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DISPATCHES FROM THE CULTURE WARS – FEBRUARY 28, 2023
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* Covid and Workers’ Power
* Unbanning Books
* America is Secularizing
* High Schoolers in Action
* Indigenous Peoples Day in Anchorage
* Child Marriage and Trans Rights
* Dilbert’s Daddy Has a Race Problem
* The National Gun
* The Great Ohio Rail Disaster
* Seymour Hersh’s Scoop Has a Big Hole
COVID AND WORKERS’ POWER
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By James Meadway
openDemocracy
The pandemic called into question the core ideologies of work and
capitalism. Strikers have enjoyed public support in both the US and
the UK. The ‘Great Resignation’ of 2021 was another symptom of
this change in people’s relationship to the work they performed,
pre-dating the shift into collective action.
UNBANNING BOOKS
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By Lexi McMenamin
Teen Vogue
The Florida-based Dream Defenders got to work, connecting with
leftist publishers including Haymarket Books, Verso, and PM Press, to
distribute books and literature to Florida students. Dream Defenders
have planned walkouts, demonstrations, and teach-ins across Florida.
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By Andrea Mazzarino
TomDispatch
As a society, it seems to me that we’ve come to view violence rather
than other ways of solving problems (including critical thinking and
honest conversation) as the new normal. There are alternative
responses to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, other than
sending endless billions of dollars in arms to that country.
A green-energy plan could have helped starve President Vladimir Putin
from his post long ago.
HIGH SCHOOLERS IN ACTION
* WALKOUTS OVER ANTI-LGBTQ LEGISLATION
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Herald Leader
* DORCHESTER MA STUDENTS PRESENT DEMANDS
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By Seth Daniel, WBUR
* FIERCE IN FLORIDA
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By Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY IN ANCHORAGE
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By Emily Goodykoontz
Anchorage Daily News
Anchorage will celebrate Juneteenth and Indigenous Peoples Day
as municipal holidays after the Assembly on Tuesday voted
unanimously to add both as paid days off for city employees.
Indigenous Peoples Day honors Alaska Native and Native American
history and is often observed in lieu of Columbus Day.
CHILD MARRIAGE AND TRANS RIGHTS
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By Molly Sprayregen
LGBTQ Nation
Wyoming Republicans continue to propose anti-trans legislation under
the guise of protecting youth. But despite the GOP’s supposed
concern for the safety of children, the state’s GOP is waging a
campaign against a bill that would prohibit child marriage. The
legislature is currently considering several anti-trans bills.
DILBERT’S DADDY HAS A RACE PROBLEM
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By Oliver Darcy
CNN
Newspapers across the country dropped the “Dilbert” comic strip
over the weekend after the creator of the satirical cartoon went on a
racist tirade, calling Black Americans a “hate group” and
suggesting that White people should “get the hell away” from
them. The move came after Scott Adams, the cartoonist behind
“Dilbert,” effectively encouraged segregation in a shocking rant
on YouTube.
THE NATIONAL GUN
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By Sharon Zhang
Truthout
House Republican has introduced a bill that would make the AR-15,
which has been used in many of the nation’s most horrific mass
shootings, the “National Gun of the United States,” positioning it
alongside official symbols like the bald eagle and Francis Scott
Key’s “Star Spangled Banner” in representing the U.S.
THE GREAT OHIO RAIL DISASTER
* RAILWAY WORKERS HAVE THEIR SAY
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Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network
* MAGA GRABS THE NARRATIVE
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By Andy Rowell, Oil Change International
* INDUSTRY COVER-UP
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By Adam Lowenstein, The Guardian
SEYMOUR HERSH’S SCOOP HAS A BIG HOLE
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By Natalia Antelava
Coda Story
Did the United States blow up the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic
Sea? Seymour Hersh, a well known U.S. investigative journalist, made
the claim last week. Hersh’s story is a case study in modern-day
disinformation. But if we just dismiss Hersh’s story as bad
journalism, we risk missing its impact.
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