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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – DECEMBER 17, 2024  
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December 17, 2024
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* Assassination Uncovers Mass Rage
* The Fate of the 14th Amendment
* Lessons from Jewish Voice for Peace
* Encountering the “Enemy” in Rural America
* Immigration Activists Prepare
* They Left MAGA
* Milei’s Attack on Feminist Literature
* Armed Self-Defense for MAGA Targets
* Firing Oath Keepers from Chicago PD
* Don't Be It, Do It

ASSASSINATION UNCOVERS MASS RAGE
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By Sam Pizzicato
Other Words

With Thompson’s death, America’s health care powers feel and fear
the American public’s anger now more than ever. The rest of us need
to channel that anger toward ending this system that’s failed
America’s health.

THE FATE OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT
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By Clarence Lusane
Salon

From the day Donald Trump took office, he had no intention to
“preserve, protect, and defend,” no less “support” the
Constitution. Instead, he essentially ran roughshod over much of that
document. And the issue was never simply his ignorance of the
Constitution (though that should be taken for granted), but his
outright hostility to it.

LESSONS FROM JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE
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By Rebecca Vilkomerson and Rabbi Alissa Wise
The Forge

As staff leaders of Jewish Voice for Peace from 2009-2019, we’ve
thought a lot about the ebb and flow of organizing, the importance of
building durable institutions if we want to wage governing power, and
the tensions and possibilities of building movement institutions
within a nonprofit framework. 

ENCOUNTERING THE “ENEMY” IN RURAL AMERICA
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By Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell
Dissent

Reclaim Idaho, a grassroots organization that, among other things,
helped win a ballot referendum that expanded Medicaid in the state.
Why, when an initiative like that can succeed, or voters in red states
reject school vouchers or approve hikes to the minimum wage, does the
party that _opposes_ these measures tend to clean up in such places?

IMMIGRATION ACTIVISTS PREPARE
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By Kelly Hayes
Truthout

“It’s inherently a racial justice and economic justice fight,”
says Silky Shah, executive director of Detention Watch Network. She
discusses the threats posed by the incoming Trump administration, how
organizers are preparing to defend immigrant communities, and what
actions we can take to prepare and respond.

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Leaving MAGA

We founded Leaving MAGA in 2024 to be a community and safe space for
those who have left the movement, or have doubts and remorse about
staying in MAGA but are afraid to leave. Leaving MAGA’s impact
rests in the stories of everyone who stands up and says: “I left,
and it freed me to return to being the person I am.” 

MILEI’S ATTACK ON FEMINIST LITERATURE
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By Romina Navarro and Lucía Leszinsky
Global Voices

“Cometierra,” by Dolores Reyes, is one of the feminist works that
the current Argentine government is seeking to censor, alleging
“sexually explicit content” that is unsuitable for adolescents. An
association for the defence of the “well-being of children and
adolescents” has filed a criminal complaint to oppose the
“dissemination of pornographic material to minors and abuse of
authority.”

ARMED SELF-DEFENSE FOR MAGA TARGETS
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By Manisha Krishnan
The Guardian

The misogyny and anti-trans rhetoric that were hallmarks of the 2024
election campaign have seemingly ramped up since Donald Trump’s
win, prompting some women, queer and trans people to respond by buying
guns – and learning how to defend themselves from potential
attackers.

FIRING OATH KEEPERS FROM CHICAGO PD
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By Corli Jay
The TRiiBE

Some members of Chicago’s Black press recently sent a letter to
Mayor Brandon Johnson urging him to keep his campaign promise to fire
police officers associated with hate groups. Based on the Inspector
General’s July advisory,
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did not accept recommendations nor commit to “any specific action at
all” regarding how it plans to handle issues of officers in
extremist groups.

DON'T BE IT, DO IT
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By Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
Teen Vogue

Being “the right kind” of progressive or feminist or socialist can
easily become its own goal, rather than winning concrete victories
that match the values and goals behind these labels. Organizers can
be content to exist as a subculture — again, “the right kind” of
progressive, feminist, or socialist — while being indifferent or
even hostile to attempts to move beyond that.

* Brian Thompson
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* UnitedHealthCare
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* Medicare Advantage
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* Donald Trump
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* 14th amendment
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* Jewish Voice for Peace
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* Reclaim Idaho
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* Immigrants
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* mass deportation
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* Detention Watch Network
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* Make America Great Again
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* Leaving MAGA
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* Argentina
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* Book Banning
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* feminist literature
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* armed self-defense
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* Chicago Police Department
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* Oath Keepers
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* hate groups
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* Activism
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