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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – JANUARY 14, 2025  
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January 14, 2025
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* Judgement Day for the Merchants of Death
* The LA Fires
* Community Collaborative in Arkansas
* Classical Christian Ed: Schoolhouse Crock
* New Haven Defends Immigrants
* The Anti-Abortion Crusade Targets Speech
* Palestine Protest at Modern Language Conference
* Alice Wong, Disability Activist
* Episcopal Church Divests from Fossil Fuels
* End Warness Not Wokeness

JUDGEMENT DAY FOR THE MERCHANTS OF DEATH
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By Nick Mottren
CounterPunch

On January 15, 2025, five days before the inauguration of a U.S.
president who threatens to rain down hell on the Palestinian people,
and more war to the world, the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal
will release its final report on how Lockheed Martin, Boeing,
RTX/Raytheon and drone-maker General Atomics have delivered hell to
millions across the globe since 9/11.

THE LA FIRES

THE FLAMES AREN’T THE WORST OF IT
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  By Matthew Rozsa, Salon

CONSPIRACY THEORIES
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  By Nitish Pahwa, Slate

TRUMP’S REVENGE, PART 1
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  By Steve Schmidt, The Warning 
 

COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE IN ARKANSAS
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By Damon Orion
Z

Sankofa Village Arkansas is “a forming intentional community
centering Black healing, liberation, and regeneration.” According to
the group’s website, Sankofa aims to “transform multigenerational
community health through education and land stewardship for the
purposes of housing affordability, community wealth building, and
climate resiliency.”

CLASSICAL CHRISTIAN ED: SCHOOLHOUSE CROCK
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By Jennifer C. Berkshire
The Baffler

The prevailing ideology is that schools need more than reform—they
need a wholesale “uprooting,” a return to “classical Christian
education.” The pre-public education era was chaotic, inadequate,
and expensive. Parents who could afford tutoring or private schools
paid for these themselves; those with few resources sent their kids
either to “pauper schools” or off to work. 

NEW HAVEN DEFENDS IMMIGRANTS
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By Melinda Tuhus
The Progressive

The Fair Haven Immigrant Support Coalition has brought together a wide
range of partners—including immigrant groups such as CT Students for
a Dream and the Semilla Collective; nonprofit organizations; activist
groups such as Indivisible; New Haven’s public schools, police
department, and libraries; legal aid groups; and churches—to make
plans to counter Trump’s threats.

THE ANTI-ABORTION CRUSADE TARGETS SPEECH
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By Carter Sherman
The Guardian

In an effort to cut off the avenues remaining to people in states with
bans, the anti-abortion movement is looking at ways to
control information about how and where to obtain abortions. State
lawmakers have filed at least two bills for the 2025 legislative
session that target abortion-related speech.

PALESTINE PROTEST AT MODERN LANGUAGE MEETING
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By Ryan Quinn
Inside Higher Ed

As the Modern Language Association Delegate Assembly was beginning its
meeting Saturday in New Orleans, audience members read out a
resolution endorsing the international boycott, divestment and
sanctions movement against Israeli policy—the very resolution that
the MLA’s Executive Council had blocked from going to the Delegate
Assembly and the association’s full membership for a vote. 

ALICE WONG, DISABILITY ACTIVIST
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By Maanvi Singh
The Guardian

When the coronavirus pandemic first broke out, Alice Wong’s
disability activism and writings proved prophetic. A series of
medical crises in 2021 triggered her transformation into a
self-described “disabled cyborg” who now relies on a range of
technology to stay alive, and a text-to-speech device to communicate.

EPISCOPAL CHURCH DIVESTS FROM FOSSIL FUELS
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By David Paulsen
Episcopal News Service

The Episcopal Church announced Dec. 11 that it had divested entirely
from the fossil fuel industry. The divestment from companies in the
fossil fuel industry is partly rooted in Resolution C045 adopted by
the 78th General Convention in 2015. It called on the church to
“divest from fossil fuel companies and reinvest in clean renewable
energy in a fiscally responsible manner.”

END WARNESS NOT WOKENESS
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By William J. Astore
TomDispatch

“Efficiency” may be the word of the hour, but a more
“efficient” imperial military, with a looser leash to attack Iran,
bottle up China, and threaten Russia would likely bring yet more
unrest to a world that’s already experiencing war-making chaos. 

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* Donald Trump
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* classical christian education
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* Immigrants
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* Anti-abortion movement
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* Modern Language Association
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* disabilities
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* Alice Wong
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