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* Workers Fightback
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* Minnesota
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* Laken Riley
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* Make America Great Again
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* Antisemitism
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* UK
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* Florida
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* book bans
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* CPAC
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* rural voters
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