[[link removed]]

DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – SEPTEMBER 10, 2024  
[[link removed]]


 

September 10, 2024
xxxxxx
[[link removed]]

*
[[link removed]]
*
[[link removed]]
*
*
[[link removed]]

_ Fasten your seatbelts _

, Ruben Bolling

 

* Student Protesters: The Heat is (Still) On
* Radical Municipalism in LA
* Black Women GOTV in Detroit
* FL Cops Put the Screws to Abortion Rights Petitioners
* Worker Co-ops Aid Immigrants in Brooklyn
* Big Oil Wields Influence on Universities
* TX Gov Spends $221M to Drive Migrants North
* Trump’s Real Base: The Locally Rich
* Mythologizing Reagan
* Portland ME Divests from Israel

STUDENT PROTESTERS: THE HEAT IS (STILL) ON
[[link removed]]

By Jocelyn Gecker, Maryclaire Dale and Michael Casey
Associated Press

The stakes have gone up this fall for students protesting the war in
Gaza, as U.S. colleges roll out new security measures and protest
guidelines — all intended to avoid disruptions like last
spring’s pro-Palestinian demonstrations. Activism has put their
degrees and careers at risk, not to mention tuition payments, but many
say they feel a moral responsibility to continue the movement.

RADICAL MUNICIPALISM IN LA
[[link removed]]

By Justin A. Davis
Waging Nonviolence

Organizers are considering new frameworks for building political power
in the LA region, including the Solidarity Research Center. Founded
in 2014 as the “research arm” of the Industrial Workers of the
World, SRC has been blending research with capacity-building for
social movements as part of an ongoing experiment with radical
municipalism. 

BLACK WOMEN GOTV IN DETROIT
[[link removed]]

By Malachi Barrett
BridgeDetroit

Black women have long been a loyal voting bloc for the Democratic
Party, and the prospect of Harris becoming president is fueling a
local movement to support her in the November election. 

FL COPS PUT THE SCREWS TO ABORTION RIGHTS PETITIONERS
[[link removed]]

By Romy Ellenbogen, Justin Garcia and Lawrence Mower
Tampa Bay Times

Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration is inspecting thousands of
already verified and validated petitions for Amendment 4 in the final
two months before Election Day. The amendment would
overturn Florida’s six-week abortion ban by proposing to
protect abortion access in Florida until viability. Signers are being
asked by police to verify their signatures.

WORKER CO-OPS AID IMMIGRANTS
[[link removed]]

By Tareq Saghie
Labor Notes

How can immigrants without work authorization avoid being
hyper-exploited, and instead find work where they have some autonomy
and collective power to raise standards? A co-op movement that has
been incubating in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, guarantees all members
standard and legal wages, a voice in their company’s governance, and
control over their schedules. 

BIG OIL WIELDS INFLUENCE ON UNIVERSITIES
[[link removed]]

By Edward Carver
Common Dreams

The fossil fuel industry seeks to obstruct climate action by using
money to influence research and establish ties at Western
universities, raising concerns about academic independence and the
integrity of scientific inquiry. Many academics had drawn comparisons
to tobacco and pharmaceutical meddling in academia. 

TX GOV SPENDS $221M TO DRIVE MIGRANTS NORTH
[[link removed]]

By Anna Giaritelli
Washington Examiner

The state of Texas has spent more than $221 million in taxpayer funds
to transport nearly 120,000 migrants to six “sanctuary”
cities far north of the southern border, the _Washington
Examiner_ has learned. The state made more than 750 payments
totaling $221,705,637 to transportation companies.

TRUMP’S REAL BASE: THE LOCALLY RICH
[[link removed]]

By Zack Beauchamp
Vox

“Those most enthralled with Donald Trump were not at the very bottom
— the illiterate, the hungry,” writes sociologist Arlie Russell
Hochschild. Rather, Trump’s biggest fans could be found among “the
elite of the left-behind,” meaning people “who were doing well
within a region that was not.”

MYTHOLOGIZING REAGAN
[[link removed]]

By Paul M. Renfro
Slate

Like Reagan the actor and Reagan the president, _Reagan_ the new
movie has a strained relationship with reality. In director Sean
McNamara’s biopic, the Gipper, played by Dennis Quaid, can do no
wrong. Suffice it to say, such a hagiographic treatment requires
countless omissions, distortions, and outright fabrications.

PORTLAND ME DIVESTS FROM ISRAEL
[[link removed]]

By Emma Davis
Maine Morning Star

Portland’s city council adopted a resolution Wednesday night urging
the city to divest from companies doing business with Israel in
response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The city council
unanimously approved the resolution — put forth by councilor
April Fournier and sponsored by the Maine Coalition for Palestine and
Maine’s chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace. 

* Palestine
[[link removed]]
* Student protests
[[link removed]]
* repression
[[link removed]]
* Los Angeles
[[link removed]]
* Municipalism
[[link removed]]
* Solidarity Research Center
[[link removed]]
* Detroit
[[link removed]]
* Black Women
[[link removed]]
* 2024 Elections
[[link removed]]
* Florida
[[link removed]]
* Police
[[link removed]]
* abortion rights
[[link removed]]
* Worker cooperatives
[[link removed]]
* Immigrants
[[link removed]]
* big oil
[[link removed]]
* higher education
[[link removed]]
* Climate Action
[[link removed]]
* texas
[[link removed]]
* Donald Trump
[[link removed]]
* upper class
[[link removed]]
* Ronald Reagan
[[link removed]]
* Reagan the movie
[[link removed]]
* Portland ME
[[link removed]]
* Israel
[[link removed]]
* Divestment
[[link removed]]

*
[[link removed]]
*
[[link removed]]
*
*
[[link removed]]

 

 

 

INTERPRET THE WORLD AND CHANGE IT

 

 

Submit via web
[[link removed]]

Submit via email
Frequently asked questions
[[link removed]]
Manage subscription
[[link removed]]
Visit xxxxxx.org
[[link removed]]

Twitter [[link removed]]

Facebook [[link removed]]

 




[link removed]

To unsubscribe, click the following link:
[link removed]