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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – OCTOBER 22, 2024
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October 22, 2024
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_ Getting out the vote in Pennsylvania _
South Shore residents speak about the impact of the Obama Center
before a September meeting of the Chicago City Council. The
neighborhood already has one of the city's highest eviction rates, and
rents are being hiked by as much as 60%. Credit, Not Me Us
* Canvassing in Pennsylvania
* US Elections: Who Wins and Why
* The South After Dobbs
* Cops and Cop City
* Suppressing Students’ Votes
* Maine Unions Lead on the Green Energy Transition
* The Overdue Division Over Zionism
* The Untold Story of Opus Dei
* Chicago Southsiders Fight Gentrification
* How Movements Win
CANVASSING IN PENNSYLVANIA
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By Cathy Sunshine
Third Age
Welcome to the Hotel Pennsylvania, an Airbnb set amid rolling hills by
the Susquehanna River north of Harrisburg. It’s our home base for a
month of canvassing to get out the Democratic vote in this
battleground state. Volunteers are rotating through the house all
month, most of us coming from Baltimore or DC. Of the 20 or so people
signed up to spend nights here, all but three or four are women.
US ELECTIONS: WHO WINS AND WHY
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By John Tarleton
The Indypendent
In a topsy-turvy presidential campaign — where there are stark
differences between the two candidates on many domestic issues, and
there is the likelihood that Donald Trump will try to overturn the
results if the vote doesn’t go his way — one thing is certain:
America’s warfare state will roll on.
THE SOUTH AFTER DOBBS
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By Edna Bonhomme
New Left Review
Anti-abortion violence appeared to taper off in the late 1990s. But it
has not gone away; instead, it has taken on new forms. According to
the National Abortion Federation, stalking and obstruction by
anti-abortion extremists increased sharply in states with access to
abortion between 2021 and 2022.
COPS AND COP CITY
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By Victoria Valenzuela
Yes!
California isn’t the only state where Cop Cities are being
built. There is now a facility in almost every state and, according
to researcher and mutual aid organizer Renee Johnston, at least 10
states have multiple police compounds. Groups like Stop Cop City
Atlanta and Stop Cop City Dallas have been fighting these new
police facilities by way of canvassing, holding rallies, petitioning,
and more.
SUPPRESSING STUDENTS’ VOTES
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By Sasha Abramsky
Truthout
For more than a decade, GOP state legislators have sought to make it
harder for students — a group that by and large leans left — to
vote. Twenty-seven states have passed laws that could have a negative
impact on student voter participation. These include bills that target
organizations that help people with voter registration — which is
particularly important for young, and often first-time, voters.
MAINE UNIONS LEAD ON THE GREEN ENERGY TRANSITION
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By Prakash Kashwan
Jacobin
Confronted with a governor united with offshore wind developers, the
Maine labor unions launched a multipronged
counteroffensive. Maine’s “red-green” coalition also entered
intense negotiations with the governor’s energy and climate team a
to continue developing a pro-labor OSW bill. This dual-track strategy
of combining a political campaign with legislative negotiations bore
fruit.
THE OVERDUE DIVISION OVER ZIONISM
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By Alissa Wise
The Nation
What is typically a time of unity in Jewish communities will this year
be a time of separation. More and more organizations, helmed and
populated by young Jews, are flipping on its head the logic that the
legacy of the Holocaust requires allegiance to Israel rather than
solidarity with Palestinians. For them, as they chant at protests,
“‘Never again’ is now.”
THE UNTOLD STORY OF OPUS DEI
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By Natalia Junquera
EL PAÍS
After a five-year-long investigation into the far-right Catholic
order, financial journalist Gareth Gore accuses the organization of
holding Spain’s sixth-largest bank hostage, while exploiting and
mistreating members. The future of the Catholic institution depends on
Trump… and on how far Pope Francis is willing to go.
CHICAGO SOUTHSIDERS FIGHT GENTRIFICATION
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By Fran Quigley
In These Times
To an outsider, the South Shore neighborhood may not appear to be an
obvious candidate for gentrification. But the history of Chicago and
other urban centers shows that vacancies and evictions can set the
stage for rapid gentrification. Investors are snapping up homes in
South Shore, but a new tenants union is fighting back.
HOW MOVEMENTS WIN
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By Janneke Drent and Ruud Wouters
Mobilizing Ideas
120 scholars specializing in social movement and protest research were
asked to reflect on what they considered to be the most successful
social movements of the last two decades. Although mass protests are
a vital way for social movements to communicate shared grievances or
objectives, how these messages are conveyed and to whom, is highly
dependent on the movement itself.
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