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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – APRIL 23, 2024  
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April 23, 2024
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_ Rights in free fall _

, Ruben Bolling

 

* Rev. Barber’s Challenge to Christian Nationalism
* Passover 2024
* Weaponizing DEI
* Three Big Myths About Climate Activism
* Pro-Palestine Campus Groups Share Strategies
* Neurodiversity and Justice
* Ken Loach Speaks
* Scotus’s Big Crackdown on Protest
* Why LeBron is the GOAT
* The Trial and the Election

REV. BARBER’S CHALLENGE TO CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM
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By John Nichols
The Nation

The “New Haven Declaration of Moral and Spiritual Issues” is a
call to action. The statement’s signers promise to “launch a
season of preaching the moral issues of living wages and union rights,
healthcare and ecological justice, an end to the spilling of innocent
blood, a reimagination of criminal justice, and the protection and
expansion of voting rights and equal protection guarantees.”

PASSOVER 2024
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By Rabbi Brant Rosen
Shalom Rav

So many people have told me that they are not sure how – or even if
– they will celebrate Passover this year. With the genocide and
forced starvation of the people of Gaza deepening with no end in
sight, they say, it just feels beyond challenging to celebrate a
festival of Jewish liberation. Many in the Jewish establishment are
framing Passover by focusing exclusively on the Israeli hostages in
Gaza. 

WEAPONIZING DEI
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By Andrew Lawrence
The Guardian

DEI – short for diversity, equity and inclusion – has become the
latest dog-whistle term in the conservative war of words to frame
basic egalitarianism as a net negative. It comes against the backdrop
of huge row-back and assaults on bedrock civil rights measures after
more than a half century of legislative and social gains.

THREE BIG MYTHS ABOUT CLIMATE ACTIVISM
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By Dana R. Fisher
The Conversation

It’s easy to get caught up in the myths about climate activism,
particularly in today’s polarized political environment. So, let’s
take a moment to explore the truth about three of the big myths being
told about climate activism and the climate movement today.

PRO-PALESTINE CAMPUS GROUPS SHARE STRATEGIES
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Hammer and Hope

Student collectives make up a major part of the pro-Palestine movement
in the U.S. They have mobilized support all over the country. Here, a
few tell us about their organizations and their work.

NEURODIVERSITY AND JUSTICE
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By Dr. Raheleh Tarani 
MR Online

It is time to embrace autism as a form of neurodiversity and position
ourselves at the pivotal intersection where the celebration of
neurodiversity meets the call for social justice. This intersection is
crucial, as it highlights the inherent tensions between the dominant
capitalist narrative and the lived experiences of neurodivergent
individuals.

KEN LOACH SPEAKS
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By Ed Rampell
Jacobin

Hollywood is about building famous people in films — the star
system. It’s about creating fame, people to look up to and worship.
That works against credibility because you’re watching a great
performance, but you have the star’s previous performances in mind.
The essence of Hollywood filmmaking is antithetical to the real
working-class experience.

SCOTUS’S BIG CRACKDOWN ON PROTEST
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By Ian Millhiser
Vox

The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will not
hear _Mckesson v. Doe_, a lower court decision that
effectively eliminated the right to organize a mass protest in the
states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Under that lower court
decision, a protest organizer faces potentially ruinous financial
consequences if a single attendee at a mass protest commits an illegal
act.

WHY LEBRON IS THE GOAT
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By David Masciotra
Salon

LeBron James is statistically superior to any other player to ever
wear an NBA uniform, with unprecedented achievements, and yet most of
the sports commentariat, along with millions of fans on social media,
are hostile to the notion that he is the greatest of all time
(GOAT). 

THE TRIAL AND THE ELECTION
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By Dahlia Lithwick and Anat Shenker-Osorio
Slate

Voters who only barely register the drumbeat of political news will
still see a man they are supposed to consider the potential leader of
the free world falling asleep, muttering threats at jurors, and
generally looking sad and trapped and small. And if he is declared
guilty, this process will render him, in many voters’ understanding,
a criminal.

* Rev. William Barber
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* Christian nationalism
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* New Haven Declaration of Moral and Spiritual Issues
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* Passover
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* Gaza
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* DEI
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* Climate Activists
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* Palestine solidarity
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* students
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* neodiversity
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* Ken Loach
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* Supreme Court
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* McKesson v. Doe
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* LeBron James
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* New York vs. Donald Trump
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