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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – AUGUST 2, 2022  
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Archie Roach (1956-2022). Credit, Dave Kan

 

* Evangelicals Polarized 
* Activist Burnout
* The Reality of Crime in NYC
* My Weekend With the ‘Good Guys With Guns’
* Dark Money and the Attack on Roe
* Twilight of the Malls
* A Christian Nationalist Gets the GOP Nod
* Windfall Profits for Shell Oil, as the World Burns
* Demystifying Sex Work
* Death of a Truth-Teller

EVANGELICALS POLARIZED
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By Paul Engler
Waging Nonviolence

Christians are splitting with the religious right over Trump, COVID
and Black Lives Matter, creating opportunities for those interested in
social justice.

ACTIVIST BURNOUT
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By Veda Popovici 
The Left Berlin

As scary as it seems – and is – _burnout_ is in no way
unusual. The constant chase for results and the constant evaluation
of the worth of our work as a relation between our expectations and
results are capitalist values.

THE REALITY OF CRIME IN NYC
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By Fola Akinnibi and Raeedah Wahid
Bloomberg

Violent incidents are up since the pandemic began ⁠— and New
Yorkers are nervous. But widespread anxiety obscures the fact that
crime is still at decades-long lows.

MY WEEKEND WITH THE ‘GOOD GUYS WITH GUNS’
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Robert C. Koehler
Common Dreams

This is the American paradox in full blossom: The more people there
are carrying guns, especially in public places, the more dangerous it
is simply to be out and about; and the more dangerous it is to be out
in public, the more credibility Second Amendment aficionados have when
they claim they are only safe if they’re carrying a weapon.

DARK MONEY AND THE ATTACK ON ROE
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By Karen DeWitt
Ms.

Many corporations are propping up lawmakers behind some of the most
extreme anti-women legislation of our time. Their political donations
not only go directly to these politicians—the money also flows just
as deliberately, but less easy to detect, through a maze of
organizations, political action committees, trade associations and
dark money vehicles.

TWILIGHT OF THE MALLS
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By Hettie O’Brien
The Baffler

Malls are what societies build when hopes for truly public spaces,
with all the negotiations and minor conflicts they demand, have
receded. Turning swathes of the city into outdoor malls produces an
anti-democratic public realm, where seemingly communal spaces are
confused, commodified, and sapped of their potential to incubate
dissent.

A CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST GETS THE GOP NOD
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By Amy Eskind
People

Republican gubernatorial candidate and Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug
Mastriano has come under fire for his association with the far-right
social media platform Gab, a safe haven for white supremacists,
antisemites and other extremists, many of whom have been kicked off
mainstream social media sites.

WINDFALL PROFITS FOR SHELL OIL, AS THE WORLD BURNS
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Andy Rowell
Common Dreams

We may be in the dying days of the fossil fuel empire, but companies
like Shell are enriching themselves like never before, as people die
from our climate crisis and die this winter from lack of food and
heating. Families will be destitute. And all the while, politicians
sit idly by. This situation cannot be allowed to continue.

DEMYSTIFYING SEX WORK
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By D. Watkins
Salon

In her series “P-Valley,” Katori Hall runs into stereotypes head
on, challenges them, celebrates them and dismantles them, while
ultimately introducing us to new forms of heroism and educating
viewers on realities many judge but cannot understand because they
don’t have the proximity needed to have a real opinion.

DEATH OF A TRUTH-TELLER
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By Christopher Knaus
The Guardian

The Indigenous Australian songwriter and activist Archie Roach’s
death has prompted an outpouring of praise for the activist and
musician, who focussed the nation’s attention on the horrors of the
stolen generations with his song Took the Children Away.

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