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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS — JUNE 17, 2025  
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June 17, 2025
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_ Dress rehearsals for a showdown _

, Pat Bagley/Salt Lake Tribune

 

* Culture is the Front Line of Democracy
* About That Parade  
* Learning From 2020
* Huge Land Return to California Tribe
* Canvassing With Zohran Mamdani
* DOL Women’s Bureau Gets the DOGE Treatment
* Disability Activists: Lessons From the Pandemic
* CDC Workers Resist Takeover
* Mavis Staples’s Gospel of Resistance
* The Path of Francis

CULTURE IS THE FRONT LINE OF DEMOCRACY
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By Henry A. Giroux
Z

Fascism no longer announces itself with marching boots or military
coups. It now emerges through culture, through the seductive rhythms
of social media, viral spectacle and the normalization of cruelty. In
this age of resurgent authoritarianism, culture functions as a
powerful pedagogy of domination.

ABOUT THAT PARADE
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By bilboteach
Daily Kos

The birthday party he deserves.

LEARNING FROM 2020
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By Lex McMenamin
Teen Vogue

This summer marks five years since the 2020 uprising for Black lives
— an anniversary that feels especially resonant right now, as
protesters in cities like Minneapolis,
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where George Floyd was murdered by police, stand up against ICE agents
and the Trump administration's deportation spree.

HUGE LAND RETURN TO CALIFORNIA TRIBE
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Western Rivers Conservancy

Totaling 73 square miles, Blue Creek project marks a milestone for
Klamath River and Tribal sovereignty, more than doubling the Yurok
Tribe’s land holdings.

CANVASSING WITH ZOHRAN MAMDANI
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By Liza Featherstone
Jacobin

The kind of mass volunteer door-knocking operation that New York City
mayoral campaign for Zohran Mamdani has built is the way to fight
rising authoritarianism and the erosion of democracy.

DOL WOMEN’S BUREAU GETS THE DOGE TREATMENT
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By Julianne McShane
Mother Jones

The Labor Department is proposing to entirely eliminate the Women’s
Bureau—which it calls “an ineffective policy office that is a
relic of the past”—for the first time ever. If it is, in fact,
eliminated before it turns 106—which Congress would have to
approve—one DOL staffer predicted that “women are going to be left
behind.”

DISABILITY ACTIVISTS: LESSONS FROM THE PANDEMIC
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By Mara Mills, Harris Kornstein, Faye Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp
Truthout/NYU Press

Disabled people hold immense expertise in navigating both chronic
illnesses and moments of crisis. Yet, despite all the “lessons
learned” since of the COVID-19 pandemic — from which hundreds of
people in the U.S. are still dying each week — disabled people are
under increasing attack by the Trump administration.

CDC WORKERS RESIST TAKEOVER
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By Brandy Zadrozny, Aria Bendix and Erika Edwards
NBC News

Amid the roar of cowbells and car horns, protesters held colorful
signs with sharp messages, including “Save CDC,” “RFK’s War on
Kids” and “Who the f--- is in charge?” The protest was spurred
by staff cuts over the past several months that gutted departments
amid a senior leadership vacuum at the agency.

MAVIS STAPLES’S GOSPEL OF RESISTANCE
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By Chauncey DeVega
Salon

Mavis Staples performed her iconic song “Freedom Highway.” As she
sang, I couldn’t help but think that to get through the next
1,300-odd days — or longer, if Trump “wins” a third term — the
American people will need to internalize Staples’ loving command to
"march for freedom's highway / march each and every day."

THE PATH OF FRANCIS
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By Travis Knoll
Boston Review

Francis’s efforts on behalf of the “weak and the poor”
immediately caused tensions with wealthy U.S. Catholics. Now the
question is whether Leo is willing to use his Americanness as
protection in order to go on the offensive.

* Culture
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* Fascism
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* democracy
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* Donald Trump
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* birthday parade
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* Black Lives Matter
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* Yurok Tribe
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* Klamanth River
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* Indigenous Rights
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* Zohran Mamdani
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* Department of Labor
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* Women's Bureau
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* disability rights
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* Center for Disease Control
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* CDC workers
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* Mavis Staples
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* resistance culture
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* Pope Francis I
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